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Points earned during the PGA Tour Regular Season carry over to the Playoffs. The FedEx Cup Playoffs events feature a progressive cut, with fields of 70 for FedEx St. Jude Championship, 50 for the BMW Championship and 30 for the Tour Championship held annually at East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia, where the FedEx Cup Champion is determined. [10]
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 ...
Four golfers played their way into the Tour Championship: Bradley (ranked 50 to 4), Scott (41 to 14), Tommy Fleetwood (31 to 22), and Chris Kirk (32 to 26). Four players initially ranked inside the top-30 failed to advance: Jason Day (ranked 25 to 33), Davis Thompson (26 to 34), Brian Harman (29 to 31), and Denny McCarthy (30 to 35).
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.
The top 50 in the previous seasons FedEx Cup standings are eligible for all signature events, along with leading players during the season to date and in recent tournaments, tournament winners, PGA Tour members in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking, and sponsors exemptions. Leading players in the previous season's fall events are ...
The top 50 golfers in the standings will qualify for the second playoff stop, and then the top 30 will advance to the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta.
16. Top 10 in the current season's FedEx Cup points standings after the Cognizant Classic. 17. Kaulig Companies Championship champion from previous year Steve Stricker; 18. Leading player to earn a PGA Tour card from the previous year's Race to Dubai ranking 19. Leading points winner from the Korn Ferry Tour during the previous year Ben Kohles; 20.
The top six ranked golfers were: Bernhard Langer, Seve Ballesteros, Sandy Lyle, Tom Watson, Mark O'Meara and Greg Norman. Thus, the top three were all European, but there were 31 Americans in the top 50 (compared with 17 at the end of 2010). The method of calculation of the rankings has changed considerably over the years.