2018 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2018 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 23 to September 23. It included the following four events:

2018 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 23 – September 23, 2018
LocationRidgewood Country Club
TPC Boston
Aronimink Golf Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Field125 for The Northern Trust
100 for Dell Technologies Championship
70 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund$35,000,000 bonus money
Winner's share$10,000,000 bonus money
Champion
Justin Rose
2,260 points

These were the 12th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings
#PlayerCountryPointsEvents
1Dustin Johnson United States2,71716
2Justin Thomas United States2,63419
3Brooks Koepka United States2,01213
4Justin Rose England1,99114
5Bubba Watson United States1,87920
6Jason Day Australia1,77116
7Webb Simpson United States1,71022
8Francesco Molinari Italy1,68217
9Bryson DeChambeau United States1,61722
10Patrick Reed United States1,55522

The Northern Trust

The Northern Trust was played August 23–26. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, five did not enter: Rickie Fowler (ranked 17), Rory McIlroy (21), Henrik Stenson (50), Patrick Rodgers (93), and Bud Cauley (122).[1] Brandt Snedeker (30) was a late withdrawal, reducing the field to 119.[2] 80 made the second-round cut at 142 (E).

Bryson DeChambeau won by four strokes over Tony Finau.[3] The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Dell Technologies Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Northern Trust: Nick Watney (ranked 102nd to 67th), Danny Lee (103 to 98), Scott Stallings (107 to 94), Bronson Burgoon (111 to 73), Brian Stuard (118 to 99) and Jhonattan Vegas (123 to 87). Six players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: Patrick Rodgers (ranked 93rd to 104th), Brandon Harkins (94 to 103), Trey Mullinax (95 to 102), Charl Schwartzel (96 to 105), Rory Sabbatini (97 to 109), and Alex Čejka (99 to 108).[4]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Bryson DeChambeau United States68-66-63-69=266−181,620,00019
2Tony Finau United States69-67-66-68=270−14972,000412
T3Billy Horschel United States69-69-65-68=271−13522,0001441
Cameron Smith Australia69-68-65-69=2711653
T5Ryan Palmer United States68-67-72-65=272−12328,50050100
Adam Scott Australia69-64-70-69=2724073
Aaron Wise United States70-68-67-67=2721527
T8Patrick Cantlay United States69-67-68-69=273−11261,0001114
Brooks Koepka United States67-65-72-69=27353
Justin Thomas United States69-67-69-68=27332
  • Par 71 course

Dell Technologies Championship

The Dell Technologies Championship was played August 31 – September 3. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, two did not: Francesco Molinari (ranked 13) and Rickie Fowler (22).[5] 77 players made the second-round cut at 144 (+2).

Bryson DeChambeau won his second straight playoff event, winning by two strokes over Justin Rose.[6] The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 70 prior to Dell Technologies Championship: Pan Cheng-tsung (ranked 72nd to 33rd), Tyrrell Hatton (71 to 54), Abraham Ancer (92 to 56), Brice Garnett (81 to 63), Peter Uihlein (83 to 64), and Keith Mitchell (78 to 66). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Ryan Moore (ranked 60th to 71st), Kim Meen-whee (61 to 72), Stewart Cink (65 to 73), Nick Watney (67 to 74), Jimmy Walker (68 to 75), and Kevin Streelman (70 to 77).[7]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Bryson DeChambeau United States70-68-63-67=268−161,620,00011
2Justin Rose England65-67-70-68=270−14972,00036
3Cameron Smith Australia69-66-67-69=271−13612,000816
T4Tony Finau United States69-68-67-68=272−12372,00044
Hideki Matsuyama Japan71-69-67-65=2722858
Pan Cheng-tsung Taiwan69-68-69-66=2723372
T7Abraham Ancer Mexico66-69-65-73=273−11261,9005692
Rafa Cabrera-Bello Spain68-68-69-68=2733759
Emiliano Grillo Argentina72-67-64-70=2732948
Dustin Johnson United States68-69-72-64=27322
Bubba Watson United States72-68-67-66=27377
  • Par 71 course

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played September 6–10. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only Daniel Berger (ranked 65) did not play.[8] There was no cut. Due to weather conditions, the fourth round was delayed until September 10.

