The 2025 Tour Championship brings a close to the FedEx Cup Playoffs race for the season. What's going to happen in Round 1?

Collin Morikawa came out firing on all cylinders during the first round of the Tour Championship, adding some pressure on Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley.

East Lake Golf Club, the historic home of Bobby Jones, has hosted the Tour Championship since 2004 (except 2007). Interestingly, in 2025, the Tour Championship eliminates the starting strokes system, creating a fair 72-hole stroke-play competition where all 30 players begin on equal footing.

Northern Ireland star Rory McIlroy, who entered second in the points standings and played in the final pairing with Scheffler, was in a group tied for eighth at 4 under. Akshay Bhatia, the last man in the 30-player field, joined him along with Ludvig Aberg of Sweden and Ben Griffin.

EDOARDO MOLINARI, a former U.S. Amateur champion, Ryder Cupper and three-time winner on the DP World Tour, is Arccos Golf’s Chief Data Strategist and is a statistician for players on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.

BetMGM has Scheffler as +165 to successfully defend his Tour Championship and FedEx Cup titles, which can come as no great shock after he's won five of his last 10 starts. Three-time FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy is +800 and Tommy Fleetwood, who has three top-four finishes among his last five starts, is +1200.

A field of 30 has qualified for the Playoffs finale at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. How they got here for this potentially once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how East Lake has also dipped back into its recent history, and much more is laid out beneath the full-field ranking below.