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Plenty at stake in season-ending Tour Championship

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Sep 20, 2015; Lake Forest, IL, USA; PGA golfer Rory McIlroy lines up a putt on the 18th hole during the …

ATLANTA (Reuters) - It is a numbers game at this week's Tour Championship, with numerals one, three, five and 10 dominating conversation at East Lake Golf Club.

The Sept. 24-27 Tour Championship brings together the top 30 players on the FedExCup points list, but besides the nearly $1.5 million first prize on offer in this fourth and last event of the playoffs, there is much more at stake.

The number one ranking in golf, which now belongs to red-hot Australian Jason Day, is yet again up for grabs.