Report: PGA Tour in 'Advanced' Talks on Bracket-Style Format for Tour Championship

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The PGA's Tour Championship format is getting a facelift.

Gabby Herzig of The Athletic reported that the association may shift towards a "bracket-style format with head-to-head play" to determine the yearly champion and that the change could be instituted as soon as "this year."

"The sources, granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said the tour is eyeing a bracket-style format with head-to-head play — a structure familiar to most sports fans because of the NCAA basketball tournaments and College Football Playoff," Herzig wrote. "Both stroke play and match play are being discussed as…