Russell Henley ran wild around East Lake Golf Club in the first round of the 2025 Tour Championship, and in the process, he ran to the top of the leaderboard in the final leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

While seemingly nobody agrees on any perfect solution, the overwhelming majority of players are just happy the starting stroke era is over.

McIlroy won two majors and a World Golf Championship in 2014 and didn't win it. The three times he did win the FedEx Cup, McIlroy was never at the top of the points list throughout the entire postseason until he delivered the goods at East Lake.

It will be a quick turnaround for the 30 players competing in the 2025 Tour Championship as second-round tee times have been moved up Friday due to forecasted thunderstorms in the Atlanta area. As such,

The FedEx Cup Playoffs will wrap up this weekend at East Lake GC and Scottie Scheffler aims for a second straight title.