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The FedEx Cup playoffs have a well-deserved reputation for confusing golf fans, if not all sports fans.
Complicated points totals, unorthodox standings and the mystifying image of two winners at the event’s conclusion — one for the final tournament and the other for the overall playoffs — has only buttressed the public’s puzzlement.
This year’s FedEx Cup playoffs have been streamlined to eradicate some of that befuddlement and make for a more TV-friendly serial. The event is still convoluted, but much less so. Still, that doesn’t mean that the champion left standing will be the golfer with the lowest score in the last of the three tournaments.