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: The Northern Trust – Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey Dell Technologies Championship – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts BMW Championship – Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
These were the 12th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.
The point distributions can be seen here.
Regular season rankings PlacePlayerPointsEvents1 Dustin Johnson 2,717 162 Justin Thomas 2,634 193 Brooks Koepka 2,012 134 Justin Rose 1,991 145 Bubba Watson 1,879 206 Jason Day 1,771 167 Webb Simpson 1,710 228 Francesco Molinari 1,682 179 Bryson DeChambeau 1,617 2210 Patrick Reed 1,555 22
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). Brandt Snedeker (30) was a late withdrawal, reducing the field to 119. 80 made the second-round cut at 142 (E).
Bryson DeChambeau won by four strokes over Tony Finau. 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).
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Bryson DeChambeau 68-66-63-69=266 −18 1,620,000 1 92 Tony Finau 69-67-66-68=270 −14 972,000 4 12T3 Billy Horschel 69-69-65-68=271 −13 522,000 14 41 Cameron Smith 69-68-65-69=271 16 53T5 Ryan Palmer 68-67-72-65=272 −12 328,500 50 100 Adam Scott 69-64-70-69=272 40 73 Aaron Wise 70-68-67-67=272 15 27T8 Patrick Cantlay 69-67-68-69=273 −11 261,000 11 14 Brooks Koepka 67-65-72-69=273 5 3 Justin Thomas 69-67-69-68=273 3 2 Par 71 course
Dell Technologies Championship The Dell Technologies Championship was played August 31 – September 3. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, two did not: Francesco Molinari (ranked 13) and Rickie Fowler (22). 77 players made the second-round cut at 144 (+2).
Bryson DeChambeau won his second straight playoff event, winning by two strokes over Justin Rose. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 70 prior to Dell Technologies Championship: Pan Cheng-tsung (ranked 72nd to 33rd), Tyrrell Hatton (71 to 54), Abraham Ancer (92 to 56), Brice Garnett (81 to 63), Peter Uihlein (83 to 64), and Keith Mitchell (78 to 66). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Ryan Moore (ranked 60th to 71st), Kim Meen-whee (61 to 72), Stewart Cink (65 to 73), Nick Watney (67 to 74), Jimmy Walker (68 to 75), and Kevin Streelman (70 to 77).
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Bryson DeChambeau 70-68-63-67=268 −16 1,620,000 1 12 Justin Rose 65-67-70-68=270 −14 972,000 3 63 Cameron Smith 69-66-67-69=271 −13 612,000 8 16T4 Tony Finau 69-68-67-68=272 −12 372,000 4 4 Hideki Matsuyama 71-69-67-65=272 28 58 Pan Cheng-tsung 69-68-69-66=272 33 72T7 Abraham Ancer 66-69-65-73=273 −11 261,900 56 92 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 68-68-69-68=273 37 59 Emiliano Grillo 72-67-64-70=273 29 48 Dustin Johnson 68-69-72-64=273 2 2 Bubba Watson 72-68-67-66=273 7 7 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. 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).
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Keegan Bradley 66-64-66-64=260 −20 1,620,000 6 522 Justin Rose 66-63-64-67=260 972,000 2 3T3 Billy Horschel 64-67-66-64=261 −19 522,000 9 15 Xander Schauffele 63-64-67-67=261 18 415 Rory McIlroy 62-69-63-68=262 −18 360,000 17 24T6 Webb Simpson 66-67-65-65=263 −17 312,750 11 11 Tiger Woods 62-70-66-65=263 20 25T8 Tony Finau 68-64-67-65=264 −16 252,000 3 4 Tommy Fleetwood 71-62-62-69=264 19 20 Rickie Fowler 65-65-65-69=264 23 26 Francesco Molinari 70-63-64-67=264 13 14 Par 70 course
Reset points The points were reset after the BMW Championship.
PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents1 Bryson DeChambeau 5,789 2,000 252 Justin Rose 4,391 1,800 173 Tony Finau 3,479 1,520 274 Dustin Johnson 3,425 1,296 195 Justin Thomas 3,327 1,280 226 Keegan Bradley 2,979 1,120 267 Brooks Koepka 2,723 960 168 Bubba Watson 2,481 800 239 Billy Horschel 2,260 640 2610 Cameron Smith 2,247 480 23
Tour Championship The Tour Championship was played September 20–23. All 30 golfers that qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Tiger Woods won by two strokes over Billy Horschel, to finish second in the FedEx Cup rankings. Justin Rose finished tied for fourth place and took the FedEx Cup, 41 points ahead of Woods. He became the first player to win the FedEx Cup without winning any of the four events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Bryson DeChambeau, who led the rankings before the event, finished in 19th place and dropped to third place in the final rankings.
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Tiger Woods 65-68-65-71=269 −11 1,620,000 2 202 Billy Horschel 71-65-69-66=271 −9 972,000 5 93 Dustin Johnson 69-70-67-67=273 −7 621,000 4 4T4 Hideki Matsuyama 72-66-71-65=274 −6 372,000 13 27 Justin Rose 66-67-68-73=274 1 2 Webb Simpson 69-70-68-67=274 11 11T7 Rickie Fowler 65-72-73-65=275 −5 279,900 17 23 Rory McIlroy 67-68-66-74=275 13 17 Xander Schauffele 68-70-68-69=275 15 18 Justin Thomas 67-69-70-69=275 7 5 Par 70 course
Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)1 Justin Rose 2,260 10,000,0002 Tiger Woods 2,219 3,000,0003 Bryson DeChambeau 2,188 2,000,0004 Dustin Johnson 2,056 1,500,0005 Billy Horschel 1,840 1,000,0006 Tony Finau 1,732 800,0007 Justin Thomas 1,610 700,0008 Keegan Bradley 1,253 600,0009 Brooks Koepka 1,093 550,00010 Bubba Watson 918 500,000
For the full list, see here.
Table of qualifying players Table key:
PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe Northern TrustDell TechnologiesBMW Champ.ResetpointsTour Champ.PointsRankFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rank 2,71712242,6342355 2,0123567 1,9914CUT632 1,8795778 1,77168CUT10121,7107911111,6828CUT13DNP14131,61791111,555101213151,54611109141,509124431,43013CUT1719241,388141112161,386151821301,319162017WD261,30217DNP22DNP26231,198182116251,1831919CUT23221,162202525201,15421DNP2824171,14822242229*1,130232320191,1222429CUT3644––1,1162527WD3439––*1,11626303537––*1,086271518211,08128CUT3441181,0802931CUT4045––1,07730DNP353240––*1,06031364238––1,05632323848––1,044333730281,0303438CUT4550––*1,02635394433––1,0203626CUT3134––1,00637414349––99838CUT42CUT5156––*98939CUT435043––97140443947––9604114WD159*95742454946––94543332731––91344464642––90145482932––89346495355––88547CUT545753––88048515559––872494752686850DNP556057––84951566262––8395253CUT5958––82153168108025457DQ6868––79555CUT6071––––78456593741––764576172––––75858CUT6573––––75659646766––74460627065––719616875––––70062666152––69363723335––679647476––––*67665CUT76CUT80––––67566CUT77CUT81––––6736770CUT77––––*65968CUT786667––64069CUT8082––––63870524736––63471CUT816361––62772CUT82CUT90––––62373404851––62074696969––61675CUT84CUT91––––60776582827*60077CUT85CUT94––––59778CUT8883––––59679CUT8984––––*59480CUT9092––––*59381836464––59082CUT9188––––*58983CUT925660––58584CUT9389––––577858687––––576867985––––57387CUT95CUT98––––56988CUT9696––––565896365DNP70––55790CUT100CUT100––––5559197CUT99––––*55092715454––54193DNP104––––––*52894103––––––*52895102––––––52896CUT105––––––52197CUT109––––––515987579––––50299108––––––50010050CUT5863––498101CUT110––––––4911026774––––4811039897––––480104111––––––480105CUT112––––––474106107––––––4701079493––––*457108CUT113––––––449109CUT116––––––*448110CUT117––––––*4461117378––––445112CUT118––––––443113115––––––*442114101––––––438115WD119––––––433116CUT121––––––422117CUT122––––––4211189986––––420119CUT123––––––*420120120––––––417121106––––––405122DNP124––––––39412387CUT95––––383124CUT125––––––*377125114–––––– * First-time Playoffs participant
References
External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site