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FedEx Cup

The Beginning

The PGA Tour’s championship trophy is called the FedEx Cup. Its adoption marked the first time a playoff system was used in men’s professional golf. It was first given out in 2007, having been announced in November 2005. The champion for 2022 is Rory McIlroy. FedEx is the competition’s sponsor.

New regulations

In each of the two years following the FedEx Cup’s launch in 2007, the PGA Tour changed the regulations governing it. Each set of modifications was put in place to solve problems that cropped up the year before, especially with the FedEx Cup playoffs:

  • To provide more golfers a chance to advance in the points standings as the playoffs go, adjustments were made in February 2008. The modifications include restricting the reset playoff points and giving extra points to playoff participants. This is essentially a punishment for athletes who fail to show up for a playoff game.
  • The modifications, which were made in November 2008, were intended to assist assure that the title would not be won until each golfer who qualified had completed the final playoff event. This happened as a result of Vijay Singh amassing enough points through the first three playoff events in 2008 to ensure that he would win the Cup even if he didn’t finish the last competition.
  • The 125 golfers who would keep their PGA Tour playing rights (often referred to as “tour cards”) for the following season were first decided upon in 2013 using FedEx Cup points. Prior to this, this was decided by place on the tour’s annual money list.

The entire bonus pool grew by $25 million to $70 million in 2019, with the winner of the FedEx Cup receiving a $15 million incentive. A $10 million Regular Season bonus pool, sponsored by Wyndham, was included in that $70 million and was based on the final Regular Season FedEx Cup rankings. With the Regular Season victor taking home $2 million, this honored the top 10 players who accrued the most FedEx Cup points through the Wyndham Championship. Starting in 2021, Comcast Business will sponsor the Regular Season bonus pool. The Regular Season Bonus Pool was worth $20 million as of 2022, and the winner received $4 million.

A stroke-based method called FedEx Cup Starting Strokes was introduced for the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale, the Tour Championship, in 2019. The prize money for the FedEx Cup bonus pool grew to $75 million in 2022, with the winner’s portion coming in at $18,000,000.

The FedEx Cup Playoffs, a three-tournament series staged in August following the regular season’s conclusion (after the Wyndham Championship), will open up eligibility to the top 125 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings as of 2019. (From 2007 to 2018, the FedEx Cup Playoffs included four events).

FedEx events

There is a carryover into the Playoffs of the PGA Tour Regular Season points. In South wind Memphis, Tennessee. With fields of 125 for The Northern Trust (Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, New Jersey), 70 for the BMW Championship (Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Illinois), and 30 for the Tour Championship (East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia), where the FedEx Cup Champion is decided, the FedEx Cup Playoffs events have a progressive cut.

By 2022, the Northern Trust had changed its name to the FedEx St. Jude Championship and had relocated to Memphis, Tennessee’s TPC South wind. The field is trimmed and no backups are added if an eligible player is unable or elects not to compete. The vacant positions do not get points.

The BMW Championship and Tour Championship do not have a cut, but the FedEx St. Jude Championship reduces the field to under 70 players and ties after 36 holes. The winner of the first two Playoff events receives 2,000 points (quadruple points of Regular Season events).

Using the FedEx Cup Starting Strokes, which was implemented for the first time in 2019, the Tour Championship uses a strokes-based system. Beginning the Tour Championship at 10-under par is the FedEx Cup points leader after the first two Playoff contests. Starting at 8 under is the No. 2 player. The starting position for the third player is seven under par, for the fourth, six under par, and for the fifth, five under par. Players 6 through 10 go off to a 4 under, 3 under, 2 under, 1 under, and even par start, followed by players 11 through 15 at 3 under, 16 through 20, 1 under, and players 21 through 25 at 2 under.

When combined with his or her FedEx Cup Starting Strokes, the player at the Tour Championship with the lowest 72-hole total score wins both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup. The FedEx Cup winner also receives an additional $18 million bonus and a five-year PGA Tour exemption. Winning the Tour Championship is regarded as an official triumph.

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The playoffs’ eligibility

The season structure was altered starting in the fall of 2013; however, the eligibility requirements have not changed since 2009.

PGA Tour players accumulate points in each event they compete in during the first half of the season, known as the “regular season” from October through August. Depending on the caliber of the field for each event, the winning score for each tournament can range from 250 to 600 points, with an average tournament yielding 500. In each tournament, other competitors receive fewer points based on how they place at the end.

