The 2017 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 24 to September 24. It included the following four events: The Northern Trust – Glen Oaks Club, Old Westbury, New York Dell Technologies 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 eleventh FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings PlacePlayerPointsEvents1 Hideki Matsuyama 2,869 182 Justin Thomas 2,689 213 Jordan Spieth 2,671 194 Dustin Johnson 2,466 165 Rickie Fowler 1,832 176 Jon Rahm 1,754 197 Brooks Koepka 1,736 208 Daniel Berger 1,623 229 Kevin Kisner 1,612 2410 Brian Harman 1,557 26

The Northern Trust The Northern Trust was played August 24–27. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, five did not enter: Sergio García (ranked 22), Brandt Snedeker (64), Adam Scott (66), Scott Piercy (85), and Dominic Bozzelli (115). Of the 120 entrants, 70 made the second-round cut at 142 (+2).

Dustin Johnson won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Jordan Spieth. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Dell Technologies Championship. This included three players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Northern Trust: Bubba Watson (ranked 113th to 72nd), David Lingmerth (122 to 88), and Harold Varner III (123 to 91). Three players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: An Byeong-hun (ranked 96th to 102nd), Robert Garrigus (99 to 109), and Noh Seung-yul (100 to 110).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Dustin Johnson 65-69-67-66=267 −13 1,575,000 1 42 Jordan Spieth 69-65-64-69=267 945,000 2 3T3 Jon Rahm 68-68-67-68=271 −9 507,500 5 6 Jhonattan Vegas 69-65-72-65=271 10 295 Paul Casey 69-68-66-71=274 −6 350,000 12 18T6 Kevin Chappell 68-73-64-70=275 −5 283,281 17 30 Jason Day 69-71-68-67=275 29 49 Webb Simpson 73-66-71-65=275 16 25 Justin Thomas 68-69-69-69=275 3 2T10 Patrick Cantlay 67-70-69-70=276 −4 187,500 50 78 Matt Kuchar 71-64-68-73=276 15 15 Louis Oosthuizen 67-72-68-69=276 26 35 Chez Reavie 69-68-69-70=276 40 63 Justin Rose 68-68-69-71=276 24 32 Robert Streb 71-70-66-69=276 51 79 Bubba Watson 67-68-71-70=276 72 113 Par 70 course

Dell Technologies Championship The Dell Technologies Championship was played September 1–4. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, four did not enter: Henrik Stenson (ranked 22), Brandt Snedeker (68), J. B. Holmes (86), and Scott Piercy (94). Of the 96 entrants, 79 made the second-round cut at 145 (+3).

Justin Thomas won by three strokes over Jordan Spieth. It was Thomas's fifth win of the season and Spieth's second runner-up finish of the 2017 playoffs. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included three players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Dell Technologies Championship: Stewart Cink (81 to 57), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (80 to 60), and Emiliano Grillo (77 to 62). Three players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Russell Knox (65 to 71), Kelly Kraft (64 to 72), and Brandt Snedeker (68 to 73).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Justin Thomas 71-67-63-66=267 −17 1,575,000 2 32 Jordan Spieth 72-65-66-67=270 −14 945,000 1 23 Marc Leishman 67-69-65-70=271 −13 595,000 7 20T4 Paul Casey 70-65-67-70=272 −12 385,000 8 12 Jon Rahm 67-66-71-68=272 5 5T6 Phil Mickelson 69-67-69-68=273 −11 283,281 36 58 Kevin Na 68-69-70-66=273 40 63 Pat Perez 72-67-67-67=273 10 14 Patrick Reed 71-67-69-66=273 22 33T10 Bill Haas 71-70-68-65=274 −10 227,500 30 39 Justin Rose 72-65-69-68=274 17 24 Par 71 course

BMW Championship The BMW Championship was played September 14–17, after a one-week break. All 70 players eligible to play in the event did so, and there was no cut.

Marc Leishman won by five strokes from Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose. 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: Tony Finau (39 to 24), Sergio García (34 to 25), Xander Schauffele (32 to 26), and Patrick Cantlay (41 to 29). Four players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Louis Oosthuizen (24 to 31), Henrik Stenson (26 to 32), Brendan Steele (27 to 33), and Bill Haas (30 to 35).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Marc Leishman 62-64-68-67=261 −23 1,575,000 4 7T2 Rickie Fowler 65-64-70-67=266 −18 770,000 6 6 Justin Rose 67-68-66-65=266 8 174 Jason Day 64-65-70-69=268 −16 420,000 15 28T5 Matt Kuchar 67-68-67-67=269 −15 332,500 12 18 Jon Rahm 69-68-65-67=269 5 5T7 Tony Finau 65-72-70-64=271 −13 282,188 24 39 Jordan Spieth 65-70-71-65=271 1 1T9 Patrick Cantlay 67-65-70-70=272 −12 236,250 29 41 Anirban Lahiri 67-71-68-66=272 51 70 Webb Simpson 66-73-65-68=272 16 21 Par 71 course

