Golf tournament
The 2018 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 23 to September 23. It included the following four events:
These were the 12th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007 .
The point distributions can be seen here .
Regular season rankings
Place
Player
Points
Events
1
Dustin Johnson
2,717
16
2
Justin Thomas
2,634
19
3
Brooks Koepka
2,012
13
4
Justin Rose
1,991
14
5
Bubba Watson
1,879
20
6
Jason Day
1,771
16
7
Webb Simpson
1,710
22
8
Francesco Molinari
1,682
17
9
Bryson DeChambeau
1,617
22
10
Patrick Reed
1,555
22
The Northern Trust
The Northern Trust was played August 23–26. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, five did not enter: Rickie Fowler (ranked 17), Rory McIlroy (21), Henrik Stenson (50), Patrick Rodgers (93), and Bud Cauley (122).[ 1] Brandt Snedeker (30) was a late withdrawal, reducing the field to 119.[ 2] 80 made the second-round cut at 142 (E).
Bryson DeChambeau won by four strokes over Tony Finau .[ 3] The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Dell Technologies Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Northern Trust: Nick Watney (ranked 102nd to 67th), Danny Lee (103 to 98), Scott Stallings (107 to 94), Bronson Burgoon (111 to 73), Brian Stuard (118 to 99) and Jhonattan Vegas (123 to 87). Six players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: Patrick Rodgers (ranked 93rd to 104th), Brandon Harkins (94 to 103), Trey Mullinax (95 to 102), Charl Schwartzel (96 to 105), Rory Sabbatini (97 to 109), and Alex Čejka (99 to 108).[ 4]
Dell Technologies Championship
The Dell Technologies Championship was played August 31 – September 3. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, two did not: Francesco Molinari (ranked 13) and Rickie Fowler (22).[ 5] 77 players made the second-round cut at 144 (+2).
Bryson DeChambeau won his second straight playoff event, winning by two strokes over Justin Rose .[ 6] The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 70 prior to Dell Technologies Championship: Pan Cheng-tsung (ranked 72nd to 33rd), Tyrrell Hatton (71 to 54), Abraham Ancer (92 to 56), Brice Garnett (81 to 63), Peter Uihlein (83 to 64), and Keith Mitchell (78 to 66). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Ryan Moore (ranked 60th to 71st), Kim Meen-whee (61 to 72), Stewart Cink (65 to 73), Nick Watney (67 to 74), Jimmy Walker (68 to 75), and Kevin Streelman (70 to 77).[ 7]
BMW Championship
The BMW Championship was played September 6–10. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only Daniel Berger (ranked 65) did not play.[ 8] There was no cut. Due to weather conditions, the fourth round was delayed until September 10.
Keegan Bradley won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Justin Rose . The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to the Tour Championship. This included two players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship: Bradley (ranked 52 to 6) and Xander Schauffele (41 to 18). Two players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Jordan Spieth (27 to 31) and Emiliano Grillo (29 to 32).[ 9]
Reset points
The points were reset after the BMW Championship.
Place
Player
Points
Reset points
Events
1
Bryson DeChambeau
5,789
2,000
25
2
Justin Rose
4,391
1,800
17
3
Tony Finau
3,479
1,520
27
4
Dustin Johnson
3,425
1,296
19
5
Justin Thomas
3,327
1,280
22
6
Keegan Bradley
2,979
1,120
26
7
Brooks Koepka
2,723
960
16
8
Bubba Watson
2,481
800
23
9
Billy Horschel
2,260
640
26
10
Cameron Smith
2,247
480
23
Tour Championship
The Tour Championship was played September 20–23. All 30 golfers that qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Tiger Woods won by two strokes over Billy Horschel , to finish second in the FedEx Cup rankings.[ 10] Justin Rose finished tied for fourth place and took the FedEx Cup, 41 points ahead of Woods.[ 11] He became the first player to win the FedEx Cup without winning any of the four events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Bryson DeChambeau , who led the rankings before the event, finished in 19th place and dropped to third place in the final rankings.
