2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs

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2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 24 – September 24, 2017
LocationGlen Oaks Club
TPC Boston
Conway Farms Golf Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Field125 for The Northern Trust
100 for Dell Technologies Championship
70 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund$35 million bonus money
Winner's share$10 million bonus money
Champion
United States Justin Thomas
3,000 points
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The 2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 24 to September 24. It included the following four events:

These were the eleventh FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings[edit]

Place Player Points Events
1 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 2,869 18
2 United States Justin Thomas 2,689 21
3 United States Jordan Spieth 2,671 19
4 United States Dustin Johnson 2,466 16
5 United States Rickie Fowler 1,832 17
6 Spain Jon Rahm 1,754 19
7 United States Brooks Koepka 1,736 20
8 United States Daniel Berger 1,623 22
9 United States Kevin Kisner 1,612 24
10 United States Brian Harman 1,557 26

The Northern Trust[edit]

The Northern Trust was played August 24–27. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, five did not enter: Sergio García (ranked 22), Brandt Snedeker (64), Adam Scott (66), Scott Piercy (85), and Dominic Bozzelli (115).[1] Of the 120 entrants, 70 made the second-round cut at 142 (+2).

Dustin Johnson won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Jordan Spieth.[2] The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Dell Technologies Championship. This included three players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Northern Trust: Bubba Watson (ranked 113th to 72nd), David Lingmerth (122 to 88), and Harold Varner III (123 to 91). Three players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: An Byeong-hun (ranked 96th to 102nd), Robert Garrigus (99 to 109), and Noh Seung-yul (100 to 110).[3]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1 United States Dustin Johnson 65-69-67-66=267 −13 1,575,000 1 4
2 United States Jordan Spieth 69-65-64-69=267 945,000 2 3
T3 Spain Jon Rahm 68-68-67-68=271 −9 507,500 5 6
Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas 69-65-72-65=271 10 29
5 England Paul Casey 69-68-66-71=274 −6 350,000 12 18
T6 United States Kevin Chappell 68-73-64-70=275 −5 283,281 17 30
Australia Jason Day 69-71-68-67=275 29 49
United States Webb Simpson 73-66-71-65=275 16 25
United States Justin Thomas 68-69-69-69=275 3 2
T10 United States Patrick Cantlay 67-70-69-70=276 −4 187,500 50 78
United States Matt Kuchar 71-64-68-73=276 15 15
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 67-72-68-69=276 26 35
United States Chez Reavie 69-68-69-70=276 40 63
England Justin Rose 68-68-69-71=276 24 32
United States Robert Streb 71-70-66-69=276 51 79
United States Bubba Watson 67-68-71-70=276 72 113
  • Par 70 course

Dell Technologies Championship[edit]

The Dell Technologies Championship was played September 1–4. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, four did not enter: Henrik Stenson (ranked 22), Brandt Snedeker (68), J. B. Holmes (86), and Scott Piercy (94).[4] Of the 96 entrants, 79 made the second-round cut at 145 (+3).

Justin Thomas won by three strokes over Jordan Spieth. It was Thomas's fifth win of the season and Spieth's second runner-up finish of the 2017 playoffs. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included three players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Dell Technologies Championship: Stewart Cink (81 to 57), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (80 to 60), and Emiliano Grillo (77 to 62). Three players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Russell Knox (65 to 71), Kelly Kraft (64 to 72), and Brandt Snedeker (68 to 73).[5]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1 United States Justin Thomas 71-67-63-66=267 −17 1,575,000 2 3
2 United States Jordan Spieth 72-65-66-67=270 −14 945,000 1 2
3 Australia Marc Leishman 67-69-65-70=271 −13 595,000 7 20
T4 England Paul Casey 70-65-67-70=272 −12 385,000 8 12
Spain Jon Rahm 67-66-71-68=272 5 5
T6 United States Phil Mickelson 69-67-69-68=273 −11 283,281 36 58
United States Kevin Na 68-69-70-66=273 40 63
United States Pat Perez 72-67-67-67=273 10 14
United States Patrick Reed 71-67-69-66=273 22 33
T10 United States Bill Haas 71-70-68-65=274 −10 227,500 30 39
England Justin Rose 72-65-69-68=274 17 24
  • Par 71 course

BMW Championship[edit]

The BMW Championship was played September 14–17, after a one-week break. All 70 players eligible to play in the event did so, and there was no cut.

