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In case of a tie, point totals are added together and divided among all golfers tied for a particular position at the end of a tournament. For example, if four golfers finish tied for fifth place, the fifth through eighth place points are summed and divided by four, with each of the golfers receiving the same number of points.
Players earn points in each event they play. For all regular-season PGA Tour events, 500 FedEx Cup points are awarded to the winner, with points also being earned by every player making the cut. In "signature events", 700 FedEx Cup points go to the winner, while 750 points are given to the champion of the four majors and the Players.
The winner of the Tour Championship wins the FedEx Cup. [11] For the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, points are awarded based on aggregate scores (total strokes taken, ignoring any starting scores). Rory McIlroy won by one stoke over Im Sung-jae and Scottie Scheffler. He also had the best 72-hole aggregate score of 263.
The top 70 players on the FedEx Cup regular-season standings qualified for the first playoff event, down from 125; the field of the second event was reduced from 70 to 50. [1] With the PGA Tour reverting to a calendar-based schedule, the Playoffs no longer form the conclusion to the PGA Tour season, but all 70 qualifiers earned an exemption for ...
Only golfers who make the cut for an event will receive points for that event. The points table was modified for the 2008 season, increasing the points awarded, in an effort to create more volatility in the playoffs. [2] From 2009 through 2014, all playoff events carry the same points, which are five times the points for a regular season event. [4]
The Tour Championship was played September 2–5 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 ...
The PGA Tour's season-ending event tees off this week in Atlanta. ... Players have compiled FedEx Cup points throughout the season in the hopes of reaching the top 70 heading into the three-event ...
The 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs was the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour. It was played from August 21 to September 14 and comprised the following four events: The Barclays – Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey; Deutsche Bank Championship – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts