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2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 20 to September 7. It included the following three events:

2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 20 – September 7, 2020
LocationTPC Boston
Olympia Fields Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Field125 for The Northern Trust
70 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund$60 million (bonus money)
Winner's share$15 million (bonus money)
Champion
United States Dustin Johnson
−21
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This was the 14th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings edit

Place Player Points Events Wyndham Rewards
Top 10 bonus ($)
1   Justin Thomas 2,458 15 2,000,000
2   Collin Morikawa 1,902 18 1,500,000
3   Webb Simpson 1,878 12 1,200,000
4   Bryson DeChambeau 1,657 14 1,100,000
5   Im Sung-jae 1,633 23 1,000,000
6   Patrick Reed 1,426 17 850,000
7   Daniel Berger 1,347 14 700,000
8   Rory McIlroy 1,327 12 600,000
9   Brendon Todd 1,316 22 550,000
10   Jon Rahm 1,295 12 500,000

Source:[1]

The Northern Trust edit

The Northern Trust was played August 20–23. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, two did not play: Vaughn Taylor (ranked 75th) withdrew with a rib injury and Brooks Koepka (ranked 97th) withdrew with knee and hip injuries, reducing the field to 123.[2] Scottie Scheffler scored 59 for his second round, becoming the 11th player to score under 60 in a PGA Tour event. Dustin Johnson led after two rounds after a second round 60, two ahead of Scheffler and Cameron Davis.[3] 70 players made the second-round cut at 139 (−3).

Dustin Johnson won by 11 strokes over Harris English after further rounds of 64 and 63.[4] The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 70 prior to The Northern Trust: Alex Norén (ranked 78th to 47th), Harry Higgs (72 to 48), Russell Henley (101 to 61), Robby Shelton (81 to 62), Jason Kokrak (90 to 66), and Louis Oosthuizen (99 to 70). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Doc Redman (ranked 60th to 71st), Kang Sung-hoon (61 to 72), Denny McCarthy (65 to 73), Phil Mickelson (67 to 75), Henrik Norlander (68 to 76), and Zhang Xinjun (70 to 78).

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Dustin Johnson 67-60-64-63=254 −30 1,710,000 1 15
2   Harris English 64-66-66-69=265 −19 1,035,500 6 27
3   Daniel Berger 66-66-67-67=266 −18 655,500 4 7
T4   Kevin Kisner 65-66-70-66=267 −17 427,500 23 40
  Scottie Scheffler 70-59-67-71=267 14 24
T6   Jon Rahm 69-67-67-65=268 −16 332,500 9 10
  Webb Simpson 70-64-68-66=268 3 3
T8   Russell Henley 64-67-70-68=269 −15 277,875 61 101
  Alex Norén 69-68-64-68=269 47 78
  Ryan Palmer 67-67-68-67=269 22 29
  • Par 71 course

BMW Championship edit

The BMW Championship was played August 27–30. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, one did not play: Webb Simpson (ranked 3rd) withdrew to rest, reducing the field to 69. He was already guaranteed a place in the Tour Championship. There was no second-round cut.

Jon Rahm beat Dustin Johnson with a birdie at the first playoff hole after the two had tied at 276, 4-under-par. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to the Tour Championship. This included two players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship: Joaquín Niemann (ranked 31st to 18th) and Mackenzie Hughes (36 to 28). Two players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Adam Long (27 to 31) and Kevin Streelman (28 to 32).

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Jon Rahm 75-71-66-64=276 −4 1,710,000 2 9
2   Dustin Johnson 71-69-69-67=276 1,026,000 1 1
T3   Hideki Matsuyama 67-73-69-69=278 −2 551,000 10 18
  Joaquín Niemann 72-71-68-67=278 18 31
5   Tony Finau 70-71-73-65=279 −1 384,750 20 29
T6   Matt Fitzpatrick 70-75-68-67=280 E 337,250 36 60
  Jason Kokrak 74-71-69-66=280 42 66
T8   Sebastián Muñoz 70-75-67-69=281 +1 285,000 15 16
  Brendon Todd 73-68-71-69=281 11 13
T10   Lanto Griffin 70-73-70-69=282 +2 247,000 16 15
  Mackenzie Hughes 69-73-69-71=282 28 36
  • Par 70 course