The objective is to finish the regular season’s final event among the top 125-point scorers. Only golfers who are regular, full-time PGA Tour members are eligible to earn points. A non-member who formally joins the PGA Tour in the middle of the season is qualified to earn points in the first competition he plays.

The top 125 players qualify for the playoffs at the conclusion of the regular season. 2000 points, or four times as many as are typically given for a regular season tournament, are granted for winning each playoff event. The fields get smaller as the playoffs go on, and points won in the postseason competitions are added to those from the regular season. Since 2013, the top 125 players in the FedEx Cup points standings have also kept their tour cards for the upcoming year.

As of 2019, the player with the most points after the first two Playoff tournaments starts the Tour Championship at 10-under par. Starting at 8 under is the No. 2 player. The third player starts the round at 7 under par, followed by the fourth player at 6 under par and the fifth player at 5 under par. Players 6 through 10 begin at 4 under par, players 11 through 15 at 3 under par, players 16 through 20 at 2 under par, players 21 through 25 at 1 under par, and players 26 through 30 at even par.

When combined with his or her FedEx Cup Starting Strokes, the player at the Tour Championship with the lowest 72-hole total score wins both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup. The FedEx Cup champion also receives an $18 million bonus, a five-year PGA Tour exemption, and the Tour Championship triumph, which is regarded as an official victory.

Playoff events

FedEx St. Jude ChampionshipTop 125 points leaders
(after the Wyndham Championship)
36-hole cut to top 70 players plus ties
BMW ChampionshipTop 70 points leaders
(after the FedEx St. Jude Championship)
none
Tour ChampionshipTop 30 points leaders
(after the BMW Championship)
none

Playoff benefits

The Prize

After the Tour Championship, the player with the most points will win the FedEx Cup itself, as well as $18 million of a $75 million bonus pool, starting in 2022. The second-place finisher receives $6.5 million, third place gets $5 million, fourth place gets $4 million, and fifth place gets $3 million, and so on down to $85,000 for positions 126 through 150. Non-exempt players who place 126th through 150th in the FedEx Cup starting in 2013 are given conditional PGA Tour status, although they can try to raise their priority rankings by competing in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. Prior to now, money list membership was required to obtain conditional status.

In 2007, rather than being awarded in cash, the funds were transferred into their tax-deferred retirement accounts. The 2007 FedEx Cup bonuses are not accessible to players under the age of 45 until they turn 45 (as opposed to prize money won in the tournaments). When they age 45, they have the option of deferring payment until they turn 60 or playing in fewer than 15 PGA Tour events in a season. They can invest their bonus in any way they see fit. The player will receive checks every month for five years if he decides to withdraw from his fund.

The PGA Tour announced a change to the payout method that will take effect in 2008 due to potential legislation affecting deferred retirement plans and in response to business headlines that said Tiger Woods could accumulate a $1 billion retirement fund if he won the FedEx Cup six more times. The majority of the FedEx Cup prizes given to the top 10 finishers are now paid out in cash upfront; for instance, the 2008 FedEx Cup winner got $9 million in cash upfront and $1 million into his tax-deferred retirement account. FedEx Cup bonuses are still only deposited into the players’ retirement accounts for finishes outside the top 10.

Similar to the exemption that was given to the PGA Tour’s top money winner before 2017, the FedEx Cup champion also receives a five-year PGA Tour exemption. The Tour Championship winner used to receive a three-year exemption prior to the format change in 2019 that made it impossible for two different players to win both the FedEx Cup and the Tour Championship. Only the regular 2-year exemption is given to winners of other playoff competitions.

The 125 players who make the playoffs are totally exempt, and since 2013, the FedEx Cup rankings have been the main factor in determining exemption status for the next year. Players who place 126th through 150th, if not exempt through other means, such as a recent tournament victory, continue to play with conditional status; these players, along with finishers 151 through 200, are eligible for the Korn Ferry Tour

Finals, where they may regain their cards if not already exempt. Prior to 2013, the FedEx Cup rankings instead of the money list dictated exemption status. Players frequently made the playoffs while still losing their cards at the end of the season since the money and point allocations were varied and the money list was not completed until after the Fall Series.

