2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs

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2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 20 – September 7, 2020
LocationTPC Boston
Olympia Fields Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
TourPGA Tour
Statistics
Field125 for The Northern Trust
70 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund$60 million (bonus money)
Winner's share$15 million (bonus money)
Champion
United States Dustin Johnson
−21
 2019
2021 

The 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 20 to September 7. It included the following three events:

This was the 14th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

PlacePlayerPointsEventsWyndham Rewards
Top 10 bonus ($)
1United States Justin Thomas2,458152,000,000
2United States Collin Morikawa1,902181,500,000
3United States Webb Simpson1,878121,200,000
4United States Bryson DeChambeau1,657141,100,000
5South Korea Im Sung-jae1,633231,000,000
6United States Patrick Reed1,42617850,000
7United States Daniel Berger1,34714700,000
8Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy1,32712600,000
9United States Brendon Todd1,31622550,000
10Spain Jon Rahm1,29512500,000

Source:[1]

The Northern Trust

The Northern Trust was played August 20–23. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, two did not play: Vaughn Taylor (ranked 75th) withdrew with a rib injury and Brooks Koepka (ranked 97th) withdrew with knee and hip injuries, reducing the field to 123.[2] Scottie Scheffler scored 59 for his second round, becoming the 11th player to score under 60 in a PGA Tour event. Dustin Johnson led after two rounds after a second round 60, two ahead of Scheffler and Cameron Davis.[3] 70 players made the second-round cut at 139 (−3).

Dustin Johnson won by 11 strokes over Harris English after further rounds of 64 and 63.[4] 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 Northern Trust: Alex Norén (ranked 78th to 47th), Harry Higgs (72 to 48), Russell Henley (101 to 61), Robby Shelton (81 to 62), Jason Kokrak (90 to 66), and Louis Oosthuizen (99 to 70). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Doc Redman (ranked 60th to 71st), Kang Sung-hoon (61 to 72), Denny McCarthy (65 to 73), Phil Mickelson (67 to 75), Henrik Norlander (68 to 76), and Zhang Xinjun (70 to 78).

FedEx Cup rank
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Dustin Johnson67-60-64-63=254−301,710,000115
2United States Harris English64-66-66-69=265−191,035,500627
3United States Daniel Berger66-66-67-67=266−18655,50047
T4United States Kevin Kisner65-66-70-66=267−17427,5002340
United States Scottie Scheffler70-59-67-71=2671424
T6Spain Jon Rahm69-67-67-65=268−16332,500910
United States Webb Simpson70-64-68-66=26833
T8United States Russell Henley64-67-70-68=269−15277,87561101
Sweden Alex Norén69-68-64-68=2694778
United States Ryan Palmer67-67-68-67=2692229
  • Par 71 course

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played August 27–30. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, one did not play: Webb Simpson (ranked 3rd) withdrew to rest, reducing the field to 69. He was already guaranteed a place in the Tour Championship. There was no second-round cut.

Jon Rahm beat Dustin Johnson with a birdie at the first playoff hole after the two had tied at 276, 4-under-par. 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: Joaquín Niemann (ranked 31st to 18th) and Mackenzie Hughes (36 to 28). Two players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Adam Long (27 to 31) and Kevin Streelman (28 to 32).

FedEx Cup rank
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Spain Jon Rahm75-71-66-64=276−41,710,00029
2United States Dustin Johnson71-69-69-67=2761,026,00011
T3Japan Hideki Matsuyama67-73-69-69=278−2551,0001018
Chile Joaquín Niemann72-71-68-67=2781831
5United States Tony Finau70-71-73-65=279−1384,7502029
T6England Matt Fitzpatrick70-75-68-67=280E337,2503660
United States Jason Kokrak74-71-69-66=2804266
T8Colombia Sebastián Muñoz70-75-67-69=281+1285,0001516
United States Brendon Todd73-68-71-69=2811113
T10United States Lanto Griffin70-73-70-69=282+2247,0001615
Canada Mackenzie Hughes69-73-69-71=2822836
  • Par 70 course

Points after BMW Championship

PlacePlayerPointsEvents
1United States Dustin Johnson3,47113
2Spain Jon Rahm3,08014
3United States Justin Thomas2,57017
4United States Webb Simpson2,16313
5United States Collin Morikawa2,02520
6United States Daniel Berger2,00716
7United States Harris English1,80519
8United States Bryson DeChambeau1,68216
9South Korea Im Sung-jae1,65025
10Japan Hideki Matsuyama1,58719

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 4–7 and was contested by the leading 30 players in the FedEx Cup points standings after the BMW Championship, with no second-round cut. Players were allocated a starting score relative to par based on their position in the standings after the BMW Championship. The points leader started the tournament at 10 under par, number two at 8 under par, number three at 7 under par, number four at 6 under par and number five at 5 under par. Players ranked 6 to 10 started at 4 under par, 11 to 15 at 3 under par, 16 to 20 at 2 under par, 21 to 25 at 1 under par and 26 to 30 started at even par. The winner of the Tour Championship wins the FedEx Cup. For the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, points are awarded based on aggregate scores (total strokes taken, ignoring any starting scores).

Dustin Johnson won by three strokes from Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas. Schauffele, who had started 7 strokes behind Johnson, had the best 72-hole aggregate score of 265, three better than Scottie Scheffler and four better than Johnson and Thomas.[5]

PlacePlayerRound scoresStarting
score
Final
score
FedEx Cup rankWinnings ($)
AfterBefore
1United States Dustin Johnson67-70-64-68=269−10−211115,000,000
T2United States Xander Schauffele67-65-67-66=265−3−18T2144,500,000
United States Justin Thomas66-71-66-66=269−73
4Spain Jon Rahm65-74-66-66=271−8−17423,000,000
5United States Scottie Scheffler71-66-66-65=268−2−145172,500,000
6United States Collin Morikawa71-65-67-69=272−5−13651,900,000
7England Tyrrell Hatton67-66-71-66=270−2−127191,300,000
T8Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy64-71-70-67=272−3−11T812960,000
Colombia Sebastián Muñoz71-65-70-66=272−315
United States Patrick Reed71-66-70-65=272−313
  • Par 70 course

For the full list see here.

Table of qualified players

References

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