Points after BMW Championship edit

Place Player Points Events
1   Dustin Johnson 3,471 13
2   Jon Rahm 3,080 14
3   Justin Thomas 2,570 17
4   Webb Simpson 2,163 13
5   Collin Morikawa 2,025 20
6   Daniel Berger 2,007 16
7   Harris English 1,805 19
8   Bryson DeChambeau 1,682 16
9   Im Sung-jae 1,650 25
10   Hideki Matsuyama 1,587 19

Tour Championship edit

The Tour Championship was played September 4–7 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 at 10 under par, number two at 8 under par, number three at 7 under par, number four at 6 under par and number five at 5 under par. Players ranked 6 to 10 started at 4 under par, 11 to 15 at 3 under par, 16 to 20 at 2 under par, 21 to 25 at 1 under par and 26 to 30 started at even par. The winner of the Tour Championship wins the FedEx Cup. For the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, points are awarded based on aggregate scores (total strokes taken, ignoring any starting scores).

Dustin Johnson won by three strokes from Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas. Schauffele, who had started 7 strokes behind Johnson, had the best 72-hole aggregate score of 265, three better than Scottie Scheffler and four better than Johnson and Thomas.[5]

Place Player Round scores Starting
score		 Final
score		 FedEx Cup rank Winnings ($)
After Before
1   Dustin Johnson 67-70-64-68=269 −10 −21 1 1 15,000,000
T2   Xander Schauffele 67-65-67-66=265 −3 −18 T2 14 4,500,000
  Justin Thomas 66-71-66-66=269 −7 3
4   Jon Rahm 65-74-66-66=271 −8 −17 4 2 3,000,000
5   Scottie Scheffler 71-66-66-65=268 −2 −14 5 17 2,500,000
6   Collin Morikawa 71-65-67-69=272 −5 −13 6 5 1,900,000
7   Tyrrell Hatton 67-66-71-66=270 −2 −12 7 19 1,300,000
T8   Rory McIlroy 64-71-70-67=272 −3 −11 T8 12 960,000
  Sebastián Muñoz 71-65-70-66=272 −3 15
  Patrick Reed 71-66-70-65=272 −3 13
  • Par 70 course

For the full list see here.

Table of qualified players edit

Table key:

