Is Scottie Scheffler motivated to get a FedEx Cup on his resume? | Golf Today | Golf Channel

>>> TIME NOW FOR A GOLF DAY ROUND TABLE CHAT. SAY HELLO TO MY PODCAST PARTNER REX HOGGARD WHO IS HEADING UP TO ATLANTA. YOU'RE GOING TO BE WISHING YOU'RE IN THAT AIR CONDITIONS HOME STUDIO. BUT WITH THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP ON DECK, THE PGA TOUR, THE SEASON FINALE, WHETHER WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST STORY? >> YOU PROBABLY MISSED THIS LAST WEEK, BUT WHEN -- WAS IN THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP, WE DID THE POST PODCAST AND I NEEDED TO CALL AUTHORITIESK HE WAS FLUSHED AND HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COLOR IN HIS FACE AND BREATHING HEAVY. SO I'M GLAD HE'S BACK IN THE STUDIO AND COMFORTABLE. GOING TO -- >> NEXT LEVEL. >> WE'RE GOING TO BEEN BACK AT SEA LEVEL, THANKFULLY. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AND I'M REALLY CURIOUS. DY KIND OF A CRASH COURSE THIS MORNING LOOK AT WHAT ANDREW GREEN DID AT THAT GOLF COURSE. BECAUSE IT IS A STYLE AND PLAY FOR SO LONG. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT XANDER SCHAUFFELE, HE HAS SO MANY STROKE AS HEAD OF EVERYBODY ELSE. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW WELL RORY HAS PLAYED HERE AND IT SUITS A STYLE OF PLAYER. I'M CURIOUS IF THE CHANGES WILL BRING THE MEDIUM BACK IN. WHERE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER IS NOT A FAN OF THIS GOLF COURSE BUT HE TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT THE IDEA OF HE WANTS TO GET THERE. HE WANTS TO SEE IT AND HOPE THAT MAYBE THIS GOLF COURSE COULD FAVOR A CERTAIN TYPE OF PLAY. >> FOR ME, IT WOULD BE PEDESTRIAN WEEK FOR A LOT OF STARS AT THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP. IS THAT AN ANOMALY BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE'RE PLAYING AT 6400 FEET ELEVATION, THE HIGHEST ALTITUDE OF ANY COURSE THIS YEAR ON THE PGA TOUR, OR IS THIS GENERAL WEAR AND TEAR BASED ON A LONG SEASON AND NOW WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE FINAL LEG OF THE FEDEX ONE PLAYOFFS. BUT SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER IS GOING TO BOUNCE BACK AND RUBBER STAMP WHAT WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST TOURS IN THE LAST 15 TO 20 YEARS IF HE COULD FINALLY BREAK THROUGH AND WIN A TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, A FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS AND HAVE SEVEN WIN, AND EIGHT INCLUDING THE GOLD MEDAL. WHAT ABOUT YOU. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LAST WEEK AT THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT DID SEEM LIKE A ONEOFF. YOU SAW SOME OF THE DISTANCE CONTROL ISSUES THAT SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER HAS HAVING. YOU LOOK AT THE HALLMARK OF HIS GAME. IT IS IRON PLAY. AND IN PARTICULAR IT IS HIS DISTANCE CONTROL. AND TO SEE HIM MISSING WITH THE SHORTEST CLUBS, THAT FRUSTRATION WAS BOILING OVER, YES, IT IS CERTAINLY AN INDICATION THAT SORT OF A LONG SEASON IS CATCHING UP WITH HIM. PARTICULARLY THE CON DDENSED NATURE RETURNING TO THE CALENDAR YEAR SCHEDULE WITH THE MAJORS, THE OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT AS WELL AND NOW THREE PLAYOFF EVENTS AS WELL AS A LOT OF GOLF IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I DO THINK SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER IS MOTIVATED TO GET FINALLY THE CUP TITLE ON HIS RESUME. WHAT DO YOU THINK, REX. IF THEY DO NOT LEAD, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ONE OF THE GUYS HOWLING FOR CHANGE THAT THE PGA TOUR NEEDS TO BLOWING THIS THING UP? >> NO. I AGREE WITH WHAT SCOTTIE SAID TWO WEEKS AGO IN MEMPHIS. IT IS NOT A SEASON LONG RACE. IT ENDED AT THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP. IT