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: The Barclays – Plainfield Country Club, Edison, New Jersey Deutsche Bank Championship – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts BMW Championship – Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, Illinois Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

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

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings PlacePlayerPointsEvents1 Jordan Spieth 4,169 212 Jason Day 2,459 163 Bubba Watson 2,407 154 Jimmy Walker 2,014 205 Justin Rose 1,742 166 Robert Streb 1,720 267 Dustin Johnson 1,718 178 Patrick Reed 1,593 239 Rory McIlroy 1,567 910 Danny Lee 1,561 32 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). 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. 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).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Jason Day 68-68-63-62=261 −19 1,485,000 1 22 Henrik Stenson 68-66-67-66=267 −13 891,000 4 413 Bubba Watson 65-68-67-69=269 −11 561,000 3 3T4 Zac Blair 69-68-67-66=270 −10 363,000 45 106 Zach Johnson 69-65-67-69=270 5 11T6 Bae Sang-moon 69-67-63-72=271 −9 276,375 23 34 Ryan Palmer 69-67-65-70=271 33 56 Daniel Summerhays 67-70-68-66=271 40 66T9 Jason Bohn 71-64-72-65=272 −8 231,000 24 33 Dustin Johnson 70-70-67-65=272 6 7 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. 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. 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).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Rickie Fowler 67-67-67-68=269 −15 1,485,000 3 222 Henrik Stenson 67-68-65-70=270 −14 891,000 4 43 Charley Hoffman 67-63-76-67=273 −11 561,000 6 17T4 Jim Furyk 71-65-70-70=276 −8 311,025 9 11 Matt Jones 67-67-68-74=276 33 57 Hunter Mahan 69-73-64-70=276 52 91 Sean O'Hair 68-67-67-74=276 38 66 Patrick Reed 72-67-67-70=276 10 12T9 Jerry Kelly 71-66-68-72=277 −7 222,750 65 94 Matt Kuchar 69-72-65-71=277 20 27 Daniel Summerhays 71-68-70-68=277 26 40 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. 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).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Jason Day 61-63-69-69=262 −22 1,485,000 1 12 Daniel Berger 65-64-70-69=268 −16 891,000 9 463 Scott Piercy 67-65-67-70=269 −15 561,000 20 44T4 Rickie Fowler 69-66-66-69=270 −14 341,000 3 3 J. B. Holmes 70-65-67-68=270 17 19 Rory McIlroy 68-65-67-70=270 11 17T7 Dustin Johnson 71-62-68-70=271 −13 257,125 7 8 Hideki Matsuyama 72-63-70-66=271 15 16 Cameron Tringale 72-64-69-66=271 36 55T10 Kevin Na 65-66-70-71=272 −12 206,250 27 34 Henrik Stenson 71-63-71-67=272 4 4 Bubba Watson 65-70-72-65=272 5 5 Par 71 course

Reset points The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents1 Jason Day 6,680 2,000 192 Jordan Spieth 4,392 1,800 243 Rickie Fowler 3,958 1,600 204 Henrik Stenson 3,632 1,440 155 Bubba Watson 3,609 1,280 186 Zach Johnson 2,464 1,120 247 Dustin Johnson 2,454 960 208 Charley Hoffman 2,364 800 279 Daniel Berger 2,320 640 3010 Patrick Reed 2,205 480 26

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. There was no cut.

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

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Jordan Spieth 68-66-68-69=271 −9 1,485,000 1 2T2 Danny Lee 69-72-69-65=275 −5 618,750 9 19 Justin Rose 70-68-71-66=275 8 12 Henrik Stenson 63-68-72-72=275 2 4T5 Paul Casey 65-70-71-70=276 −4 302,500 13 22 Dustin Johnson 69-72-71-64=276 7 7 Bubba Watson 70-71-68-67=276 5 5T8 J. B. Holmes 68-72-68-69=277 −3 255,750 14 17 Zach Johnson 66-70-71-70=277 6 6T10 Jason Day 69-71-70-68=278 −2 228,525 3 1 Matt Kuchar 71-70-69-68=278 19 21 Par 70 course

Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)1 Jordan Spieth 3,800 10,000,0002 Henrik Stenson 2,307 3,000,0003 Jason Day 2,290 2,000,0004 Rickie Fowler 1,838 1,500,0005 Bubba Watson 1,680 1,000,0006 Zach Johnson 1,450 800,0007 Dustin Johnson 1,360 700,0008 Justin Rose 1,235 600,0009 Danny Lee 1,123 550,00010 Charley Hoffman 992 500,000

For the full list see here.

Table of qualifying players Table key:

PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe BarclaysDeutsche BankBMW Champ.ResetpointsTour Champ.PointsRankFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rank4,1691CUT2CUT2212,4592111112,40733552,01447CUT11131,74258CUT13121,7206912141,71876871,59381210101,5679DNP1517111,561101014191,55911576*1,54412CUT16CUT21251,53713CUT1818231,5121417681,49815CUT221331,484161919171,416171315181,40118119WD16DNP1,3891921WD24221,374201416151,30521CUT26CUT3137––1,2872220CUT22241,281232527261,21724292535––1,20825CUT31CUT3939––1,164262720211,1272734CUT44201,08828DNP383029WD1,08729CUT393744––1,062302834271,05131DNP43DNP5453––1,03732CUT443641––1,0373324CUT2840––1,025342323281,0123542CUT5351––*1,00736303532––98737364554––9863849CUT5863––*9853932CUT4143––95340374248––952414449324241323093043484756––91444352934––90345CUT536766––*89946CUT5446989547CUT556050––89248CUT564947––8904950CUT5955––85450CUT61CUT72––––84951526161––84752CUT636458––83153474846––82554464345––82155573333––81756334038––81657515536––*79758676264––77759CUT696667––77660CUT7076––––771616575––––75962CUT716360––73963CUT7371––––72764CUT75CUT89––––72365CUT7777––––72066402631––71967663842––7156859CUT7062––70469625057––692707479––––69071CUT8494––––67872605665––67073CUT86CUT96––––65274CUT886869––*64975CUT89DNP97––––64976CUT9086––––64877CUT915249––*645787683––––63279CUT946568––62880CUT9591––––62881CUT96CUT99––––627827285––––62683CUT9798––––*62684CUT9878––––6208578CUT90––––61486CUT100CUT100––––61087CUT103––––––610888173––––*6108964CUT74––––60890CUT104––––––60291685752––5959258CUT6970––*58893CUT105––––––58594CUT106––––––*58495CUT107––––––58496CUT108––––––56597CUT110––––––5649879CUT92––––*55899DNP111––––––*5541009381––––5511019287––––*549102101––––––5461038288––––545104CUT112––––––*540105CUT113––––––*538106455159––*536107CUT114––––––*531108CUT115––––––531109CUT116––––––530110109––––––519111DNP118––––––*5151128393––––504113CUT120––––––4971148595––––4961158082––––494116102––––––493117117––––––490118119––––––4841198780––––481120CUT121––––––471121CUT123––––––471122WD124––––––4671239984––––458124122––––––458125125–––––– * 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.

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).

References

External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site