Marc Leishman won by five strokes from Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to the Tour Championship. This included four players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship: Tony Finau (39 to 24), Sergio García (34 to 25), Xander Schauffele (32 to 26), and Patrick Cantlay (41 to 29). Four players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Louis Oosthuizen (24 to 31), Henrik Stenson (26 to 32), Brendan Steele (27 to 33), and Bill Haas (30 to 35).[6]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1 Australia Marc Leishman 62-64-68-67=261 −23 1,575,000 4 7
T2 United States Rickie Fowler 65-64-70-67=266 −18 770,000 6 6
England Justin Rose 67-68-66-65=266 8 17
4 Australia Jason Day 64-65-70-69=268 −16 420,000 15 28
T5 United States Matt Kuchar 67-68-67-67=269 −15 332,500 12 18
Spain Jon Rahm 69-68-65-67=269 5 5
T7 United States Tony Finau 65-72-70-64=271 −13 282,188 24 39
United States Jordan Spieth 65-70-71-65=271 1 1
T9 United States Patrick Cantlay 67-65-70-70=272 −12 236,250 29 41
India Anirban Lahiri 67-71-68-66=272 51 70
United States Webb Simpson 66-73-65-68=272 16 21
  • Par 71 course

Reseed points[edit]

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Place Player Points Reseed points Events
1 United States Jordan Spieth 5,421 2,000 22
2 United States Justin Thomas 5,081 1,800 24
3 United States Dustin Johnson 4,730 1,520 19
4 Australia Marc Leishman 4,084 1,296 24
5 Spain Jon Rahm 3,314 1,280 22
6 United States Rickie Fowler 3,197 1,120 20
7 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 3,058 960 21
8 England Justin Rose 2,514 800 17
9 United States Brooks Koepka 2,170 640 23
10 England Paul Casey 2,145 480 23

Tour Championship[edit]

The Tour Championship was played September 21–24. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Xander Schauffele won by one stroke over Justin Thomas but Thomas won the FedEx Cup.[7][8]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1 United States Xander Schauffele 69-66-65-68=268 −12 1,575,000 3 26
2 United States Justin Thomas 67-66-70-66=269 −11 945,000 1 2
T3 United States Russell Henley 67-71-67-65=270 −10 511,875 13 27
United States Kevin Kisner 68-68-64-70=270 12 18
5 England Paul Casey 66-67-65-73=271 −9 350,000 11 10
6 United States Brooks Koepka 66-69-68-69=272 −8 315,000 10 9
T7 United States Tony Finau 68-71-68-66=273 −7 280,000 19 24
Spain Jon Rahm 67-67-70-69=273 5 5
United States Jordan Spieth 67-70-69-67=273 2 1
T10 Spain Sergio García 73-66-68-67=274 −6 236,250 21 25
United States Matt Kuchar 69-71-67-67=274 14 12
England Justin Rose 68-66-71-69=274 9 8
  • Par 70 course

Final leaderboard[edit]

Place Player Points Money ($)
1 United States Justin Thomas 3,000 10,000,000
2 United States Jordan Spieth 2,340 3,000,000
3 United States Xander Schauffele 2,151 2,000,000
4 United States Dustin Johnson 1,720 1,500,000
5 Spain Jon Rahm 1,620 1,000,000
6 Australia Marc Leishman 1,441 800,000
7 United States Rickie Fowler 1,253 700,000
8 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 1,093 600,000
9 England Justin Rose 1,080 550,000
10 United States Brooks Koepka 1,040 500,000

For the full list, see here.