Keegan Bradley won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Justin Rose. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to the Tour Championship. This included two players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship: Bradley (ranked 52 to 6) and Xander Schauffele (41 to 18). Two players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Jordan Spieth (27 to 31) and Emiliano Grillo (29 to 32).[9]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Keegan Bradley United States66-64-66-64=260−201,620,000652
2Justin Rose England66-63-64-67=260972,00023
T3Billy Horschel United States64-67-66-64=261−19522,000915
Xander Schauffele United States63-64-67-67=2611841
5Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland62-69-63-68=262−18360,0001724
T6Webb Simpson United States66-67-65-65=263−17312,7501111
Tiger Woods United States62-70-66-65=2632025
T8Tony Finau United States68-64-67-65=264−16252,00034
Tommy Fleetwood England71-62-62-69=2641920
Rickie Fowler United States65-65-65-69=2642326
Francesco Molinari Italy70-63-64-67=2641314
  • Par 70 course

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

#PlayerCountryPointsReset pointsEvents
1Bryson DeChambeau United States5,7892,00025
2Justin Rose England4,3911,80017
3Tony Finau United States3,4791,52027
4Dustin Johnson United States3,4251,29619
5Justin Thomas United States3,3271,28022
6Keegan Bradley United States2,9791,12026
7Brooks Koepka United States2,72396016
8Bubba Watson United States2,48180023
9Billy Horschel United States2,26064026
10Cameron Smith Australia2,24748023

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 20–23. All 30 golfers that qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Tiger Woods won by two strokes over Billy Horschel, to finish second in the FedEx Cup rankings.[10] Justin Rose finished tied for fourth place and took the FedEx Cup, 41 points ahead of Woods.[11] He became the first player to win the FedEx Cup without winning any of the four events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Bryson DeChambeau, who led the rankings before the event, finished in 19th place and dropped to third place in the final rankings.

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Tiger Woods United States65-68-65-71=269−111,620,000220
2Billy Horschel United States71-65-69-66=271−9972,00059
3Dustin Johnson United States69-70-67-67=273−7621,00044
T4Hideki Matsuyama Japan72-66-71-65=274−6372,0001327
Justin Rose England66-67-68-73=27412
Webb Simpson United States69-70-68-67=2741111
T7Rickie Fowler United States65-72-73-65=275−5279,9001723
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland67-68-66-74=2751317
Xander Schauffele United States68-70-68-69=2751518
Justin Thomas United States67-69-70-69=27575
  • Par 70 course

Final leaderboard
#PlayerCountryPointsWinnings ($)
1Justin Rose England2,26010,000,000
2Tiger Woods United States2,2193,000,000
3Bryson DeChambeau United States2,1882,000,000
4Dustin Johnson United States2,0561,500,000
5Billy Horschel United States1,8401,000,000
6Tony Finau United States1,732800,000
7Justin Thomas United States1,610700,000
8Keegan Bradley United States1,253600,000
9Brooks Koepka United States1,093550,000
10Bubba Watson United States918500,000

