Column: More than just $10M on stake in FedEx Cup playoffs

NEW YORK (AP) — The FedEx Cup isn't the only trophy at stake over the next five weeks.

One trophy is known for its $10 million prize, with $9 million in cash. The other is about respect and honor from the other players.

The PGA Tour launched its lucrative FedEx Cup in 2007 with hopes it would give the season some definition and keep golf interesting after the majors are over. Another purpose it occasionally serves is to allow the best players to lobby for the Jack Nicklaus Award as the player of the year.

This campaign is more about results than rhetoric.

Going into the FedEx Cup playoffs that start Thursday with The Northern Trust, it's a two-man race. That could change.