2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 20 to September 7. It included the following three events:

• The Northern Trust – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
• BMW Championship – Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields, Illinois
• Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs

Tournament information
Dates	August 20 – September 7, 2020
Location	TPC Boston Olympia Fields 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
Dustin Johnson
−21

This was the 14th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

#	Player	Country	Points	Events	Wyndham Rewards Top 10 bonus ($)
1	Justin Thomas	United States	2,458	15	2,000,000
2	Collin Morikawa	United States	1,902	18	1,500,000
3	Webb Simpson	United States	1,878	12	1,200,000
4	Bryson DeChambeau	United States	1,657	14	1,100,000
5	Im Sung-jae	South Korea	1,633	23	1,000,000
6	Patrick Reed	United States	1,426	17	850,000
7	Daniel Berger	United States	1,347	14	700,000
8	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	1,327	12	600,000
9	Brendon Todd	United States	1,316	22	550,000
10	Jon Rahm	Spain	1,295	12	500,000

Source:[1]

The Northern Trust

The Northern Trust was played August 20–23. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, two did not play: Vaughn Taylor (ranked 75th) withdrew with a rib injury and Brooks Koepka (ranked 97th) withdrew with knee and hip injuries, reducing the field to 123.[2] Scottie Scheffler scored 59 for his second round, becoming the 11th player to score under 60 in a PGA Tour event. Dustin Johnson led after two rounds after a second round 60, two ahead of Scheffler and Cameron Davis.[3] 70 players made the second-round cut at 139 (−3).

Dustin Johnson won by 11 strokes over Harris English after further rounds of 64 and 63.[4] 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 The Northern Trust: Alex Norén (ranked 78th to 47th), Harry Higgs (72 to 48), Russell Henley (101 to 61), Robby Shelton (81 to 62), Jason Kokrak (90 to 66), and Louis Oosthuizen (99 to 70). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Doc Redman (ranked 60th to 71st), Kang Sung-hoon (61 to 72), Denny McCarthy (65 to 73), Phil Mickelson (67 to 75), Henrik Norlander (68 to 76), and Zhang Xinjun (70 to 78).

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	67-60-64-63=254	−30	1,710,000	1	15
2	Harris English	United States	64-66-66-69=265	−19	1,035,500	6	27
3	Daniel Berger	United States	66-66-67-67=266	−18	655,500	4	7
T4	Kevin Kisner	United States	65-66-70-66=267	−17	427,500	23	40
	Scottie Scheffler	United States	70-59-67-71=267			14	24
T6	Jon Rahm	Spain	69-67-67-65=268	−16	332,500	9	10
	Webb Simpson	United States	70-64-68-66=268			3	3
T8	Russell Henley	United States	64-67-70-68=269	−15	277,875	61	101
	Alex Norén	Sweden	69-68-64-68=269			47	78
	Ryan Palmer	United States	67-67-68-67=269			22	29

• Par 71 course

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played August 27–30. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, one did not play: Webb Simpson (ranked 3rd) withdrew to rest, reducing the field to 69. He was already guaranteed a place in the Tour Championship. There was no second-round cut.

Jon Rahm beat Dustin Johnson with a birdie at the first playoff hole after the two had tied at 276, 4-under-par. 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: Joaquín Niemann (ranked 31st to 18th) and Mackenzie Hughes (36 to 28). Two players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Adam Long (27 to 31) and Kevin Streelman (28 to 32).

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Jon Rahm	Spain	75-71-66-64=276	−4	1,710,000	2	9
2	Dustin Johnson	United States	71-69-69-67=276		1,026,000	1	1
T3	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	67-73-69-69=278	−2	551,000	10	18
	Joaquín Niemann	Chile	72-71-68-67=278			18	31
5	Tony Finau	United States	70-71-73-65=279	−1	384,750	20	29
T6	Matthew Fitzpatrick	England	70-75-68-67=280	E	337,250	36	60
	Jason Kokrak	United States	74-71-69-66=280			42	66
T8	Sebastián Muñoz	Colombia	70-75-67-69=281	+1	285,000	15	16
	Brendon Todd	United States	73-68-71-69=281			11	13
T10	Lanto Griffin	United States	70-73-70-69=282	+2	247,000	16	15
	Mackenzie Hughes	Canada	69-73-69-71=282			28	36