Final leaderboard
Place
Player
Points
Winnings ($)
1
Justin Rose
2,260
10,000,000
2
Tiger Woods
2,219
3,000,000
3
Bryson DeChambeau
2,188
2,000,000
4
Dustin Johnson
2,056
1,500,000
5
Billy Horschel
1,840
1,000,000
6
Tony Finau
1,732
800,000
7
Justin Thomas
1,610
700,000
8
Keegan Bradley
1,253
600,000
9
Brooks Koepka
1,093
550,000
10
Bubba Watson
918
500,000
For the full list, see here .
Table of qualifying players
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.
Reset points
Tour Champ.
Points
Rank
Finish
Rank after
Finish
Rank after
Finish
Rank after
Finish
Final rank
Dustin Johnson
2,717
1
T11
2
T7
2
T24
4
1,296
3
4
Justin Thomas
2,634
2
T8
3
T24
5
T12
5
1,280
T7
7
Brooks Koepka
2,012
3
T8
5
T12
6
T19
7
960
T26
9
Justin Rose
1,991
4
CUT
6
2
3
2
2
1,800
T4
1
Bubba Watson
1,879
5
T34
7
T7
7
T16
8
800
29
10
Jason Day
1,771
6
T20
8
CUT
10
T24
12
368
18
16
Webb Simpson
1,710
7
T28
9
T49
11
T6
11
384
T4
11
Francesco Molinari
1,682
8
CUT
13
DNP
14
T8
13
352
T21
T17
Bryson DeChambeau
1,617
9
1
1
1
1
T19
1
2,000
19
3
Patrick Reed
1,555
10
T25
12
T35
13
T19
15
314
28
22
Phil Mickelson
1,546
11
T15
10
T12
9
T58
14
336
30
21
Tony Finau
1,509
12
2
4
T4
4
T8
3
1,520
T15
6
Jon Rahm
1,430
13
CUT
17
T43
19
T24
24
170
T11
23
Patrick Cantlay
1,388
14
T8
11
T24
12
T55
16
293
T21
20
Patton Kizzire
1,386
15
T60
18
T71
21
T61
30
115
T21
30
Paul Casey
1,319
16
T60
20
T21
17
WD
26
151
T11
25
Rickie Fowler
1,302
17
DNP
22
DNP
26
T8
23
182
T7
T17
Kyle Stanley
1,198
18
T28
21
T12
16
T45
25
161
T15
27
Kevin Na
1,183
19
T15
19
CUT
23
T12
22
194
25
28
Tiger Woods
1,162
20
T40
25
T24
25
T6
20
219
1
2
Rory McIlroy
1,154
21
DNP
28
T12
24
5
17
272
T7
T13
Marc Leishman
1,148
22
T34
24
T21
22
T41
29
124
T21
29
Tommy Fleetwood *
1,130
23
T20
23
T24
20
T8
19
231
T11
19
Chesson Hadley
1,122
24
T56
29
CUT
36
T61
44
–
–
44
Pat Perez
1,116
25
T40
27
WD
34
T55
39
–
–
39
Andrew Landry *
1,116
26
T76
30
T58
35
T35
37
–
–
37
Aaron Wise *
1,086
27
T5
15
T69
18
T16
21
206
T15
24
Xander Schauffele
1,081
28
CUT
34
T49
41
T3
18
251
T7
15
Luke List
1,080
29
T48
31
CUT
40
T45
45
–
–
45
Brandt Snedeker
1,077
30
DNP
35
T31
32
67
40
–
–
40
Austin Cook *
1,060
31
T60
36
T62
42
T29
38
–
–
38
Brian Harman
1,056
32
T48
32
T49
38
67
48
–
–
48
Gary Woodland
1,044
33
T48
37
T24
30
T12
28
133
T11
26
Ian Poulter
1,030
34
T48
38
CUT
45
T51
50
–
–
50
Andrew Putnam *
1,026
35
T78
39
T49
44
T16
33
–
–
33
Chez Reavie
1,020
36
T20
26
CUT
31
T38
34
–
–
34
Ryan Armour
1,006
37
T78
41
T35
43
T51
49
–
–
49
Brendan Steele
998
38
CUT
42
CUT
51
64
56
–
–
56
Alex Norén *
989
39
CUT
43
T43
50
T24
43
–
–
43
Kevin Kisner
971
40
T73
44
T24
39
T58
47
–
–
47
Billy Horschel
960
41
T3
14
WD
15
