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2021–22 PGA Tour

The 2021–22 PGA Tour was the 107th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 54th season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 16th edition of the FedEx Cup.

2021–22 PGA Tour season
DurationSeptember 16, 2021 (2021-09-16) – August 28, 2022 (2022-08-28)
Number of official events47[a]
Most winsUnited States Scottie Scheffler (4)
FedEx CupNorthern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Money listUnited States Scottie Scheffler
PGA Tour Player of the YearUnited States Scottie Scheffler
PGA Player of the YearAustralia Cameron Smith
Rookie of the YearUnited States Cameron Young

Changes for 2021–22

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Prize fund

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The Tour announced more than $100 million in purse increases for the 2021–22 season including:[1]

  • Increasing the FedEx Cup bonus pool (from $60 million to $75 million)
  • Doubling the regular season bonus pool, known as the Comcast Business Tour Top 10 (from $10 million to $20 million)
  • Increasing the Player Impact Program, which rewards players that drive fan engagement (from $40 million to $50 million)
  • Introducing the Play15 Bonus program, which rewards every player who makes at least 15 starts with $50,000
  • Significant increases in the purses of limited-field events including increasing the Players Championship purse to $20 million

Response to LIV Golf

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Preceding the first event of the LIV Golf Invitational Series in London, the PGA Tour announced on June 1, 2022, that they would sanction players who competed in the event.[2] Seventeen PGA Tour members played in the event, including major champions Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio García, Martin Kaymer, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Graeme McDowell, and former world number one Lee Westwood. Nine of the players resigned from the tour. On June 9, the tour announced that all members participating in the first LIV tournament, including those who had resigned, were no longer eligible to compete in tour events or the Presidents Cup.[3]

Seven more PGA Tour members joined LIV Golf for the series' second event in Portland, Oregon, including major champions Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, and Patrick Reed (who resigned from the tour). The PGA Tour confirmed their suspensions shortly following the start of that event.[4]

In late July, the tour created a FedExCup Playoffs Eligibility ranking list which did not include the suspended players.[5] Ten players who finished inside the top-125 of the standard FedExCup Standings were excluded; they were Talor Gooch, Jason Kokrak, Matt Jones, Hudson Swafford, Matthew Wolff, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Brooks Koepka, Charles Howell III, and Pat Perez. Three of these (Gooch, Jones and Swafford) failed in their attempt to gain a temporary restraining order to allow them to compete in the playoffs.[6][7]

