# 2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that will determine the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 8–25. It included the following three events:
* The Northern Trust – Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, New Jersey
* BMW Championship – Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Illinois
* Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
They were the 13th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.
The point distributions can be seen here.

## Changes for 2019

There were a number of changes in the format compared to previous years.
* The playoffs were moved to an earlier date, finishing by the end of August rather than in late September.
* There were only 3 events rather than 4, with the Dell Technologies Championship being dropped. The leading 70 players after The Northern Trust qualified for the BMW Championship whereas previously the leading 100 qualified for the Dell Technologies Championship, after which the leading 70 qualified for the BMW Championship.
* An additional bonus pool, the Wyndham Rewards Top 10, was distributed among the leading 10 players after the Wyndham Championship which ended the regular season. The pool was $10 million with the leader receiving $2 million.
* The FedEx Cup bonus pool was increased from $35 to $60 million, with the winner's share increasing from $10 to $15 million.
* Major changes were made to the Tour Championship format. In the new system players will receive a stroke advantage based on their position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship. The FedExCup leader will start the Tour Championship at −10, number two at −8, number three at −7, number four at −6 and number five at −5. Players ranked 6 to 10 will start at −4, 11 to 15 at −3, 16 to 20 at −2, 21 to 25 at −1 and 26 to 30 will start from 0. The winner of the Tour Championship will be the FedEx Cup winner. (Previously each player's points total was reset after the BMW Championship based on their position in the rankings at that stage. These reset points, added to the points earned in the Tour Championship, determined the final FedEx Cup rankings.)
* For the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, the stroke advantages in the Tour Championship were ignored.

## Regular season rankings

| Place | Player | Points | Events | Wyndham Rewards Top 10 bonus ($) |
| 1 | Brooks Koepka | 2,887 | 18 | 2,000,000 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy | 2,315 | 16 | 1,500,000 |
| 3 | Matt Kuchar | 2,313 | 19 | 1,200,000 |
| 4 | Xander Schauffele | 1,858 | 18 | 1,100,000 |
| 5 | Gary Woodland | 1,795 | 21 | 1,000,000 |
| 6 | Patrick Cantlay | 1,730 | 18 | 850,000 |
| 7 | Dustin Johnson | 1,686 | 16 | 700,000 |
| 8 | Paul Casey | 1,629 | 20 | 600,000 |
| 9 | Webb Simpson | 1,619 | 18 | 550,000 |
| 10 | Jon Rahm | 1,447 | 17 | 500,000 |
Source:

## The Northern Trust

The Northern Trust was played August 8–11. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, four did not play: Paul Casey (ranked 8th), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (59), Henrik Stenson (85) and Sam Burns (89), reducing the field to 121. 85 players made the second-round cut at 141 (−1).
Patrick Reed won by a stroke over Abraham Ancer. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included four players who were outside the top 70 prior to The Northern Trust: Troy Merritt (ranked 72nd to 59th), Joaquín Niemann (74 to 70), Wyndham Clark (90 to 68), and Harold Varner III (102 to 29). Four players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Sergio García (ranked 65th to 72nd), Danny Lee (66 to 73), Kevin Streelman (68 to 75), and Matthew Wolff (70 to 74).
| | | | | | FedEx Cup rank | FedEx Cup rank |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Winnings ($) | After | Before |
| 1 | Patrick Reed | 66-66-67-69=268 | −16 | 1,665,000 | 2 | 50 |
| 2 | Abraham Ancer | 67-65-68-69=269 | −15 | 999,000 | 8 | 67 |
| T3 | Jon Rahm | 64-68-69-69=270 | −14 | 536,500 | 5 | 10 |
| T3 | Harold Varner III | 67-67-68-68=270 | −14 | 536,500 | 29 | 102 |
| 5 | Adam Scott | 68-69-69-65=271 | −13 | 370,000 | 14 | 21 |
| T6 | Rory McIlroy | 65-68-70-69=272 | −12 | 299,469 | 3 | 2 |
| T6 | Louis Oosthuizen | 68-65-70-69=272 | −12 | 299,469 | 28 | 51 |
| T6 | Brandt Snedeker | 71-67-63-71=272 | −12 | 299,469 | 22 | 33 |
| T6 | Jordan Spieth | 67-64-74-67=272 | −12 | 299,469 | 44 | 69 |
| T10 | Ian Poulter | 68-66-71-68=273 | −11 | 240,500 | 43 | 60 |
| T10 | Justin Rose | 65-68-69-71=273 | −11 | 240,500 | 12 | 11 |
* Par 71 course

## BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played August 15–18. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only Kevin Na (ranked 55th) did not play, reducing the field to 69. There was no second-round cut.
Justin Thomas won by 3 strokes from Patrick Cantlay. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to the Tour Championship. This included three players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship: Jason Kokrak (ranked 32nd to 30th), Hideki Matsuyama (33 to 15), and Lucas Glover (41 to 29). Three players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Shane Lowry (25 to 33), Harold Varner III (29 to 38) and Andrew Putnam (30 to 34).
| | | | | | FedEx Cup rank | FedEx Cup rank |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Winnings ($) | After | Before |
| 1 | Justin Thomas | 65-69-61-68=263 | −25 | 1,665,000 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Patrick Cantlay | 66-67-68-65=266 | −22 | 999,000 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hideki Matsuyama | 69-63-73-63=268 | −20 | 629,000 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | Tony Finau | 67-66-68-69=270 | −18 | 444,000 | 12 | 19 |
| T5 | Jon Rahm | 68-69-66-69=272 | −16 | 351,500 | 6 | 5 |
| T5 | Brandt Snedeker | 66-71-67-68=272 | −16 | 351,500 | 18 | 22 |
| T7 | Corey Conners | 69-66-69-69=273 | −15 | 298,312 | 23 | 27 |
| T7 | Lucas Glover | 66-69-69-69=273 | −15 | 298,312 | 29 | 41 |
| T9 | Kevin Kisner | 68-68-69-69=274 | −14 | 259,000 | 20 | 21 |
| T9 | Adam Scott | 67-71-69-67=274 | −14 | 259,000 | 13 | 14 |
* Par 72 course

## Points after BMW Championship

| Place | Player | Points | Events |
| 1 | Justin Thomas | 3,475 | 19 |
| 2 | Patrick Cantlay | 3,157 | 20 |
| 3 | Brooks Koepka | 3,119 | 20 |
| 4 | Patrick Reed | 2,946 | 24 |
| 5 | Rory McIlroy | 2,842 | 18 |
| 6 | Jon Rahm | 2,517 | 19 |
| 7 | Matt Kuchar | 2,339 | 21 |
| 8 | Xander Schauffele | 2,030 | 20 |
| 9 | Webb Simpson | 1,946 | 20 |
| 10 | Abraham Ancer | 1,940 | 26 |

## Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played August 22–25. 30 golfers qualified for the tournament. There was no second-round cut. Rory McIlroy won the event, finishing four strokes ahead of Xander Schauffele. McIlroy had started the tournament at −5, a one stroke advantage over Schauffele who started at −4.
| Place | Player | Round scores | Starting score | Final score | FedEx Cup rank | FedEx Cup rank | Winnings ($) |
| Place | Player | Round scores | Starting score | Final score | After | Before | Winnings ($) |
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 66-67-68-66=267 | −5 | −18 | 1 | 5 | 15,000,000 |
| 2 | Xander Schauffele | 64-69-67-70=270 | −4 | −14 | 2 | 8 | 5,000,000 |
| T3 | Brooks Koepka | 67-67-68-72=274 | −7 | −13 | T3 | 3 | 3,500,000 |
| T3 | Justin Thomas | 70-68-71-68=277 | −10 | −13 | T3 | 1 | 3,500,000 |
| 5 | Paul Casey | 66-67-68-72=273 | −2 | −9 | 5 | 16 | 2,500,000 |
| 6 | Adam Scott | 68-70-71-66=275 | −3 | −8 | 6 | 13 | 1,900,000 |
| 7 | Tony Finau | 70-69-70-67=276 | −3 | −7 | 7 | 12 | 1,300,000 |
| 8 | Chez Reavie | 71-64-70-70=275 | −1 | −6 | 8 | 25 | 1,100,000 |
| T9 | Kevin Kisner | 71-70-68-68=277 | −2 | −5 | T9 | 20 | 843,333 |
| T9 | Hideki Matsuyama | 66-75-66-71=278 | −3 | −5 | T9 | 15 | 843,333 |
| T9 | Patrick Reed | 70-70-73-68=281 | −6 | −5 | T9 | 4 | 843,333 |
* Par 70 course
For the full list see here.