• Par 70 course

Points after BMW Championship

#	Player	Country	Points	Events
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	3,471	13
2	Jon Rahm	Spain	3,080	14
3	Justin Thomas	United States	2,570	17
4	Webb Simpson	United States	2,163	13
5	Collin Morikawa	United States	2,025	20
6	Daniel Berger	United States	2,007	16
7	Harris English	United States	1,805	19
8	Bryson DeChambeau	United States	1,682	16
9	Im Sung-jae	South Korea	1,650	25
10	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	1,587	19

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 4–7 and was contested by the leading 30 players in the FedEx Cup points standings after the BMW Championship, with no second-round cut. Players were allocated a starting score relative to par based on their position in the standings after the BMW Championship. The points leader started the tournament at 10 under par, number two at 8 under par, number three at 7 under par, number four at 6 under par and number five at 5 under par. Players ranked 6 to 10 started at 4 under par, 11 to 15 at 3 under par, 16 to 20 at 2 under par, 21 to 25 at 1 under par and 26 to 30 started at even par. The winner of the Tour Championship wins the FedEx Cup. For the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, points are awarded based on aggregate scores (total strokes taken, ignoring any starting scores).

Dustin Johnson won by three strokes from Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas. Schauffele, who had started 7 strokes behind Johnson, had the best 72-hole aggregate score of 265, three better than Scottie Scheffler and four better than Johnson and Thomas.[5]

#	Player	Country	Round scores	Starting score	Final score	FedEx Cup Rank		Winnings ($)
						After	Before
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	67-70-64-68=269	−10	−21	1	1	15,000,000
T2	Xander Schauffele	United States	67-65-67-66=265	−3	−18	T2	14	4,500,000
	Justin Thomas	United States	66-71-66-66=269	−7			3
4	Jon Rahm	Spain	65-74-66-66=271	−8	−17	4	2	3,000,000
5	Scottie Scheffler	United States	71-66-66-65=268	−2	−14	5	17	2,500,000
6	Collin Morikawa	United States	71-65-67-69=272	−5	−13	6	5	1,900,000
7	Tyrrell Hatton	England	67-66-71-66=270	−2	−12	7	19	1,300,000
T8	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	64-71-70-67=272	−3	−11	T8	12	960,000
	Sebastián Muñoz	Colombia	71-65-70-66=272	−3			15
	Patrick Reed	United States	71-66-70-65=272	−3			13