T3
9
640
2
5
Beau Hossler *
957
42
T60
45
T35
49
T33
46
–
–
46
Jordan Spieth
945
43
T25
33
T12
27
T55
31
–
–
31
An Byeong-hun
913
44
T40
46
T31
46
T29
42
–
–
42
Emiliano Grillo
901
45
T48
48
T7
29
T61
32
–
–
32
Kim Si-woo
893
46
T76
49
T35
53
T41
55
–
–
55
Charles Howell III
885
47
CUT
54
T58
57
T24
53
–
–
53
Brian Gay
880
48
70
51
T62
55
T45
59
–
–
59
Keegan Bradley
872
49
T34
47
T49
52
1
6
1,120
T26
8
Henrik Stenson
868
50
DNP
55
T69
60
T29
57
–
–
57
J. J. Spaun
849
51
T60
56
T66
62
T45
62
–
–
62
Zach Johnson
839
52
T40
53
CUT
59
T33
58
–
–
58
Cameron Smith
821
53
T3
16
3
8
T65
10
480
20
12
Scott Piercy
802
54
T48
57
DQ
68
T45
68
–
–
68
Ryan Moore
795
55
CUT
60
T71
71
–
–
–
–
71
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
784
56
T60
59
T7
37
T41
41
–
–
41
Kim Meen-whee
764
57
T48
61
75
72
–
–
–
–
72
Stewart Cink
758
58
CUT
65
T62
73
–
–
–
–
73
Chris Kirk
756
59
T78
64
T35
67
T41
66
–
–
66
Ted Potter Jr.
744
60
T40
62
T66
70
T35
65
–
–
65
Jimmy Walker
719
61
T71
68
T71
75
–
–
–
–
75
Jason Kokrak
700
62
T40
66
T24
61
T19
52
–
–
52
Pan Cheng-tsung
693
63
T60
72
T4
33
T38
35
–
–
35
Matt Kuchar
679
64
T60
74
T43
76
–
–
–
–
76
Joel Dahmen *
676
65
CUT
76
CUT
80
–
–
–
–
80
Michael Kim
675
66
CUT
77
CUT
81
–
–
–
–
81
Kevin Streelman
673
67
T40
70
CUT
77
–
–
–
–
77
Keith Mitchell *
659
68
CUT
78
20
66
T45
67
–
–
67
J. B. Holmes
640
69
CUT
80
T49
82
–
–
–
–
82
Adam Hadwin
638
70
T11
52
T21
47
T19
36
–
–
36
Brice Garnett
634
71
CUT
81
T12
63
T35
61
–
–
61
Kelly Kraft
627
72
CUT
82
CUT
90
–
–
–
–
90
Adam Scott
623
73
T5
40
T49
48
T51
51
–
–
51
Louis Oosthuizen
620
74
T28
69
T31
69
T58
69
–
–
69
Troy Merritt
616
75
CUT
84
CUT
91
–
–
–
–
91
Hideki Matsuyama
607
76
T15
58
T4
28
15
27
142
T4
T13
Satoshi Kodaira *
600
77
CUT
85
CUT
94
–
–
–
–
94
Kevin Chappell
597
78
CUT
88
T35
83
–
–
–
–
83
James Hahn
596
79
CUT
89
T35
84
–
–
–
–
84
Tom Hoge *
594
80
CUT
90
T66
92
–
–
–
–
92
Peter Uihlein *
593
81
T48
83
T12
64
T38
64
–
–
64
Branden Grace
590
82
CUT
91
T43
88
–
–
–
–
88
Abraham Ancer *
589
83
CUT
92
T7
56
T51
60
–
–
60
Russell Knox
585
84
CUT
93
T43
89
–
–
–
–
89
Kevin Tway
577
85
T56
86
T43
87
–
–
–
–
87
Jamie Lovemark
576
86
T34
79
76
85
–
–
–
–
85
Ollie Schniederjans
573
87
CUT
95
CUT
98
–
–
–
–
98
Russell Henley
569
88
CUT
96
T58
96
–
–
–
–
96
Daniel Berger
565
89
T15
63
T35
65
DNP
70
–
–
70
Jason Dufner
557
90
CUT
100
CUT
100
–
–
–
–
100
Anirban Lahiri
555
91
T71
97
CUT
99
–
–
–
–
99
Tyrrell Hatton *
550
92
T20
71
T12
54
T29
54
–
–
54
Patrick Rodgers
541
93
DNP
104
–
–
–
–
–
–
104
Brandon Harkins *
528
94
T60
103
–
–
–
–
–
–
103
Trey Mullinax *
528
95
T56
102
–
–
–
–
–
–
102
Charl Schwartzel
528
96
CUT
105
–
–
–
–
–
