TOUR Championship Preview: Tickets, TV Schedule, Odds, and Prediction

The TOUR Championship odds signify the end of the FedEx Cup playoffs, and the event at East Lake should be filled with excitement.

Five players hold their fate in their hands and can win the $10 million prize by winning here, so let’s check out their scenarios and the standings after we bring you the particulars for this weekend’s event:

TOUR Championship Preview

• TOUR Championship Dates: Thursday, September 24th through Sunday, September 27th
• TOUR Championship Location: Atlanta, Georgia
• TOUR Championship Course: East Lake Golf Club
• TOUR Championship Purse: $7.5 million ($1.35 winning share)
• TOUR Championship Length: 7,154 Yards
• TOUR Championship Thursday-Friday TV Schedule: GOLF Channel 1 pm – 6 pm ET
• TOUR Championship Saturday TV Schedule: NBC 2 pm – 6 pm ET
• TOUR Championship Sunday TV Schedule: NBC 1:30 pm – 6 pm ET
• Official Website: TOUR Championship
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Current FedEx Cup Standings:

1. Tiger Woods (16 events) – 2,500 points
2. Steve Stricker (21) – 2,250
3. Jim Furyk (21) – 2,000
4. Zach Johnson (24) – 1,800
5. Heath Slocum (26) – 1,600

Tiger Woods (TOUR Championship Odds: +100): The world’s No.1 romped to an eight-stroke win at Cog Hill two weeks ago, but with the reseeding that gives everyone in the field a chance to win, his lead fell to 250 points over Steve Stricker. That’s no matter, though. The last time he was at East Lake, Woods won.

Steve Stricker (TOUR Championship Odds: +1600): Stricker is coming off his worst result of the season, a T-52 at Cog Hill, and he was T-24 here last year. If he is going to overtake Woods, he’ll need the tournament of his life this weekend.

Jim Furyk (TOUR Championship Odds: +1400): Furyk is a steady play for online sports betting players, and he racks up top-10s like it’s going out of style. He was T-3 at East Lake last year, and he finished second to Woods at Cog Hill (albeit a distant second). With six top-10s at East Lake, look for Furyk to be there on Sunday afternoon.

Zach Johnson (TOUR Championship Odds: +2200): Johnson was fifth at Cog Hill, and he certainly likes East Lake: he has the course record there with his 60 in 2007. He has four top-20s in his last five events and he’s improved his score each week in the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Heath Slocum (TOUR Championship Odds: +10000): Slocum is used to being a darkhorse in your handicapping software, because quite frankly, he wasn’t even supposed to be here at this point. He jumped from 124^th in the 125-player FedEx field to third with his surprising win at Liberty National in the first event, but has since cooled off with a missed-cut and a T-38. In his last East Lake appearance in 2007, Slocum came in T-17.

Prediction: Padraig Harrington (+1400) should win the event as he has five top-10s in a row, including four in the top-six, but he needs to win and for Woods to finish third or worse, which isn’t the best scenario. Woods to win the FedEx Cup is one of the easiest sports picks of the weekend.