2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs

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2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 21 – September 14, 2014
LocationRidgewood Country Club
TPC Boston
Cherry Hills Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
TourPGA Tour
Statistics
Field125 for The Barclays
100 for Deutsche Bank
70 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund$35,000,000 bonus money
Winner's share$10,000,000 bonus money
Champion
United States Billy Horschel
4,750 points
 2013
2015 

The 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs was the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour. It was played from August 21 to September 14 and comprised the following four events:

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

The point distributions can be seen here.

PlacePlayerPointsEvents
1Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy2,58213
2United States Jimmy Walker2,49323
3United States Bubba Watson2,17317
4United States Matt Kuchar1,92120
5United States Jim Furyk1,85117
6United States Dustin Johnson1,76917
7Spain Sergio García1,70013
8United States Jordan Spieth1,69223
9United States Patrick Reed1,66624
10United States Chris Kirk1,57124

The Barclays

The Barclays was played August 21–24. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, three did not enter: Dustin Johnson (ranked 6), Jason Dufner (57) and Steve Stricker (103).[1] Of the 122 entrants, 79 made the second-round cut at 143 (+1). With more than 78 players making the cut the field was further reduced to 70 after the third round.

Hunter Mahan won by two strokes over Stuart Appleby, Jason Day, and Cameron Tringale and moved from 62nd place to first place in the standings.[2] The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included seven players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: Bo Van Pelt (ranked 104th to 73rd), Stewart Cink (109 to 77), Andrés Romero (110 to 92), Danny Lee (116 to 96), Paul Casey (118 to 85), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (119 to 81), and Morgan Hoffmann (124 to 72). Seven players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: Jonas Blixt (ranked 92nd to 102nd), Kevin Kisner (93 to 104), Nick Watney (94 to 105), Luke Guthrie (95 to 106), Retief Goosen (96 to 103), Rory Sabbatini (97 to 108), and Brian Davis (100 to 110).[3]

FedEx Cup rank
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Hunter Mahan66-71-68-65=270−141,440,000162
T2Australia Stuart Appleby73-66-68-65=272−12597,3331998
Australia Jason Day72-64-68-68=272734
United States Cameron Tringale66-68-72-66=2721061
T5South Africa Ernie Els68-68-71-66=273−11292,0003991
United States Matt Kuchar68-70-68-67=27344
United States William McGirt68-71-68-66=2733581
8United States Jim Furyk66-69-69-70=274−10248,00065
T9United States Rickie Fowler68-73-67-67=275−9208,0001116
United States Morgan Hoffmann70-70-66-69=27572124
United States Kevin Na70-66-70-69=2751320
United States Patrick Reed71-66-73-65=27589
  • Par 71 course

Deutsche Bank Championship

The Deutsche Bank Championship was played August 29 – September 1. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, seven did not play: Dustin Johnson (ranked 14), Sergio García (15), Justin Rose (20), Tim Clark (38), Graeme McDowell (40), Jason Dufner (74), and Paul Casey (85).[4][5] Of the 93 entrants, 80 made the second-round cut at 145 (+3). The field was further reduced to 73 after the third round.

Chris Kirk won by two strokes over Russell Henley, Billy Horschel, and Geoff Ogilvy and moved into first place in the standings.[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 the Deutsche Bank Championship: Horschel (82 to 20), Ogilvy (100 to 24), Chesson Hadley (84 to 57), Carl Pettersson (93 to 66), Morgan Hoffmann (72 to 68), and Ben Crane (78 to 69). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Ryo Ishikawa (56 to 72), Justin Hicks (58 to 75), Ben Martin (63 to 76), Scott Langley (65 to 77), Shawn Stefani (67 to 83), and Scott Brown (70 to 85).[7]

FedEx Cup rank
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Chris Kirk73-66-64-66=269−151,440,000117
T2United States Russell Henley70-66-65-70-271−13597,3331462
United States Billy Horschel69-66-67-69=2712082
Australia Geoff Ogilvy70-71-65-65=27124100
T5Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy70-69-64-70=273−11304,00022
Australia John Senden69-71-67-66=2731628
T7Australia Jason Day66-68-69-71=274−10258,00077
Germany Martin Kaymer71-66-70-67=2741523
T9United States Bill Haas67-69-70-69=275−9185,1431721
United States Chesson Hadley66-73-67-69=2755784
South Korea Seung-Yul Noh69-68-68-70=2753647
Sweden Carl Pettersson67-73-69-66=2756693
United States Webb Simpson66-70-68-71=2751922
United States Robert Streb73-67-67-68=2757197
United States Jimmy Walker70-70-68-67=27543
  • Par 71 course

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played September 4–7. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only one, Dustin Johnson (ranked 22), did not play.[8] There was no cut.

