Beginning this fall, the Tour Championship will end on a par 5 rather than a par 3, the PGA Tour announced Tuesday.
The nines will be reversed for the FedEx Cup finale at East Lake Golf Club, meaning hole Nos. 1-9 will now be Nos. 10-18 for the tournament. So instead of play wrapping up on the par-3 18th, it will now finish at the par-5 18th.
“I think it’s really, really cool," Jordan Spieth, last year's winner and FedEx Cup champ, said in a release. "Nine (now 18) makes for a fantastic finishing hole. From 5 being a monster hole, having to go to 6 and playing those as No.