Five Out of Four, Plus Three

The purpose for the bizarre name is straightforward. There had been two unrelated events I wanted to say today and that is the great title I ought to come up with. So sue me.

First off, the Sanderson Farms Championship in the end finished up. Peter Malnati have become the 5th instantly first-time winner at the PGA Tour this season in most effective four weeks (therefore my identify). So for the ones of you debating whether or not Spieth, Day, McIlroy or Fowler will dominate in 2016, you presently recognise NONE of them will win, now not even as soon as...

For absolutely, 2016 has already been declared a "first-timers most effective" region.

And then there was the rather complex announcement of the new Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs on the Champions Tour, scheduled to begin next year. Here's the video of Tim Finchum with the details from Monday's Morning Drive:

You can get all the info from the video clip. But here's the new playoff setup:

• 72 players will make it to the new Powershares QQQ Championship, which will be cut to
• 54 players for the new Dominion Charity Classic, culminating with
• 36 players (up from the current 30) going to the final event, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

The events will be held in Los Angeles, California; Richmond, Virginia; and Scottsdale, Arizona. That means the players will be leaping from one coast to the other for three weeks. But it should end the possibility of someone locking up the Cup before the last event is ever played, since you know they intend to create something like the FedExCup race -- which means there will most likely be a points reshuffle before the final event.

You can read a piece extra approximately the Triple-Q at vcstar.Com, and about the Dominion at richmond.Com. Given the new 20-yr sponsorship deal with Schwab, an overhaul like this makes best sense.

The picture of Peter Malnati came from this page at golf.Com.