Table of qualifying 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 Dell Technologies BMW Champ. Reseed
points
Tour Champ.
Points Rank Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Final rank
Japan Hideki Matsuyama 2,869 1 CUT 4 T23 4 T47 7 960 T26 8
United States Justin Thomas 2,689 2 T6 3 1 2 T47 2 1,800 2 1
United States Jordan Spieth 2,671 3 2 2 2 1 T7 1 2,000 T7 2
United States Dustin Johnson 2,466 4 1 1 T18 3 T33 3 1,520 T17 4
United States Rickie Fowler 1,832 5 T20 6 T13 6 T2 6 1,120 T26 7
Spain Jon Rahm* 1,754 6 T3 5 T4 5 T5 5 1,280 T7 5
United States Brooks Koepka 1,736 7 T49 7 T18 9 T12 9 640 6 10
United States Daniel Berger 1,623 8 33 8 T61 11 T33 14 336 15 16
United States Kevin Kisner 1,612 9 T54 11 T53 14 T67 18 251 T3 12
United States Brian Harman 1,557 10 CUT 13 T65 15 T40 20 219 T24 25
United States Charley Hoffman 1,498 11 T17 9 T47 12 T27 13 352 T28 20
United States Pat Perez 1,461 12 T34 14 T6 10 T12 11 384 16 15
Canada Adam Hadwin 1,347 13 CUT 18 T13 16 T40 21 206 23 26
Australia Marc Leishman 1,324 14 CUT 20 3 7 1 4 1,296 T24 6
United States Matt Kuchar 1,260 15 T10 15 T56 18 T5 12 368 T10 14
United States Brendan Steele 1,226 16 CUT 25 T56 27 T44 33 33
United States Kyle Stanley 1,204 17 T25 19 T25 19 T47 22 194 T20 24
England Paul Casey 1,135 18 5 12 T4 8 T33 10 480 5 11
United States Russell Henley 1,129 19 T25 23 T40 23 T47 27 142 T3 13
United States Jason Dufner 1,126 20 T20 21 T69 25 T58 30 115 T20 30
United States Charles Howell III 1,102 21 T62 28 CUT 35 T67 40 40
Spain Sergio García 1,085 22 DNP 30 T35 34 T12 25 161 T10 21
Sweden Henrik Stenson 1,079 23 T17 22 DNP 26 T51 32 32
United States Billy Horschel 1,068 24 CUT 31 CUT 38 62 42 42
United States Webb Simpson 1,058 25 T6 16 T75 21 T9 16 293 T13 17
United States Gary Woodland 1,052 26 CUT 34 T18 29 T27 28 133 19 28
United States Wesley Bryan* 1,046 27 T54 32 T69 37 69 41 41
United States Tony Finau 1,024 28 T54 35 T65 39 T7 24 170 T7 19
Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas 1,023 29 T3 10 T65 13 T63 17 272 30 23
United States Kevin Chappell 1,015 30 T6 17 T35 20 T12 19 231 T28 27
Italy Francesco Molinari 1,010 31 CUT 36 T61 42 T12 37 37
England Justin Rose 996 32 T10 24 T10 17 T2 8 800 T10 9
United States Xander Schauffele* 988 33 T17 27 T53 32 T20 26 151 1 3
Canada Mackenzie Hughes* 974 34 T62 37 T13 31 T44 36 36
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 956 35 T10 26 T30 24 T63 31 31
United States Bill Haas 946 36 CUT 39 T10 30 T53 35 35
United States Hudson Swafford 921 37 T43 38 T13 33 T40 38 38
United States Patrick Reed 896 38 T20 33 T6 22 65 23 182 T13 22
United States Ollie Schniederjans* 882 39 CUT 42 CUT 50 66 60 60
Australia Cameron Smith* 847 40 CUT 44 CUT 56 T12 46 46
South Korea Kim Si-woo 839 41 T43 41 T40 45 T58 54 54
United States Zach Johnson 839 42 CUT 46 T56 54 T20 48 48
United States Bryson DeChambeau* 836 43 CUT 48 T30 44 T33 49 49
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 803 44 T34 43 CUT 51 T58 58 58
South Korea Kang Sung-hoon 798 45 CUT 53 T35 52 T53 59 59
United States Keegan Bradley 794 46 T43 47 T35 48 T27 47 47
United States Jamie Lovemark 787 47 CUT 54 T40 58 T33 57 57
England Ian Poulter 760 48 66 56 T23 47 T40 52 52
Australia Jason Day 756 49 T6 29 T25 28 4 15 314 T17 18
United States Luke List 741 50 T34 52 T47 55 T20 50 50
United States Phil Mickelson 734 51 T54 58 T6 36 T20 34 34
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 727 52 T29 49 T25 43 T27 44 44
United States James Hahn 711 53 CUT 60 T75 64 T33 68 68
United States Sean O'Hair 707 54 69 59 CUT 65 T20 62 62
United States Lucas Glover 706 55 T40 57 T30 53 T12 43 43