YearPlayerCountryPointsMarginEventsWinsPre-Cup rankingPre-Cup pointsPre-Cup events
2022Rory McIlroy (3)Northern Ireland−2113162,10413
2021Patrick Cantlay United States−2113232,05621
2020Dustin JohnsonUnited States-21323151,07111
2019Rory McIlroy (2)Northern Ireland−1843152,84218
2018Justin RoseEngland2,260414041,99114
2017Justin ThomasUnited States3,0006604122,68921
2016Rory McIlroyNorthern Ireland3,120740423697314
2015Jordan SpiethUnited States3,1201,4934114,16921
2014Billy HorschelUnited States3,8001,650426972223
2013Henrik StensonSweden 4,7502,007429142614
2012Brandt SnedekerUnited States4,1001,27341191,19418
2011Bill HaasUnited States2,7601541151,27322
2010Jim FurykUnited States2,9802523131,69118
2009Tiger Woods (2)United States4,0001,0804113,34113
2008Vijay SinghFiji125,10155142715,03419
2007Tiger WoodsUnited States123,03312,57832130,57413

Individual tournament winner

YearFedEx St. Jude ChampionshipBMW ChampionshipTour Championship
2022 Will Zalatoris Patrick Cantlay (3/3) Rory McIlroy (6/6)
YearThe Northern TrustBMW ChampionshipTour Championship
2021 Tony Finau Patrick Cantlay (1/3) Patrick Cantlay (2/3)
2020 Dustin Johnson (5/6) Jon Rahm Dustin Johnson (6/6)
2019 Patrick Reed (2/2) Justin Thomas (2/2) Rory McIlroy (5/6)
YearThe Northern TrustDell Technologies ChampionshipBMW ChampionshipTour Championship
2018 Bryson DeChambeau (1/2) Bryson DeChambeau (2/2) Keegan Bradley Tiger Woods (4/4)
2017 Dustin Johnson (4/6) Justin Thomas (1/2) Marc Leishman Xander Schauffele
2016 Patrick Reed (1/2) Rory McIlroy (3/6) Dustin Johnson (3/6) Rory McIlroy (4/6)
2015 Jason Day (1/2) Rickie Fowler Jason Day (2/2) Jordan Spieth
2014 Hunter Mahan Chris Kirk Billy Horschel (1/2) Billy Horschel (2/2)
2013 Adam Scott Henrik Stenson (1/2) Zach Johnson Henrik Stenson (2/2)
2012 Nick Watney Rory McIlroy (1/6) Rory McIlroy (2/6) Brandt Snedeker
2011 Dustin Johnson (2/6) Webb Simpson Justin Rose Bill Haas
2010 Matt Kuchar Charley Hoffman Dustin Johnson (1/6) Jim Furyk
2009 Heath Slocum Steve Stricker (2/2) Tiger Woods (3/4) Phil Mickelson (2/2)
2008 Vijay Singh (1/2) Vijay Singh (2/2) Camilo Villegas (1/2) Camilo Villegas (2/2)
2007 Steve Stricker (1/2) Phil Mickelson (1/2) Tiger Woods (1/4) Tiger Woods (2/4)

Career FedEx Cup bonus leader

Players who have $7 million or more in total FedEx Cup bonus money (2007–2022)
Amounts won (US$ thousands) each year and in total are shown, with 
 1st place  2nd place , and  3rd place  yearly finishes highlighted
 Rory McIlroy50,444   140 3,0001252,00025010,00011027515,00096058418,000
 Tiger Woods28,59410,00011010,000133322,0003,000    3,000169150  
 Dustin Johnson27,057 322701,0001,5006002801757003,0001,5001,50040015,0001,100 
 Justin Thomas24,895        15529010,0007003,5004,5003,0002,750
 Xander Schauffele17,950          2,0002505,0004,5002,2004,000
 Patrick Cantlay17,819          18022547818615,0001,750
 Jordan Spieth16,256      70025010,0005503,000165167101498825
 Jim Furyk15,4073001,0001,50010,0001402502701,50018075 32160   
 Justin Rose15,2332457075247.51,00080050030060012055010,00043010570120
 Henrik Stenson13,863136  32 7010,0001153,000140155110105   
 Billy Horschel13,698     3224510,0001101251331,000168395890600
 Brandt Snedeker12,95522514515013860010,0002907521025080135451101105 
 Bill Haas11,545328013416510,000155205242.5190129142 70   
 Vijay Singh11,27250010,0007511018515032757075      
 Jon Rahm10,608          1,0002106833,0005,000715
 Phil Mickelson9,0242,0007003,0002802501,000550110110245145220164110140 
 Scottie Scheffler8,717             2,5004675,750
 Steve Stricker8,6823,0002702,000700235225 2,00070 807032   
 Im Sung-jae7,510            5137504985,750
 Matt Kuchar7,50875701353,00080023580060023023527080552150101175
 Adam Scott7,449290128702302452001,500290701,500801201,900171105550
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