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Champions Tour will launch 3-event playoff series for 2016, sources say

The FedEx Cup playoffs are in their ninth year and, by all accounts, have made the PGA Tour’s fall season compelling and relevant. Could a playoff system for the Champions Tour create similar interest?

On Thursday, the parent PGA Tour will introduce a three-event Champions Tour playoff system, sources told Golfweek. The series likely will debut in the Savannah, Ga., area before moving to the Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course in Richmond for the second event. The Dominion Charity Classic, a 54-man, 54-hole event, will feature a $2 million purse and be played Nov.