## Table of qualified players

Table key:
| Player | Pre-Playoffs | Pre-Playoffs | The Northern Trust | The Northern Trust | BMW Championship | BMW Championship | Tour Championship | Tour Championship | Tour Championship |
| Player | Points | Rank | Finish | Rank after | Finish | Rank after | Starting score | Final score | Final rank |
| Brooks Koepka | 2,887 | 1 | T30 | 1 | T24 | 3 | −7 | −13 | T3 |
| Rory McIlroy | 2,315 | 2 | T6 | 3 | T19 | 5 | −5 | −18 | 1 |
| Matt Kuchar | 2,313 | 3 | CUT | 4 | T52 | 7 | −4 | −1 | T16 |
| Xander Schauffele | 1,858 | 4 | CUT | 7 | T19 | 8 | −4 | −14 | 2 |
| Gary Woodland | 1,795 | 5 | T52 | 9 | T31 | 11 | −3 | −2 | 15 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 1,730 | 6 | T12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | −8 | +1 | T21 |
| Dustin Johnson | 1,686 | 7 | T24 | 10 | T57 | 14 | −3 | +10 | T29 |
| Paul Casey | 1,629 | 8 | DNP | 13 | T24 | 16 | −2 | −9 | 5 |
| Webb Simpson | 1,619 | 9 | T18 | 11 | T24 | 9 | −4 | −1 | T16 |
| Jon Rahm | 1,447 | 10 | T3 | 5 | T5 | 6 | −4 | −4 | T12 |
| Justin Rose | 1,423 | 11 | T10 | 12 | T52 | 17 | −2 | +3 | T26 |
| Marc Leishman | 1,415 | 12 | CUT | 16 | T19 | 21 | −1 | +2 | T24 |
| Rickie Fowler | 1,391 | 13 | CUT | 17 | T11 | 19 | −2 | E | T19 |
| Chez Reavie | 1,309 | 14 | T38 | 18 | T57 | 25 | −1 | −6 | 8 |
| Charles Howell III | 1,279 | 15 | CUT | 23 | T37 | 28 | E | +4 | 28 |
| Tony Finau | 1,279 | 16 | T30 | 19 | 4 | 12 | −3 | −7 | 7 |
| Justin Thomas | 1,247 | 17 | T12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | −10 | −13 | T3 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 1,203 | 18 | T24 | 20 | T48 | 26 | E | −4 | T12 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 1,193 | 19 | T43 | 24 | T11 | 22 | −1 | −1 | T16 |
| Shane Lowry | 1,137 | 20 | T52 | 25 | T48 | 33 | – | – | 33 |
| Adam Scott | 1,124 | 21 | 5 | 14 | T9 | 13 | −3 | −8 | 6 |
| Kevin Kisner | 1,098 | 22 | T12 | 21 | T9 | 20 | −2 | −5 | T9 |
| Im Sung-jae* | 1,097 | 23 | T38 | 26 | T11 | 24 | −1 | E | T19 |
| Ryan Palmer | 1,088 | 24 | T77 | 31 | T43 | 35 | – | – | 35 |
| Francesco Molinari | 1,054 | 25 | 82 | 34 | T61 | 40 | – | – | 40 |
| Scott Piercy | 1,025 | 26 | T67 | 35 | T37 | 39 | – | – | 39 |
| J. T. Poston | 1,015 | 27 | T59 | 36 | T16 | 32 | – | – | 32 |
| Tiger Woods | 1,003 | 28 | WD | 38 | T37 | 42 | – | – | 42 |
| Kang Sung-hoon | 986 | 29 | CUT | 42 | T63 | 45 | – | – | 45 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 969 | 30 | T30 | 33 | 3 | 15 | −3 | −5 | T9 |
| Corey Conners | 962 | 31 | T21 | 27 | T7 | 23 | −1 | +3 | T26 |
| Lucas Glover | 947 | 32 | T43 | 41 | T7 | 29 | E | +10 | T29 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 934 | 33 | T6 | 22 | T5 | 18 | −2 | +2 | T24 |
| Phil Mickelson | 903 | 34 | T71 | 46 | T48 | 47 | – | – | 47 |
| Pan Cheng-tsung | 900 | 35 | T24 | 37 | T31 | 37 | – | – | 37 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 895 | 36 | T43 | 45 | T16 | 36 | – | – | 36 |
