2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs explained

2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Dates:	August 21 – September 14, 2014
Location:	Ridgewood Country Club TPC Boston Cherry Hills Country Club East Lake Golf Club
Tour:	PGA Tour
Field:	125 for The Barclays 100 for Deutsche Bank 70 for BMW Championship 30 for Tour Championship
Purse:	$35,000,000 bonus money
Winners Share:	$10,000,000 bonus money
Score:	4,750 points
Previous:	2013
Next:	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 to and comprised the following four events:

• The Barclays – Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey
• Deutsche Bank Championship – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
• BMW Championship – Cherry Hills Country Club, Englewood, Colorado
• Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

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

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

Place	Player	Points	Events
1		2,582	13
2		2,493	23
3		2,173	17
4		1,921	20
5		1,851	17
6		1,769	17
7		1,700	13
8		1,692	23
9		1,666	24
10		1,571	24

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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		66-71-68-65=270	−14	1,440,000	1	62
T2		73-66-68-65=272	−12	597,333	19	98
	72-64-68-68=272	7	34
	66-68-72-66=272	10	61
T5		68-68-71-66=273	−11	292,000	39	91
	68-70-68-67=273	4	4
	68-71-68-66=273	35	81
8		66-69-69-70=274	−10	248,000	6	5
T9		68-73-67-67=275	−9	208,000	11	16
	70-70-66-69=275	72	124
	70-66-70-69=275	13	20
	71-66-73-65=275	8	9

• 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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		73-66-64-66=269	−15	1,440,000	1	17
T2		70-66-65-70-271	−13	597,333	14	62
	69-66-67-69=271	20	82
	70-71-65-65=271	24	100
T5		70-69-64-70=273	−11	304,000	2	2
	69-71-67-66=273	16	28
T7		66-68-69-71=274	−10	258,000	7	7
	71-66-70-67=274	15	23
T9		67-69-70-69=275	−9	185,143	17	21
	66-73-67-69=275	57	84
	69-68-68-70=275	36	47
	67-73-69-66=275	66	93
	66-70-68-71=275	19	22
	73-67-67-68=275	71	97
	70-70-68-67=275	4	3

• 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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		68-66-63-69=266	−14	1,440,000	2	20
2		70-66-66-66=268	−12	864,000	3	6
3		72-72-62-63=269	−11	544,000	21	68
T4		71-66-66-68=271	−9	319,000	9	10
	70-68-67-66=271	7	8
	68-64-72-67=271	13	23
	69-64-67-71=271	23	37
T8		67-67-72-66=272	−8	232,000	4	2
	71-66-69-66=272	12	13
	67-70-68-67=272	11	9

• Par 72 course

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Place	Player	Points	Reset points	Events
1		4,314	2,500	27
2		4,305	2,250	26
3		4,058	2,000	20
4		3,735	1,800	16
5		3,363	1,600	24
6		3,073	1,400	26
7		3,073	1,200	20
8		2,736	1,000	23
9		2,631	800	25
10		2,549	600	14

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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		66-66-69-68=269	−11	1,440,000	1	2
T2		67-69-67-69=272	−8	708,000	4	7
	69-65-67-71=272	3	4
T4		67-67-70-69=273	−7	343,333	10	10
	66-68-71-68=273	2	1
	72-66-66-69=273	11	26
7		69-67-69-69=274	−6	275,000	14	23
8		69-68-67-71=275	−5	260,000	9	9
T9		69-71-70-66=276	−4	231,667	13	13
	69-72-65-70=276	12	12
	71-75-63-67=276	22	29

• Par 70 course

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Points	Winnings ($)
1		4,750	10,000,000
2		3,100	3,000,000
3		3,050	2,000,000
4		2,450	1,500,000
5		2,285	1,000,000
6		1,835	800,000
7		1,668	700,000
8		1,300	600,000
9		1,225	550,000
10		1,200	500,000

For the full list see here.

