'It's silly' Scottie Scheffler unconvinced by PGA Tour's current format of FedEx Cup

Scottie Scheffler believes the PGA Tour's current format to determine the winner of the FedEx Cup is just 'silly'. 

Scheffler made his feelings be known ahead of the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs that get underway at the FedEx St Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis this week.

The runaway FedEx Cup leader and World No.1 has won six times on the PGA Tour this season, and seven if you count his most recent Olympics gold medal triumph at Le Golf National in Paris this month. 

Few would argue if Scheffler does end up walking away with a first FedEx Cup title in his hands and a lucrative record $25m bonus with a victory at the Tour Championship on Sunday September 1.

After all, he 's nearly 2,000 points clear of this year's two-time major champion Xander Schauffele in the FedEx Cup standings. 

In all likelihood, Scheffler will start with a two-shot lead heading into the Tour Championship based on the staggered scoring start. 

But he knows over 72 holes, that lead could be gone in an instant, especially with East Lake specialist Schauffele and record three-time FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy hot on his heels. 

Scheffler questions how the PGA Tour can really call the FedEx Cup 'a season-long race'.

Even if Scheffler wins the next two FedEx Cup Playoffs events to take his PGA Tour season tally to eight victories, he will still only remain with a two-shot lead heading into the Tour Championship.

"Yeah, I mean, I talked about it the last few years," said Scheffler when pressed by the media on still not being secure of the FedEx Cup despite owning an enormous points lead in the FedEx Cup standings.

"I think it's silly. You can't call it a season-long race and have it come down to one tournament.

"Hypothetically we get to East Lake and my neck flares up and it doesn't heal the way it did at The Players, I finish 30th in the FedExCup because I had to withdraw from the last tournament? Is that really the season-long race? No. It is what it is.

"It's a fun tournament. I don't really consider it the season-long race like I think the way it's called. But you've got to figure out a way to strike a balance between it being a good TV product and it still being a season-long race.

"Right now, I don't know exactly how the ratings are or anything like that, but I know for a fact you can't really quite call it the season-long race when it comes down to one stroke play tournament on the same golf course each year."

When a reporter challenged Scheffler on whether he would prefer the PGA Tour to go back to a time when Vijay Singh just had to turn up at the Tour Championship to win the FedEx Cup in 2008, he replied: "That's not good, either."

Scheffler's views echo those of Rory McIlroy, who starts this week third in the standings. 

McIlroy admits the format for the Tour Championship is 'probably not' the fairest reflection to decide the FedEx Cup winner. 

He does though believe the current system is much better for entertainment purposes than already having the FedEx Cup decided before East Lake. 

Ultimately entertainment is what it all falls down to these days, especially when there is $100m in the FedEx Cup Playoffs pool.