| Keith Mitchell | 884 | 37 | T64 | 47 | T52 | 50 | – | – | 50 |
| Andrew Putnam | 873 | 38 | T12 | 30 | T43 | 34 | – | – | 34 |
| Jim Furyk | 865 | 39 | T52 | 48 | T57 | 51 | – | – | 51 |
| Jason Day | 865 | 40 | CUT | 50 | T52 | 54 | – | – | 54 |
| Kevin Tway | 863 | 41 | T24 | 40 | T11 | 31 | – | – | 31 |
| Jason Kokrak | 854 | 42 | T12 | 32 | T19 | 30 | E | −3 | 14 |
| Nate Lashley* | 836 | 43 | CUT | 54 | 69 | 57 | – | – | 57 |
| Billy Horschel | 835 | 44 | T21 | 39 | T37 | 43 | – | – | 43 |
| Kim Si-woo | 832 | 45 | 84 | 53 | T28 | 46 | – | – | 46 |
| Adam Hadwin | 818 | 46 | T43 | 51 | T43 | 52 | – | – | 52 |
| J. B. Holmes | 815 | 47 | T52 | 52 | T65 | 56 | – | – | 56 |
| Kevin Na | 815 | 48 | T77 | 55 | DNP | 61 | – | – | 61 |
| Collin Morikawa* | 780 | 49 | T52 | 57 | T48 | 59 | – | – | 59 |
| Patrick Reed | 774 | 50 | 1 | 2 | T19 | 4 | −6 | −5 | T9 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 754 | 51 | T6 | 28 | T11 | 27 | E | +1 | T21 |
| Max Homa* | 742 | 52 | T38 | 56 | T61 | 60 | – | – | 60 |
| Dylan Frittelli* | 735 | 53 | T43 | 60 | T52 | 63 | – | – | 63 |
| Graeme McDowell | 729 | 54 | CUT | 64 | T57 | 68 | – | – | 68 |
| Adam Long* | 719 | 55 | CUT | 65 | T65 | 69 | – | – | 69 |
| Joel Dahmen | 716 | 56 | T67 | 63 | T24 | 55 | – | – | 55 |
| An Byeong-hun | 710 | 57 | T38 | 61 | T28 | 53 | – | – | 53 |
| Keegan Bradley | 700 | 58 | T64 | 66 | T43 | 66 | – | – | 66 |
| Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 696 | 59 | DNP | 67 | T63 | 70 | – | – | 70 |
| Ian Poulter | 690 | 60 | T10 | 43 | T31 | 41 | – | – | 41 |
| Ryan Moore | 690 | 61 | T18 | 49 | T37 | 48 | – | – | 48 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 673 | 62 | CUT | 69 | T31 | 65 | – | – | 65 |
| Vaughn Taylor | 641 | 63 | T30 | 62 | T16 | 49 | – | – | 49 |
| Cameron Champ* | 639 | 64 | T21 | 58 | T65 | 62 | – | – | 62 |
| Sergio García | 637 | 65 | CUT | 72 | – | – | – | – | 72 |
| Danny Lee | 625 | 66 | 81 | 73 | – | – | – | – | 73 |
| Abraham Ancer | 622 | 67 | 2 | 8 | T28 | 10 | −4 | +1 | T21 |
| Kevin Streelman | 609 | 68 | CUT | 75 | – | – | – | – | 75 |
| Jordan Spieth | 605 | 69 | T6 | 44 | T37 | 44 | – | – | 44 |
| Matthew Wolff* | 602 | 70 | T71 | 74 | – | – | – | – | 74 |
| Bubba Watson | 572 | 71 | CUT | 81 | – | – | – | – | 81 |
| Troy Merritt | 569 | 72 | T12 | 59 | T43 | 58 | – | – | 58 |
| Charley Hoffman | 567 | 73 | T77 | 78 | – | – | – | – | 78 |
| Joaquín Niemann* | 566 | 74 | T30 | 70 | T31 | 67 | – | – | 67 |
| Matt Every | 561 | 75 | CUT | 86 | – | – | – | – | 86 |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat* | 558 | 76 | T71 | 83 | – | – | – | – | 83 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 555 | 77 | T59 | 79 | – | – | – | – | 79 |
| Brian Stuard | 547 | 78 | T52 | 82 | – | – | – | – | 82 |
| Cameron Smith | 547 | 79 | T59 | 84 | – | – | – | – | 84 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 538 | 80 | T38 | 76 | – | – | – | – | 76 |
