Kisner Says Scheffler's 8-Shot St. Jude Win Exposed PGA Tour Signature Event Flaws
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Updated · HITC · Aug 18
Kisner Says Scheffler's 8-Shot St. Jude Win Exposed PGA Tour Signature Event Flaws
3 articles · Updated · HITC · Aug 18
Summary
Kevin Kisner said Scottie Scheffler’s eight-shot FedEx St. Jude Championship victory showed the PGA Tour’s small-field signature-event model has failed to create enough drama.
Scheffler seized control with a second-round 61 at TPC Southwind and, after his first win since January’s American Express, was effectively uncatchable within six holes on Sunday.
Kisner argued a 125-player field and a halfway cut would have produced tighter competition, saying the tour moved away from the meritocratic format it was founded on.
The 2026 results only partly support that critique: four of eight signature events went to playoffs, while Collin Morikawa and Jacob Bridgeman won by one shot and Kristoffer Reitan by two.