The PGA Tour gets back to business this week as the FedEx Cup Fall begins in Napa Valley, Calif., with the Procore Championship.

The field is headlined by the event’s defending champion, Sahith Theegala, and Wyndham Clark, both at 12-1. Theegala and Clark were both automatic point qualifiers for the USA Presidents Cup team that will compete in two weeks in Canada, where Canadian Corey Conners (16-1) will be a part of the International side captained by Mike Weir.

The Procore Championship began in 2007 as the Fry’s Electronics Open. Construction management software company Procore Technologies takes over as the title sponsor this year. It also marks the beginning of FedExCup Fall. Below is an explanation of how the new fall format works.

Tournaments in the FedExCup Fall offer winners the same benefits as regular-season events — including a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour, 500 FedExCup points and spots in The Players Championship, The Sentry and those major championships that invite PGA Tour winners.

But the FedExCup Fall also is when Top 125 eligibility, which provides exempt status into Full-Field Events and a spot in The Players, is finalized for the following season.

After the conclusion of the FedExCup Playoffs, players ranked 51st and beyond in the FedExCup will continue to compete for points in the fall. They will begin the fall with all points earned in the regular season and the first FedExCup Playoffs event, the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Additionally, the top 10 players on the FedExCup Points List at the conclusion of the FedExCup Fall who are not yet eligible for the Signature Events will get into the two Signature Events after the season-opening The Sentry. This allows trending players to emerge from the FedExCup Fall and test their skills against the game’s best.

Nos. 51-70 in the FedExCup at the start of the fall have already clinched their Top 125 eligibility for the following year but are competing for spots in the first two Signature Events after The Sentry.

Nos. 71 and beyond can earn one of the 10 spots available in those Signature Events, but they also are competing to finish in the Top 125 of the FedExCup standings at the conclusion of the fall.

At the end of the FedExCup Fall, those who rank from 126-150 on the final FedExCup Fall Points List will have conditional status for the 2025 PGA Tour Season.

All players outside the Top 125 can improve or regain tour status via PGA Tour Q-School presented by Korn Ferry.

Players in the Top 50 of the FedExCup after the Tour Championship are guaranteed Top 125 eligibility and their spots in all Signature Events for the following season, but they can continue to play FedExCup Fall events.

The Silverado Country Club’s North Course in Napa, Calif., has hosted this event since 2014. The course’s first major redesign occurred in 1966 by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and then again in 2011 by Johnny Miller. It plays a par-72 of 7,123 yards.

The Bermuda fairways with Poa Annua and Ryegrass are the narrowest (24 yards average width) on the PGA Tour. Miller wanted to reconfigure the bunkering on this course to create a bit of an “Augusta” type feel. A strong, balanced game off the tee (both distance and accuracy) is required here because the 2.5-inch Bluegrass/Ryegrass Rough can be tricky.

Although there is some rolling terrain and a couple of holes with elevation changes, it is predominately a flat course. With only two holes with water hazards in play and only 53 bunkers on the course, there are not a lot of trouble spots.

Players will be hitting into Bentgrass/Poa Annua (11.5 stimpmeter) greens that are elevated with shaved run-offs and can be bumpy. The greens also average 5,400 square feet. Eight years is not a huge sample size, but West Coast players have fared relatively well on these Bent/Poa greens with Sahith Theegala, Max Homa, Cameron Champ and Brendan Steele, all California guys, winning here recently.

Comparable courses include Detroit Golf Club, TPC River Highlands, TPC San Antonio, TPC Deere Run, TPC Twin Cities and TPC Scottsdale.

Every Fortinet Championship winner at Silverado, except Homa in 2021 (42nd), has ranked seventh or better in Scrambling during their respective winning weeks. (2023: Theegala, 5th; 2022: Homa, 3rd, 2020: Cink, 2nd, 2019: Champ, 1st, 2018: Tway, 1st, 2017: Steele, 7th, 2016: Steele, 5th, 2015: Grillo, 5th, 2014: Bae, 4th).