FedEx Cup Playoff Format Explained

The 2024 PGA TOUR season marks the 18th edition of the FedEx Cup, the TOUR's season-long points

competition which culminates with the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Here we're going to explain just how it

works over the season and how the three-event playoff structure works to crown a winner

Established in 2007, the FedEx Cup is a season-long points competition offering players

100 million dollars in bonus money and culminating with the FedEx Cup playoffs in August. Players

vie to become the FedEx Cup champion which distinguishes the one player who not only performs

well during the whole regular season but also excels in the pressure mounts during the FedEx

Cup playoffs. The regular season is contested from January to August of a calendar year and

features 36 official FedEx Cup events including the players championship, major championships

signature events, full field events, and additional events. Members of the PGA Tour earn FedExCup points based on their finishing position at a tournament The distribution of points has been adjusted starting for the 2024 season with an allocation of additional points to the players majors playoff events and signature events

These 15 events made up of the players, 4 majors, 8 signature events and 2 FedExCup playoffs

will award a minimum of 700 points to the winner. so Win the Players is worth 750 points having previously been worth 600

Signature events are now worth 700 points having previously been worth 500 or 550

Full Field events i.e. one of those non-Elite 15 events are worth 500 points

while 300 points is awarded to the winner of an additional event

Finally at the first two FedExCup playoff events in August a huge 2,000 points is awarded to the winner

stressing the importance of peaking right at the end of the season. At the conclusion of the regular

season following the Wyndham Championship in July the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings are eligible to play in what is called the FedEx Cup Playoffs which is a series of three events at the end of the season Points accrued during the regular season carry over into the first two playoff events

while each event features a progressive cut. So a field of 70 will take part in the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind

while only 50 will make it to the following event, which is the BMW Championship in Colorado

And then finally, the top 30 will make it to the Tour Championship at Eastlake in Georgia

There are no cuts during these playoff events, and it's all about making sure you accrue enough points to be in the top 70

the top 50, and then the top 30 to make it to that Tour Championship

So, the top 30 in the FedEx Point standings, after the 36 regular season events and the two playoffs

head to Eastlake where, effectively, a new tournament begins. At the Tour Championship, the player with the lowest stroke total over 72 holes, combined

with what called their FedEx starting strokes will be crowned FedEx Champion The FedEx Champion wins million and a five exemption to the PGA Tour with a total bonus pool of million going to the rest of the field Heading into

the Tour Championship, the FedEx Cup points leader after the first two playoff events will

begin the Tour Championship at 10 under par. The number two player will start at 8 under par

The number three player will start at 7 under par. The number four player starts at 6 under

the number five player starts at five under. Players 6-10 start at four under. Players 11-15

start at three under. Players 16-20 start at two under. Players 21-25 start at one under

And players 26-30 start at even par. From that position, the tournament begins and the player

with the lowest score after 72 holes, with those scores combined, is crowned the FedExCup champion

In 2023, Victor Hovland secured the title after winning the BMW Championship

and then the Tour Championship on the final day