• 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[6]	Final score	Final rank
	Justin Thomas	2,458	1	T49	2	T25	3	−7	−18	T2
	Collin Morikawa	1,902	2	CUT	5	T20	5	−5	−13	6
	Webb Simpson	1,878	3	T6	3	DNP	4	−6	−9	T12
	Bryson DeChambeau	1,657	4	CUT	7	50	8	−4	−3	22
	Im Sung-jae	1,633	5	CUT	8	T56	9	−4	−10	11
	Patrick Reed	1,426	6	T49	10	T40	13	−3	−11	T8
	Daniel Berger	1,347	7	3	4	T25	6	−4	−7	T15
	Rory McIlroy	1,327	8	T65	12	T12	12	−3	−11	T8
	Brendon Todd	1,316	9	64	13	T8	11	−3	−4	T20
	Jon Rahm	1,295	10	T6	9	1	2	−8	−17	4
	Xander Schauffele	1,258	11	T25	11	T25	14	−3	−18	T2
	Lanto Griffin*	1,159	12	T58	15	T10	16	−2	−5	T18
	Abraham Ancer	1,099	13	CUT	19	T33	22	−1	−5	T18
	Marc Leishman	1,086	14	CUT	20	69	25	−1	+2	29
	Dustin Johnson	1,071	15	1	1	2	1	−10	−21	1
	Sebastián Muñoz	1,045	16	T18	16	T8	15	−3	−11	T8
	Kevin Na	1,036	17	T39	21	T51	24	−1	+1	T27
	Hideki Matsuyama	1,030	18	T29	18	T3	10	−4	−7	T15
	Tyrrell Hatton	1,025	19	T25	17	T16	19	−2	−12	7
	Cameron Champ	951	20	CUT	25	T65	29	E	E	T24
	Adam Long	912	21	T49	27	T56	31	–	–	31
	Kevin Streelman	909	22	T61	28	T51	32	–	–	32
	Tony Finau	907	23	CUT	29	5	20	−2	−6	17
	Scottie Scheffler*	900	24	T4	14	T20	17	−2	−14	5
	Billy Horschel	893	25	CUT	30	T33	30	E	+4	30
	Joaquín Niemann	878	26	CUT	31	T3	18	−2	+1	T27
	Harris English	867	27	2	6	T40	7	−4	−9	T12
	Viktor Hovland*	842	28	T18	24	T40	27	E	−4	T20
	Ryan Palmer	838	29	T8	22	T40	23	−1	E	T24
	Cameron Smith	807	30	T18	26	T20	26	E	E	T24
	An Byeong-hun	765	31	CUT	35	T12	33	–	–	33
	Patrick Cantlay	745	32	CUT	37	T12	34	–	–	34
	Gary Woodland	741	33	CUT	39	T33	43	–	–	43
	Matthew Wolff	739	34	T44	33	T16	35	–	–	35
	Tyler Duncan	736	35	T29	32	T48	40	–	–	40
	Adam Scott	726	36	T58	38	T25	41	–	–	41
	Nick Taylor	720	37	CUT	40	T51	48	–	–	48
	Joel Dahmen	720	38	CUT	41	T20	38	–	–	38
	Tom Hoge	716	39	CUT	43	T65	50	–	–	50
	Kevin Kisner	710	40	T4	23	T25	21	−1	−1	23
	Richy Werenski	703	41	68	44	T20	39	–	–	39
	Mark Hubbard	701	42	T29	34	T51	44	–	–	44
	Brendan Steele	669	43	T44	45	T33	47	–	–	47
	Adam Hadwin	654	44	CUT	49	T40	54	–	–	54
	Jason Day	653	45	CUT	50	64	57	–	–	57
	Michael Thompson	647	46	CUT	51	T59	59	–	–	59
	Carlos Ortiz	630	47	CUT	56	T25	51	–	–	51
	Andrew Landry	626	48	67	53	68	61	–	–	61
	Tiger Woods	604	49	T58	57	T51	63	–	–	63
	Dylan Frittelli	604	50	CUT	59	T33	58	–	–	58
	Matthew Fitzpatrick*	602	51	CUT	60	T6	36	–	–	36
	Mackenzie Hughes	597	52	T13	36	T10	28	E	−8	14
	Danny Lee	588	53	T18	42	T33	45	–	–	45
	Jim Herman	581	54	CUT	63	T40	64	–	–	64
	Paul Casey	559	55	T49	64	T16	49	–	–	49
	Corey Conners	535	56	T25	54	T33	53	–	–	53
	Max Homa	526	57	CUT	68	T59	70	–	–	70
	Maverick McNealy*	523	58	T61	67	T40	68	–	–	68
	J. T. Poston	516	59	T39	65	T59	67	–	–	67
	Doc Redman*	514	60	CUT	71	–	–	–	–	71
	Kang Sung-hoon	512	61	CUT	72	–	–	–	–	72
	Talor Gooch	508	62	T18	52	T65	60	–	–	60
	Matt Kuchar	502	63	T18	55	T59	62	–	–	62
	Charles Howell III	492	64	T44	69	T48	69	–	–	69
	Denny McCarthy	489	65	T49	73	–	–	–	–	73
	Bubba Watson	489	66	T18	58	T16	46	–	–	46
	Phil Mickelson	488	67	CUT	75	–	–	–	–	75
	Henrik Norlander*	483	68	CUT	76	–	–	–	–	76
	Brian Harman	480	69	T11	46	T12	37	–	–	37
