2015 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2015 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that will determine the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, were played from August 27 to September 27. It included the following four events:

2015 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 27 – September 27, 2015
LocationPlainfield Country Club
TPC Boston
Conway Farms Golf Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Field125 for The Barclays
100 for Deutsche Bank
70 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund$35,000,000 bonus money
Winner's share$10,000,000 bonus money
Champion
Jordan Spieth
3,800 points

These were the ninth FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings
#PlayerCountryPointsEvents
1Jordan Spieth United States4,16921
2Jason Day Australia2,45916
3Bubba Watson United States2,40715
4Jimmy Walker United States2,01420
5Justin Rose England1,74216
6Robert Streb United States1,72026
7Dustin Johnson United States1,71817
8Patrick Reed United States1,59323
9Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland1,5679
10Danny Lee New Zealand1,56132

For the full list see here.

The Barclays

The Barclays was played August 27–30. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, five did not enter: Rory McIlroy (ranked 9), Louis Oosthuizen (28), Sergio García (31), Francesco Molinari (99) and Retief Goosen (111).[1] Of the 120 entrants, 72 made the second-round cut at 142 (+2).

Jason Day won by six strokes over Henrik Stenson and moved from second place to first place in the standings.[2] The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included eight players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: Zac Blair (ranked 106th to 45th), Spencer Levin (115 to 80), Jason Dufner (103 to 82), Carlos Ortiz (112 to 83), Mark Wilson (114 to 85), Luke Donald (119 to 87), Johnson Wagner (101 to 92) and Camilo Villegas (123 to 99). Eight players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: Pádraig Harrington (ranked 87th to 103rd), Greg Owen (90 to 104), John Peterson (93 to 105), Adam Scott (94 to 106), Adam Hadwin (95 to 107), Charl Schwartzel (96 to 108), John Huh (97 to 110) and Francesco Molinari (99 to 111).[3]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Jason Day Australia68-68-63-62=261−191,485,00012
2Henrik Stenson Sweden68-66-67-66=267−13891,000441
3Bubba Watson United States65-68-67-69=269−11561,00033
T4Zac Blair United States69-68-67-66=270−10363,00045106
Zach Johnson United States69-65-67-69=270511
T6Bae Sang-moon South Korea69-67-63-72=271−9276,3752334
Ryan Palmer United States69-67-65-70=2713356
Daniel Summerhays United States67-70-68-66=2714066
T9Jason Bohn United States71-64-72-65=272−8231,0002433
Dustin Johnson United States70-70-67-65=27267
  • Par 70 course

Deutsche Bank Championship

The Deutsche Bank Championship was played September 4–7. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, Sergio García (ranked 43) and Will Wilcox (89) did not play.[4][5] Of the 98 entrants, 75 made the second-round cut at 145 (+3).

Rickie Fowler won by one stroke over Henrik Stenson and moved into third place in the standings.[6] The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included four players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Deutsche Bank Championship: Hunter Mahan (91 to 52), Keegan Bradley (71 to 63), Jerry Kelly (94 to 65), and William McGirt (88 to 68). Four players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Marc Leishman (61 to 72), Jim Herman (64 to 74), Kevin Streelman (65 to 75) and Boo Weekley (70 to 76).[7]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Rickie Fowler United States67-67-67-68=269−151,485,000322
2Henrik Stenson Sweden67-68-65-70=270−14891,00044
3Charley Hoffman United States67-63-76-67=273−11561,000617
T4Jim Furyk United States71-65-70-70=276−8311,025911
Matt Jones Australia67-67-68-74=2763357
Hunter Mahan United States69-73-64-70=2765291
Sean O'Hair United States68-67-67-74=2763866
Patrick Reed United States72-67-67-70=2761012
T9Jerry Kelly United States71-66-68-72=277−7222,7506594
Matt Kuchar United States69-72-65-71=2772027
Daniel Summerhays United States71-68-70-68=2772640
  • Par 71 course

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played September 17–20, after a one-week break. All 70 players eligible to play in the event did so, and there was no cut.