Reseed points The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

PlacePlayerPointsReseed pointsEvents1 Jordan Spieth 5,421 2,000 222 Justin Thomas 5,081 1,800 243 Dustin Johnson 4,730 1,520 194 Marc Leishman 4,084 1,296 245 Jon Rahm 3,314 1,280 226 Rickie Fowler 3,197 1,120 207 Hideki Matsuyama 3,058 960 218 Justin Rose 2,514 800 179 Brooks Koepka 2,170 640 2310 Paul Casey 2,145 480 23

Tour Championship The Tour Championship was played September 21–24. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Xander Schauffele won by one stroke over Justin Thomas but Thomas won the FedEx Cup.

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Xander Schauffele 69-66-65-68=268 −12 1,575,000 3 262 Justin Thomas 67-66-70-66=269 −11 945,000 1 2T3 Russell Henley 67-71-67-65=270 −10 511,875 13 27 Kevin Kisner 68-68-64-70=270 12 185 Paul Casey 66-67-65-73=271 −9 350,000 11 106 Brooks Koepka 66-69-68-69=272 −8 315,000 10 9T7 Tony Finau 68-71-68-66=273 −7 280,000 19 24 Jon Rahm 67-67-70-69=273 5 5 Jordan Spieth 67-70-69-67=273 2 1T10 Sergio García 73-66-68-67=274 −6 236,250 21 25 Matt Kuchar 69-71-67-67=274 14 12 Justin Rose 68-66-71-69=274 9 8 Par 70 course

Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsMoney ($)1 Justin Thomas 3,000 10,000,0002 Jordan Spieth 2,340 3,000,0003 Xander Schauffele 2,151 2,000,0004 Dustin Johnson 1,720 1,500,0005 Jon Rahm 1,620 1,000,0006 Marc Leishman 1,441 800,0007 Rickie Fowler 1,253 700,0008 Hideki Matsuyama 1,093 600,0009 Justin Rose 1,080 550,00010 Brooks Koepka 1,040 500,000

For the full list, see here.

Table of qualifying players Table key:

PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe Northern TrustDell TechnologiesBMW Champ.ReseedpointsTour Champ.PointsRankFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rank2,8691CUT44782,689232212,671321122,466413341,83256667*1,754655551,7367799101,623881114161,6129111418121,55710CUT131520251,4981191213201,46112141011151,34713CUT181621261,32414CUT207461,26015151812141,22616CUT252733––331,20417191922241,1351812810111,12919232327131,12620212530301,1022128CUT3540––401,08522DNP303425211,0792322DNP2632––321,06824CUT31CUT3842––421,05825162116171,05226CUT34292828*1,04627323741––411,02428353924191,02329101317231,01530172019271,01031CUT364237––3799632241789*988332732263*97434373136––3695635262431––3194636CUT393035––3592137383338––388963833222322*88239CUT42CUT5060––60*84740CUT44CUT5646––4683941414554––5483942CUT465448––48*83643CUT484449––498034443CUT5158––5879845CUT535259––5979446474847––4778747CUT545857––5776048564752––52756492928151874150525550––5073451583634––3472752494344––4471153CUT606468––687075459CUT6562––6270655575343––4369756CUT62CUT69WD70––7067657454956––56*6725864WD72––––726715961WD6764––6466960CUT6571––––7166761CUT667051––5166662CUT676865––6566663404639––3966364DNP68DNP73––––7364665556155––5564266DNP73CUT79––––7964067WD7476––––7663968CUT7578––––78*63869706366––66630707174––––7462771CUT78CUT84––––84*61972696669––696167376CUT83––––83*61574CUT806061––6158475634045––4558376CUT815753––5357877CUT8482––––82*578785041292957779515963––63565808381––––8155381CUT8691––––9154382CUT88DNP95––––9554183CUT9086––––8653284CUT9293––––9353285DNP94DNP98––––98*527868588––––8851987CUT97CUT99––––9951888776267––67*51489CUT9887––––8751090CUT9980––––80*510919397––––97*5059282CUT89––––89499939685––––85490947977––––7748395CUT100CUT100––––100*46896CUT102––––––102467979592––––924649889CUT96––––9644899CUT109––––––109446100CUT110––––––110439101CUT111––––––111438102101––––––10143710387CUT94––––94435104104––––––104*434105107––––––107426106CUT112––––––112424107105––––––105*423108106––––––106*419109CUT113––––––113410110CUT115––––––115408111CUT116––––––116407112CUT117––––––1173971137275––––75397114CUT118––––––118*394115DNP119––––––119390116108––––––108386117CUT120––––––120383118103––––––103382119CUT121––––––121381120CUT122––––––122378121CUT123––––––123375122CUT124––––––1243751239190––––90369124114––––––114365125CUT125––––––125 * First-time Playoffs qualifier

References

External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site