FedEx Cup Playoffs: Overall Strategy & Player Motivation
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00So, Keith, you beautifully laid out what the format of the FedExCup playoffs is going to
00:07look like over this three-week stretch.
00:09How much are you factoring in motivation, not only at the top of the leaderboard, but
00:15to make the top 50 to play in the PMW Championship to your handicaps this week?
00:21If I'm looking for, you know, motivation, strokes gain motivation, the guys sitting
00:25from 70 to 50 are going to play extremely aggressive on this golf course.
00:29Remember, TPC Southwind, we know this golf course.
00:31It's been the St. Jude forever.
00:33It became a WGC in 2019, one of those world elite events, and then in 2022, it became
00:39a playoff event.
00:40Will Salatouris won the first one over Seth Strock in a playoff, and then, of course,
00:44Lucas Glover a year ago.
00:46The guys in the 70 to 50 range are going to be absolutely just firing at pins all day
00:51long.
00:52And I tell you what, I've seen the golf course, and it's in perfect shape.
00:54We're down here.
00:55The Bermuda grass rough is super dense and high, and, of course, those zoysiagrass fairways
01:01are perfect for the approach game.
01:03Now, remember, in order to play well at this golf course, par 70, it's treachery off the
01:07tee.
01:08You know, I almost kind of call this place TPC Graceland.
01:11It's like a tourist trap, right?
01:12Stay out of trouble.
01:13Stay out of, you know, the water.
01:15Stay out of the souvenir shop.
01:17Get yourself in place to hit these approach shots, and then, you know, for the most part,
01:22We look at the guys that have won here, Zalatouris, Glover, JT, not the world's greatest putters.
01:27Get it on the green.
01:28Get it close.
01:29You'll make some birdies, and you'll make a run at that top 50 because it is so important
01:32for next year's signature status.