Call me an old fuddy-duddy but trying to understand the scoring system for the FedEx Cup makes me feel very ancient.
Apparently, my traditional thinking that if I shot a 71, I would beat and collect a bigger cheque than the guy who came in with a 72 is wrong.
US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick also thinks that the handicap scoring system is a "strange" system for the end of season cash bonanza whereby coming in second will earn you US$6.5 million and third $5 million.
Come in 10th and you will still be handed $1 million.
The 15th ranked Fitzpatrick started with a one-shot handicap disadvantage behind No.6 Cameron Smith in pursuit of top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, who it seems, already has his name half written on the $18 million winners' cheque.
Under the existing handicapping format, players in the 30-man field at the season-ending Tour Championship have been handed a starting score relative to their respective FedEx Cup rankings through the PGA Tour's play-offs.
It meant that No.1 Scottie Scheffler teed off on 10-under par, while No.2 Patrick Cantlay was at eight-under.
No.15 Fitzpatrick's starting point of three-under was excessively generous in comparison to British Open champion Cameron Smith, who had only a one-shot advantage over the Briton despite finishing the regular season nine spots higher in sixth.
Out of Bounds: I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth, especially with golfers who consistently three putt.