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 Northern Trust Dell Technologies BMW Champ. Reset
points		 Tour Champ.
Points Rank Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Final rank
Dustin Johnson 2,717 1 T11 2 T7 2 T24 4 1,296 3 4
Justin Thomas 2,634 2 T8 3 T24 5 T12 5 1,280 T7 7
Brooks Koepka 2,012 3 T8 5 T12 6 T19 7 960 T26 9
Justin Rose 1,991 4 CUT 6 2 3 2 2 1,800 T4 1
Bubba Watson 1,879 5 T34 7 T7 7 T16 8 800 29 10
Jason Day 1,771 6 T20 8 CUT 10 T24 12 368 18 16
Webb Simpson 1,710 7 T28 9 T49 11 T6 11 384 T4 11
Francesco Molinari 1,682 8 CUT 13 DNP 14 T8 13 352 T21 T17
Bryson DeChambeau 1,617 9 1 1 1 1 T19 1 2,000 19 3
Patrick Reed 1,555 10 T25 12 T35 13 T19 15 314 28 22
Phil Mickelson 1,546 11 T15 10 T12 9 T58 14 336 30 21
Tony Finau 1,509 12 2 4 T4 4 T8 3 1,520 T15 6
Jon Rahm 1,430 13 CUT 17 T43 19 T24 24 170 T11 23
Patrick Cantlay 1,388 14 T8 11 T24 12 T55 16 293 T21 20
Patton Kizzire 1,386 15 T60 18 T71 21 T61 30 115 T21 30
Paul Casey 1,319 16 T60 20 T21 17 WD 26 151 T11 25
Rickie Fowler 1,302 17 DNP 22 DNP 26 T8 23 182 T7 T17
Kyle Stanley 1,198 18 T28 21 T12 16 T45 25 161 T15 27
Kevin Na 1,183 19 T15 19 CUT 23 T12 22 194 25 28
Tiger Woods 1,162 20 T40 25 T24 25 T6 20 219 1 2
Rory McIlroy 1,154 21 DNP 28 T12 24 5 17 272 T7 T13
Marc Leishman 1,148 22 T34 24 T21 22 T41 29 124 T21 29
Tommy Fleetwood* 1,130 23 T20 23 T24 20 T8 19 231 T11 19
Chesson Hadley 1,122 24 T56 29 CUT 36 T61 44 – – 44
Pat Perez 1,116 25 T40 27 WD 34 T55 39 – – 39
Andrew Landry* 1,116 26 T76 30 T58 35 T35 37 – – 37
Aaron Wise* 1,086 27 T5 15 T69 18 T16 21 206 T15 24
Xander Schauffele 1,081 28 CUT 34 T49 41 T3 18 251 T7 15
Luke List 1,080 29 T48 31 CUT 40 T45 45 – – 45
Brandt Snedeker 1,077 30 DNP 35 T31 32 67 40 – – 40
Austin Cook* 1,060 31 T60 36 T62 42 T29 38 – – 38
Brian Harman 1,056 32 T48 32 T49 38 67 48 – – 48
Gary Woodland 1,044 33 T48 37 T24 30 T12 28 133 T11 26
Ian Poulter 1,030 34 T48 38 CUT 45 T51 50 – – 50
Andrew Putnam* 1,026 35 T78 39 T49 44 T16 33 – – 33
Chez Reavie 1,020 36 T20 26 CUT 31 T38 34 – – 34
Ryan Armour 1,006 37 T78 41 T35 43 T51 49 – – 49
Brendan Steele 998 38 CUT 42 CUT 51 64 56 – – 56
Alex Norén* 989 39 CUT 43 T43 50 T24 43 – – 43
Kevin Kisner 971 40 T73 44 T24 39 T58 47 – – 47
Billy Horschel 960 41 T3 14 WD 15 T3 9 640 2 5
Beau Hossler* 957 42 T60 45 T35 49 T33 46 – – 46
Jordan Spieth 945 43 T25 33 T12 27 T55 31 – – 31
An Byeong-hun 913 44 T40 46 T31 46 T29 42 – – 42
Emiliano Grillo 901 45 T48 48 T7 29 T61 32 – – 32
Kim Si-woo 893 46 T76 49 T35 53 T41 55 – – 55
Charles Howell III 885 47 CUT 54 T58 57 T24 53 – – 53
Brian Gay 880 48 70 51 T62 55 T45 59 – – 59
Keegan Bradley 872 49 T34 47 T49 52 1 6 1,120 T26 8
Henrik Stenson 868 50 DNP 55 T69 60 T29 57 – – 57
J. J. Spaun 849 51 T60 56 T66 62 T45 62 – – 62
Zach Johnson 839 52 T40 53 CUT 59 T33 58 – – 58
Cameron Smith 821 53 T3 16 3 8 T65 10 480 20 12
Scott Piercy 802 54 T48 57 DQ 68 T45 68 – – 68
Ryan Moore 795 55 CUT 60 T71 71 – – – – 71
Rafa Cabrera-Bello 784 56 T60 59 T7 37 T41 41 – – 41
Kim Meen-whee 764 57 T48 61 75 72 – – – – 72
Stewart Cink 758 58 CUT 65 T62 73 – – – – 73
Chris Kirk 756 59 T78 64 T35 67 T41 66 – – 66
