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:
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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.
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.
Standings on the 2021–22 PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list.
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.
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
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 many Fedex Masters points?
Each official PGA TOUR tournament winner receives 500 FedExCup points during the PGA TOUR season. Each of the following events awards 600 FedExCup points: The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open Championship. The other significant competitions distributed 400–500 points.
The top eight golfers in the current FedExCup standings at the conclusion of the season are guaranteed a spot in the Masters Tournament the following year. The next highest ranking players who have not yet qualified make up the remaining field. At-large candidates are the names given to these athletes.
It is not a need to be a PGA of America member in order to qualify for the Masters Tournament. However, the majority of athletes want to participate in as many contests as they can over the regular season in order to collect their share of the prize money awarded across the nation. Because of this, the majority of elite players are PGA of America members.
The winner of the FedExStoxx Cup, which concludes the Tour’s regular season, will additionally get $10,000 in addition to the points mentioned above. After that, they can decide whether to keep the money for themselves or give it to one of numerous charity that they or the Tour have chosen. They won’t be permitted to take part in the playoffs the next year if they decide to keep the money.
Which golf competitions award FedEx points?
The distribution of FedExCup points for the PGA TOUR season is shown below:
The Memorial Tournament, The Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational, and World Golf Championships
Ties – If there is a tie, points will be awarded to those who are in tying places using the same procedure that is now used to award prizes. This means that the average of the total points for each tying position will be distributed to each player in the tying position.
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Just how are FedEx points determined?
As you might expect, players who excel in postseason competitions are paid more. A PGA Tour victory during the regular season was worth 500 points. You earn 1,500 points for a playoff victory. In a same vein, when competing in playoff events as opposed to regular-season tournaments, every participant receives three times as many points for their efforts. (Note: The playoff event points were worth four times as much as regular-season event points in 2019, which was the only significant change to the playoff structure.)