Billy Horschel won by two strokes over Bubba Watson and moved to second on the points list. Two players played their way into the Tour Championship: Morgan Hoffmann (ranked 68 to ranked 21) and Ryan Palmer (37 to 23). Two players played their way out of the Tour Championship: Stuart Appleby (26 to 31) and Keegan Bradley (28 to 33).[9] Hoffmann, who started the playoffs ranked 124th, played his way into each playoff event.[10]

The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after this event advanced to the Tour Championship and also earned spots in the 2015 Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, and (British) Open Championship.

The FedEx Cup points were reset after the BMW Championship. Points were allocated according to a player's position in the standings. The player in first place has 2,500 points, and the player in 30th has 210.[11] This means that all 30 remaining players will have at least a mathematical chance to secure the season crown, and any of the top five players can claim the FedEx Cup with a win in the Tour Championship.

FedEx Cup rank
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Billy Horschel68-66-63-69=266−141,440,000220
2United States Bubba Watson70-66-66-66=268−12864,00036
3United States Morgan Hoffmann72-72-62-63=269−11544,0002168
T4United States Rickie Fowler71-66-66-68=271−9319,000910
United States Jim Furyk70-68-67-66=27178
Spain Sergio García68-64-72-67=2711323
United States Ryan Palmer69-64-67-71=2712337
T8Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy67-67-72-66=272−8232,00042
Australia Adam Scott71-66-69-66=2721213
United States Jordan Spieth67-70-68-67=272119
  • Par 72 course

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents
1United States Chris Kirk4,3142,50027
2United States Billy Horschel4,3052,25026
3United States Bubba Watson4,0582,00020
4Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy3,7351,80016
5United States Hunter Mahan3,3631,60024
6United States Jimmy Walker3,0731,40026
7United States Jim Furyk3,0731,20020
8United States Matt Kuchar2,7361,00023
9United States Rickie Fowler2,63180025
10Australia Jason Day2,54960014

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 11−14. Of the 30 players eligible to play in the event, only one, Dustin Johnson (ranked 30), did not play.[11] There was no cut. Billy Horschel won the tournament by three strokes over Jim Furyk and Rory McIlroy.[12] After starting the playoffs in 69th place and missing the cut in the first playoff tournament, Horschel finished T-2, win, and win in the next three events to win the FedEx Cup.[13][14]

FedEx Cup rank
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Billy Horschel66-66-69-68=269−111,440,00012
T2United States Jim Furyk67-69-67-69=272−8708,00047
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy69-65-67-71=27234
T4Australia Jason Day67-67-70-69=273−7343,3331010
United States Chris Kirk66-68-71-68=27321
England Justin Rose72-66-66-69=2731126
7United States Ryan Palmer69-67-69-69=274−6275,0001423
8United States Rickie Fowler69-68-67-71=275−5260,00099
T9Spain Sergio García69-71-70-66=276−4231,6671313
Australia Adam Scott69-72-65-70=2761212
United States Gary Woodland71-75-63-67=2762229
  • Par 70 course

Final leaderboard

PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)
1United States Billy Horschel4,75010,000,000
2United States Chris Kirk3,1003,000,000
3Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy3,0502,000,000
4United States Jim Furyk2,4501,500,000
5United States Bubba Watson2,2851,000,000
6United States Hunter Mahan1,835800,000
7United States Jimmy Walker1,668700,000
8United States Matt Kuchar1,300600,000
9United States Rickie Fowler1,225550,000
10Australia Jason Day1,200500,000

For the full list see here.

Table of qualifying players

References

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