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
TourPGA 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
 2016
2018 

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.

PlacePlayerPointsEvents
1Japan Hideki Matsuyama2,86918
2United States Justin Thomas2,68921
3United States Jordan Spieth2,67119
4United States Dustin Johnson2,46616
5United States Rickie Fowler1,83217
6Spain Jon Rahm1,75419
7United States Brooks Koepka1,73620
8United States Daniel Berger1,62322
9United States Kevin Kisner1,61224
10United States Brian Harman1,55726

The Northern Trust

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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Dustin Johnson65-69-67-66=267−131,575,00014
2United States Jordan Spieth69-65-64-69=267945,00023
T3Spain Jon Rahm68-68-67-68=271−9507,50056
Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas69-65-72-65=2711029
5England Paul Casey69-68-66-71=274−6350,0001218
T6United States Kevin Chappell68-73-64-70=275−5283,2811730
Australia Jason Day69-71-68-67=2752949
United States Webb Simpson73-66-71-65=2751625
United States Justin Thomas68-69-69-69=27532
T10United States Patrick Cantlay67-70-69-70=276−4187,5005078
United States Matt Kuchar71-64-68-73=2761515
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen67-72-68-69=2762635
United States Chez Reavie69-68-69-70=2764063
England Justin Rose68-68-69-71=2762432
United States Robert Streb71-70-66-69=2765179
United States Bubba Watson67-68-71-70=27672113
  • Par 70 course

Dell Technologies Championship

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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Justin Thomas71-67-63-66=267−171,575,00023
2United States Jordan Spieth72-65-66-67=270−14945,00012
3Australia Marc Leishman67-69-65-70=271−13595,000720
T4England Paul Casey70-65-67-70=272−12385,000812
Spain Jon Rahm67-66-71-68=27255
T6United States Phil Mickelson69-67-69-68=273−11283,2813658
United States Kevin Na68-69-70-66=2734063
United States Pat Perez72-67-67-67=2731014
United States Patrick Reed71-67-69-66=2732233
T10United States Bill Haas71-70-68-65=274−10227,5003039
England Justin Rose72-65-69-68=2741724
  • Par 71 course

BMW Championship

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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Australia Marc Leishman62-64-68-67=261−231,575,00047
T2United States Rickie Fowler65-64-70-67=266−18770,00066
England Justin Rose67-68-66-65=266817
4Australia Jason Day64-65-70-69=268−16420,0001528
T5United States Matt Kuchar67-68-67-67=269−15332,5001218
Spain Jon Rahm69-68-65-67=26955
T7United States Tony Finau65-72-70-64=271−13282,1882439
United States Jordan Spieth65-70-71-65=27111
T9United States Patrick Cantlay67-65-70-70=272−12236,2502941
India Anirban Lahiri67-71-68-66=2725170
United States Webb Simpson66-73-65-68=2721621
  • Par 71 course

Reseed points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

PlacePlayerPointsReseed pointsEvents
1United States Jordan Spieth5,4212,00022
2United States Justin Thomas5,0811,80024
3United States Dustin Johnson4,7301,52019
4Australia Marc Leishman4,0841,29624
5Spain Jon Rahm3,3141,28022
6United States Rickie Fowler3,1971,12020
7Japan Hideki Matsuyama3,05896021
8England Justin Rose2,51480017
9United States Brooks Koepka2,17064023
10England Paul Casey2,14548023

Tour Championship

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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Xander Schauffele69-66-65-68=268−121,575,000326
2United States Justin Thomas67-66-70-66=269−11945,00012
T3United States Russell Henley67-71-67-65=270−10511,8751327
United States Kevin Kisner68-68-64-70=2701218
5England Paul Casey66-67-65-73=271−9350,0001110
6United States Brooks Koepka66-69-68-69=272−8315,000109
T7United States Tony Finau68-71-68-66=273−7280,0001924
Spain Jon Rahm67-67-70-69=27355
United States Jordan Spieth67-70-69-67=27321
T10Spain Sergio García73-66-68-67=274−6236,2502125
United States Matt Kuchar69-71-67-67=2741412
England Justin Rose68-66-71-69=27498
  • Par 70 course

Final leaderboard

PlacePlayerPointsMoney ($)
1United States Justin Thomas3,00010,000,000
2United States Jordan Spieth2,3403,000,000
3United States Xander Schauffele2,1512,000,000
4United States Dustin Johnson1,7201,500,000
5Spain Jon Rahm1,6201,000,000
6Australia Marc Leishman1,441800,000
7United States Rickie Fowler1,253700,000
8Japan Hideki Matsuyama1,093600,000
9England Justin Rose1,080550,000
10United States Brooks Koepka1,040500,000

For the full list, see here.

Table of qualifying players

References

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