IS NOT A PLAYOFF. THAT WORD WAS NEVER GOING TO FIT WITH GOLF. WHAT THE TOUR HAS CREATED HOWEVER, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF COOL. WHEN OUR ATTENTION IS GOING INTO THE DIRECTION OF FOOTBALL, WHEN YOU HAVE THE TOP PLAYERS, YOU GO BACK TO DENVER AND THEN ATLANTA, PLAYING FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND PEOPLE WILL PAY ATTENTION TO IT. THAT IS IT. END OF LIST. FULL STOP. THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE COME ONE A SYSTEM THAT IT PERFECT AND WILL FIT EVERYONE IS RIDICULOUS. THIS IS SILLY AND THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB FOR TWO PLUS DECADES OF COMING UP WITHA SYSTEM THAT IS BETTER BUT IT IS NEVER GOING TO BE PERFECT. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT TOP TEN IN THE STANDINGS. WHY ISN'T THIS A PLAYOFF? >> I JUST DON'T THINK PLAYOFFS AS A CONCEPT EVER FIT WITH GOLF. WE'RE GOING TO SIT AROUND THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND TALK ABOUT THE PLAYOFFS WHEN IT COME FOZ FOOTBALL OR BASEBALL AND YOU WOULD HAVE THE HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE OR AN IDEA GETTING HOT ORA DARK HORSE COMING INTO THE PLAYOFFS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE COMING INTO THIS WEEK. JUSTIN THOMAS IS GOING TO START THIS WEEK WAY BEHIND SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER ON THAT PARTICULAR GOLF COURSE. AT EAST LAKE, HE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHANCE. HE SAID AS MUCH ON SUNDAY WHEN HE LEFT THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU LIKE TO THINK YOU HAVE A CHANCE. BUT IT IS NOT MUCH. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE THINGS WITH WHAT WE HAVE HERE WITH THE POST-SEASON AND THE PLAYOFF SEASON. AGAIN, CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. I THINK WHAT THEY CREATED IT INTERESTING. IT IS A COMPELLING PRODUCT DURING THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN YOU WOULDN'T BE PAYING ATTENTION TO GOLF. >> SO NO DARK HORSE. KEEGAN BRADLEY IS NOW FOURTH. THAT IS THE CINDERELLA STORY. THE HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE IS THE BAKED IN FEDEX POINTS THAT THEY AGREW. IT IS NOT LIKE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER COULD SAY WE'RE PLAYING MY FAVORITE COURSE IN DALLAS, BECAUSE I'M IN THE TOP SPOT. BUT IT IS POINTS ACCRUED OF GOLF'S VERSION OF A HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE. SO I'M ONE WHO MY THINKING PERSONALLY HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME WHERE I THINK THEY'RE GETTING SIGNIFICANTLY CLOSER WITH THE FORMAT. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE 100% THERE. LAST WEEK I WAS WORKING PGA TOUR LIVE AND IT WAS INTERESTING, WE HAVE JUSTIN THOMAS IN THE GROUP, AND HE'S MIC'D UP AND TALKING TO MAX HOMA ABOUT POTENTIAL FORMAT CHANGES AND HE WAS SAYING MAYBE PEBBLE BEACH COULD BE A FUTURE SPOT WITHIN THE PLAYOFFS. MAYBE THEY HAVE ROTATING LOCATIONS FOR A TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP. WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH THE WEST COAST IN THE FUTURE. SO I THINK THE FORMAT IS GETTING CLOSER. THE VENUES COULD BE THE POTENTIAL SHIFT THAT WE SEE IN THE COMING YEARS. WHAT ABOUT YOU? >> I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'D LOVE TO SEE, HAVING A PLAYOFF -- A THREE WEEK PLAYOFF ON THE WEST COAST IN PRIME TIME FOR EAST COAST VIEWERS. THE BIGGER ISSUES IS THEY ARE A SPONSOR OF THE PGA TOUR AND IT IS CORPORATE AND HEADQUARTERS IN MEMPHIS. LOOKING TOWARD THE CHAMPIONSHIP. BIG SPONSORS WANT TO HAVE IT IN THE SOUTH. BUT MOVING IT IN LOKES IN A TIME SLOT, WOULD YOU AGREE WOULD BE MORE FAVORABLE. I'M WITH SCOTTIE AS WELL, IN THAT I THINK THIS IS A BREAK DOWN IN HOW IT IS MARKETED AND HOW IT IS SORT OF FRAMED. CALLING IT A SEASON LONG