Table of qualifying players

Table key:

	Player	Pre-Playoffs		The Barclays		Deutsche Bank		BMW Champ.		Reset points	Tour Champ.
		Points	Rank	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after		Finish	Final rank
		2,582	1		2	style=background:yellow		2	style=background:yellow		4		style=background:yellow		3
		2,493	2	CUT	3	style=background:yellow		4		6			7
		2,173	3		5		6	style=background:yellow		3			5
		1,921	4	style=background:yellow		4		5		8			8
		1,851	5	style=background:yellow		6		8	style=background:yellow		7		style=background:yellow		4
		1,769	6	DNP	14	DNP	22	DNP	30		DNP	30
		1,700	7		15	DNP	23	style=background:yellow		13		style=background:yellow		13
		1,692	8		9		9	style=background:yellow		11			15
		1,666	9	style=background:yellow		8	^†	12		18			21
		1,571	10		17	style=background:lime	1	1		1		style=background:yellow		2
		1,552	11		12		11		15			18
		1,542	12		18	CUT	25		27			27
		1,536	13	CUT	22	style=background:yellow		19		22			25
		1,525	14	CUT	23	style=background:yellow		15		14			16
		1,479	15		16		13	style=background:yellow		12		style=background:yellow		12
		1,471	16	style=background:yellow		11		10	style=background:yellow		9		style=background:yellow		9
		1,469	17	CUT	25	CUT	31		32	–	–	32
		1,447	18		20	DNP	27		26		style=background:yellow		11
		1,421	19	CUT	26		34		39	–	–	39
		1,413	20	style=background:yellow		13	CUT	21		24			24
		1,349	21		27		33		36	–	–	36
		1,287	22		24		30		28			28
		1,278	23		29		28	WD	33	–	–	33
		1,268	24		21	style=background:yellow		17		16			16
		1,250	25	CUT	32	^†	39		45	–	–	45
		1,157	26		28	style=background:yellow		16		17			23
		1,137	27	CUT	36		47		58	–	–	58
		1,113	28	CUT	37		43		37	–	–	37
		1,111	29	WD	38	DNP	51		54	–	–	54
		1,068	30	^†	43		37	style=background:yellow		23		style=background:yellow		14
		1,067	31		34		32		38	–	–	38
		1,059	32		30		29		29		style=background:yellow		22
		1,042	33		31		35		34	–	–	34
		1,028	34	style=background:yellow		7	style=background:yellow		7	WD	10		style=background:yellow		10
		1,026	35		33	CUT	41		53	–	–	53
		1,007	36	CUT	48		46		42	–	–	42
		1,002	37	CUT	49		54		48	–	–	48
		987	38	CUT	51	^†	63		66	–	–	66
		972	39		42		38		44	–	–	44
		970	40	CUT	54	^†	67		67	–	–	67
		962	41	CUT	55		48		46	–	–	46
		950	42		47	style=background:yellow		36		35	–	–	35
		948	43		40	DNP	53		56	–	–	56
		923	44	CUT	58	CUT	75	–	–	–	–	75
		921	45	^†	57		56	WD	68	–	–	68
		920	46	CUT	59		58		65	–	–	65
		891	47	^†	64		49		51	–	–	51
		885	48		46		40		40	–	–	40
		869	49		52		60		57	–	–	57
		864	50		62	style=background:yellow		14		20			19
		834	51		41		42		47	–	–	47
		828	52		44		45		59	–	–	59
		816	53	CUT	70	^†	85	–	–	–	–	85
		814	54	^†	69		65		69	–	–	69
		812	55	CUT	71	CUT	86	–	–	–	–	86
		807	56		45	CUT	59		50	–	–	50
		798	57	DNP	74	DNP	90	–	–	–	–	90
		789	58		63	CUT	76	–	–	–	–	76
		784	59		68		64		70	–	–	70
		783	60		53		52		43	–	–	43
		781	61	style=background:yellow		10		18		19			20
		776	62	style=background:lime	1	1		3		5			6
		774	63	CUT	78		69		60	–	–	60
		765	64		60		70		62	–	–	62
		745	65		50	CUT	62		64	–	–	64
		743	66	CUT	80		89	–	–	–	–	89
		729	67		76		79	–	–	–	–	79
		723	68		61		61		55	–	–	55
		722	69	CUT	82	style=background:yellow		20	style=background:lime	1	2		style=background:lime	1	style=background:lime	1
		720	70		66		55		52	–	–	52
		717	71		79	^†	91	–	–	–	–	91
		705	72		84	style=background:yellow		57		49	–	–	49
		686	73		65		77	–	–	–	–	77
		682	74	CUT	87	WD	98	–	–	–	–	98
		681	75		56	CUT	72	–	–	–	–	72
		678	76	CUT	88	CUT	99	–	–	–	–	99
		668	77	CUT	90		84	–	–	–	–	84
		657	78	CUT	91		78	–	–	–	–	78
		650	79	CUT	93	style=background:yellow		66		63	–	–	63
		647	80	CUT	94		94	–	–	–	–	94
		646	81	style=background:yellow		35		50		61	–	–	61
		645	82		75		74	–	–	–	–	74
		640	83		67		83	–	–	–	–	83
		635	84	CUT	97	style=background:yellow		71	–	–	–	–	71
		632	85		89		73	–	–	–	–	73
		631	86		83		92	–	–	–	–	92
		630	87	CUT	98		97	–	–	–	–	97
		625	88		95		87	–	–	–	–	87
		618	89	CUT	99		93	–	–	–	–	93
		611	90	CUT	100	style=background:yellow		24		25			29
		610	91	style=background:yellow		39		44		41	–	–	41
		599	92	CUT	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
		587	93	CUT	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	104
		584	94	CUT	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	105
		575	95	^†	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	106
		569	96		103	–	–	–	–	–	–	103
		567	97	CUT	108	–	–	–	–	–	–	108
		554	98	style=background:yellow		19	CUT	26		31	–	–	31
		544	99		86		96	–	–	–	–	96
		534	100	^†	110	–	–	–	–	–	–	110
		530	101	^†	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
		528	102	CUT	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
		519	103	DNP	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	116
		518	104		73		81	–	–	–	–	81
		518	105		113	–	–	–	–	–	–	113
		515	106	CUT	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
		514	107		107	–	–	–	–	–	–	107
		505	108		115	–	–	–	–	–	–	115
		504	109		77		80	–	–	–	–	80
		503	110		92	^†	100	–	–	–	–	100
		499	111		101	–	–	–	–	–	–	101
		498	112	^†	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	118
		496	113		111	–	–	–	–	–	–	111
		494	114	^†	119	–	–	–	–	–	–	119
		491	115	CUT	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
		490	116		96		88	–	–	–	–	88
		488	117	CUT	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	121
		471	118		85	DNP	95	–	–	–	–	95
		470	119		81		82	–	–	–	–	82
		466	120	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
		456	121	CUT	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	123
		455	122		109	–	–	–	–	–	–	109
		453	123	CUT	124	–	–	–	–	–	–	124
		448	124	style=background:yellow		72		68	style=background:yellow		21			26
		438	125	CUT	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	125

