Kisner says Scheffler's dominant win highlights flaws in PGA Tour's signature event format

Scottie Scheffler captured the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis with an eight-stroke margin, his first victory since the American Express in January. The 30-year-old posted a 61 in the third round and never relinquished the lead, marking his 12th top-five finish of the season.

Veteran golfer Kevin Kisner, speaking on the Fore Play Podcast, said the result demonstrates that the PGA Tour’s limited-field signature events have not achieved their intended effect. > “To put the 70 best players on the PGA Tour for however many weeks they’ve played up until this point, 25, that have all played their best seasons, and throw them all on a course and Scottie Scheffler just dog walks the next best guy by eight is insane to me,” he said. > “It proves we don’t need these small fields… If you added 55 more of the best players, I don’t think he would win by eight. The tour tried to make it better for TV, but I think it’s proven that we don’t.”

Kisner argued that larger fields and a cut would restore the “meritocracy” and drama the Tour historically offered. While Scheffler’s performance was dominant, other recent signature events have produced close finishes, including Cameron Young’s six-stroke win at the Cadillac Championship and several playoffs where Scheffler was a runner-up. Critics like Kisner contend that the format still lacks the competitive depth they believe a larger field would provide.