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2021–22 season.[8][9]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$) 		Winner(s)[b] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[c] 		Notes
Sep 19 Fortinet Championship California 7,000,000   Max Homa (3) 40
Oct 3 Sanderson Farms Championship Mississippi 7,000,000   Sam Burns (2) 36
Oct 10 Shriners Children's Open Nevada 7,000,000   Im Sung-jae (2) 56
Oct 17 CJ Cup Nevada[d] 9,750,000   Rory McIlroy (20) 68 Limited-field event
Oct 24 Zozo Championship Japan 9,950,000   Hideki Matsuyama (7) 40 JPN[e] Limited-field event
Oct 31 WGC-HSBC Champions China – Canceled[12] – World Golf Championship
Oct 31 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Bermuda 6,500,000   Lucas Herbert (1) 24 Alternate event[f]
Nov 7 World Wide Technology Championship Mexico 7,200,000   Viktor Hovland (3) 52
Nov 14 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open Texas 7,500,000   Jason Kokrak (3) 50
Nov 21 RSM Classic Georgia 7,200,000   Talor Gooch (1) 44
Jan 9 Sentry Tournament of Champions Hawaii 8,200,000   Cameron Smith (4) 62 Winners-only event
Jan 16 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 7,500,000   Hideki Matsuyama (8) 46
Jan 23 The American Express California 7,600,000   Hudson Swafford (3) 50 Pro-Am
Jan 29 Farmers Insurance Open California 8,400,000   Luke List (1) 60
Feb 6 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am California 8,700,000   Tom Hoge (1) 36 Pro-Am
Feb 13 WM Phoenix Open Arizona 8,200,000   Scottie Scheffler (1) 62
Feb 20 Genesis Invitational California 12,000,000   Joaquín Niemann (2) 72 Invitational
Feb 27 The Honda Classic Florida 8,000,000   Sepp Straka (1) 42
Mar 6 Arnold Palmer Invitational Florida 12,000,000   Scottie Scheffler (2) 64 Invitational
Mar 6 Puerto Rico Open Puerto Rico 3,700,000   Ryan Brehm (1) 24 Alternate event
Mar 14 The Players Championship Florida 20,000,000   Cameron Smith (5) 80 Flagship event
Mar 20 Valspar Championship Florida 7,800,000   Sam Burns (3) 56
Mar 27 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Texas 12,000,000   Scottie Scheffler (3) 74 World Golf Championship
Mar 27 Corales Puntacana Championship Dominican Republic 3,700,000   Chad Ramey (1) 24 Alternate event
Apr 3 Valero Texas Open Texas 8,600,000   J. J. Spaun (1) 38
Apr 10 Masters Tournament Georgia 15,000,000   Scottie Scheffler (4) 100 Major championship
Apr 17 RBC Heritage South Carolina 8,000,000   Jordan Spieth (13) 58 Invitational
Apr 24 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 8,300,000   Patrick Cantlay (7) and
  Xander Schauffele (5) 		n/a Team event
May 1 Mexico Open Mexico 7,300,000   Jon Rahm (7) 32 New to PGA Tour
May 8 Wells Fargo Championship Maryland 9,000,000   Max Homa (4) 44
May 15 AT&T Byron Nelson Texas 9,100,000   Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) 52
May 22 PGA Championship Oklahoma 15,000,000   Justin Thomas (15) 100 Major championship
May 29 Charles Schwab Challenge Texas 8,400,000   Sam Burns (4) 60 Invitational
Jun 5 Memorial Tournament Ohio 12,000,000   Billy Horschel (7) 68 Invitational
Jun 12 RBC Canadian Open Canada 8,700,000   Rory McIlroy (21) 46
Jun 19 U.S. Open Massachusetts 17,500,000   Matt Fitzpatrick (1) 100 Major championship
Jun 26 Travelers Championship Connecticut 8,300,000   Xander Schauffele (6) 54
Jul 3 John Deere Classic Illinois 7,100,000   J. T. Poston (2) 24
Jul 10 Genesis Scottish Open Scotland 8,000,000   Xander Schauffele (7) 70 EUR[g] New to PGA Tour
Jul 10 Barbasol Championship Kentucky 3,700,000   Trey Mullinax (1) 24 EUR Alternate event
Jul 17 The Open Championship Scotland 14,000,000   Cameron Smith (6) 100 Major championship
Jul 17 Barracuda Championship California 3,700,000   Chez Reavie (3) 24 EUR Alternate event
Jul 24 3M Open Minnesota 7,500,000   Tony Finau (3) 26
Jul 31 Rocket Mortgage Classic Michigan 8,400,000   Tony Finau (4) 42
Aug 7 Wyndham Championship North Carolina 7,300,000   Tom Kim (1) 42
Aug 14 FedEx St. Jude Championship Tennessee 15,000,000   Will Zalatoris (1) 67.19 FedEx Cup playoff event
Aug 21 BMW Championship Delaware 15,000,000   Patrick Cantlay (8) 50.59 FedEx Cup playoff event
Aug 28 Tour Championship Georgia n/a[h]   Rory McIlroy (22) 38.81[i] FedEx Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($) 		Winner(s) OWGR
points 		Notes
Sep 26 Ryder Cup Wisconsin n/a   Team USA n/a Team event
Dec 5 Hero World Challenge Bahamas 3,500,000   Viktor Hovland 48 Limited-field event
Dec 12 QBE Shootout Florida 3,600,000   Jason Kokrak and
  Kevin Na 		n/a Team event

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PGA Tour sanctioned events (numbered chronologically).

