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how does the fedex cup work in golf

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Answer Every event on the PGA

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tour awards FedEx Cup points – the number of points a player earns is based on the prizemoney for the tournament and the player’s tournament finish. The player with the most points at the end of the season is crowned the FedEx Cup champion.

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What are the payouts for the FedEx Cup?

Aug 23, 2021 · How the Tour Championship works The FedEx Cup standings are then used to set starting positions at the Tour Championship for the 30 players that make it that far. No. 1 in the standings begins the...

How do you win the FedEx Cup?

Mar 29, 2021 · The FedEx Cup started in 2007. It was designed to be a season long points race that offered unprecedented bonus money and ends with the FedEx Playoffs. The top 125 players in the FedEx Cup standings at season’s end are eligible for the FedEx Cup Playoffs with the three events featuring a progressive cut, starting with a field of 125, reducing to 70 for the second …

How is FedEx Cup money paid out?

Aug 28, 2012 · The Regular Season consists of 33 pre-playoff events in which players will attempt to earn FedEx Cup points to make it to the playoffs. These points will determine seeding for the playoffs. Official PGA TOUR events award 25,000 points spread over how the players finish; usually the winner of a weekly event wins 500 points.

How many FedEx Cup points per tournament?

Jun 06, 2007 · Players will accumulate FedExCup points which will determine their seeding for the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. The Playoffs will consist of four events between late-August and mid-September. These four events will determine the winner of the FedExCup.

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Aug 05, 2019 · The Tour Championship will, for the first time this season, feature what the PGA Tour is calling FedEx Cup Starting Strokes. Here is how the stroke structure works, according to pgatour.com: The...

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Answer

Every event on the PGA tour awards FedEx Cup points – the number of points a player earns is based on the prizemoney for the tournament and the player’s tournament finish. The player with the most points at the end of the season is crowned the FedEx Cup champion.

More about the FedEx Cup

The FedEx Cup started in 2007. It was designed to be a season long points race that offered unprecedented bonus money and ends with the FedEx Playoffs.

Who is the 2020 golf champion?

Its introduction marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Announced in November 2005, it was first awarded in 2007. Dustin Johnson is the 2020 champion. This competition is sponsored by FedEx .

What channel is Tiger Woods on?

Tiger Woods (69 titles) TV partner (s) CBS Sports. NBC Sports / Golf Channel. Official website. PGATour.com. The FedEx Cup is a championship trophy for the PGA Tour. Its introduction marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Announced in November 2005, it was first awarded in 2007.

What was the previous FedEx Cup Play-offs format?

The previous format saw each player’s FedEx Cup points reset heading to East Lake for the Tour Championship with the player in first position being reset to 2,000, second reset to 1,800 and so on.

So what is the current Fedex Cup Play-offs format?

The PGA Tour have revamped the format meaning that instead of the FedEx Cup points resetting after the penultimate play-off event, all players will no longer start on the same score at the Tour Championship.

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How does the FedEx Cup work?

Previously, FedEx Cup points were reset ahead of the season-ending Tour Championship.

Why has the FedEx Cup format changed?

The format has changed so that the Tour Championship winner will also be crowned the FedEx Cup champion.

Starting Strokes, FedExCup bonus money for East Lake

East Lake Golf Club, the site of the TOUR Championship. (Stan Badz/PGA TOUR)

Starting Strokes

The top 30 in the FedExCup standings following the BMW Championship will advance to the TOUR Championship, where the final leaderboard will represent the final FedExCup standings for the top 30 players. Stroke play will be used to determine the champion of the PGA TOUR’s season-long points race.

Payout

First place in the FedExCup is $15 million. The runner-up will earn $5 million. Every player who makes it to East Lake will earn at least $395,000. Eight players will earn at least $1 million in FedExCup bonus money.

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