The 2021–22 PGA Tour season concludes this week at the Tour Championship after 44 regular-season contests and the first two FedEx Cup playoff stops. The top 30 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings after last week’s BMW Championship arrive at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta in an effort to win the $18 million prize and the season’s championship.
The Tour Championship will be played in a staggered stroke-play style based on the starting rankings for the fourth consecutive year. In order to overtake Scottie Scheffler, who is currently in first place and is starting Thursday’s first round at 10 under par, the other 29 players will need to make up ground.
Here is the most recent FedEx Cup points total through the BMW Championship, along with where each player stands going into the Tour Championship’s opening round. Additionally, players in positions 31 through 125 will get FedEx Cup extra money. The Korn Ferry Tour Final Series, where 25 additional PGA Tour cards are up for grabs, is open to all qualified players ranked from 126 to 200.
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FedExCup Finals
The top 125 competitors in the FedExCup standings at the end of the regular season will be qualified to compete in the FedExCup Playoffs, a run of three competitions. The PGA TOUR Regular Season points are carried over to the Playoffs. The winner of the first two Playoffs competitions receives 2,000 points (quadruple the points awarded for Regular Season competitions), but the Playoffs Finale, the TOUR Championship, uses a strokes-based scoring system.
2022 FedEx Cup standings
Only 30 golfers will still be vying for the Tour Championship after the BMW Championship is over.
Here are the rankings following Joohyung Kim’s victory at the Wyndham Championship.
FedEx Cup Points 2022: Distribution and Standings Explanation
There are 125 golfers who have a chance to win the FedEx Cup, but during the next two weeks, that number will be drastically reduced.
The FedEx-St. Jude Championship, which begins the PGA Tour’s championship season on Thursday, is open to the top 125 golfers who finished in the top 25 in the FedEx Cup standings.
Over the course of the regular season, Scottie Scheffler accrued the most points. At Memphis, he has a 1,221-point advantage against Cameron Smith, but things might change quickly.
Since top finishes at FedEx Cup competitions are worth more points than they are during the regular season, someone at the bottom of the standings may overtake the leader after just one victory.
The three-tournament postseason consists of the FedEx-St. Jude Championship, BMW Championship, and Tour Championship. On August 28, the winner will be announced at the Tour Championship.
125 athletes competed in the FedEx-St. Jude Championship in Memphis to make up the FedEx Cup field.
The 125 golfers received the most PGA Tour regular-season points. Rickie Fowler came in last during the qualification round.
The BMW Championship’s playoff field will be reduced to 70 players. Following that competition, the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings advance to the Tour Championship.
The player with the highest ranking at the start of the Tour Championship has a two-shot lead over the man in second place. Each Tour Championship competitor’s beginning scores will be based on where they stand in the standings.
Players who enter the first playoff event above the cut line are not guaranteed a position on the field the following week.
More FedEx Cup points were added to the playoff events by the PGA Tour. 2,000 playoff points are awarded to the FedEx-St. Jude Championship victor. Winners throughout the regular season received 500 points.
For the remainder of the field, the scoring system also multiplies by four. The winner receives 1,200 points instead of 300 for coming in second place, and so forth.
For instance, depending on how other top golfers perform, 125th-ranked Rickie Fowler may win in Memphis and possibly climb into the top 10.
The competitors currently occupying the 70 qualifying slots for the BMW Championship are under pressure since there is a lot of possibility for mobility.
Golfers in the top 10 are under pressure to maintain accumulating points to close scoring gaps for the Tour Championship, and golfers around the bubble are encouraged by significant jumps to make them safer for the following two competitions.
One of the top 10 golfers will depart the Tour Championship with the championship, according to recent FedEx Cup history. Going into the postseason, four of the previous five FedEx Cup champions were ranked in the top 10. After beginning the playoffs in 15th place, Dustin Johnson took first place in 2020.
There is a $18 million prize pool for the FedEx Cup champion, plus there are many other opportunities to win. For qualifying for the Tour Championship, each player in the top 30 receives at least $500,000, while the top 10 finishers in the final FedEx Cup standings each receive at least $1 million.
FedExCup trophies
A typical TOUR event during the regular season is worth 500 points to the winner, four points to the 65th-place finisher, and 2,972 points in total to the top 65 competitors. The five “invitational” competitions (The Memorial, The Arnold Palmer at Bay Hill, etc.) award a victory with 550 points and raise the total number of competitors by around 8%. Major winners receive 600 for a win and then an additional amount greater than an invitational for a top-20 placing.
However, the St. Jude Championship and BMW Championship have prize money that is worth four times as much as a typical TOUR trip, with 2,000 for first place and 16 for 65th. Therefore, even the worst regular seasons can be improved with outstanding performances over the next two weeks.
Tour Championship awards
The figures are astonishing. The Tour Championship champion receives $18 million. The Tour Championship is a $500k guarantee for those that advance. Everybody who qualified for the BMW Championship is assured at least $175,000 in prize money. In fact, everyone who placed among the top 125 is certain of receiving at least $120,000. All of this is in addition to the payouts from the first two events. All told, FedEx is awarding $75 million in bonuses to the top athletes in the globe.