Legend：
  600-point event (Major championships & The Players)
  550-point event (World Golf Championships, Genesis, Arnold Palmer, Memorial)
  500-point event (Regular events)
  400-point event (Official team event)
  300-point event (Alternate events)
  FedEx Cup playoff event

  Non FedEx Cup event
 
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PGA Tour sanctioned events in Hawaii
 
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PGA Tour sanctioned events in Japan

FedEx Cup

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Points distribution

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Main article: List of point distributions of the FedEx Cup

The distribution of points for 2021–22 PGA Tour events were as follows:[17]

Finishing position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 20th 30th 40th 50th 60th
Majors & Players Championship 600 330 210 150 120 110 100 94 88 82 51 32 18 10 6
WGCs, Genesis, Arnold Palmer, and Memorial 550 315 200 140 115 105 95 89 83 78 51 32 18 10 6
Other PGA Tour events 500 300 190 135 110 100 90 85 80 75 45 28 16 8.5 5
Team event (each player) 400 163 105 88 78 68 59 54 50 46 17 5 2 0 0
Alternate events 300 165 105 80 65 60 55 50 45 40 28 17 10 5 3
Playoff events 2000 1200 760 540 440 400 360 340 320 300 180 112 64 34 20

Tour Championship starting score (to par), based on position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th–10th 11th–15th 16th–20th 21st–25th 26th–30th
Starting score −10 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 E

Final standings

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For full rankings, see 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Top 31 in the final FedEx Cup standings following the Tour Championship:[18][19]