New Zealand Danny Lee 697 56 CUT 62 CUT 69 WD 70 70
Scotland Martin Laird 676 57 T20 45 T40 49 T44 56 56
United States Kelly Kraft* 672 58 70 64 WD 72 72
United States Ryan Moore 671 59 T49 61 WD 67 T20 64 64
Scotland Russell Knox 669 60 CUT 65 T61 71 71
India Anirban Lahiri 667 61 CUT 66 T56 70 T9 51 51
United States Bud Cauley 666 62 CUT 67 T47 68 T27 65 65
United States Chez Reavie 666 63 T10 40 T61 46 T12 39 39
United States Brandt Snedeker 663 64 DNP 68 DNP 73 73
United States Scott Brown 646 65 T25 55 T65 61 T20 55 55
Australia Adam Scott 642 66 DNP 73 CUT 79 79
Canada Graham DeLaet 640 67 WD 74 T75 76 76
United States Patrick Rodgers 639 68 CUT 75 T73 78 78
United States Grayson Murray* 638 69 T62 70 T25 63 T51 66 66
Australia Rod Pampling 630 70 T54 71 79 74 74
United States Chris Stroud 627 71 CUT 78 CUT 84 84
United States Kevin Tway* 619 72 T43 69 T40 66 T53 69 69
United States Chad Campbell 616 73 T67 76 CUT 83 83
Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello* 615 74 CUT 80 T18 60 T33 61 61
United States Kevin Na 584 75 T29 63 T6 40 T53 45 45
United States Stewart Cink 583 76 CUT 81 12 57 T27 53 53
Sweden Jonas Blixt 578 77 CUT 84 T40 82 82
United States Patrick Cantlay* 578 78 T10 50 T13 41 T9 29 124 T20 29
United States Robert Streb 577 79 T10 51 T73 59 T53 63 63
United States Morgan Hoffmann 565 80 T67 83 T40 81 81
United States Jim Herman 553 81 CUT 86 T69 91 91
United States J. B. Holmes 543 82 CUT 88 DNP 95 95
United States Kevin Streelman 541 83 CUT 90 T35 86 86
Canada Nick Taylor 532 84 CUT 92 T56 93 93
United States Scott Piercy 532 85 DNP 94 DNP 98 98
Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung* 527 86 T49 85 T47 88 88
United States Patton Kizzire 519 87 CUT 97 CUT 99 99
Argentina Emiliano Grillo 518 88 T29 77 22 62 T58 67 67
United States Cody Gribble* 514 89 CUT 98 T30 87 87
South Africa Branden Grace 510 90 CUT 99 T25 80 80
United States J. J. Spaun* 510 91 T54 93 T75 97 97
South Korea Kim Meen-whee* 505 92 T34 82 CUT 89 89
United States William McGirt 499 93 T54 96 T30 85 85
United States Jason Kokrak 490 94 T25 79 T53 77 77
United States Michael Kim 483 95 CUT 100 CUT 100 100
South Korea An Byeong-hun* 468 96 CUT 102 102
United States Chris Kirk 467 97 T40 95 T47 92 92
Colombia Camilo Villegas 464 98 T34 89 CUT 96 96
United States Robert Garrigus 448 99 CUT 109 109
South Korea Noh Seung-yul 446 100 CUT 110 110
United States Jimmy Walker 439 101 CUT 111 111
United States Scott Stallings 438 102 T43 101 101
Sweden David Lingmerth 437 103 T29 87 CUT 94 94
United States D. A. Points 435 104 T54 104 104
United States Ryan Blaum* 434 105 T62 107 107
United States Brian Gay 426 106 CUT 112 112
England Luke Donald 424 107 T49 105 105
United States Richy Werenski* 423 108 T49 106 106
United States Brandon Hagy* 419 109 CUT 113 113
United States Steve Stricker 410 110 CUT 115 115
United States Derek Fathauer 408 111 CUT 116 116
South Africa Tyrone van Aswegen 407 112 CUT 117 117
United States Bubba Watson 397 113 T10 72 T69 75 75
United States Harris English 397 114 CUT 118 118
United States Dominic Bozzelli* 394 115 DNP 119 119
Australia Geoff Ogilvy 390 116 T40 108 108
United States Nick Watney 386 117 CUT 120 120
United States Martin Flores 383 118 T34 103 103
United States John Huh 382 119 CUT 121 121
United States Blayne Barber 381 120 CUT 122 122
United States Ben Martin 378 121 CUT 123 123
South Africa Rory Sabbatini 375 122 CUT 124 124
United States Harold Varner III 375 123 T20 91 T47 90 90
United States Vaughn Taylor 369 124 T43 114 114
United States J. J. Henry 365 125 CUT 125 125

* First-time Playoffs qualifier

References[edit]

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