PGA won't fiddle with FedEx Cup

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The PGA Tour won't change anything about its Fed-Ex Cup points system and playoff schedule. Rick George, chief of operations for the PGA Tour, said adjustments were not on the agenda and were not discussed at a policy board meeting earlier this week.

"We think the FedEx Cup did a lot of positive things and met the objectives we set for it," George said Tuesday. "We don't anticipate it changing."

It would be the first time since the FedEx Cup began in 2006 that the points system was left alone.

Tiger Woods won the $10 million bonus this year with two runner-up finishes and a win during the FedEx Cup playoffs, though four players had a chance to win the cup on the back nine of the Tour Championship.

The playoff schedule will not change for the third year. It includes 37 events and a week off after the third playoff event, the BMW Championship on Sept. 9-12 outside Chicago. The Tour Championship is Sept. 23-26.

PGA Tour officials had been polling players about changing the playoff schedule in 2010 because of the Ryder Cup, which will be played in Wales the week after the Tour Championship. Most U.S. team members will be playing five times in six weeks, concluding with one of the most draining weeks in golf at the Ryder Cup.

Among the options were to have the dark week after two playoff events, though most players figured it would be better to take a break after two playoff events only in non-Ryder Cup years.

Milwaukee is not on the PGA schedule for the first time since 1968; its sponsor, U.S. Bank, did not renew its contract. Its dates go to the Reno-Tahoe Open, which had been the same week as Firestone.

The 2010 season begins Jan. 7 with the SBS Championship at Kapalua for previous year's champions, and continues with the Sony Open in Honolulu and the Bob Hope Classic in the California desert.

The West Coast swing has been rearranged this year. The Northern Trust Open at Riviera will be Feb. 4-7, the same week as the Super Bowl, with the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-am the following week.

• EXEMPTION FOR COMPTON — Erik Compton, the golfer with two heart transplants, has received another exemption into the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Disney next week. Compton also got an exemption last year and tied for 60th. He was allowed to ride in a cart, just five months after his second transplant. Tournament chairman Kevin Weickel says Compton will be walking this year.