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] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Accurate award and provenance records preserve recognition of championship achievements.", "Custody, display and conservation decisions should respect ownership and protect the trophy.", "Publication of location or security information can affect custodians and the trophy's safety." ], "affected_parties": [ "Champions have an interest in accurate attribution of the award.", "Owners and custodians are responsible for the trophy.", "Event organisers and exhibition hosts may be responsible for its authorised display.", "Fans and visitors rely on accurate presentation of the trophy." ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The trophy's documented owner or authorised custodian.", "master_systems": [ "Award records document championship recipients.", "Asset, custody and conservation records document the physical trophy." ] }, "visual_identification": [ "A season-ending trophy presented after the final playoff event on the men's tour." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Confusing the trophy with the competition can attach standings or rules to a physical object.", "Confusing an original trophy with a replica can misrepresent provenance or ownership.", "Unauthorised handling, transport or display can damage the trophy or compromise its security." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Rules of Golf, R&A and United States Golf Association." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "This trophy is encountered in professional men's golf as the award associated with a season-long points competition culminating in playoffs.", "It appears in championship presentations, displays and reporting as a symbol of the season champion's achievement." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q1399835: FedEx Cup", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399835", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: FedEx Cup", "url": 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"kind": "action", "id": "carryover-and-progression-q02" }, { "text": "Has advancement or elimination been officially established, or does it remain projected?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "carryover-and-progression-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "championship-and-consequences", "name": "Championship and consequences", "description": "Determine the season champion and distinguish the title from associated financial and eligibility outcomes.", "rationale": "The rule connecting points, the finale and the championship must be explicit before an agent can name a winner or infer benefits.", "layers": [ { "id": "title-determination", "name": "Title determination", "description": "Apply the edition's decisive championship procedure.", "findings": [ { "id": "finale-to-season-title", "name": "Finale to season title", "description": "Record the rule connecting the TOUR Championship result to the FedEx Cup title, including starting-score treatment and tie resolution. The 2026 overview specifies a 72-hole finale starting all players at even par. Source: [PGA TOUR overview](https://beta.pgatour.com/fedexcup/overview).", "questions": [ { "text": "For this edition, how does the TOUR Championship result determine the FedEx Cup champion?", "kind": "definition", "id": "finale-to-season-title-q01" }, { "text": "Do starting strokes, a separate points calculation or other adjustments affect championship determination?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "finale-to-season-title-q02" }, { "text": "Which official result and tie-resolution procedure establish the confirmed champion?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "finale-to-season-title-q03" } ] } ] }, { "id": "awards-and-eligibility-interfaces", "name": "Awards and eligibility interfaces", "description": "Connect finalized outcomes to benefits and later competition eligibility.", "findings": [ { "id": "outcome-entitlements", "name": "Outcome entitlements", "description": "Separate tournament prize money, FedExCup bonuses, title recognition and future-entry rights by their actual qualifying triggers.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which confirmed finish or standing triggers each payment, award or playing-right entitlement?", "kind": "definition", "id": "outcome-entitlements-q01" }, { "text": "What official schedule specifies the amount, currency, eligibility duration and conditions?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "outcome-entitlements-q02" }, { "text": "Which later eligibility decisions belong to the FedExCup Fall rather than this championship outcome?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "outcome-entitlements-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; 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