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Scottie Scheffler called out the “silly” FedEx Cup format that could have derailed his chances of winning the PGA Tour’s season finale in 2024.

The Tour Championship’s format has long been derided as tour officials attempt to find a balance between fairly crowning a season champion and creating jeopardy at East Lake.

But according to the world No.1, a system where even the lowest-ranked of the 30 players remaining starts only ten shots behind the leader in the Atlanta shootout is not a meritocratic one.

So, what can the PGA Tour do to make their end of the year showpiece more watchable?

Well, The Athletic reported on Friday that the circuit is already in “advanced” discussions to revamp the Tour Championship into a bracket-style event.

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And according to Golfweek, there is growing support among the players to remove the current staggered scoring system and move the Tour Championship from Wednesday to Sunday.

Then, the top-eight would advance to a stroke play shootout for the FedEx Cup, which could provide an extra element of intrigue to proceedings.

“I like it. I do,” Adam Scott told Adam Shupack. “I think if you put a lot on the line on Sunday, it’s interesting. But that’s just me.”

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Scott’s fellow PGA Tour player director Peter Malnati concurs.

“That would be great entertainment,” he said. “You can still have a legitimate tournament and yet you’d still have the potential gripe that the best player of the year doesn’t win the FedEx Cup but the 18-0 (New England) Patriots didn’t win the Super Bowl either.”

“We want there to be a focus on who won the Tour Championship, not just who won the FedEx Cup. With FedEx as our biggest sponsor, that’s why it’s so complicated. How do you make it all about FedEx but still have a legitimate tournament that you call your Tour Championship?”

Such is the discussion that will no doubt continue to take place in the PGA Tour’s corridors of power.

Scott, however, is yet to be convinced that match play is the solution to the conundrum.

“I’m pretty much open-minded to explore anything but I’m unsure about that,” the former world No.1 admitted. “It’s hard to see where match play fits into pro golf. W

“We play the whole season one way and then have the final week be head-to-head match play, I mean, we can have a look at it, but you’d have to kind of sell me on that just a little more.”