THREAD - Tour C'ship format: Read a piece suggesting East Lake use match play. Absolutely! But 64 is way too many. Have 32 and use an elim system first used by Aussie rugby league finals in 1995.@BEverillPGAT first suggested WGC-Match Play adopt this (with 64). Goes like this ...

Split the 32 at East Lake into two pools: 1-16 and 17-32. On Thursday, 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15 etc. The eight winners in pool #1 advance to next stage and get Friday off. Meanwhile on Thursday, 17-32 is pure elimination. Eight winners advance to Friday and eight losers sent home ...

(Those knocked out comprise 25-32 in FedEx Cup standings to determine bonuses, ties broken by initial seeding). On Friday, eight losers from 1-16 matches play the eight winners of 17-32 matches ...

Initial seeding stands for determination of who plays who, ie highest initial seed guaranteed lowest initial seed. Losers knocked out, comprise 17-24 on FedEx final standings to determine bonuses as above ...

Saturday: eight matches of the 16 remaining (ie round of 16) played in the morning (losers are 9-16 in final FedEx standings) and quarter-finals in afternoon (losers are 8-5 in final FedEx standings). Sunday morning semi-finals and on Sunday afternoon ...

Dream match w/ two playing for $20 mill in prime time, winner $15 mill. Benefits also include:
- No.s 1-16 rewarded for consistency by getting two bites at apple and a day's rest for winners
- The WORST No.1 can finish in FedEx standings is 17th
- It's must-watch TV from DAY ONE!