* First-time Playoffs participant
^† MDF – made cut, did not finish (i.e. cut after third round)

External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: First Look: The Barclays . PGA Tour . August 16, 2014 . Jeff . Shain.
2. News: Hunter Mahan birdies his way to win . ESPN . Associated Press . August 24, 2014.
3. Web site: FedExCup update: Seven earn Deutsche Bank spots . PGA Tour . Brian . Wacker . August 25, 2014.
4. News: Four players to pass on TPC Boston . ESPN . Bob . Harig . August 24, 2014.
5. Web site: Tim Clark (elbow) withdraws from Deutsche Bank . PGA Tour . Helen . Ross . August 28, 2014.
6. News: Chris Kirk bolsters Ryder Cup case . ESPN . Associated Press . September 1, 2014.
7. Web site: Bubble Busters: Who's moving on? . PGA Tour . September 2, 2014.
8. Web site: FedExCup scenarios: BMW Championship . PGA Tour . September 2, 2014.
9. News: Billy Horschel wins BMW title . ESPN . Associated Press . September 7, 2014.
10. News: Morgan Hoffmann to play in Atlanta . ESPN . September 7, 2013.
11. Web site: Scenarios: How the top 30 could win the FedExCup . PGA Tour . September 8, 2014 . January 3, 2015.
12. News: Billy Horschel wins Tour Championship, $10 million bonus . September 14, 2014 . USA Today.
13. News: Billy Horschel collects $10M bonus . ESPN . September 15, 2014.
14. News: Billy Horschel holds off Rory McIlroy to win FedEx Cup and £7.1m prize . September 14, 2014 . Daily Telegraph.