Jason Day won by six strokes over Daniel Berger.[8] The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to the Tour Championship. This included four players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship: Daniel Berger (46 to 9), Scott Piercy (44 to 20), Kevin Na (34 to 27), and Harris English (32 to 30). Four players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Daniel Summerhays (26 to 31), Russell Knox (29 to 34), Ben Martin (25 to 35) and Jason Bohn (28 to 40).[9]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Jason Day Australia61-63-69-69=262−221,485,00011
2Daniel Berger United States65-64-70-69=268−16891,000946
3Scott Piercy United States67-65-67-70=269−15561,0002044
T4Rickie Fowler United States69-66-66-69=270−14341,00033
J. B. Holmes United States70-65-67-68=2701719
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland68-65-67-70=2701117
T7Dustin Johnson United States71-62-68-70=271−13257,12578
Hideki Matsuyama Japan72-63-70-66=2711516
Cameron Tringale United States72-64-69-66=2713655
T10Kevin Na United States65-66-70-71=272−12206,2502734
Henrik Stenson Sweden71-63-71-67=27244
Bubba Watson United States65-70-72-65=27255
  • Par 71 course

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

#PlayerCountryPointsReset pointsEvents
1Jason Day Australia6,6802,00019
2Jordan Spieth United States4,3921,80024
3Rickie Fowler United States3,9581,60020
4Henrik Stenson Sweden3,6321,44015
5Bubba Watson United States3,6091,28018
6Zach Johnson United States2,4641,12024
7Dustin Johnson United States2,45496020
8Charley Hoffman United States2,36480027
9Daniel Berger United States2,32064030
10Patrick Reed United States2,20548026

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 24–27. Of the 30 golfers qualified for the tournament, only Jim Furyk (wrist injury), did not play.[10] There was no cut.

Jordan Spieth won the tournament and the FedEx Cup, beating Danny Lee, Justin Rose, and Henrik Stenson by four strokes.[11]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Jordan Spieth United States68-66-68-69=271−91,485,00012
T2Danny Lee New Zealand69-72-69-65=275−5618,750919
Justin Rose England70-68-71-66=275812
Henrik Stenson Sweden63-68-72-72=27524
T5Paul Casey England65-70-71-70=276−4302,5001322
Dustin Johnson United States69-72-71-64=27677
Bubba Watson United States70-71-68-67=27655
T8J. B. Holmes United States68-72-68-69=277−3255,7501417
Zach Johnson United States66-70-71-70=27766
T10Jason Day Australia69-71-70-68=278−2228,52531
Matt Kuchar United States71-70-69-68=2781921
  • Par 70 course

Final leaderboard
#PlayerCountryPointsWinnings ($)
1Jordan Spieth United States3,80010,000,000
2Henrik Stenson Sweden2,3073,000,000
3Jason Day Australia2,2902,000,000
4Rickie Fowler United States1,8381,500,000
5Bubba Watson United States1,6801,000,000
6Zach Johnson United States1,450800,000
7Dustin Johnson United States1,360700,000
8Justin Rose England1,235600,000
9Danny Lee New Zealand1,123550,000
10Charley Hoffman United States992500,000

For the full list see here.

Table of qualifying players

Table key:

  Win
  Top-10 finish
  Did not advance to next tournament
  Played way into next tournament
Player Pre-Playoffs The Barclays Deutsche Bank BMW Champ. Reset
points		 Tour Champ.
Points Rank Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Final rank
Jordan Spieth 4,169 1 CUT 2 CUT 2 T13 2 1,800 1 1
Jason Day 2,459 2 1 1 T12 1 1 1 2,000 T10 3
Bubba Watson 2,407 3 3 3 T29 5 T10 5 1,280 T5 5
Jimmy Walker 2,014 4 T69 7 CUT 11 T32 13 352 T18 T16
Justin Rose 1,742 5 T16 8 CUT 13 T13 12 368 T2 8
Robert Streb 1,720 6 T39 9 T39 12 T23 14 336 T18 18
Dustin Johnson 1,718 7 T9 6 T44 8 T7 7 960 T5 7
Patrick Reed 1,593 8 T62 12 T4 10 T28 10 480 27 12
Rory McIlroy 1,567 9 DNP 15 T29 17 T4 11 384 T16 15
Danny Lee 1,561 10 T30 10 T33 14 T47 19 256 T2 9
Zach Johnson 1,559 11 T4 5 T22 7 T13 6 1,120 T8 6
Brooks Koepka* 1,544 12 CUT 16 CUT 21 T49 25 208 T18 24
Brandt Snedeker 1,537 13 CUT 18 T44 18 66 23 224 T22 23
Charley Hoffman 1,512 14 T62 17 3 6 T53 8 800 T22 10
Rickie Fowler 1,498 15 CUT 22 1 3 T4 3 1,600 T12 4
J. B. Holmes 1,484 16 T58 19 T44 19 T4 17 288 T8 14
Kevin Kisner 1,416 17 T20 13 T12 15 T41 18 272 28 21
Jim Furyk 1,401 18 T11 11 T4 9 WD 16 304 DNP 29
Paul Casey 1,389 19 T39 21 WD 24 T23 22 232 T5 13
Hideki Matsuyama 1,374 20 T13 14 T25 16 T7 15 320 T12 T16
David Lingmerth 1,305 21 CUT 26 CUT 31 T49 37 – – 37
Steven Bowditch 1,287 22 T13 20 CUT 22 T41 24 216 T12 20
Bill Haas 1,281 23 T53 25 T60 27 T19 26 200 26 27
Ben Martin 1,217 24 68 29 T25 25 T68 35 – – 35
Ryan Moore 1,208 25 CUT 31 CUT 39 T28 39 – – 39
Matt Kuchar 1,164 26 T39 27 T9 20 T41 21 240 T10 19
Scott Piercy 1,127 27 T62 34 CUT 44 3 20 248 25 22
Louis Oosthuizen 1,088 28 DNP 38 T12 30 T19 29 176 WD 30
Chris Kirk 1,087 29 CUT 39 T29 37 T60 44 – – 44
Kevin Na 1,062 30 T20 28 T60 34 T10 27 192 T16 25
Sergio García 1,051 31 DNP 43 DNP 54 T39 53 – – 53
Gary Woodland 1,037 32 CUT 44 T12 36 T60 41 – – 41
Jason Bohn 1,037 33 T9 24 CUT 28 T64 40 – – 40
Bae Sang-moon 1,025 34 T6 23 T39 23 T53 28 184 T18 26
James Hahn 1,012 35 T58 42 CUT 53 T32 51 – – 51
Justin Thomas* 1,007 36 T16 30 T56 35 T13 32 – – 32
Shawn Stefani 987 37 T39 36 T65 45 59 54 – – 54
Russell Henley 986 38 72 49 CUT 58 T49 63 – – 63
Tony Finau* 985 39 T16 32 CUT 41 T47 43 – – 43
Webb Simpson 953 40 T30 37 T44 42 T64 48 – – 48
Henrik Stenson 952 41 2 4 2 4 T10 4 1,440 T2 2
Harris English 932 42 T30 41 T12 32 T19 30 168 T22 28
Troy Merritt 930 43 T53 48 T39 47 T62 56 – – 56
Russell Knox 914 44 T20 35 T12 29 T45 34 – – 34
Billy Horschel 903 45 CUT 53 72 67 T32 66 – – 66
Daniel Berger* 899 46 CUT 54 T12 46 2 9 640 T12 11
Brendan Steele 895 47 CUT 55 T44 60 T13 50 – – 50
Brendon de Jonge 892 48 CUT 56 T22 49 T32 47 – – 47
David Hearn 890 49 T45 50 CUT 59 T28 55 – – 55
Marc Leishman 854 50 CUT 61 CUT 72 – – – – 72
Phil Mickelson 849 51 T50 52 T65 61 T32 61 – – 61
Nick Watney 847 52 CUT 63 T44 64 T19 58 – – 58
Brendon Todd 831 53 T24 47 T44 48 T23 46 – – 46
Pat Perez 825 54 T20 46 T29 43 T45 45 – – 45
Matt Jones 821 55 T53 57 T4 33 T32 33 – – 33
Ryan Palmer 817 56 T6 33 T65 40 T23 38 – – 38
Cameron Tringale 816 57 T30 51 T44 55 T7 36 – – 36
Fabián Gómez* 797 58 71 67 T33 62 T39 64 – – 64
Ian Poulter 777 59 CUT 69 T33 66 T53 67 – – 67
Boo Weekley 776 60 CUT 70 T56 76 – – – – 76
Kevin Streelman 771 61 T53 65 T69 75 – – – – 75
Keegan Bradley 759 62 CUT 71 T25 63 T28 60 – – 60
Alex Cejka 739 63 CUT 73 T39 71 – – – – 71
Matt Every 727 64 CUT 75 CUT 89 – – – – 89
Carl Pettersson 723 65 CUT 77 T44 77 – – – – 77
Daniel Summerhays 720 66 T6 40 T9 26 T41 31 – – 31
Sean O'Hair 719 67 T45 66 T4 38 T53 42 – – 42
George McNeill 715 68 T30 59 CUT 70 T13 62 – – 62