RACE. THE PGA TOUR PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD IS THE SEASON LONG RACE. SO WHETHER THAT IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, YOU COULD SAY THAT SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER WAS A SEASON LONG CHAMPION. THIS IS FUN. I LIKE THE FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS. I AGREE GEORGE, I THINK IT IS CLOSER TO WHAT THE IDEAL IS. COULD THEY MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO IT? MAYBE. WOULD SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER BE THREE OR MORE SHOTS, IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER SPITTING THAT OUT, AND DOES THAT MAKE FOR A MORE COMPELLING WEEK OF PRODUCT AT THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, I DON'T KNOW. THEY'RE TRYING TO THREAD A VERY FINE NEEDLE HERE OF HAVING AN ENTERTAINING SEASON FINALE WHILE ALSO CROWNING A WINNER WHO NO DISRESPECT TO KEEGAN BRADLEY, WOULD NOT BE OUT OF NOWHERE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> AND WE SAY THIS A LOT WITH BIG EVENTS, VENUES MATTER. AND I THINK FOR THE FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS, WE HAVE SEEN VENUES CHANGE AND YOU WOULD HOPE FIVE OR TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THIS IS THE FIRST LEG AND THIS IS THE SECOND LEG AND THE THIRD LEG. WHERE FANS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AND NOTORIETY OF WHAT THIS MEANS IN THE GRAND EXTREME OF THE PGA TOUR SCHEDULE AND WITH ELEVATED SENSE OF IMPORTANCE. >> WHAT IS OUR FINAL THOUGHT? >> I THINK, HOW ABOUT KEEGAN BRADLEY, THE WINNER LAST WEEK AT THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP. THERE IS A LOT OF CONVERSATION, I WAS UP -- HE WAS UP 10th IN POINTS. THEY COULD CERTAINLY MAKE AN AIMPRESSION ON JIM FURYK. IF WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU PUTTING KEEGAN BRADLEY ON THIS U.S. PRESIDENT'S CUP TEAM OR DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD GO INTO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. >> I FOLLOWED OUR COLLEAGUE MARK'S LEAGUE. I DID TIERS. IN THE FIRST TIER, SAM BURNS AND TONY FINAU, ARE LOCKED. AND THEN THE SECOND TIER IS LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AND THAT IS KEEGAN AND RUSSELL HENLEY AND BRIAN HARMAN. AND I DO THINK THAT KEEGAN GETS UP GETTING A PICK. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IDEA THAT DID HE DESERVE A PICK BASED ON ONE WEEK'S PERFORMANCE AT MILE HIGH AIR. MAYBE NOT. BUT HOWEVER HE'S STILL ON THE LIST AND HE HAS TO PICK SOMEONE AND I'M TIRED OF HEARING YOU SAY IT SHOULD BE NICK DUNLAP. >> BUT IT SHOULD BE NICK DUNLAP. WITH A 20-YEAR-OLD WITH A LOT OF RUNWAY STILL AHEAD OF HIM. HE DESERVES SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. WOE BE MUCH HIGHER IN THE POINTS. >> THIS IS THE PRESEASON. >> BECAUSE DID HE NOT RECEIVE THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF POINTS FOR WINNING THE AMERICAN EXPRESS THIS SEASON. MARKEDLY DIFFERENT. HE WOULD BE MORE IN SORT OF THAT DENNY McCARTHY JUSTIN THOMAS TIER ASSO POED TO NOW ON PAPER. >> I LOVE TO SEE IT. I MEAN, YOU HEARD WHAT WE SAID EARLIER, REX, I THINK KEEGAN BRADLEY SHOULD BE ON. BUT IN CONSIDERATION, ACSAY BHATIA, I THINK HE SHOULD TAKE SOME SERIOUS MERIT, DEPENDING ON GUYS WITH EXPERIENCE OR TRY TO START GROOMING WHO COULD BE THE FL NEXT CROP OF CORE GUYS NOT JUST FOR THIS YEAR, BUT GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT DECADE. >> AND REX, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT MORE, 1015 MINUTES ON THE PODCAST THIS MORNING. IF YOU ENJOY CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS, AND PLUS A WHOLE LOT MORE. CHECK OUT THE PODCAST. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON WEDNESDAY. LIVE FROM EAST LAKE. AND ALSO [ INAUDIBLE ], YOU COULD ALWAYS FIND US