  Win
  Top-10 finish
  Did not advance to next tournament
  Played way into next tournament
Player Pre-Playoffs The Northern Trust BMW
Championship 		Tour Championship
Points Rank Finish Rank
after 		Finish Rank
after 		Starting
score[6] 		Final
score 		Final
rank
  Justin Thomas 2,458 1 T49 2 T25 3 −7 −18 T2
  Collin Morikawa 1,902 2 CUT 5 T20 5 −5 −13 6
  Webb Simpson 1,878 3 T6 3 DNP 4 −6 −9 T12
  Bryson DeChambeau 1,657 4 CUT 7 50 8 −4 −3 22
  Im Sung-jae 1,633 5 CUT 8 T56 9 −4 −10 11
  Patrick Reed 1,426 6 T49 10 T40 13 −3 −11 T8
  Daniel Berger 1,347 7 3 4 T25 6 −4 −7 T15
  Rory McIlroy 1,327 8 T65 12 T12 12 −3 −11 T8
  Brendon Todd 1,316 9 64 13 T8 11 −3 −4 T20
  Jon Rahm 1,295 10 T6 9 1 2 −8 −17 4
  Xander Schauffele 1,258 11 T25 11 T25 14 −3 −18 T2
  Lanto Griffin* 1,159 12 T58 15 T10 16 −2 −5 T18
  Abraham Ancer 1,099 13 CUT 19 T33 22 −1 −5 T18
  Marc Leishman 1,086 14 CUT 20 69 25 −1 +2 29
  Dustin Johnson 1,071 15 1 1 2 1 −10 −21 1
  Sebastián Muñoz 1,045 16 T18 16 T8 15 −3 −11 T8
  Kevin Na 1,036 17 T39 21 T51 24 −1 +1 T27
  Hideki Matsuyama 1,030 18 T29 18 T3 10 −4 −7 T15
  Tyrrell Hatton 1,025 19 T25 17 T16 19 −2 −12 7
  Cameron Champ 951 20 CUT 25 T65 29 E E T24
  Adam Long 912 21 T49 27 T56 31 – – 31
  Kevin Streelman 909 22 T61 28 T51 32 – – 32
  Tony Finau 907 23 CUT 29 5 20 −2 −6 17
  Scottie Scheffler* 900 24 T4 14 T20 17 −2 −14 5
  Billy Horschel 893 25 CUT 30 T33 30 E +4 30
  Joaquín Niemann 878 26 CUT 31 T3 18 −2 +1 T27
  Harris English 867 27 2 6 T40 7 −4 −9 T12
  Viktor Hovland* 842 28 T18 24 T40 27 E −4 T20
  Ryan Palmer 838 29 T8 22 T40 23 −1 E T24
  Cameron Smith 807 30 T18 26 T20 26 E E T24
  An Byeong-hun 765 31 CUT 35 T12 33 – – 33
  Patrick Cantlay 745 32 CUT 37 T12 34 – – 34
  Gary Woodland 741 33 CUT 39 T33 43 – – 43
  Matthew Wolff 739 34 T44 33 T16 35 – – 35
  Tyler Duncan 736 35 T29 32 T48 40 – – 40
  Adam Scott 726 36 T58 38 T25 41 – – 41
  Nick Taylor 720 37 CUT 40 T51 48 – – 48
  Joel Dahmen 720 38 CUT 41 T20 38 – – 38
  Tom Hoge 716 39 CUT 43 T65 50 – – 50
  Kevin Kisner 710 40 T4 23 T25 21 −1 −1 23
  Richy Werenski 703 41 68 44 T20 39 – – 39
  Mark Hubbard 701 42 T29 34 T51 44 – – 44
  Brendan Steele 669 43 T44 45 T33 47 – – 47
  Adam Hadwin 654 44 CUT 49 T40 54 – – 54
  Jason Day 653 45 CUT 50 64 57 – – 57
  Michael Thompson 647 46 CUT 51 T59 59 – – 59
  Carlos Ortiz 630 47 CUT 56 T25 51 – – 51
  Andrew Landry 626 48 67 53 68 61 – – 61
  Tiger Woods 604 49 T58 57 T51 63 – – 63
  Dylan Frittelli 604 50 CUT 59 T33 58 – – 58
  Matt Fitzpatrick* 602 51 CUT 60 T6 36 – – 36
  Mackenzie Hughes 597 52 T13 36 T10 28 E −8 14
  Danny Lee 588 53 T18 42 T33 45 – – 45
  Jim Herman 581 54 CUT 63 T40 64 – – 64
  Paul Casey 559 55 T49 64 T16 49 – – 49
  Corey Conners 535 56 T25 54 T33 53 – – 53
  Max Homa 526 57 CUT 68 T59 70 – – 70
  Maverick McNealy* 523 58 T61 67 T40 68 – – 68
  J. T. Poston 516 59 T39 65 T59 67 – – 67
  Doc Redman* 514 60 CUT 71 – – – – 71
  Kang Sung-hoon 512 61 CUT 72 – – – – 72
  Talor Gooch 508 62 T18 52 T65 60 – – 60
  Matt Kuchar 502 63 T18 55 T59 62 – – 62
  Charles Howell III 492 64 T44 69 T48 69 – – 69
  Denny McCarthy 489 65 T49 73 – – – – 73
  Bubba Watson 489 66 T18 58 T16 46 – – 46
  Phil Mickelson 488 67 CUT 75 – – – – 75
  Henrik Norlander* 483 68 CUT 76 – – – – 76
