Shocker: Players Exhausted As Playoff Stretch Nears Next Confusing Point Reset

The idea of playing the playoffs so soon after the PGA Championship has never made sense both because of the sheer volume of starts required in a short window, but also because it competes with so many sports at their peak (football opening, U.S. Open tennis, pennant chase baseball). And as Thomas Bonk writes, the players are already speaking up that this year's run is not going to be repeated if they have any say.

Bonk also suggests we're on the eve of another FedEx Cup points controversy as fans--and probably some players--realize there's yet another points reset looming, which of course is far less gimmicky then just having a straight-up, man-to-man, beancounter-free shootout at East Lake!

The points through Cog Hill are redone at the Tour Championship and new ones are handed out based on how you stand after the first three playoff events. Now, even if Stricker stays in first place in the points standings and even protects his 909-point lead over Woods, it's going to shrink at Atlanta: No. 1 starts over with 2,500 points at Atlanta, and No. 2 starts with 2,250. So, conceivably, if Woods stays in second and Slocum stays in third place in points at the end of this week -- and even though Woods currently leads him by 1,841 points ? Woods' lead over Slocum at Atlanta will shrink to 250 points.