The 2024 RSM Classic format remains unchanged this year, with the PGA Tour event played at Sea Island Golf Resort in St. Simons Island, Georgia.
The 2024 RSM Classic field is 156 players.
The RSM Classic field is made up of players who get in off the PGA Tour's eligibility criteria for this event, including players looking to finish in the top 125 of the FedEx Cup Fall points list.
RSM Classic format
The RSM Classic format is a 72-hole event. The field is divided into threesomes for the first two rounds. For the first two rounds, the threesomes remain paired together.
In the first two rounds, the threesomes will have a tee time in the morning wave and the afternoon wave on the tee sheet. Each threesome will also start one round on the first tee and the other on the 10th tee, with the field evenly split each day between morning and afternoon.
There are two courses used for the tournament in the first two rounds: the Seaside Course and the Plantation Course. Each player will play a round on each course in the first two rounds.
A cut is made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties. All players who qualify for the final 36 holes of the tournament are eligible to finish the event.
For the third and fourth rounds, the pairings and tee times are made based on each player's total score through two and three rounds, respectively. Players with the highest total score go first, then in descending order until the two players with the lowest total score in the final group.
The player with the lowest total score after 72 holes is the winner and will earn the winner's share of the purse.
The winning player will earn 500 FedEx Cup Fall points and will earn approximately 39.2 Official World Golf Ranking points.
RSM Classic playoff format
A playoff to settle any ties after 72 holes will be played under PGA Tour rules. The RSM Classic playoff format is a sudden-death format, with playoff holes being 18, 18, 17, 18, 17, 18 played repeatedly by any qualifying players. The RSM Classic playoff competitors compete hole-by-hole until a winner is determined by a player scoring the lowest among the remaining players.
