The 2019-20 PGA Tour is coming home.
Only two events remain in the COVID-19 abbreviated PGA Tour season: the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship, otherwise known as the FedEx Cup playoffs, how golf determines its champion for a given season. All 125 golfers on the starting course receive a one-year PGA Tour exemption; winners of one of the first two playoff events receive a two-year exemption; and the overall winner receives a five-year exemption.
That said, not everyone made it through the first playoff event, The Northern Trust; the field was reduced from 125 to 70 for the BMW championship. It will be further reduced to 30 for the Tour Championship. This way, only the best golfers on the planet will have the opportunity to win the highest prize on the PGA Tour.
Here’s everything you need to know about FedExCup 2020, including rankings, point rules and formats, schedules and payouts:
FedEx Cup 2020 ranking
With the conclusion of The Northern Trust – the first playoff event of the 2019-20 PGA Tour season – the golf course was reduced to 70. Dustin Johnson leapt past Justin Thomas to first place with an 11-stroke win in The Northern Trust. Johnson entered the tournament 15th on the FedEx Cup rankings. Here are the 70 golfers who participated in the 2020 BMW Championship:
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1. | Dustin Johnson | 2,571 |
| 2. | Justin thomas | 2,479 |
| 3. | Webb Simpson | 2,163 |
| 4. | Daniel Berger | 1,917 |
| 5. | Collin Morikawa | 1,902 |
| 6. | Harris Englsh | 1,767 |
| 7. | Bryson DeChambeau | 1,657 |
| 8. | Sungjae Im | 1,633 |
| 9. | Jon Rahm | 1,580 |
| 10. | Patrick Reed | 1,447 |
| 11. | Xander Schauffele | 1,358 |
| 12. | Rory McIlroy | 1,339 |
| 13. | Brendon Todd | 1,328 |
| 14. | Scottie Scheffler | 1,268 |
| 15. | Lanto Griffin | 1.175 |
| 16. | Sebastian Muñoz | 1.174 |
| 17. | Tyrrell Hatton | 1.125 |
| 18. | Hideki Matsuyama | 1,099 |
| 19. | Abraham Ancer | 1,099 |
| 20. | Marc Leishman | 1.086 |
| 21. | Kevin Na | 1.081 |
| 22. | Ryan Palmer | 1,078 |
| 23. | Kevin Kisner | 1,078 |
| 24. | Viktor Hovland | 971 |
| 25. | Cameron Champ | 951 |
| 26. | Cameron Smith | 936 |
| 27. | Adam Long | 934 |
| 28. | Kevin Streelman | 923 |
| 29. | Tony Finau | 907 |
| 30. | Billy Horschel | 893 |
(Closing of the Tour Championship)
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 31. | Joaquin Niemann | 878 |
| 32. | Tyler Duncan | 806 |
| 33. | Matthew Wolff | 771 |
| 34. | Mark Hubbard | 771 |
| 35. | Hi Hun An | 765 |
| 36. | Mackenzie Hughes | 762 |
| 37. | Patrick Cantlay | 745 |
| 38. | Adam Scott | 741 |
| 39. | Gary Woodland | 741 |
| 40. | Nick Taylor | 720 |
| 41. | Joel Dahmen | 720 |
| 42. | Danny lee | 717 |
| 43. | Tom hoge | 716 |
| 44. | Richy Werenski | 713 |
| 45. | Brendan Steele | 701 |
| 46. | Brian Harman | 683 |
| 47. | Alex Noren | 668 |
| 48. | Harry Higgs | 667 |
| 49. | Adam Hadwin | 654 |
| 50. | Jason Day | 653 |
| 51. | Michael Thompson | 647 |
| 52. | Talor Gooch | 637 |
| 53. | Andrew Landry | 637 |
| 54. | Corey Conners | 634 |
| 55. | Matt Kuchar | 631 |
| 56. | Carlos Ortiz | 630 |
| 57. | Tiger Woods | 620 |
| 58. | Bubba Watson | 618 |
| 59. | Dylan Frittelli | 604 |
| 60. | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 602 |
| 61. | Russell Henley | 592 |
| 62. | Robby Shelton | 582 |
| 63. | Jim Herman | 581 |
| 64. | Paul Casey | 580 |
| 65. | JT Poston | 561 |
| 66. | Jason Kokrak | 542 |
| 67. | Maverick McNealy | 537 |
| 68. | Max Homa | 526 |
| 69. | Charles Howell III | 523 |
| 70. | Louis Oosthuizen | 520 |
(BMW Championship Cutoff)
How do the FedEx Cup playoffs work?
The regular season of the PGA Tour leads to the FedEx Cup playoffs, with each official event awarding points to golfers who have reached 36 holes for a given tournament. The top 125 golfers earned in points at the end of the regular season (the Wyndham Championship) are eligible to participate in the playoffs.
The playoffs begin with The Northern Trust, with players aiming to make it through the weekend cut so they can earn additional FedEx Cup points. Even those golfers who fail to make the cut, however, can still advance as long as they finish between the top 70 golfers in combined FedEx Cup points from the regular season and Northern Trust. From there, the FedEx Cup moves on to the BMW Championship, which allows all participants to play through the entire four-round tournament. Only the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup leaderboard can advance to the final event of the season – the Tour Championship.
The ultimate goal is to win the Tour Championship, which not only brings huge profits, but also provides an exemption from the PGA Tour for the next five seasons. That player also has the right to brag as player of the year for that year.
