2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that determined the 2022–23 season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, were played from August 10–27. It included the following three events:

2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 10–27, 2023
LocationTPC Southwind
Olympia Fields Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Field70 for FedEx St. Jude Ch.
50 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund$75 million (bonus money)
Winner's share$18 million (bonus money)
Champion
Norway Viktor Hovland
−27
← 2022
2024 →

This was the 17th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007. Viktor Hovland was the 2023 Champion.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Changes from 2022

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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 the 2024 season regardless of results in the fall.[2] The 50 qualifiers for the BMW Championship earned entry into limited-field signature events in 2024.[3]

Regular-season rankings

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The leading 10 players in the FedEx Cup regular-season standings qualified for a share of the $20 million Comcast Business Tour top 10 bonus.

Place Player Points Events Bonus ($)
1   Jon Rahm 3,320 17 4,000,000
2   Scottie Scheffler 3,146 20 3,000,000
3   Rory McIlroy 2,304 15 2,400,000
4   Max Homa 2,128 21 2,200,000
5   Wyndham Clark 1,944 25 2,000,000
6   Brian Harman 1,827 24 1,700,000
7   Viktor Hovland 1,795 20 1,400,000
8   Keegan Bradley 1,774 20 1,200,000
9   Rickie Fowler 1,732 22 1,100,000
10   Tony Finau 1,655 21 1,000,000

Source:[4]

Playoff tournaments

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FedEx St. Jude Championship

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The FedEx St. Jude Championship was played August 10–13. 70 players were eligible to play in the event. There was no second-round cut.

Lucas Glover won the tournament, beating Patrick Cantlay in a playoff. It was Glover's second victory in as many weeks, having won the Wyndham Championship in the final week of the regular season.[5] The top 50 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. Cameron Davis (ranked 62nd to 45th) and Hideki Matsuyama (57 to 47) were the only two players to climb into the top 50, with Mackenzie Hughes (47 to 51) and Nick Hardy (50 to 52) dropping out.[6]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) Before After
1   Lucas Glover 66-64-66-69=265 −15 3,600,000 49 4
2   Patrick Cantlay 68-67-66-64=265 2,160,000 13 5
T3   Tommy Fleetwood 66-66-66-68=266 −14 1,160,000 26 10
  Rory McIlroy 67-66-68-65=266 3 3
5   Taylor Moore 66-66-65-71=268 −12 800,000 25 14
T6   Corey Conners 67-72-65-65=269 −11 584,286 30 25
  Cameron Davis 66-67-69-67=269 62 45
  Russell Henley 67-68-67-67=269 20 15
  Max Homa 68-66-65-70=269 4 6
  Im Sung-jae 67-65-69-68=269 32 28
  Adam Schenk 69-66-68-66=269 24 20
  Jordan Spieth 63-68-68-70=269 31 27
  • Par 70 course

BMW Championship

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The BMW Championship will be played August 17–20. 50 players are eligible to play in the event. There is no second-round cut.

Hideki Matsuyama withdrew prior to the second round with a back injury, thus ending his streak of qualifying for nine consecutive Tour Championship's, the longest streak of any active player. [7]

Tour Championship

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The Tour Championship will be played August 24–27. 30 golfers are qualified for the tournament. There is no second-round cut.

Table of qualified players

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Table key:

  Win
  Top-10 finish
  Did not advance to next tournament
  Played way into next tournament
Player Pre-Playoffs FedEx St. Jude
Championship
BMW
Championship
Tour Championship
Points Rank Finish Rank
after
Finish Rank
after
Starting
score[8]
Final
score
Final
rank
  Jon Rahm 3,320 1 T37 1 T31 4 −6 −7 T18
  Scottie Scheffler 3,146 2 T31 2 T2 1 −10 −11 T6
  Rory McIlroy 2,304 3 T3 3 4 3 −7 −14 4
  Max Homa 2,128 4 T6 6 T5 6 −4 −10 T9
  Wyndham Clark 1,944 5 T66 8 T15 9 −4 −16 3
  Brian Harman 1,827 6 T31 9 T5 8 −4 −4 23
  Viktor Hovland 1,795 7 T13 7 1 2 −8 −27 1
  Keegan Bradley 1,774 8 T43 11 T29 13 −3 −10 T9
  Rickie Fowler 1,732 9 T58 12 T25 14 −3 −8 T16
  Tony Finau 1,655 10 64 13 T37 18 −2 −6 T20
  Jason Day 1,506 11 T52 21 T45 25 −1 +3 28
  Nick Taylor 1,463 12 T24 16 47 22 −1 −2 25
  Patrick Cantlay 1,443 13 2 5 T15 7 −4 −13 5
  Tom Kim 1,422 14 T24 18 T10 16 −2 −6 T20
  Sepp Straka 1,413 15 63 24 T37 30 E −9 T14
  Xander Schauffele 1,406 16 T24 19 T8 15 −3 −22 2
  Tyrrell Hatton 1,381 17 T43 26 T34 28 E −8 T16
  Kim Si-woo 1,372 18 T16 17 T31 20 −2 −6 T20
  Sam Burns 1,335 19 T52 30 T15 26 E −10 T9
  Russell Henley 1,296 20 T6 15 T8 12 −3 −9 T14
  Emiliano Grillo 1,275 21 T20 23 T31 27 E +6 T29
  Collin Morikawa 1,246 22 T13 22 T25 24 −1 −11 T6
  Kurt Kitayama 1,216 23 T52 33 T41 36 36
  Adam Schenk 1,213 24 T6 20 T34 23 −1 −10 T9
  Taylor Moore 1,193 25 5 14 49 21 −1 +6 T29
  Tommy Fleetwood 1,184 26 T3 10 T25 11 −3 −11 T6
  Denny McCarthy 1,179 27 T66 34 T10 33 33
  Chris Kirk 1,161 28 T16 29 T29 32 32
  Séamus Power 1,133 29 T66 35 48 41 41
  Corey Conners 1,103 30 T6 25 T10 19 −2 −1 26
  Jordan Spieth 1,099 31 T6 27 T34 29 E +1 27
  Im Sung-jae 1,098 32 T6 28 7 17 −3 −1 24
  Justin Rose 1,088 33 T20 32 T22 34 34
  Sahith Theegala 1,065 34 T13 31 T15 31 31
  Lee Hodges 1,052 35 T31 36 T45 40 40
  Matt Fitzpatrick 1,049 36 T66 40 T2 10 −4 −10 T9
  An Byeong-hun 1,041 37 T37 38 43 44 44
  Adam Svensson 1,014 38 T37 39 T15 37 37
  Brendon Todd 973 39 T43 44 T41 47 47
  Eric Cole* 950 40 T31 42 T25 43 43
  Andrew Putnam 918 41 T24 41 T10 35 35
  Harris English 914 42 T52 49 T10 38 38
  Patrick Rodgers 914 43 T52 50 T37 49 49
  Adam Hadwin 908 44 T16 37 44 45 45
  J. T. Poston 907 45 T24 43 T22 39 39
  Tom Hoge 897 46 T43 48 21 46 46
  Mackenzie Hughes 890 47 T58 51 51
  Cameron Young 889 48 T31 46 T15 42 42
  Lucas Glover 885 49 1 4 T22 5 −5 −7 T18
  Nick Hardy* 868 50 T49 52 52
  Alex Smalley 864 51 65 54 54
  Thomas Detry* 851 52 T61 55 55
  Taylor Montgomery* 823 53 T37 53 53
  Davis Riley 768 54 T43 59 59
  Brandon Wu 763 55 T37 57 57
  Hayden Buckley 754 56 T52 60 60
  Hideki Matsuyama 742 57 T16 47 WD 50 50
  Keith Mitchell 698 58 T43 64 64
  Mark Hubbard 697 59 T66 67 67
  Matt Kuchar 695 60 T61 66 66
  Stephan Jäger 692 61 T20 56 56
  Cameron Davis 685 62 T6 45 40 48 48
  Sam Ryder 675 63 T31 61 61
  Sam Stevens* 670 64 T37 65 65
  Aaron Rai 670 65 T49 68 68
  Beau Hossler 658 66 T20 58 58
  Matthew NeSmith 642 67 T58 70 70
  Vincent Norrman* 636 68 T49 69 69
  J. J. Spaun 634 69 T24 62 62
  Ben Griffin* 617 70 T24 63 63

* First-time Playoffs qualifier
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew

References

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  1. ^ "PGA Tour releases full schedule for 2022-23 season". PGA Tour. August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "PGA Tour announces reimagined 2023 FedEx Cup Fall". PGA Tour. April 12, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  3. ^ "Designated events will usher in new era of PGA Tour competition". PGA Tour. March 1, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "2022–23 FedEx Cup standings". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  5. ^ Herzig, Gabrielle (August 13, 2023). "Lucas Glover Wins Back-to-Back at FedEx St. Jude Championship after Sudden Death Playoff". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  6. ^ Hoggard, Rex (August 13, 2023). "A significant Sunday: Repercussions of FedEx St. Jude finale to be felt into next season". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  7. ^ @PGATOURComms (August 18, 2023). "Hideki Matsuyama is a WD prior to the second round of the BMW Championship with a back injury" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Tour Championship: How they will begin with 'Starting Strokes'". PGA Tour. August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
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