	Zhang Xinjun*	474	70	CUT	78	–	–	–	–	78
	Sepp Straka	466	71	CUT	79	–	–	–	–	79
	Harry Higgs*	465	72	T11	48	T56	55	–	–	55
	Harold Varner III	457	73	CUT	80	–	–	–	–	80
	Bud Cauley	443	74	CUT	83	–	–	–	–	83
	Vaughn Taylor	442	75	DNP	85	–	–	–	–	85
	Brian Stuard	438	76	CUT	87	–	–	–	–	87
	Patrick Rodgers	431	77	70	86	–	–	–	–	86
	Alex Norén	428	78	T8	47	T40	52	–	–	52
	Pat Perez	421	79	WD	90	–	–	–	–	90
	Troy Merritt	419	80	T29	74	–	–	–	–	74
	Robby Shelton*	417	81	T13	62	T59	66	–	–	66
	Kim Si-woo	409	82	T39	81	–	–	–	–	81
	Chez Reavie	408	83	T49	89	–	–	–	–	89
	Nate Lashley	395	84	CUT	96	–	–	–	–	96
	Ian Poulter	392	85	T39	88	–	–	–	–	88
	Matt Jones	388	86	69	95	–	–	–	–	95
	Cameron Tringale	381	87	T29	82	–	–	–	–	82
	Rickie Fowler	381	88	T49	94	–	–	–	–	94
	Tommy Fleetwood	380	89	T44	92	–	–	–	–	92
	Jason Kokrak	376	90	T13	66	T6	42	–	–	42
	Cameron Davis*	374	91	T29	84	–	–	–	–	84
	Emiliano Grillo	373	92	T44	93	–	–	–	–	93
	Matthew NeSmith*	372	93	CUT	100	–	–	–	–	100
	Scott Harrington*	370	94	T65	98	–	–	–	–	98
	Ryan Armour	366	95	CUT	101	–	–	–	–	101
	Ryan Moore	360	96	WD	103	–	–	–	–	103
	Brooks Koepka	360	97	DNP	104	–	–	–	–	104
	Brandt Snedeker	358	98	CUT	106	–	–	–	–	106
	Louis Oosthuizen	354	99	T13	70	T25	65	–	–	65
	Jordan Spieth	354	100	CUT	107	–	–	–	–	107
	Russell Henley	352	101	T8	61	T25	56	–	–	56
	Sam Ryder	349	102	CUT	108	–	–	–	–	108
	Sam Burns	345	103	CUT	111	–	–	–	–	111
	Zach Johnson	337	104	T49	105	–	–	–	–	105
	Keith Mitchell	328	105	T61	112	–	–	–	–	112
	Zac Blair	324	106	CUT	113	–	–	–	–	113
	Scott Brown	323	107	CUT	114	–	–	–	–	114
	Brian Gay	323	108	CUT	115	–	–	–	–	115
	Justin Rose	313	109	T25	91	–	–	–	–	91
	Lee Kyoung-hoon	312	110	T29	97	–	–	–	–	97
	Charley Hoffman	311	111	T13	77	–	–	–	–	77
	Keegan Bradley	309	112	T29	99	–	–	–	–	99
	Graeme McDowell	305	113	CUT	117	–	–	–	–	117
	Adam Schenk	304	114	T39	109	–	–	–	–	109
	Lucas Glover	303	115	CUT	118	–	–	–	–	118
	Luke List	297	116	CUT	119	–	–	–	–	119
	Scott Stallings	296	117	CUT	120	–	–	–	–	120
	Brice Garnett	294	118	CUT	121	–	–	–	–	121
	Scott Piercy	291	119	T29	102	–	–	–	–	102
	Rory Sabbatini	291	120	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	122
	Beau Hossler	286	121	T49	116	–	–	–	–	116
	Shane Lowry	283	122	CUT	123	–	–	–	–	123
	Tom Lewis*	281	123	CUT	124	–	–	–	–	124
	Bo Hoag*	281	124	CUT	125	–	–	–	–	125
	Wyndham Clark	276	125	T29	110	–	–	–	–	110

* First-time Playoffs qualifier

References

1. "Justin Thomas earns top spot in Wyndham Rewards Top 10". PGA Tour. August 17, 2020.
2. Dusek, David (August 19, 2020). "Brooks Koepka withdraws from Northern Trust due to knee, hip injuries". Golfweek.
3. "Rookie Scottie Scheffler shoots 59 at TPC Boston". ESPN. August 21, 2020.
4. "Dustin Johnson dominates to win Northern Trust by 11 shots". Los Angeles Times. August 23, 2020.
5. "Dustin Johnson Completes Long Climb to Win FedEx Cup". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 7, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
6. "How it works: Tour Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 19, 2019.

External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site