Brian Harman 704 69 T30 62 T12 50 T53 57 – – 57
Charles Howell III 692 70 T58 74 T56 79 – – – – 79
Scott Brown 690 71 CUT 84 T69 94 – – – – 94
Rory Sabbatini 678 72 T24 60 T22 56 67 65 – – 65
Chad Campbell 670 73 CUT 86 CUT 96 – – – – 96
William McGirt 652 74 CUT 88 T12 68 T49 69 – – 69
Will Wilcox* 649 75 CUT 89 DNP 97 – – – – 97
Davis Love III 649 76 CUT 90 T44 86 – – – – 86
Hunter Mahan 648 77 CUT 91 T4 52 T32 49 – – 49
Scott Pinckney* 645 78 T50 76 T60 83 – – – – 83
Jerry Kelly 632 79 CUT 94 T9 65 T62 68 – – 68
Colt Knost 628 80 CUT 95 T44 91 – – – – 91
Martin Laird 628 81 CUT 96 CUT 99 – – – – 99
Morgan Hoffmann 627 82 T39 72 73 85 – – – – 85
Chesson Hadley 626 83 CUT 97 74 98 – – – – 98
Kyle Reifers* 626 84 CUT 98 T25 78 – – – – 78
J. J. Henry 620 85 T45 78 CUT 90 – – – – 90
Jason Kokrak 614 86 CUT 100 CUT 100 – – – – 100
Pádraig Harrington 610 87 CUT 103 – – – – – – 103
John Senden 610 88 T45 81 T33 73 – – – – 73
Jim Herman* 610 89 T13 64 CUT 74 – – – – 74
Greg Owen 608 90 CUT 104 – – – – – – 104
Kevin Chappell 602 91 T24 68 T12 57 T23 52 – – 52
Bryce Molder 595 92 T11 58 CUT 69 T68 70 – – 70
John Peterson* 588 93 CUT 105 – – – – – – 105
Adam Scott 585 94 CUT 106 – – – – – – 106
Adam Hadwin* 584 95 CUT 107 – – – – – – 107
Charl Schwartzel 584 96 CUT 108 – – – – – – 108
John Huh 565 97 CUT 110 – – – – – – 110
Jason Gore 564 98 T30 79 CUT 92 – – – – 92
Francesco Molinari* 558 99 DNP 111 – – – – – – 111
Hudson Swafford* 554 100 T50 93 T33 81 – – – – 81
Johnson Wagner 551 101 T45 92 T44 87 – – – – 87
Nick Taylor* 549 102 T53 101 – – – – – – 101
Jason Dufner 546 103 T30 82 T60 88 – – – – 88
Graham DeLaet 545 104 CUT 112 – – – – – – 112
Jon Curran* 540 105 CUT 113 – – – – – – 113
Zac Blair* 538 106 T4 45 T60 51 T53 59 – – 59
Steve Wheatcroft* 536 107 CUT 114 – – – – – – 114
Andres Gonzales* 531 108 CUT 115 – – – – – – 115
Chris Stroud 531 109 CUT 116 – – – – – – 116
Lee Westwood 530 110 T58 109 – – – – – – 109
Retief Goosen 519 111 DNP 118 – – – – – – 118
Carlos Ortiz* 515 112 T24 83 T65 93 – – – – 93
Chad Collins 504 113 CUT 120 – – – – – – 120
Mark Wilson 497 114 T24 85 T69 95 – – – – 95
Spencer Levin 496 115 T16 80 T56 82 – – – – 82
Stewart Cink 494 116 T39 102 – – – – – – 102
Ken Duke 493 117 T62 117 – – – – – – 117
Vijay Singh 490 118 T66 119 – – – – – – 119
Luke Donald 484 119 T24 87 T39 80 – – – – 80
Tim Clark 481 120 CUT 121 – – – – – – 121
Jonas Blixt 471 121 CUT 123 – – – – – – 123
Erik Compton 471 122 WD 124 – – – – – – 124
Camilo Villegas 467 123 T30 99 T33 84 – – – – 84
Ryo Ishikawa 458 124 T66 122 – – – – – – 122
Jeff Overton 458 125 T69 125 – – – – – – 125

* First-time Playoffs participant

22 players extended their streak of reaching the FedExCup Playoffs every year: Bill Haas, Jeff Overton, Matt Kuchar, Ian Poulter, John Senden, Ryan Moore, Charley Hoffman, Pat Perez, Nick Watney, Bubba Watson, Jerry Kelly, Luke Donald, Brandt Snedeker, Charles Howell III, Justin Rose, Hunter Mahan, Adam Scott, Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Zach Johnson, Rory Sabbatini and Phil Mickelson.[12]

Eight players failed to advance to the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time: Freddie Jacobson, Brian Davis, Bo Van Pelt, Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy, Aaron Baddeley, K. J. Choi, and Steve Stricker.

Nine rookies finished inside the top 125: Justin Thomas (36), Tony Finau (39), Daniel Berger (46), Scott Pinckney (78), Adam Hadwin (95), Nick Taylor (102), Jon Curran (105), Zac Blair (106) and Carlos Ortiz (112).

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