–
105
Rory Sabbatini
521
97
CUT
109
–
–
–
–
–
–
109
Charley Hoffman
515
98
T20
75
74
79
–
–
–
–
79
Alex Čejka
502
99
T56
108
–
–
–
–
–
–
108
Ryan Palmer
500
100
T5
50
CUT
58
T65
63
–
–
63
Richy Werenski
498
101
CUT
110
–
–
–
–
–
–
110
Nick Watney
491
102
T11
67
T62
74
–
–
–
–
74
Danny Lee
481
103
T34
98
T49
97
–
–
–
–
97
Kang Sung-hoon
480
104
75
111
–
–
–
–
–
–
111
John Huh
480
105
CUT
112
–
–
–
–
–
–
112
Harold Varner III
474
106
T40
107
–
–
–
–
–
–
107
Scott Stallings
470
107
T28
94
T49
93
–
–
–
–
93
Tyler Duncan *
457
108
CUT
113
–
–
–
–
–
–
113
William McGirt
449
109
CUT
116
–
–
–
–
–
–
116
J. T. Poston *
448
110
CUT
117
–
–
–
–
–
–
117
Bronson Burgoon *
446
111
T11
73
T58
78
–
–
–
–
78
Vaughn Taylor
445
112
CUT
118
–
–
–
–
–
–
118
Martin Laird
443
113
T73
115
–
–
–
–
–
–
115
Sam Ryder *
442
114
T28
101
–
–
–
–
–
–
101
Grayson Murray
438
115
WD
119
–
–
–
–
–
–
119
Ryan Blaum
433
116
CUT
121
–
–
–
–
–
–
121
Scott Brown
422
117
CUT
122
–
–
–
–
–
–
122
Brian Stuard
421
118
T25
99
T31
86
–
–
–
–
86
Nick Taylor
420
119
CUT
123
–
–
–
–
–
–
123
Sam Saunders *
420
120
T60
120
–
–
–
–
–
–
120
Sean O'Hair
417
121
T28
106
–
–
–
–
–
–
106
Bud Cauley
405
122
DNP
124
–
–
–
–
–
–
124
Jhonattan Vegas
394
123
T15
87
CUT
95
–
–
–
–
95
Harris English
383
124
CUT
125
–
–
–
–
–
–
125
Séamus Power *
377
125
T34
114
–
–
–
–
–
–
114
* First-time Playoffs participant
References
^ Harig, Bob (August 21, 2018). "Tiger, Rickie, Rory and Jordan all enter FedEx Cup with question marks" . ESPN .
^ Beall, Joel (August 23, 2018). "Brandt Snedeker withdraws from Northern Trust with injury (Update)" . Golf Digest .
^ "Bryson DeChambeau tops FedEx Cup standings after Northern Trust win" . ESPN . Associated Press. August 26, 2018.
^ Everill, Ben (August 26, 2018). "FedExCup Update: DeChambeau takes top spot" . PGA Tour.
^ Harig, Bob (August 27, 2018). "Rickie Fowler to skip Dell Technologies Championship with oblique injury" . ESPN .
^ "Bryson DeChambeau wins at Dell for 2nd straight FedEx Cup playoff victory" . ESPN . Associated Press. September 3, 2018.
^ McAllister, Mike (September 3, 2018). "FedExCup update: Uihlein, Mitchell crack the top 70 bubble with late birdies" . PGA Tour.
^ Glasscott, Mike (September 4, 2018). "Confidence Factor: BMW Championship" . PGA Tour.
^ "Keegan Bradley beats Justin Rose in playoff to win at Aronimink" . ESPN . Associated Press. September 10, 2018.
^ Harig, Bob (September 23, 2018). "Tiger Woods caps comeback by winning Tour Championship" . ESPN .
^ "Justin Rose ties for fourth at finale, wins $10 million FedEx Cup" . ESPN . September 23, 2018.
External links
Playoff events Seasons and winners Point distributions