2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that will determine the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 8–25. It included the following three events:[1]

• The Northern Trust – Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, New Jersey
• BMW Championship – Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Illinois
• Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs

Tournament information
Dates	August 8–25, 2019
Location	Liberty National Golf Club Medinah Country Club East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Field	125 for The Northern Trust 70 for BMW Championship 30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund	$60 million (bonus money)
Winner's share	$15 million (bonus money)
Champion
Rory McIlroy
−18

They were the 13th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Changes for 2019

There were a number of changes in the format compared to previous years.

• The playoffs were moved to an earlier date, finishing by the end of August rather than in late September.
• There were only 3 events rather than 4, with the Dell Technologies Championship being dropped. The leading 70 players after The Northern Trust qualified for the BMW Championship whereas previously the leading 100 qualified for the Dell Technologies Championship, after which the leading 70 qualified for the BMW Championship.
• An additional bonus pool, the Wyndham Rewards Top 10, was distributed among the leading 10 players after the Wyndham Championship which ended the regular season. The pool was $10 million with the leader receiving $2 million.[2]
• The FedEx Cup bonus pool was increased from $35 to $60 million, with the winner's share increasing from $10 to $15 million.
• Major changes were made to the Tour Championship format. In the new system players will receive a stroke advantage based on their position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship. The FedExCup leader will start the Tour Championship at −10, number two at −8, number three at −7, number four at −6 and number five at −5. Players ranked 6 to 10 will start at −4, 11 to 15 at −3, 16 to 20 at −2, 21 to 25 at −1 and 26 to 30 will start from 0. The winner of the Tour Championship will be the FedEx Cup winner.
  (Previously each player's points total was reset after the BMW Championship based on their position in the rankings at that stage. These reset points, added to the points earned in the Tour Championship, determined the final FedEx Cup rankings.)
• For the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, the stroke advantages in the Tour Championship were ignored.

Regular season rankings

#	Player	Country	Points	Events	Wyndham Rewards Top 10 bonus ($)
1	Brooks Koepka	United States	2,887	18	2,000,000
2	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	2,315	16	1,500,000
3	Matt Kuchar	United States	2,313	19	1,200,000
4	Xander Schauffele	United States	1,858	18	1,100,000
5	Gary Woodland	United States	1,795	21	1,000,000
6	Patrick Cantlay	United States	1,730	18	850,000
7	Dustin Johnson	United States	1,686	16	700,000
8	Paul Casey	England	1,629	20	600,000
9	Webb Simpson	United States	1,619	18	550,000
10	Jon Rahm	Spain	1,447	17	500,000

Source:[2]

The Northern Trust

The Northern Trust was played August 8–11. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, four did not play: Paul Casey (ranked 8th), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (59), Henrik Stenson (85) and Sam Burns (89), reducing the field to 121. 85 players made the second-round cut at 141 (−1).

Patrick Reed won by a stroke over Abraham Ancer. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.[3] This included four players who were outside the top 70 prior to The Northern Trust: Troy Merritt (ranked 72nd to 59th), Joaquín Niemann (74 to 70), Wyndham Clark (90 to 68), and Harold Varner III (102 to 29). Four players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Sergio García (ranked 65th to 72nd), Danny Lee (66 to 73), Kevin Streelman (68 to 75), and Matthew Wolff (70 to 74).[4]

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Patrick Reed	United States	66-66-67-69=268	−16	1,665,000	2	50
2	Abraham Ancer	Mexico	67-65-68-69=269	−15	999,000	8	67
T3	Jon Rahm	Spain	64-68-69-69=270	−14	536,500	5	10
	Harold Varner III	United States	67-67-68-68=270			29	102
5	Adam Scott	Australia	68-69-69-65=271	−13	370,000	14	21
T6	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	65-68-70-69=272	−12	299,469	3	2
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	68-65-70-69=272			28	51
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	71-67-63-71=272			22	33
	Jordan Spieth	United States	67-64-74-67=272			44	69
T10	Ian Poulter	England	68-66-71-68=273	−11	240,500	43	60
	Justin Rose	England	65-68-69-71=273			12	11

• Par 71 course

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played August 15–18. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only Kevin Na (ranked 55th) did not play, reducing the field to 69. There was no second-round cut.

