East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta is the final stop for the PGA Tour, and the ultimate prize and a major payday will be on the line starting Thursday in the 2022 Tour Championship. The top 30 players in the standings advanced to final event of the tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs, and the Tour Championship 2022 winner will take the season-long title and earn a check for $18 million. Patrick Cantlay won the title last season and comes in off his BMW Championship win last week. But he will start two strokes behind Mas ters champion and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler in the FedEx Cup Starting Strokes format. Scheffler will begin the week at 10 under par, followed by Cantlay (8 under), Will Zalatoris (-7), Xander Schauffele (-6) and Sam Burns (-5).' ' ''
Scheffler is the 12-5 favorite to win the FedEx Cup title in the latest 2022 Tour Championship odds from Caesars Sportsbook, followed by Cantlay (18-5) and Xander Schauffele (7-1). In the odds to win the tournament without the starting strokes, Caesars lists Rory McIlroy (8-1) ahead of both Scheffler (10-1) and Cantlay (10-1). Jon Rahm (10-1), Schauffele (10-1) and Justin Thomas (14-1) also are among the favorites to win Tour Championship 2022 without starting strokes.' ' '
Before you consider any 2022 Tour Championship picks or make any PGA Tour predictions, you really need to see what golf expert Jim Holliman has to say.'
Holliman has been a writer and editor for nearly 25 years and has been playin g and following the game closely for more than three decades. The Florida-based writer knows what it takes to win on the PGA Tour and how the players' games fit the courses.