  Brian Harman 480 69 T11 46 T12 37 – – 37
  Zhang Xinjun* 474 70 CUT 78 – – – – 78
  Sepp Straka 466 71 CUT 79 – – – – 79
  Harry Higgs* 465 72 T11 48 T56 55 – – 55
  Harold Varner III 457 73 CUT 80 – – – – 80
  Bud Cauley 443 74 CUT 83 – – – – 83
  Vaughn Taylor 442 75 DNP 85 – – – – 85
  Brian Stuard 438 76 CUT 87 – – – – 87
  Patrick Rodgers 431 77 70 86 – – – – 86
  Alex Norén 428 78 T8 47 T40 52 – – 52
  Pat Perez 421 79 WD 90 – – – – 90
  Troy Merritt 419 80 T29 74 – – – – 74
  Robby Shelton* 417 81 T13 62 T59 66 – – 66
  Kim Si-woo 409 82 T39 81 – – – – 81
  Chez Reavie 408 83 T49 89 – – – – 89
  Nate Lashley 395 84 CUT 96 – – – – 96
  Ian Poulter 392 85 T39 88 – – – – 88
  Matt Jones 388 86 69 95 – – – – 95
  Cameron Tringale 381 87 T29 82 – – – – 82
  Rickie Fowler 381 88 T49 94 – – – – 94
  Tommy Fleetwood 380 89 T44 92 – – – – 92
  Jason Kokrak 376 90 T13 66 T6 42 – – 42
  Cameron Davis* 374 91 T29 84 – – – – 84
  Emiliano Grillo 373 92 T44 93 – – – – 93
  Matthew NeSmith* 372 93 CUT 100 – – – – 100
  Scott Harrington* 370 94 T65 98 – – – – 98
  Ryan Armour 366 95 CUT 101 – – – – 101
  Ryan Moore 360 96 WD 103 – – – – 103
  Brooks Koepka 360 97 DNP 104 – – – – 104
  Brandt Snedeker 358 98 CUT 106 – – – – 106
  Louis Oosthuizen 354 99 T13 70 T25 65 – – 65
  Jordan Spieth 354 100 CUT 107 – – – – 107
  Russell Henley 352 101 T8 61 T25 56 – – 56
  Sam Ryder 349 102 CUT 108 – – – – 108
  Sam Burns 345 103 CUT 111 – – – – 111
  Zach Johnson 337 104 T49 105 – – – – 105
  Keith Mitchell 328 105 T61 112 – – – – 112
  Zac Blair 324 106 CUT 113 – – – – 113
  Scott Brown 323 107 CUT 114 – – – – 114
  Brian Gay 323 108 CUT 115 – – – – 115
  Justin Rose 313 109 T25 91 – – – – 91
  Lee Kyoung-hoon 312 110 T29 97 – – – – 97
  Charley Hoffman 311 111 T13 77 – – – – 77
  Keegan Bradley 309 112 T29 99 – – – – 99
  Graeme McDowell 305 113 CUT 117 – – – – 117
  Adam Schenk 304 114 T39 109 – – – – 109
  Lucas Glover 303 115 CUT 118 – – – – 118
  Luke List 297 116 CUT 119 – – – – 119
  Scott Stallings 296 117 CUT 120 – – – – 120
  Brice Garnett 294 118 CUT 121 – – – – 121
  Scott Piercy 291 119 T29 102 – – – – 102
  Rory Sabbatini 291 120 CUT 122 – – – – 122
  Beau Hossler 286 121 T49 116 – – – – 116
  Shane Lowry 283 122 CUT 123 – – – – 123
  Tom Lewis* 281 123 CUT 124 – – – – 124
  Bo Hoag* 281 124 CUT 125 – – – – 125
  Wyndham Clark 276 125 T29 110 – – – – 110

* First-time Playoffs qualifier

References edit

  1. ^ "Justin Thomas earns top spot in Wyndham Rewards Top 10". PGA Tour. August 17, 2020. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Dusek, David (August 19, 2020). "Brooks Koepka withdraws from Northern Trust due to knee, hip injuries". Golfweek.
  3. ^ "Rookie Scottie Scheffler shoots 59 at TPC Boston". ESPN. August 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Dustin Johnson dominates to win Northern Trust by 11 shots". Los Angeles Times. August 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Dustin Johnson Completes Long Climb to Win FedEx Cup". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 7, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "How it works: Tour Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 19, 2019.

External links edit

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