Justin Thomas won by 3 strokes from Patrick Cantlay. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to the Tour Championship. This included three players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship: Jason Kokrak (ranked 32nd to 30th), Hideki Matsuyama (33 to 15), and Lucas Glover (41 to 29). Three players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Shane Lowry (25 to 33), Harold Varner III (29 to 38) and Andrew Putnam (30 to 34).[5]

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Justin Thomas	United States	65-69-61-68=263	−25	1,665,000	1	15
2	Patrick Cantlay	United States	66-67-68-65=266	−22	999,000	2	6
3	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	69-63-73-63=268	−20	629,000	15	33
4	Tony Finau	United States	67-66-68-69=270	−18	444,000	12	19
T5	Jon Rahm	Spain	68-69-66-69=272	−16	351,500	6	5
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	66-71-67-68=272			18	22
T7	Corey Conners	Canada	69-66-69-69=273	−15	298,312	23	27
	Lucas Glover	United States	66-69-69-69=273			29	41
T9	Kevin Kisner	United States	68-68-69-69=274	−14	259,000	20	21
	Adam Scott	Australia	67-71-69-67=274			13	14

• Par 72 course

Points after BMW Championship

#	Player	Country	Points	Events
1	Justin Thomas	United States	3,475	19
2	Patrick Cantlay	United States	3,157	20
3	Brooks Koepka	United States	3,119	20
4	Patrick Reed	United States	2,946	24
5	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	2,842	18
6	Jon Rahm	Spain	2,517	19
7	Matt Kuchar	United States	2,339	21
8	Xander Schauffele	United States	2,030	20
9	Webb Simpson	United States	1,946	20
10	Abraham Ancer	Mexico	1,940	26

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played August 22–25. 30 golfers qualified for the tournament. There was no second-round cut. Rory McIlroy won the event, finishing four strokes ahead of Xander Schauffele. McIlroy had started the tournament at −5, a one stroke advantage over Schauffele who started at −4.[6]

#	Player	Country	Round scores	Starting score	Final score	FedEx Cup Rank		Winnings ($)
						After	Before
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	66-67-68-66=267	−5	−18	1	5	15,000,000
2	Xander Schauffele	United States	64-69-67-70=270	−4	−14	2	8	5,000,000
T3	Brooks Koepka	United States	67-67-68-72=274	−7	−13	T3	3	3,500,000
	Justin Thomas	United States	70-68-71-68=277	−10			1
5	Paul Casey	England	66-67-68-72=273	−2	−9	5	16	2,500,000
6	Adam Scott	Australia	68-70-71-66=275	−3	−8	6	13	1,900,000
7	Tony Finau	United States	70-69-70-67=276	−3	−7	7	12	1,300,000
8	Chez Reavie	United States	71-64-70-70=275	−1	−6	8	25	1,100,000
T9	Kevin Kisner	United States	71-70-68-68=277	−2	−5	T9	20	843,333
	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	66-75-66-71=278	−3			15
	Patrick Reed	United States	70-70-73-68=281	−6			4

• Par 70 course

For the full list see here.

Table of qualified players

Table key:

