TPC Southwind will now host the first of three FedEx Cup playoff events, beginning Aug. 11-14, 2022. Beginning next year, the event will be called the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The FedEx Cup playoffs are a three-event culmination to the PGA Tour season, with the winner awarded a $15 million prize.
What are the FedEx Cup playoffs?
The FedEx Cup Playoffs are a series of four $9 million tournaments that are played at the end of the PGA Tour season and determine the season-long champion.
How many times has the playoffs happened in the PGA Tour?
In the first 12 years of the Playoffs, it happened four times, including 2017 and 2018. Remember Tiger Woods’ win at the Tour Championship in 2018? Well, it was Justin Rose who took home the FedEx Cup. Given how frequently this was happening, tour officials decided they needed an alternative to simplify the race for the FedEx Cup title.
How many points do you get for a playoff win in PGA?
For a playoff win, you get 1,500 points. Similarly, all players earn three times the points for their performances in playoff events compared to regular-season tournaments. (Note: This was the one real change in the structure of the playoffs from 2019, playoff event points were worth four times as much as a regular-season event.)
How do the playoffs work in the Tour Championship?
The playoffs now consist of The Northern Trust, BMW Championship and Tour Championship. The top 125 players on the FedExCup points list qualify for The Northern Trust. Thereafter, the top 70 move on to the BMW and the top 30 advance to the finale, where the Tour has made some serious changes. OK, so how does the Tour Championship work now?
How many golfers qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs?
125 players2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs format The Top 125 players in FedEx Cup standings at the end of the regular season-ending Wyndham Championship qualified for the first playoff event: this week's Northern Trust at Liberty National, while those outside of the Top 125 headed home or to the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.
How many FedEx playoff events are there?
At the conclusion of the Regular Season (following the 2022 Wyndham Championship), the top 125 players in the FedExCup standings will be eligible to play in the FedExCup Playoffs, a series of three events over the month of August (prior to 2019, the FedExCup Playoffs included four events).
How many FedEx points do you need to win?
The number of points for winning each tournament varies from 250 to 600, depending on the quality of the field for each event, with the typical tournament awarding 500. Fewer points are awarded to other players who finish each tournament, based on their final position.
How much does the winner of the Tour Championship get?
The 2021 Tour Championship winner will receive the same check amount as last year's tournament — $15 million. However, the biggest change is for the runner-up and third-place golfers. Last year, those two spots each received $4.5 million, not providing much pull to finish as runner-up.
2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs format
The latest FedEx Cup Playoffs system first debuted in 2019. With the changes, the playoffs were reduced from four tournaments to three.
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 Tour Championship at 10 under, No. 2 at eight under, and so on. Players ranked 26-30 start the finale at even par.
Events
Aug. 19-22 — The Northern Trust at Liberty National Golf Club (Jersey City, New Jersey) Aug. 26-29 — BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club (Owings Mills, Maryland) Sept. 2-5 — Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club (Atlanta, Georgia)
Fields
The top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings, via points accumulated throughout the year, will play The Northern Trust this week. Some of them by the narrowest of margins.
Tour Championship format
Going into the Tour Championship inside the top five or top 10 in the FedEx Cup standings is important because of how scoring is dispersed. Whoever is first in the standings after the BMW Championship starts the Tour Championship at 10 under, and the event is played under normal scoring conditions from there.
Prize money
The numbers are startling. The winner of the Tour Championship gets $15 million. If you make it to the Tour Championship, you’re guaranteed $395,000. Everyone who makes it to the BMW Championship is guaranteed at least $140,000. Heck, everyone who finished in the top 125 is guaranteed at least $101,000.
Favorites
The current top 10 going into The Northern Trust is a collection of the best, most consistent players all year. Any of the 10 could theoretically win it, although since the FedEx Cup Playoffs went from four events to three events two years ago, the eventual winners have been ranked No. 15 (Dustin Johnson) and No.
How many points do you get for a playoff win on the PGA Tour?
If you won a regular-season PGA Tour stop, you earned 500 points. For a playoff win, you get 1,500 points. Similarly, all players earn three times the points for their performances in playoff events compared to regular-season tournaments.
How much did the FedEx Cup winner make in 2019?
The short answer: A lot. Starting in 2019 the FedEx Cup winner earned $15 million from an overall prize money payout of $60 million. Here’s the breakdown for all the players at the Tour Championship: 1: $15,000,000. 2: $5,000,000.
Did golfers reset points in the FedEx Cup?
For 2009, they made sure players couldn’t clinch the FedEx Cup before the end of the Tour Championship (as Vijay Singh had done in 2008). In 2015, points reset when golfers got to the Tour Championship, en suring that every player in the final field had a mathematical chance to win the FedEx Cup. In 2019, however, the playoffs took on their biggest ...
Round 1 – The Northern Trust
The Northern Trust has a 125-player field and is the only FedEx Cup playoff event with a 36-hole cut. The low-65 players and ties will play the final 36 holes and earn more FedEx Cup points. Only golfers who finish ranked No.
Round 2 – BMW Championship
The BMW Championship will be contested on the North Course at Olympia Fields Golf Club outside Chicago Aug. 27-30. Only players who rank No. 70 or better on the points list can play.
Round 3 – The Tour Championship
The PGA Tour’s season-ending event will once again take place at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Thirty players will qualify for the event, and there will be no cut, but the Tour Championship will have a unique start.
Events
Fields
- The Northern Trust: 125 BMW Championship: 70 Tour Championship: 30 The top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings, via points accumulated throughout the year, will play The Northern Trust this week. Some of them by the narrowest of margins. Though all three events are 72-hole stroke-play tournaments, the fields gradually get smaller as we zero in on a $15 million winner at the Tour C…
Tour Championship Format
- Going into the Tour Championship inside the top five or top 10 in the FedEx Cup standings is important because of how scoring is dispersed. Whoever is first in the standings after the BMW Championship starts the Tour Championship at 10 under, and the event is played under normal scoring conditions from there. Second starts at 8 under and so on (see full numbers below). Wit…
Prize Money
- The numbers are startling. The winner of the Tour Championship gets $15 million. If you make it to the Tour Championship, you’re guaranteed $395,000. Everyone who makes it to the BMW Championship is guaranteed at least $140,000. Heck, everyone who finished in the top 125 is guaranteed at least $101,000. And all of this is on top of what the tournaments themselves pay …
Favorites
- The current top 10 going into The Northern Trust is a collection of the best, most consistent players all year. Any of the 10 could theoretically win it, although since the FedEx Cup Playoffs went from four events to three events two years ago, the eventual winners have been ranked No. 15 (Dustin Johnson) and No. 6 (Rory McIlroy) in the FedEx Cup s...