- First: $18,000,000
- Second: $6,500,000
- Third: $5,000,000
- Fourth: $4,000,000
- Fifth: $3,000,000
- 6th: $2,500,000
- 7th: $2,000,000
- 8th: $1,500,000
- 9th: $1.250,000
- 10th $1,000,000
BMW Championship cash awards
The BMW Championship now has a $15 million purse, up from $9.5 million last year, with the winner taking home $2.7 million. This is the typical winner’s 18% payout in accordance with PGA Tour regulations. Prize money will be awarded to all golfers who complete the competition’s four rounds.
The top 30 in points after the competition advance to the Tour Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, and the event winner will get 2,000 FedEx Cup points.
The BMW has how many FedEx Cup points?
Throughout the season, many events have varied point values. Golfers receive 500 points for winning regular PGA Tour competitions, and 550 points for victories at the Memorial Tournament, World Golf Championships, Genesis Invitational, and Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Golfers will receive 600 points for winning the Masters, PLAYERS, US Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship. A golfer can get 300 points at any extra competitions throughout the year.
Golfers still accrue points even if they lose tournaments. They will be awarded points as long as they finish inside the required 36 holes. The point totals do, however, gradually decrease as golfers move down the list.
When the Tour Championship comes around, the golfers’ points are no longer relevant. Instead, the points are used to set each golfer’s starting handicap for the Tour Championship. By the time the event rolls around, the player with the most points wins a very handsome 10 under handicap. With that handicap, a golfer has won the Tour Championship two years in a row.
The full handicap system is as follows:
- 1-seed:
- 2-seed:
- 3-seed:
- 4-seed:
- 5-seed:
- Seeds 6-10:
- Seeds 11-15:
- Seeds 16-20:
- Seeds 21-25:
- Seeds 26-30:
How much money does the BMW Championship champion receive?
The defending FedEx Cup winner won the second leg of the playoffs at Delaware’s Wilmington Country Club for the second year in a row.
The BMW Championship, which was played for the first time at Wilmington Country Club in Delaware, continued the PGA Tour playoffs. For the Tour Championship in Atlanta, only the top 30 of the FedEx Cup standings were invited.
Patrick Cantlay won the BMW for the second year running and will finish behind Scottie Scheffler in the points standings in Atlanta. From the $15 million pool, Cantlay takes home $2.7 million.
How many FedEx points are awarded for the Tour Championship victory?
The Playoffs Finale, the TOUR Championship, uses a strokes-based scoring system (FedExCup Starting Strokes), which was introduced for the first time in 2019. The victor of the first two Playoffs events receives 2,000 points (quadruple points of Regular Season events).
How much money is awarded to the FedEx Cup victor?
In golf this year, only one thing has dominated: money. That won’t change this week at the Tour Championship, the FedEx Cup Playoffs’ penultimate event, which is scheduled to honor everyone who qualified to compete at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Will Zalatoris withdrew, leaving just 29 men in the race. As a result, the minimum payout this week is a cool $510,000, with Zalatoris receiving the $50,000 last-place reward.
Each of Patrick Cantlay and Zalatoris received $2.7 million for winning the first two postseason competitions. The winner’s share from Memphis and Wilmington, while more than that of the regular season, is still nothing in comparison to that of Atlanta because it would not even rank among the top five payouts for the Tour Championship. At the postseason finale, there will be a $75 million total purse up for grabs between prize money and FedEx Cup bonuses.
The overall reward for the winner of the Tour Championship will be $18 million, up from the previous two weeks’ payout of $15 million. To put this amount in perspective, consider that in 2022 it will be more than the combined on-course earnings of Cameron Smith and Xander Schauffele, who between them have won six tournaments, including the Players Championship and The Open.
This week’s $18 million grand prize is up for grabs, and the amounts below represent on-course earnings for the whole season that almost equal that value.
To provide even more context, we will break down how much each Tour Championship competitor would value $18 million below, as it is unquestionably not the same for Rory McIlroy as it is for Sahith Theegala, for instance. The prize money is even more outrageous when compared to their lifetime on-course earnings, which exclude prior FedEx Cup victories because they are considered bonuses.
What is the value of the FedEx Trophy?
The lucrative prize pool for the 2022 FedEx Cup was set at $75 million, an increase of $15 million over the previous year’s purse.
Payments will be made to the top 150 PGA Tour players in the FedEx Cup standings, with Rory McIlroy taking home a mind-blowing $18 million after his incredible comeback victory at the Tour Championship.
Even though the Tour Championship was considered a win, there was no prize money allocated; instead, the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings received their FedEx Cup bonuses.
A golfer who earns a spot in the Tour Championship but is unable to play will still get the $30 in prize money. That player won’t be replaced on the pitch by anyone.
A five-year exemption to the PGA Tour will also be given to the player who wins the FedEx Cup trophy at the end of the season.