Pos. Player Majors & The Players WGCs, Genesis, API, and Memorial Top 10s in other PGA Tour events Regular
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points 		Playoffs[j] Total
points 		Tour C'ship[k] Tmts Money ($m)[l]
Nat. Name Ply Mas PGA USO Opn WGC
Cha 		Gen API WGC
MP 		Mem 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FStJ BMW Start Final Basic CB
Top10 		FedEx
Bonus
1   McIlroy T33 2nd 8th T5 3rd C
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D 		T10 T13 • T18 1st 5th 1st 2,104 CUT T8 2,414 −4 −21 16 8.65 1.70 18.00
T2   Im T55 T8 • CUT T81 T33 T20 T35 T10 1st T9 T8 T6 T2 T2 1,733 12th T15 2,201 −4 −20 26 5.57 1.00 5.75
  Scheffler T55 1st CUT T2 T21 T7 1st 1st • 4th T2 1st 2nd 3,556 CUT T3 4,206 −10 25 14.05 4.00[m]
4   Schauffele CUT CUT T13 T14 T15 T13 • T35 T18 T3 1st T5 1st 1st 2,153 T57 T3 2,825 −6 −18 21 7.43 2.20 4.00
T5   Homa T13 T48 T13 T47 CUT T10 T17 T35 T5 1st 1st 1,625 T42 T23 1,818 −2 −17 24 5.29 2.75
  Thomas T33 T8 1st T37 T53 6th • T35 • 3rd T5 T8 T3 T5 3rd 1,783 T13 T52 2,025 −3 21 6.83 1.20
T7   Cantlay CUT T39 CUT T14 T8 T33 • T26 T3 4th 9th T4 2nd 2nd 1st T4 T2 2,108 T57 1st 4,129 −8 −16 20 9.37 2.00 1.75
  Straka T9 T30 78th CUT CUT T15 CUT T35 T45 1st T3 909 2nd T28 2,224 −4 33 4.72
9   Finau CUT T35 T30 CUT T28 T33 • T35 • T2 T4 2nd 1st 1st 1,912 T5 T28 2,376 −4 −15 25 6.12 1.40 1.25
10   Hoge T33 T39 T9 CUT CUT CUT T32 T58 CUT T4 2nd 1st T4 1,424 CUT T48 1,459 −1 −14 32 4.31 1.00
T11   Matsuyama • T14 T60 4th T68 T39 T20 • DQ T6 1st 1st T8 T3 1,697 • T35 1,765 −2 −13 21 5.78 0.93
  Niemann T22 T35 T23 T47 T53 1st • T35 T3 T5 1,228 T13 T8 1,750 −2 24 5.08
T13   Spieth CUT CUT T34 T37 T8 T26 • T35 T18 2nd 1st 2nd T7 T10 1,574 CUT T19 1,750 −2 −12 22 5.02 0.83
  Wise T50 • T23 T27 T34 T67 T17 • 2nd T5 T6 952 T31 T15 1,241 E 24 3.45
T15   Fitzpatrick CUT T14 T5 1st T21 • T9 T18 CUT T6 T10 T5 T2 T10 T6 1,596 T5 T48 1,980 −3 −11 20 7.01 0.72
  Hovland T9 T27 T41 CUT T4 T4 T2 T18 T51 1st 1,314 T20 T35 1,535 −2 21 4.87
  Poston CUT • • • CUT CUT • • T37 T3 T9 T2 1st 1,146 T20 T35 1,368 E 30 3.29
  Rahm T55 T27 T48 T12 T34 T21 T17 T9 T10 2nd T3 T10 1st 1,449 T5 T8 2,108 −3 19 5.25
19   Young CUT CUT T3 CUT 2nd T2 T13 T35 T60 T2 T3 T2 T2 1,774 T31 T23 1,997 −3 −10 25 6.52 1.10 0.66
20   Ca. Smith 1st T3 T13 CUT 1st T33 • • T13 T9 T4 1st T10 2,335 T13 • 2,548 −4 −9 18 10.11 3.00 0.64
T21   Harman T63 CUT T34 T43 T6 • • T35 T18 T3 T5 T9 T8 694 T3 T35 1,412 −1 −8 27 3.23 0.60
  Horschel WD 43 68th CUT T21 • T2 T9 1st T6 2nd 1,377 CUT T35 1,471 −1 22 4.94
  Morikawa CUT 5th T55 T5 CUT T2 • T9 CUT 2nd T7 T5 1,089 T5 T44 1,481 −1 19 4.84
24   Burns T26 CUT T20 T27 T42 CUT T9 • • 1st T5 T7 1st 2nd 1st T4 2,275 T20 T19 2,605 −5 −7 24 7.07 2.40 0.57
25   Scott CUT T48 CUT T14 T15 T4 T26 T9 T67 T5 551 T5 T5 1,299 E −4 20 2.91 0.55
26   Conners T26 T6 CUT CUT T28 CUT T11 3rd T13 6th 936 T28 T5 1,454 −1 −3 25 3.88 0.54
27   Lee T55 CUT T41 T37 CUT T26 T42 • T53 1st 853 T20 T5 1,406 E −1 28 3.35 0.53
28   Theegala CUT • • • T34 T48 CUT • T5 T8 T3 T7 T2 886 T13 T15 1,307 E +1 32 3.12 0.52
29   Stallings T42 • CUT CUT • CUT CUT • CUT T6 T5 T4 T8 T4 T10 852 CUT 2nd 2,052 −3 +3 31 3.93 0.51
T30   Gooch[n] CUT T14 T20 CUT T34 CUT T7 T18 • T4 T5 1st 1,302 • • 1,302 • • 22 3.72
  Zalatoris T26 T5 2nd T2 T28 T26 T38 T5 T5 T10 T2 T6 2nd T4 1,680 1st WD 3,680 −7 • 24 9.37 0.50
  Win
  Top 10
  Made cut
  Missed cut
  Withdrew or disqualified
• Did not play

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[21][22]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1   Scottie Scheffler 14,046,910
2   Cameron Smith 10,107,897
3   Will Zalatoris 9,405,082
4   Patrick Cantlay 9,369,605
5   Rory McIlroy 8,654,566
6   Xander Schauffele 7,427,299
7   Sam Burns 7,073,986
8   Matt Fitzpatrick 7,012,672
9   Justin Thomas 6,829,576
10   Cameron Young 6,520,598

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)   Scottie Scheffler [23]
PGA Player of the Year   Cameron Smith [24]
Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award)   Cameron Young [25]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)   Rory McIlroy [26]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)   Rory McIlroy [24]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
  2. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
  3. ^ EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  4. ^ Originally planned to return to South Korea.[10] However, due to COVID-19 considerations, the CJ Cup was held in Las Vegas, Nevada for the second consecutive year.[11]
  5. ^ Japan Golf Tour unofficial event
  6. ^ With the cancelation of the WGC-HSBC Champions, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship was elevated to a full status event.[12]
  7. ^ European Tour Rolex Series
  8. ^ The Tour Championship has no stand-alone purse and does not carry official money; the tournament directly determines the assignment of the FedEx Cup bonus pool money, including US$18,000,000 to the winner.[13][14]
  9. ^ OWGR points at the Tour Championship were awarded based on aggregate scores only (see Tour Championship format).[15] McIlroy had the lowest aggregate score and was awarded with the 38.81 points.[16]
  10. ^ The top 125 point scorers in the regular season retain their tour card for the following season, and qualify for the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The top 70 points scorers after the FedEx St. Jude Championship qualify for the BMW Championship.
  11. ^ The top 30 point scorers after the BMW Championship qualify for the Tour Championship. Each player begins with a score adjustment to par determined by their point ranking, the lowest scorers in the Tour Championship in addition to this adjustment win the FedEx Cup.
  12. ^ In addition to tournament prize money, the top 10 regular season point scorers receive a share of a US$20,000,000 bonus, and the US$75,000,000 FedEx Cup postseason bonus money is distributed based upon standings after the Tour Championship.
  13. ^ Scheffler also won a further US$1,000,000 by topping the Aon Risk Reward Challenge standings.[20]
  14. ^ Gooch was suspended from the tour and deemed ineligible for the FedEx Cup Playoffs or bonus pool having joined LIV Golf; he was 29th on the points list entering the Tour Championship.

References

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  1. ^ Lynch, Eamon (November 22, 2021). "PGA Tour is boosting bonuses, prize money for stars; FedEx Cup jumps to $75 million". Golfweek. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
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  3. ^ Schlabach, Mark (June 9, 2022). "PGA Tour suspends all players taking part in first LIV Golf tournament". ESPN. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
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  5. ^ Hoggard, Rex (July 26, 2022). "PGA Tour creates playoff 'eligibility list' to remove suspended players". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
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  9. ^ "PGA Tour releases full 2021-22 schedule". PGA Tour. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  10. ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (October 18, 2020). "PGA tournament CJ Cup to return to S. Korea in 2021". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
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  12. ^ a b "WGC-HSBC Champions cancelled for second consecutive season due to coronavirus pandemic". Sky Sports. August 31, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  13. ^ "How it works: Tour Championship". PGA Tour. August 18, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  14. ^ "PGA Tour's unprecedented momentum results in increased purses". PGA Tour. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021. The top 30 in the standings will then compete at the Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup's increased first prize of $18 million
  15. ^ Smith, Jeff (August 19, 2019). "10 FAQs: Tour Championship, FedExCup Format". Pro Golf Weekly. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  16. ^ "Tour Championship - 72 Hole Scores". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  17. ^ "FedExCup point distribution: PGA Tour Season". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  18. ^ "2021–22 FedEx Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  19. ^ Schupak, Adam (August 28, 2022). "Rory McIlroy pulls off stunning comeback to win Tour Championship and FedEx Cup". Golfweek. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  20. ^ Jourdan, Cameron (August 10, 2022). "Scottie Scheffler captures season-long Aon Risk Reward challenge, $1 million prize". Golfweek. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  21. ^ "2021–22 Official money". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  22. ^ Jourdan, Cameron (August 29, 2022). "Scottie Scheffler earned a record-setting amount of money during the PGA Tour's 2021-22 season". Golfweek. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  23. ^ Porter, Kyle (September 10, 2022). "Scottie Scheffler voted 2022 PGA Tour Player of the Year over Rory McIlroy after four-win season". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  24. ^ a b "Cameron Smith Captures PGA of America Player of the Year Award; Rory McIlroy Wins Vardon Trophy". Professional Golfers' Association of America. August 29, 2022. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  25. ^ Hall, Mike (October 19, 2022). "Cameron Young Named PGA Tour Rookie Of The Year". Golfweek. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  26. ^ "2022–23 PGA Tour Media guide | Awards". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
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