The PGA TOUR season is about to end with three final events: The Northern Trust, BMW Championship and Tour Championship. The FedEx Cup Playoffs round is promised to be the focus of every golfers in the world. Golden golf would like to summerize information from GolfNews and PGA TOUR so that golfers can update news.
Time events of the FedEx Cup Playoffs 2020
The Northern Trust: From August 20 to 23 at TPC Boston Stadium
BMW Championship: From August 27-30 at Olympia Fields
Tour Championship: September 4th – 7th at East Lake GC
Attending golfers
Top 125 golfers in the FedEx Cup rankings, they will attend The Northern Trust. The number of golfers will be reduced to 70 at the BMW Championship. Finally the top 30 best golfers will go to Atlanta to participate in the Tour Championship.
At the final event, based on the FedEx Cup points list, golfers will be assigned different points. The best golfer in round 1 will start with a score of -10. The remaining 29 golfers will have a decrease in their score according to their place.
Awards for winners
This year, there is a change in the winning award. The golfer with the highest score will ultimately be the winner of both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The PGA TOUR organization committee changed the rule of separate winners of Tour Championship and FedEx Cup Playoffs.
The reward point of the FedEx Cup Playoffs winner will be 1,500 points. This score is 3 times higher than the regular PGA Tour tournament.
From 2019, the FedEx Cup Playoffs champion will receive $ 15 million. The amount will decrease gradually depending on the ranking of golfers with a total amount of 60 million dollars.
| Ranking | Money prize | Ranking | Money Prize |
| 1 | 15.000.000$ | 16 | 570.000$ |
| 2 | 5.000.000$ | 17 | 550.000$ |
| 3 | 4.000.000$ | 18 | 535.000$ |
| 4 | 3.000.000$ | 19 | 520.000$ |
| 5 | 2.500.000$ | 20 | 505.000$ |
| 6 | 1.900.000$ | 21 | 490.000$ |
| 7 | 1.300.000$ | 22 | 478.000$ |
| 8 | 1.100.000$ | 23 | 466.000$ |
| 9 | 950.000$ | 24 | 456.000$ |
| 10 | 830.000$ | 25 | 445.000$ |
| 11 | 750.000$ | 26 | 435.000$ |
| 12 | 705.000$ | 27 | 425.000$ |
| 13 | 660.000$ | 28 | 415.000$ |
| 14 | 620.000$ | 29 | 405.000$ |
| 15 | 595.000$ | 30 | 395.000$ |
Money prize table for golfers at Tour Championship
Source: PGA TOUR
Golfers at the top of the FedEx Cup Playoffs event
| Name | Points |
|---|---|
| Justin Thomas | 2.458 |
| Collin Morikawa | 1.902 |
| Webb Simpson | 1.878 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 1.657 |
| Sungjae Im | 1.633 |
| Patrick Reed | 1.426 |
| Daniel Berger | 1.347 |
| Rory McIloroy | 1.327 |
| Brendon Todd | 1.316 |
| Jon Rahm | 1.295 |
Top 10 golfers at FedEx Cup Ranking 2020
Source: PGA TOUR
The 2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs champion Rory McIlroy is now in seventh place. He has won two FedEx Cup Playoffs titles including 2016, balancing his record with Tiger Woods (champions 2007 and 2009). The FedEx Cup Playoffs round promises to bring many exciting and dramatic matches.
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