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: 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
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. The FedEx Cup bonus pool was increased from $35 to $60 million, with the winner's share increasing from $10 to $15 million. Major changes were made to the Tour Championship format. In the new system players will receive a stroke advantage based on their position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship. The FedExCup leader will start the Tour Championship at −10, number two at −8, number three at −7, number four at −6 and number five at −5. Players ranked 6 to 10 will start at −4, 11 to 15 at −3, 16 to 20 at −2, 21 to 25 at −1 and 26 to 30 will start from 0. The winner of the Tour Championship will be the FedEx Cup winner.(Previously each player's points total was reset after the BMW Championship based on their position in the rankings at that stage. These reset points, added to the points earned in the Tour Championship, determined the final FedEx Cup rankings.) For the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, the stroke advantages in the Tour Championship were ignored.
Regular season rankings PlacePlayerPointsEventsWyndham RewardsTop 10 bonus ($)1 Brooks Koepka 2,887 18 2,000,0002 Rory McIlroy 2,315 16 1,500,0003 Matt Kuchar 2,313 19 1,200,0004 Xander Schauffele 1,858 18 1,100,0005 Gary Woodland 1,795 21 1,000,0006 Patrick Cantlay 1,730 18 850,0007 Dustin Johnson 1,686 16 700,0008 Paul Casey 1,629 20 600,0009 Webb Simpson 1,619 18 550,00010 Jon Rahm 1,447 17 500,000
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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. 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).
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Patrick Reed 66-66-67-69=268 −16 1,665,000 2 502 Abraham Ancer 67-65-68-69=269 −15 999,000 8 67T3 Jon Rahm 64-68-69-69=270 −14 536,500 5 10 Harold Varner III 67-67-68-68=270 29 1025 Adam Scott 68-69-69-65=271 −13 370,000 14 21T6 Rory McIlroy 65-68-70-69=272 −12 299,469 3 2 Louis Oosthuizen 68-65-70-69=272 28 51 Brandt Snedeker 71-67-63-71=272 22 33 Jordan Spieth 67-64-74-67=272 44 69T10 Ian Poulter 68-66-71-68=273 −11 240,500 43 60 Justin Rose 65-68-69-71=273 12 11 Par 71 course
BMW Championship The BMW Championship was played August 15–18. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only Kevin Na (ranked 55th) did not play, reducing the field to 69. There was no second-round cut.
Justin Thomas won by 3 strokes from Patrick Cantlay. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to the Tour Championship. This included three players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship: Jason Kokrak (ranked 32nd to 30th), Hideki Matsuyama (33 to 15), and Lucas Glover (41 to 29). Three players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Shane Lowry (25 to 33), Harold Varner III (29 to 38) and Andrew Putnam (30 to 34).
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Justin Thomas 65-69-61-68=263 −25 1,665,000 1 152 Patrick Cantlay 66-67-68-65=266 −22 999,000 2 63 Hideki Matsuyama 69-63-73-63=268 −20 629,000 15 334 Tony Finau 67-66-68-69=270 −18 444,000 12 19T5 Jon Rahm 68-69-66-69=272 −16 351,500 6 5 Brandt Snedeker 66-71-67-68=272 18 22T7 Corey Conners 69-66-69-69=273 −15 298,312 23 27 Lucas Glover 66-69-69-69=273 29 41T9 Kevin Kisner 68-68-69-69=274 −14 259,000 20 21 Adam Scott 67-71-69-67=274 13 14 Par 72 course
Points after BMW Championship PlacePlayerPointsEvents1 Justin Thomas 3,475 192 Patrick Cantlay 3,157 203 Brooks Koepka 3,119 204 Patrick Reed 2,946 245 Rory McIlroy 2,842 186 Jon Rahm 2,517 197 Matt Kuchar 2,339 218 Xander Schauffele 2,030 209 Webb Simpson 1,946 2010 Abraham Ancer 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.
PlacePlayerRound scoresStartingscoreFinalscoreFedEx Cup rankWinnings ($) After Before1 Rory McIlroy 66-67-68-66=267 −5 −18 1 5 15,000,0002 Xander Schauffele 64-69-67-70=270 −4 −14 2 8 5,000,000T3 Brooks Koepka 67-67-68-72=274 −7 −13 T3 3 3,500,000 Justin Thomas 70-68-71-68=277 −10 15 Paul Casey 66-67-68-72=273 −2 −9 5 16 2,500,0006 Adam Scott 68-70-71-66=275 −3 −8 6 13 1,900,0007 Tony Finau 70-69-70-67=276 −3 −7 7 12 1,300,0008 Chez Reavie 71-64-70-70=275 −1 −6 8 25 1,100,000T9 Kevin Kisner 71-70-68-68=277 −2 −5 T9 20 843,333 Hideki Matsuyama 66-75-66-71=278 −3 15 Patrick Reed 70-70-73-68=281 −6 4
Par 70 course
For the full list see here.
Table of qualified players Table key:
PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe Northern TrustBMWChampionshipTour ChampionshipPointsRankFinishRankafterFinishRankafterStartingscoreFinalscoreFinalrank 2,8871132,3152352,3133CUT471,8584CUT781,79559111,7306621,686710141,6298DNP13161,61991191,44710561,4231112171,41512CUT16211,39113CUT1719E1,3091418251,27915CUT2328E1,2791619121,247171511,203182026E1,1931924221,137202533––1,1242114131,098222120*1,097232624E1,088243135––1,054253440––1,025263539––1,015273632––1,00328WD3842––98629CUT4245––969303315962312723947324129E934332218903344647––900353737––895364536––884374750––873383034––865394851––86540CUT5054––863414031––854423230E*83643CUT5457––835443943––832455346––818465152––815475256––8154855DNP61––*780495759––7745024754512827E*742525660––*735536063––72954CUT6468––*71955CUT6569––716566355––710576153––700586666––69659DNP6770––690604341––690614948––67362CUT6965––641636249––*639645862––63765CUT72––––6256673––––6226781060968CUT75––––605694444––*6027074––––57271CUT81––––569725958––5677378––––*566747067––56175CUT86––––*5587683––––5557779––––5477882––––5477984––––5388076––––5348187––––5328280––––52783CUT89––––*5248471––––52385DNP90––––5098688––––4978792––––4958877––––*49389DNP94––––*491906864––*4899193––––48292WD95––––47993CUT99––––47394WD102––––46695CUT104––––4669698––––*46397101––––46098103––––4609997––––459100CUT105––––459101CUT106––––4581022938––458103CUT107––––*453104CUT108––––452105CUT109––––452106CUT110––––*443107CUT111––––434108100––––433109112––––43211085––––*432111CUT115––––428112WD116––––428113113––––423114CUT118––––42311591––––415116CUT119––––408117CUT120––––406118CUT122––––401119121––––400120114––––399121CUT123––––392122CUT124––––38812396––––*383124117––––376125CUT125–––– * First-time Playoffs qualifier
References
External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site