Rory mroy is an advocate for the heavily criticized FedEx Cup playoffs format but it delivered an unsatisfying conclusion at the Tour Championship and Eddie peppol has given a skating verdict two-time DP World Tour winner Eddie peppol has slammed the PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffs format after the Tour Championship failed to deliver a compelling conclusion on Sunday Scotty Sheffer Cruis to Victoria East Lake in Atlanta winning the1 19 million pound Title by four shots from Colin morawa Sheffer had been the dominant Force throughout the PGA Tour season clinching his seventh win of the year plus Olympics gold and route to topping the tour season long order of Merit the format of the playoffs has been widely criticized in recent years in a bid to make the final event of the Season more captivating for TV audiences sheffel started with a mere two-shot Advantage at East Lake hardly a fair reflection of his superiority over his peers in 2024 prior to a format change in 2019 sheff would have had the FedEx Cup title wrapped up weeks before the end of the season instead he had to wait until the Tour Championship to clinch his victory and he did so in such a fashion that made a mockery of the t's efforts to engineer an entertaining conclusion leading by seven after the opening round and never coming under a genuine threat from the chasing pack many critics of the format would prefer to see the Tour Championship played as a standalone event with every player starting at level par rather than the current setup sheffel started at 10 under and the rest of the 30 Manfield teed off between 8 under and level par depending on their place in the FedEx Cup standings in previous years the consensus player of the year has failed to win the FedEx Cup including in 2022 when Sheffer was beaten to the title by Rory Moy despite starting the Tour Championship at top the standings after winning four tournaments including the Masters had the Tour Championship been a standard stroke playay event and the X cup format pre- to a 1 n Ben in place sheff would have still lifted the season long title but Mora would have won the event at 22 under par one shot clear of seala and two ahead of the world no one world number three and three-time FedEx Cup champion mroy has declared his support for the new format insisting it is more entertaining for viewers if the winner of the FedEx Cup is not decided until the final event but 33-year-old peil a panelist on the chipping forecast podcast believes it would have been much more satisfying viewing had the Tour Championship been allowed to stand its own defeat describing the current iteration of the FedEx Cup as meaningless