  Win

  Top-10 finish

  Did not advance to next tournament

  Played way into next tournament

	Player	Pre-Playoffs		The Northern Trust		BMW Championship		Tour Championship
		Points	Rank	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after	Starting score[7]	Final score	Final rank
	Brooks Koepka	2,887	1	T30	1	T24	3	−7	−13	T3
	Rory McIlroy	2,315	2	T6	3	T19	5	−5	−18	1
	Matt Kuchar	2,313	3	CUT	4	T52	7	−4	−1	T16
	Xander Schauffele	1,858	4	CUT	7	T19	8	−4	−14	2
	Gary Woodland	1,795	5	T52	9	T31	11	−3	−2	15
	Patrick Cantlay	1,730	6	T12	6	2	2	−8	+1	T21
	Dustin Johnson	1,686	7	T24	10	T57	14	−3	+10	T29
	Paul Casey	1,629	8	DNP	13	T24	16	−2	−9	5
	Webb Simpson	1,619	9	T18	11	T24	9	−4	−1	T16
	Jon Rahm	1,447	10	T3	5	T5	6	−4	−4	T12
	Justin Rose	1,423	11	T10	12	T52	17	−2	+3	T26
	Marc Leishman	1,415	12	CUT	16	T19	21	−1	+2	T24
	Rickie Fowler	1,391	13	CUT	17	T11	19	−2	E	T19
	Chez Reavie	1,309	14	T38	18	T57	25	−1	−6	8
	Charles Howell III	1,279	15	CUT	23	T37	28	E	+4	28
	Tony Finau	1,279	16	T30	19	4	12	−3	−7	7
	Justin Thomas	1,247	17	T12	15	1	1	−10	−13	T3
	Bryson DeChambeau	1,203	18	T24	20	T48	26	E	−4	T12
	Tommy Fleetwood	1,193	19	T43	24	T11	22	−1	−1	T16
	Shane Lowry	1,137	20	T52	25	T48	33	–	–	33
	Adam Scott	1,124	21	5	14	T9	13	−3	−8	6
	Kevin Kisner	1,098	22	T12	21	T9	20	−2	−5	T9
	Im Sung-jae*	1,097	23	T38	26	T11	24	−1	E	T19
	Ryan Palmer	1,088	24	T77	31	T43	35	–	–	35
	Francesco Molinari	1,054	25	82	34	T61	40	–	–	40
	Scott Piercy	1,025	26	T67	35	T37	39	–	–	39
	J. T. Poston	1,015	27	T59	36	T16	32	–	–	32
	Tiger Woods	1,003	28	WD	38	T37	42	–	–	42
	Kang Sung-hoon	986	29	CUT	42	T63	45	–	–	45
	Hideki Matsuyama	969	30	T30	33	3	15	−3	−5	T9
	Corey Conners	962	31	T21	27	T7	23	−1	+3	T26
	Lucas Glover	947	32	T43	41	T7	29	E	+10	T29
	Brandt Snedeker	934	33	T6	22	T5	18	−2	+2	T24
	Phil Mickelson	903	34	T71	46	T48	47	–	–	47
	Pan Cheng-tsung	900	35	T24	37	T31	37	–	–	37
	Rory Sabbatini	895	36	T43	45	T16	36	–	–	36
	Keith Mitchell	884	37	T64	47	T52	50	–	–	50
	Andrew Putnam	873	38	T12	30	T43	34	–	–	34
	Jim Furyk	865	39	T52	48	T57	51	–	–	51
	Jason Day	865	40	CUT	50	T52	54	–	–	54
	Kevin Tway	863	41	T24	40	T11	31	–	–	31
	Jason Kokrak	854	42	T12	32	T19	30	E	−3	14
	Nate Lashley*	836	43	CUT	54	69	57	–	–	57
	Billy Horschel	835	44	T21	39	T37	43	–	–	43
	Kim Si-woo	832	45	84	53	T28	46	–	–	46
	Adam Hadwin	818	46	T43	51	T43	52	–	–	52
	J. B. Holmes	815	47	T52	52	T65	56	–	–	56
	Kevin Na	815	48	T77	55	DNP	61	–	–	61
	Collin Morikawa*	780	49	T52	57	T48	59	–	–	59
	Patrick Reed	774	50	1	2	T19	4	−6	−5	T9
	Louis Oosthuizen	754	51	T6	28	T11	27	E	+1	T21
	Max Homa*	742	52	T38	56	T61	60	–	–	60
	Dylan Frittelli*	735	53	T43	60	T52	63	–	–	63
	Graeme McDowell	729	54	CUT	64	T57	68	–	–	68
	Adam Long*	719	55	CUT	65	T65	69	–	–	69
	Joel Dahmen	716	56	T67	63	T24	55	–	–	55
	An Byeong-hun	710	57	T38	61	T28	53	–	–	53
	Keegan Bradley	700	58	T64	66	T43	66	–	–	66
	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	696	59	DNP	67	T63	70	–	–	70
	Ian Poulter	690	60	T10	43	T31	41	–	–	41
	Ryan Moore	690	61	T18	49	T37	48	–	–	48
	Emiliano Grillo	673	62	CUT	69	T31	65	–	–	65
	Vaughn Taylor	641	63	T30	62	T16	49	–	–	49
	Cameron Champ*	639	64	T21	58	T65	62	–	–	62
	Sergio García	637	65	CUT	72	–	–	–	–	72
	Danny Lee	625	66	81	73	–	–	–	–	73
	Abraham Ancer	622	67	2	8	T28	10	−4	+1	T21
	Kevin Streelman	609	68	CUT	75	–	–	–	–	75
	Jordan Spieth	605	69	T6	44	T37	44	–	–	44
	Matthew Wolff*	602	70	T71	74	–	–	–	–	74