Ted Potter Jr. 744 60 T40 62 T66 70 T35 65 – – 65
Jimmy Walker 719 61 T71 68 T71 75 – – – – 75
Jason Kokrak 700 62 T40 66 T24 61 T19 52 – – 52
Pan Cheng-tsung 693 63 T60 72 T4 33 T38 35 – – 35
Matt Kuchar 679 64 T60 74 T43 76 – – – – 76
Joel Dahmen* 676 65 CUT 76 CUT 80 – – – – 80
Michael Kim 675 66 CUT 77 CUT 81 – – – – 81
Kevin Streelman 673 67 T40 70 CUT 77 – – – – 77
Keith Mitchell* 659 68 CUT 78 20 66 T45 67 – – 67
J. B. Holmes 640 69 CUT 80 T49 82 – – – – 82
Adam Hadwin 638 70 T11 52 T21 47 T19 36 – – 36
Brice Garnett 634 71 CUT 81 T12 63 T35 61 – – 61
Kelly Kraft 627 72 CUT 82 CUT 90 – – – – 90
Adam Scott 623 73 T5 40 T49 48 T51 51 – – 51
Louis Oosthuizen 620 74 T28 69 T31 69 T58 69 – – 69
Troy Merritt 616 75 CUT 84 CUT 91 – – – – 91
Hideki Matsuyama 607 76 T15 58 T4 28 15 27 142 T4 T13
Satoshi Kodaira* 600 77 CUT 85 CUT 94 – – – – 94
Kevin Chappell 597 78 CUT 88 T35 83 – – – – 83
James Hahn 596 79 CUT 89 T35 84 – – – – 84
Tom Hoge* 594 80 CUT 90 T66 92 – – – – 92
Peter Uihlein* 593 81 T48 83 T12 64 T38 64 – – 64
Branden Grace 590 82 CUT 91 T43 88 – – – – 88
Abraham Ancer* 589 83 CUT 92 T7 56 T51 60 – – 60
Russell Knox 585 84 CUT 93 T43 89 – – – – 89
Kevin Tway 577 85 T56 86 T43 87 – – – – 87
Jamie Lovemark 576 86 T34 79 76 85 – – – – 85
Ollie Schniederjans 573 87 CUT 95 CUT 98 – – – – 98
Russell Henley 569 88 CUT 96 T58 96 – – – – 96
Daniel Berger 565 89 T15 63 T35 65 DNP 70 – – 70
Jason Dufner 557 90 CUT 100 CUT 100 – – – – 100
Anirban Lahiri 555 91 T71 97 CUT 99 – – – – 99
Tyrrell Hatton* 550 92 T20 71 T12 54 T29 54 – – 54
Patrick Rodgers 541 93 DNP 104 – – – – – – 104
Brandon Harkins* 528 94 T60 103 – – – – – – 103
Trey Mullinax* 528 95 T56 102 – – – – – – 102
Charl Schwartzel 528 96 CUT 105 – – – – – – 105
Rory Sabbatini 521 97 CUT 109 – – – – – – 109
Charley Hoffman 515 98 T20 75 74 79 – – – – 79
Alex Čejka 502 99 T56 108 – – – – – – 108
Ryan Palmer 500 100 T5 50 CUT 58 T65 63 – – 63
Richy Werenski 498 101 CUT 110 – – – – – – 110
Nick Watney 491 102 T11 67 T62 74 – – – – 74
Danny Lee 481 103 T34 98 T49 97 – – – – 97
Kang Sung-hoon 480 104 75 111 – – – – – – 111
John Huh 480 105 CUT 112 – – – – – – 112
Harold Varner III 474 106 T40 107 – – – – – – 107
Scott Stallings 470 107 T28 94 T49 93 – – – – 93
Tyler Duncan* 457 108 CUT 113 – – – – – – 113
William McGirt 449 109 CUT 116 – – – – – – 116
J. T. Poston* 448 110 CUT 117 – – – – – – 117
Bronson Burgoon* 446 111 T11 73 T58 78 – – – – 78
Vaughn Taylor 445 112 CUT 118 – – – – – – 118
Martin Laird 443 113 T73 115 – – – – – – 115
Sam Ryder* 442 114 T28 101 – – – – – – 101
Grayson Murray 438 115 WD 119 – – – – – – 119
Ryan Blaum 433 116 CUT 121 – – – – – – 121
Scott Brown 422 117 CUT 122 – – – – – – 122
Brian Stuard 421 118 T25 99 T31 86 – – – – 86
Nick Taylor 420 119 CUT 123 – – – – – – 123
Sam Saunders* 420 120 T60 120 – – – – – – 120
Sean O'Hair 417 121 T28 106 – – – – – – 106
Bud Cauley 405 122 DNP 124 – – – – – – 124
Jhonattan Vegas 394 123 T15 87 CUT 95 – – – – 95
Harris English 383 124 CUT 125 – – – – – – 125
Séamus Power* 377 125 T34 114 – – – – – – 114

* First-time Playoffs participant

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