We are one week into Playoffs v2.0 and everyone is complaining already.  Vijay Singh managed his way to victory for the fourth time at the Barclays - first time at Ridgewood CC - and skyrocketed from 7th to 1st in the FedEx Cup standings.  Equally notable are the performances of Matt Goggin and Kevin Sutherland, who moved way up the leader board.

Now, the Players are complaining that the system is too volatile.

Stu Cink was concerned from the start - something announced only AFTER everyone complains.

"Obviously, the idea was to make the playoffs more valuable," said Policy Board member Stewart Cink after finishing his round Sunday. "Trust me, we looked at it so many different ways, our heads were spinning."

Here's a real after-the-fact kicker. Cink has been a good company man all season and widely espoused the benefits of the new points system, but now that there are some crazy cracks showing and his peers are questioning him about the merits of the details the Policy Board authorized, he has come clean.

"I was hesitant to weight the playoffs this heavily, to be honest," he said.

Cink does have a point, though, in one respect. 

The PGA Tour went to the governing bodies and majors, and convinced them to give the FEC respect by allowing the Top 30 at season end to get into the US Open and the Masters.  Those are spots that should be reserved for players who are consistent all year long - basically, using the money list.  But, on PGATour.com, you can't even find the money list that easily.

As I have said before, I am ok with the Playoff concept so long as it is what it is - a series of tournaments with big money that mean to get golf on the sporting map in September.  This does not mean that the Playoffs should identify the Tour's best player.  Considering that 144 players start the thing - more than the number of guys automatically exempt next year - that's not possible with the new volatility. 

If you choose the intent as being volatility, then treat it that way and having nothing but the cash hinge on the FEC.  If you choose identifying the best player, then go back to v1.0 and restrict mobility.  Either way, you will get some critics - especially since $10 million just happens to be a lot of money.