| Russell Henley | 534 | 81 | T59 | 87 | – | – | – | – | 87 |
| Chesson Hadley | 532 | 82 | T43 | 80 | – | – | – | – | 80 |
| Michael Thompson | 527 | 83 | CUT | 89 | – | – | – | – | 89 |
| Adam Schenk* | 524 | 84 | T24 | 71 | – | – | – | – | 71 |
| Henrik Stenson | 523 | 85 | DNP | 90 | – | – | – | – | 90 |
| Brian Harman | 509 | 86 | T52 | 88 | – | – | – | – | 88 |
| Luke List | 497 | 87 | T77 | 92 | – | – | – | – | 92 |
| Branden Grace | 495 | 88 | T30 | 77 | – | – | – | – | 77 |
| Sam Burns* | 493 | 89 | DNP | 94 | – | – | – | – | 94 |
| Wyndham Clark* | 491 | 90 | T18 | 68 | T31 | 64 | – | – | 64 |
| Roger Sloan* | 489 | 91 | T64 | 93 | – | – | – | – | 93 |
| Bud Cauley | 482 | 92 | WD | 95 | – | – | – | – | 95 |
| J. J. Spaun | 479 | 93 | CUT | 99 | – | – | – | – | 99 |
| Chris Stroud | 473 | 94 | WD | 102 | – | – | – | – | 102 |
| Brice Garnett | 466 | 95 | CUT | 104 | – | – | – | – | 104 |
| Mackenzie Hughes | 466 | 96 | T67 | 98 | – | – | – | – | 98 |
| Talor Gooch* | 463 | 97 | T71 | 101 | – | – | – | – | 101 |
| Kyle Stanley | 460 | 98 | T71 | 103 | – | – | – | – | 103 |
| Nick Watney | 460 | 99 | T59 | 97 | – | – | – | – | 97 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 459 | 100 | CUT | 105 | – | – | – | – | 105 |
| Cameron Tringale | 459 | 101 | CUT | 106 | – | – | – | – | 106 |
| Harold Varner III | 458 | 102 | T3 | 29 | 68 | 38 | – | – | 38 |
| Sam Ryder | 458 | 103 | CUT | 107 | – | – | – | – | 107 |
| Lee Kyoung-hoon* | 453 | 104 | CUT | 108 | – | – | – | – | 108 |
| Scott Stallings | 452 | 105 | CUT | 109 | – | – | – | – | 109 |
| Russell Knox | 452 | 106 | CUT | 110 | – | – | – | – | 110 |
| Denny McCarthy* | 443 | 107 | CUT | 111 | – | – | – | – | 111 |
| Ryan Armour | 434 | 108 | T43 | 100 | – | – | – | – | 100 |
| Scott Brown | 433 | 109 | 76 | 112 | – | – | – | – | 112 |
| Danny Willett | 432 | 110 | T24 | 85 | – | – | – | – | 85 |
| Sepp Straka* | 432 | 111 | CUT | 115 | – | – | – | – | 115 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 428 | 112 | WD | 116 | – | – | – | – | 116 |
| Carlos Ortiz | 428 | 113 | T67 | 113 | – | – | – | – | 113 |
| Peter Malnati | 423 | 114 | CUT | 118 | – | – | – | – | 118 |
| Matt Jones | 423 | 115 | T30 | 91 | – | – | – | – | 91 |
| Brian Gay | 415 | 116 | CUT | 119 | – | – | – | – | 119 |
| Nick Taylor | 408 | 117 | CUT | 120 | – | – | – | – | 120 |
| Patton Kizzire | 406 | 118 | CUT | 122 | – | – | – | – | 122 |
| Martin Laird | 401 | 119 | 83 | 121 | – | – | – | – | 121 |
| Aaron Wise | 400 | 120 | T43 | 114 | – | – | – | – | 114 |
| Kelly Kraft | 399 | 121 | CUT | 123 | – | – | – | – | 123 |
| Jonas Blixt | 392 | 122 | CUT | 124 | – | – | – | – | 124 |
| Andrew Landry | 388 | 123 | T30 | 96 | – | – | – | – | 96 |
| Sebastián Muñoz* | 383 | 124 | T43 | 117 | – | – | – | – | 117 |
| Pat Perez | 376 | 125 | CUT | 125 | – | – | – | – | 125 |
* First-time Playoffs qualifier