	Bubba Watson	572	71	CUT	81	–	–	–	–	81
	Troy Merritt	569	72	T12	59	T43	58	–	–	58
	Charley Hoffman	567	73	T77	78	–	–	–	–	78
	Joaquín Niemann*	566	74	T30	70	T31	67	–	–	67
	Matt Every	561	75	CUT	86	–	–	–	–	86
	Kiradech Aphibarnrat*	558	76	T71	83	–	–	–	–	83
	Tyrrell Hatton	555	77	T59	79	–	–	–	–	79
	Brian Stuard	547	78	T52	82	–	–	–	–	82
	Cameron Smith	547	79	T59	84	–	–	–	–	84
	Jhonattan Vegas	538	80	T38	76	–	–	–	–	76
	Russell Henley	534	81	T59	87	–	–	–	–	87
	Chesson Hadley	532	82	T43	80	–	–	–	–	80
	Michael Thompson	527	83	CUT	89	–	–	–	–	89
	Adam Schenk*	524	84	T24	71	–	–	–	–	71
	Henrik Stenson	523	85	DNP	90	–	–	–	–	90
	Brian Harman	509	86	T52	88	–	–	–	–	88
	Luke List	497	87	T77	92	–	–	–	–	92
	Branden Grace	495	88	T30	77	–	–	–	–	77
	Sam Burns*	493	89	DNP	94	–	–	–	–	94
	Wyndham Clark*	491	90	T18	68	T31	64	–	–	64
	Roger Sloan*	489	91	T64	93	–	–	–	–	93
	Bud Cauley	482	92	WD	95	–	–	–	–	95
	J. J. Spaun	479	93	CUT	99	–	–	–	–	99
	Chris Stroud	473	94	WD	102	–	–	–	–	102
	Brice Garnett	466	95	CUT	104	–	–	–	–	104
	Mackenzie Hughes	466	96	T67	98	–	–	–	–	98
	Talor Gooch*	463	97	T71	101	–	–	–	–	101
	Kyle Stanley	460	98	T71	103	–	–	–	–	103
	Nick Watney	460	99	T59	97	–	–	–	–	97
	Patrick Rodgers	459	100	CUT	105	–	–	–	–	105
	Cameron Tringale	459	101	CUT	106	–	–	–	–	106
	Harold Varner III	458	102	T3	29	68	38	–	–	38
	Sam Ryder	458	103	CUT	107	–	–	–	–	107
	Lee Kyoung-hoon*	453	104	CUT	108	–	–	–	–	108
	Scott Stallings	452	105	CUT	109	–	–	–	–	109
	Russell Knox	452	106	CUT	110	–	–	–	–	110
	Denny McCarthy*	443	107	CUT	111	–	–	–	–	111
	Ryan Armour	434	108	T43	100	–	–	–	–	100
	Scott Brown	433	109	76	112	–	–	–	–	112
	Danny Willett	432	110	T24	85	–	–	–	–	85
	Sepp Straka*	432	111	CUT	115	–	–	–	–	115
	Aaron Baddeley	428	112	WD	116	–	–	–	–	116
	Carlos Ortiz	428	113	T67	113	–	–	–	–	113
	Peter Malnati	423	114	CUT	118	–	–	–	–	118
	Matt Jones	423	115	T30	91	–	–	–	–	91
	Brian Gay	415	116	CUT	119	–	–	–	–	119
	Nick Taylor	408	117	CUT	120	–	–	–	–	120
	Patton Kizzire	406	118	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	122
	Martin Laird	401	119	83	121	–	–	–	–	121
	Aaron Wise	400	120	T43	114	–	–	–	–	114
	Kelly Kraft	399	121	CUT	123	–	–	–	–	123
	Jonas Blixt	392	122	CUT	124	–	–	–	–	124
	Andrew Landry	388	123	T30	96	–	–	–	–	96
	Sebastián Muñoz*	383	124	T43	117	–	–	–	–	117
	Pat Perez	376	125	CUT	125	–	–	–	–	125

* First-time Playoffs qualifier

References

1. Hoggard, Rex (September 18, 2018). "FedExCup gets massive overhaul for next season". Golf Channel.
2. "Koepka earns top spot in inaugural Wyndham Rewards Top 10". PGA Tour. August 5, 2019.
3. Powers, Christopher (August 12, 2019). "Captain America (aka Patrick Reed) once again delivers when he needs it the most". Golf Digest.
4. Crouse, Karen (August 11, 2019). "Peaking at the Perfect Time, Patrick Reed Wins The Northern Trust". The New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
5. DiMeglio, Steve (August 18, 2019). "Justin Thomas in great position to win FedEx Cup after capturing BMW Championship title". USA Today. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
6. Murray, Ewan (August 25, 2019). "Rory McIlroy pockets richest prize of £12m in winning FedEx Cup title". The Guardian. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
7. "How it works: Tour Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 19, 2019.

External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site