FedEx Cup points system
Each official PGA Tour event awards points to players who have made at least the 36-hole cut in a given tournament. Winners of regular PGA Tour events earn 500 FedEx Cup points; winners in any of the four majors or players win 600 points; the winners of the golf world championships earn 550 points. For any PGA Tour event played in front of the WGC or the majors, the winner earns 300 points.
Once in the playoffs, potential points earned are increased by a factor of three, meaning the winner of one of the first two playoff events will win. 1,500 FedEx Cup points, instead of 500 (PGA Tour officials reduced the 2020 playoffs from a factor of four to a factor of three due to the shortened season of COVID-19). Points earned in these events are added to a player’s regular season tally, with the field for subsequent playoff events (top 70 for the BMW Championship, top 30 for the Tour Championship) determined based on combined points.
(A full breakdown of playoff point distributions is available here).
The Tour Championship clears the list in terms of FedEx Cup rankings. That said, the Tour in 2019 introduced a handicap model that gives higher-seeded golfers a significant advantage over other competitors at the start of the tournament. The player with the highest score at the end of the Tour Championship, including handicaps, is named champion.
FedEx Cup playoff schedule
The Northern Trust
- At your place: August 20-24
- Winner: Dustin Johnson
- Course: TPC Boston
- Position: Norton, Mass.
The Northern Trust, formerly known as Barclays, is the first of the FedEx Cup playoff events. It is limited to a field of 125 players, based on the FedEx Cup ranking of the current PGA Tour. Although it features a cut for the weekend still allows players who finish in the top 70 to advance to the BMW championship. Johnson won the tournament on Sunday with a below average performance of 30, bringing him to 1,500 FedEx points and taking him to the top of the leaderboard.
BMW Championship
- At your place: 27-30 August
- Course: Olympia Fields Country Club
- Position: Olympia Fields, Ill.
The BMW Championship, formerly known as the Western Open, is the penultimate FedEx Cup tournament, with the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup leaderboard (including draws) as determined by the Northern Trust. This event is distinct in that it does not feature a 36-hole cut; all 70+ invited players play throughout the entire four-round event, with only the top 30 players on the FedEx Cup leaderboard making it to the Tour Championship.
Tour Championship
- At your place: 4-7 September
- Course: East Lake Golf Course
- Position: Atlanta
The Tour Championship represents not only the final event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, but also the final event of the 2019-20 PGA Tour (although previously scheduled events will be held later this year as part of the 2020-21 season) . It will take place at the East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, which has been hosting the event since 2004.
The tournament in 2019 adopted a handicap system to ensure that its winner was also the FedEx Cup champion – the player with the most FedEx Cup points at the start of the tournament will earn seed no. 1 absolute starting from 10 below par, with the 2 suit starting from 8 below and so on. Below is the complete handicap system:
- 1 seed: (10 below)
- 2 seeds: (8 below)
- 3 seeds: (7 below)
- 4 seeds: (6 below)
- 5 seeds: (5 below)
- Seeds 6-10: (4 below)
- Seeds 11-15: (3 below)
- Seeds 16-20: (2 below)
- Seeds 21-25: (1 below)
- Seeds 26-30: (of)
FedEx Cup Payments 2020
The 2020 FedEx Cup winner will earn an exorbitant sum of money, even by PGA Tour standards. In 2019, Rory McIlroy earned $ 15 million in cash prizes for winning the Tour Championship – the highest win in golf history.
The 2019 FedEx Cup purse was an absurd $ 70 million, which included a $ 10 million regular season bonus pool awarded to the top 10 golfers in the FedEx Cup ranking through the Wyndham championship (the final event of the previous season). of the playoffs). In all, the last 30 golfers split $ 45 million in the Championship Tour.
(The full FedEx Cup money distribution is available here).
Below is a full list of the 2019 award and payouts:
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1. | Rory McIlroy | $ 15 million |
| 2. | Xander Schauffele | $ 5 million |
| T-3. | Justin thomas | $ 3.5 million |
| T-3. | Brooks Koepka | $ 3.5 million |
| 5. | Paul Casey | $ 2.5 million |
| 6. | Adam Scott | $ 1.9 million |
| 7. | Tony Finau | $ 1.3 million |
| 8. | To Reavie | $ 1.1 million |
| T-9. | Patrick Reed | $ 843,333 |
| T-9. | Kevin Kisner | $ 843,333 |
| T-9. | Hideki Matsuyama | $ 843,333 |
| T-12. | Bryson DeChambeau | $ 682,500 |
| T-12. | Jon Rahm | $ 682,500 |
| 14. | Jason Kokrak | $ 620,000 |
| 15. | Gary Woodland | $ 595,000 |
| T-16. | Tommy Fleetwood | $ 551,666 |
| T-16. | Webb Simpson | $ 551,666 |
| T-16. | Matt Kuchar | $ 551,666 |
| T-19. | Singjae Im | $ 512,500 |
| T-19. | Rickie Fowler | $ 512,500 |
| T-21. | Louis Oosthuizen | $ 478,000 |
| T-21. | Abraham Ancer | $ 478,000 |
| T-21. | Patrick Cantlay | $ 478,000 |
| T-24. | Marc Leishman | $ 450,500 |
| T-24. | Brandt Snedeker | $ 450,500 |
| T-26. | Justin stood up | $ 430,000 |
| T-26. | Corey Conners | $ 430,000 |
| 28. | Charles Howell III | $ 415,000 |
| T-29. | Dustin Johnson | $ 400,000 |
| T-29. | Lucas glover | $ 400,000 |
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