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ROUND AND HE SHOT 73, McILROY CAUGHT HIM TO WIN'S THIRD FEDEX CUP TITLE. BEFORE WE GO TO A BREAK, YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS SOMETHING SCOTTY SAID, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT? >> HE FINISHED SIXTH LAST YEAR. I AM SURE THAT WAR ON HIM A LITTLE BIT. I WOULD ARGUE THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD RECORD OF PLAYING GOOD GOLF OVER THE YEAR. OVER THE YEARS YOU LOOK AT IT AND SAY IS THE FEDEX CUP CHAMPION PLAYER OF THE YEAR YOU WOULD KNOW WAY SAVE VIKTOR HOVLAND LAST YEAR LAID BETTER GOLF. YES VIKTOR HOVLAND FINISHED SECOND TO SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER FINISHED SIX. RORY McILROY WON THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP AND ONE PLAYER IN THE WORLD. NO WAY WOULD YOU SAY THAT BILL HAAS IN 2011 PLAYED AT A GOLF AND LUKE DONALD IN 2011. IT IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF ENTICING THE BEST PLAYERS TO PLAY AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THE WAY TO JUDGE IS THE NUMBER OF WINS, SCORING, ALL OF THAT. THE FEDEX CUP IS JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR THE BEST PLAYERS TO COME TOGETHER. >> THE IDEA THAT YOU WOULD COMPARE AND SAY COMING IN AS A WILDCARD MEETING THE PATRIOTS IN THE SUPER BOWL WHO WENT ON BE IN THE REGULAR SEASON DOES NOT HOLD UP AS WELL. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I THINK THIS IS BETTER THAN IT WAS, IF NOT THE SUPER BOWL. THE SUPER BOWL IN PROFESSIONAL GOLF IS WHAT? LIKELY THE MASTER SO THE OPEN. >> I WOULD ARGUE, THERE IS NO SUPER BOWL IN GOLF. THERE ARE EIGHT. YOU COULD CONSIDER FOUR OF THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BUT I WOULD THROW THE PLAYERS IN AS WELL. YOU GET THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD PLAYING WITH GREAT INTENSITY. I WOULD LOOK AT WHAT GIVES THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD PAWS. I CAN SAY THE FEDEX CUP. EVERYONE SAYS YOU ARE DRINKING THE KOOL-AID. NO. I AM LOOKING AT THE LEADERS OF THE FEDEX CUP WHO COME IN HERE AND ONLY ONE TIME GOING BACK TO 2007 HAS THE LEADER OF THE FEDEX CUP EVER SHOT LOW SCORE AT THE TOUR CHAMPION. >> TIGER WOODS. -- >> LISTEN, AS MUCH AS PEOPLE SAY IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY, THEY SAY THAT AFTER THEY GET ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD. MONEY GETS EVERYONE ATTENTION, SO DOES FAME AND SO DOES THE LURE OF MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND RECORDS, MONEY IS WHY ATHLETES PLAY SPORTS. >> IS THAT ENOUGH OF A REASON FOR FANS TO CONTINUE TO WATCH? GIVE ME A HYPOTHETICAL, IF SCOTTY OPENS UP AT 10 SHOT LEAD AFTER TODAY, IS IT ENOUGH TO GET PEOPLE TO TUNE IN THAT THE RACE FOR SECOND PLACE IS WORTH 12.5 MILLION BUCKS? OR WILL THEY BE SITTING IN A BOARDROOM LOOKING FOR A NEW FORMAT FOR THE FEDEX CUP? >> I HAVE DONE THIS 1 MILLION TIMES, GO BACK AND WATCH BELMONT IN 1973 AND YOU TELL ME AT WHAT POINT DID IT BECOME BORING? SECRETARIAT WON BY 32 LINKS. >> THEY WON. >> OF COURSE BUT YOU DON'T APPRECIATE THE GENIUS OF SOMEBODY SEPARATING HIMSELF? THE THING THAT IS AMAZING ABOUT GOLF, THIS IS UNLIKE ANOTHER SPORT, WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE AN ANALYSIS TO OTHER SPORTS, AND OTHER SOURCES THE 20, 30, 40% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEST, AVERAGE AND WORST. THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEST BATTER IN BASEBALL, THE AVERAGE BATTER IN BASEBALL AND THE WORST BATTER IN BASEBALL. THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEST PASSER OF FOOTBALL, THE AVERAGE PASTOR OF FOOTBALL AND THE WORST PASSER IN FOOTBALL. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEST GOLFER ON THE PGA TOUR AND AVERAGE IS 3%. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEST PLAYER ON THE PGA TOUR AND WORST PLAYER IS 7%. THERE IS NO FINER LINE. WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE WIN BY 15 SHOTS, WHAT YOU ARE SEEING THERE IS SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY. WE WATCH SPORTS TO BE BLOWN AWAY. WHEN SOMEONE WINS BY 15 SHOTS YOU WANT TO SAY IT IS -- YOU LOST ME. I AM ALL IN. WHEN SOMEONE CAN SEPARATE THEMSELVES BY 15 SHOTS, YES, OF COURSE, SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER STARTED WITH AN ADVANTAGE. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD RANK DIFFERENCE AT WHERE HE IS AT AND WHERE XANDER SCHAUFFELE IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS MANAGED TO DO THAT AND HAS THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE IS TIGER WOODS. >> THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE A FOUR-GAME SWEEP, THEY WANT TO SEE GAME SEVEN THEY WANT TO SEE THE FINAL 10 SECONDS OF THE TYPE ALL DAY. >> IT IS SCRIPTED. >> THE SPORT IS NOT LIKE THAT. >> EVERY NOW AND THEN SOMETIMES SOMEONE IS BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE MAYBE DOES NOT TIE INTO -- >> IT IS AN ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCT, DON'T YOU WANT TO SEE THE BEST SHOW? I LOVE GOLF -- >> I LOVE GOLF BETTER THAN MAKING BATS THAN ANY OTHER SO IT IT WAS NOT CLOSE, EVERYBODY WATCHED BREAKING BAD BECAUSE IT WAS MILES BETTER. >> THE THING IS, YOU CAN WATCH IT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE YOU HAVE GOT TO WATCH. >> IF IT IS A RUNAWAY THERE WILL BE CALLS FOR CLOSE A. >> YES, BUT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE FINAL ITERATION. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE AND IT WILL BE BETTER THAN THIS. IN THE END, YOU GOT THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD COMING TO COMPETE. YES, SHOULD THERE BE ANOTHER ITERATION? I THINK THERE SHOULD BE. IT WILL HAVE SOME FORMAT OF MATCHPLAY. THEY WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET EVERYBODY HERE TO COMPETE IN THE SCENARIO, YOU DON'T WANT TWO PLAYERS AND MATCHPLAY, YOU WANT ALL THE BEST PLAYERS BUT IN SOME CAPACITY THERE WILL BE A MATCHPLAY ELEMENT, I HAVE NO DOUBT. >> I WOULD COUNT ON IT, HE SAID DRINKING THE KOOL- AID, GO AHEAD, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MEMORABLE PLAYOFF EVENTS. RIGHT HERE AT EAST LAKE, TIGER IN 2018, THEY MADE THE CHANGE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, McILROY 119 AND 2022, THE SIX HOLE PLAYOFF WITH DECHAMBEAU WAS ABSOLUTELY EPIC. I THINK WHAT HOVLAND DID IN CHICAGO LAST YEAR WITH BMW IS OFF THE CHARTS THAT IT IS UNFAIR TO SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PLAYOFF DRAMA. >> I AM NOT SAYING THAT. IN 2007, YOU GO BACK AND WATCH THE END OF THE YEAR, 1990 TO 2007, I ALWAYS JOKE IT WAS LIKE A WHO LUTHER BANJO SONG, IT NEVER ENDED UP GOING ON, IF ELECTED YEAR CUP GOING ON, LONG AFTER THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE GOING ON, THERE WAS NO PUNCH TO THE END OF THE YEAR. I DID GO BACK AND COMPARE THE RATINGS TO THE END OF THE YEAR, 1990 TO 2006, 2007, WHATEVER IT WAS I COMPARED THEM AND THE RATINGS WERE FAR MORE UP FOR THE PLAYOFFS AND THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP THAN THEY WERE PREVIOUS TO END OF THE YEAR. THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY WERE MEANT TO DO IT AT A PUNCH TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND BRING THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD TOGETHER COMPETING AT A HIGH LEVEL. THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER ITERATION OF THIS, THERE HAS TO BE THE IDEA THAT SOMEBODY SHOWS UP AND HAS THE LOWEST SCORE DOES NOT WIN THAT IS TOUGH TO SETTLE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET GRANULAR, JUST APPRECIATE IT. THE PLAYERS ARE HERE AND PLAYING THE BEST ROUND AND