2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs explained

2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Dates:	August 24 – September 24, 2017
Location:	Glen Oaks Club TPC Boston Conway Farms Golf Club East Lake Golf Club
Tour:	PGA Tour
Field:	125 for The Northern Trust 70 for BMW Championship 30 for Tour Championship
Purse:	$35 million bonus money
Winners Share:	$10 million bonus money
Champion:	Justin Thomas
Score:	3,000 points
Previous:	2016
Next:	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:

• The Northern Trust – Glen Oaks Club, Old Westbury, New York
• Dell Technologies Championship – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
• BMW Championship – Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, Illinois
• Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

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

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

Place	Player	Points	Events
1		2,869	18
2		2,689	21
3		2,671	19
4		2,466	16
5		1,832	17
6		1,754	19
7		1,736	20
8		1,623	22
9		1,612	24
10		1,557	26

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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		65-69-67-66=267	−13	1,575,000	1	4
2		69-65-64-69=267	945,000	2	3
T3		68-68-67-68=271	−9	507,500	5	6
	69-65-72-65=271	10	29
5		69-68-66-71=274	−6	350,000	12	18
T6		68-73-64-70=275	−5	283,281	17	30
	69-71-68-67=275	29	49
	73-66-71-65=275	16	25
	68-69-69-69=275	3	2
T10		67-70-69-70=276	−4	187,500	50	78
	71-64-68-73=276	15	15
	67-72-68-69=276	26	35
	69-68-69-70=276	40	63
	68-68-69-71=276	24	32
	71-70-66-69=276	51	79
	67-68-71-70=276	72	113

• 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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		71-67-63-66=267	−17	1,575,000	2	3
2		72-65-66-67=270	−14	945,000	1	2
3		67-69-65-70=271	−13	595,000	7	20
T4		70-65-67-70=272	−12	385,000	8	12
	67-66-71-68=272	5	5
T6		69-67-69-68=273	−11	283,281	36	58
	68-69-70-66=273	40	63
	72-67-67-67=273	10	14
	71-67-69-66=273	22	33
T10		71-70-68-65=274	−10	227,500	30	39
	72-65-69-68=274	17	24

• 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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		62-64-68-67=261	−23	1,575,000	4	7
T2		65-64-70-67=266	−18	770,000	6	6
	67-68-66-65=266	8	17
4		64-65-70-69=268	−16	420,000	15	28
T5		67-68-67-67=269	−15	332,500	12	18
	69-68-65-67=269	5	5
T7		65-72-70-64=271	−13	282,188	24	39
	65-70-71-65=271	1	1
T9		67-65-70-70=272	−12	236,250	29	41
	67-71-68-66=272	51	70
	66-73-65-68=272	16	21

• Par 71 course

Reseed points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Place	Player	Points	Reseed points	Events
1		5,421	2,000	22
2		5,081	1,800	24
3		4,730	1,520	19
4		4,084	1,296	24
5		3,314	1,280	22
6		3,197	1,120	20
7		3,058	960	21
8		2,514	800	17
9		2,170	640	23
10		2,145	480	23

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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		69-66-65-68=268	−12	1,575,000	3	26
2		67-66-70-66=269	−11	945,000	1	2
align=center rowspan=2	T3		67-71-67-65=270	align=center rowspan=2	−10	align=right rowspan=2	511,875	13	27
	68-68-64-70=270	12	18
5		66-67-65-73=271	−9	350,000	11	10
6		66-69-68-69=272	−8	315,000	10	9
align=center rowspan=3	T7		68-71-68-66=273	align=center rowspan=3	−7	align=right rowspan=3	280,000	19	24
	67-67-70-69=273	5	5
	67-70-69-67=273	2	1
align=center rowspan=3	T10		73-66-68-67=274	align=center rowspan=3	−6	align=right rowspan=3	236,250	21	25
	69-71-67-67=274	14	12
	68-66-71-69=274	9	8

• Par 70 course

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Points	Money ($)
1		3,000	10,000,000
2		2,340	3,000,000
3		2,151	2,000,000
4		1,720	1,500,000
5		1,620	1,000,000
6		1,441	800,000
7		1,253	700,000
8		1,093	600,000
9		1,080	550,000
10		1,040	500,000

For the full list, see here.

Table of qualifying players

Table key:

	Player	Pre-Playoffs		The Northern Trust		Dell Technologies		BMW Champ.		Reseed points	Tour Champ.
		Points	Rank	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after		Finish	Final rank
		2,869	1	CUT	4		4		7			8
		2,689	2	style=background:yellow		3	style=background:lime		2		2		style=background:yellow		style=background:lime	1
		2,671	3	style=background:yellow		2	style=background:yellow		1	style=background:yellow		1		style=background:yellow		2
		2,466	4	style=background:lime		1		3		3			4
		1,832	5		6		6	style=background:yellow		6			7
		1,754	6	style=background:yellow		5	style=background:yellow		5	style=background:yellow		5		style=background:yellow		5
		1,736	7		7		9		9		style=background:yellow		10
		1,623	8		8		11		14			16
		1,612	9		11		14		18		style=background:yellow		12
		1,557	10	CUT	13		15		20			25
		1,498	11		9		12		13			20
		1,461	12		14	style=background:yellow		10		11			15
		1,347	13	CUT	18		16		21			26
		1,324	14	CUT	20	style=background:yellow		7	style=background:lime		4			6
		1,260	15	style=background:yellow		15		18	style=background:yellow		12		style=background:yellow		14
		1,226	16	CUT	25		27		33	–	–	33
		1,204	17		19		19		22			24
		1,135	18	style=background:yellow		12	style=background:yellow		8		10		style=background:yellow		11
		1,129	19		23		23		27		style=background:yellow		13
		1,126	20		21		25		30			30
		1,102	21		28	CUT	35		40	–	–	40
		1,085	22	DNP	30		34		25		style=background:yellow		21
		1,079	23		22	DNP	26		32	–	–	32
		1,068	24	CUT	31	CUT	38		42	–	–	42
		1,058	25	style=background:yellow		16		21	style=background:yellow		16			17
		1,052	26	CUT	34		29		28			28
		1,046	27		32		37		41	–	–	41
		1,024	28		35		39	style=background:yellow		24		style=background:yellow		19
		1,023	29	style=background:yellow		10		13		17			23
		1,015	30	style=background:yellow		17		20		19			27
		1,010	31	CUT	36		42		37	–	–	37
		996	32	style=background:yellow		24	style=background:yellow		17	style=background:yellow		8		style=background:yellow		9
		988	33		27		32		26		style=background:lime		3
		974	34		37		31		36	–	–	36
		956	35	style=background:yellow		26		24		31	–	–	31
		946	36	CUT	39	style=background:yellow		30		35	–	–	35
		921	37		38		33		38	–	–	38
		896	38		33	style=background:yellow		22		23			22
		882	39	CUT	42	CUT	50		60	–	–	60
		847	40	CUT	44	CUT	56		46	–	–	46
		839	41		41		45		54	–	–	54
		839	42	CUT	46		54		48	–	–	48
		836	43	CUT	48		44		49	–	–	49
		803	44		43	CUT	51		58	–	–	58
		798	45	CUT	53		52		59	–	–	59
		794	46		47		48		47	–	–	47
		787	47	CUT	54		58		57	–	–	57
		760	48		56		47		52	–	–	52
		756	49	style=background:yellow		29		28	style=background:yellow		15			18
		741	50		52		55		50	–	–	50
		734	51		58	style=background:yellow		36		34	–	–	34
		727	52		49		43		44	–	–	44
		711	53	CUT	60		64		68	–	–	68
		707	54		59	CUT	65		62	–	–	62
		706	55		57		53		43	–	–	43
		697	56	CUT	62	CUT	69	WD	70	–	–	70
		676	57		45		49		56	–	–	56
		672	58		64	WD	72	–	–	–	–	72
		671	59		61	WD	67		64	–	–	64
		669	60	CUT	65		71	–	–	–	–	71
		667	61	CUT	66		70	style=background:yellow		51	–	–	51
		666	62	CUT	67		68		65	–	–	65
		666	63	style=background:yellow		40		46		39	–	–	39
		663	64	DNP	68	DNP	73	–	–	–	–	73
		646	65		55		61		55	–	–	55
		642	66	DNP	73	CUT	79	–	–	–	–	79
		640	67	WD	74		76	–	–	–	–	76
		639	68	CUT	75		78	–	–	–	–	78
		638	69		70		63		66	–	–	66
		630	70		71		74	–	–	–	–	74
		627	71	CUT	78	CUT	84	–	–	–	–	84
		619	72		69		66		69	–	–	69
		616	73		76	CUT	83	–	–	–	–	83
		615	74	CUT	80		60		61	–	–	61
		584	75		63	style=background:yellow		40		45	–	–	45
		583	76	CUT	81		57		53	–	–	53
		578	77	CUT	84		82	–	–	–	–	82
		578	78	style=background:yellow		50		41	style=background:yellow		29			29
		577	79	style=background:yellow		51		59		63	–	–	63
		565	80		83		81	–	–	–	–	81
		553	81	CUT	86		91	–	–	–	–	91
		543	82	CUT	88	DNP	95	–	–	–	–	95
		541	83	CUT	90		86	–	–	–	–	86
		532	84	CUT	92		93	–	–	–	–	93
		532	85	DNP	94	DNP	98	–	–	–	–	98
		527	86		85		88	–	–	–	–	88
		519	87	CUT	97	CUT	99	–	–	–	–	99
		518	88		77		62		67	–	–	67
		514	89	CUT	98		87	–	–	–	–	87
		510	90	CUT	99		80	–	–	–	–	80
		510	91		93		97	–	–	–	–	97
		505	92		82	CUT	89	–	–	–	–	89
		499	93		96		85	–	–	–	–	85
		490	94		79		77	–	–	–	–	77
		483	95	CUT	100	CUT	100	–	–	–	–	100
		468	96	CUT	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
		467	97		95		92	–	–	–	–	92
		464	98		89	CUT	96	–	–	–	–	96
		448	99	CUT	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	109
		446	100	CUT	110	–	–	–	–	–	–	110
		439	101	CUT	111	–	–	–	–	–	–	111
		438	102		101	–	–	–	–	–	–	101
		437	103		87	CUT	94	–	–	–	–	94
		435	104		104	–	–	–	–	–	–	104
		434	105		107	–	–	–	–	–	–	107
		426	106	CUT	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
		424	107		105	–	–	–	–	–	–	105
		423	108		106	–	–	–	–	–	–	106
		419	109	CUT	113	–	–	–	–	–	–	113
		410	110	CUT	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	115
		408	111	CUT	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	116
		407	112	CUT	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
		397	113	style=background:yellow		72		75	–	–	–	–	75
		397	114	CUT	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	118
		394	115	DNP	119	–	–	–	–	–	–	119
		390	116		108	–	–	–	–	–	–	108
		386	117	CUT	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
		383	118		103	–	–	–	–	–	–	103
		382	119	CUT	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	121
		381	120	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
		378	121	CUT	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	123
		375	122	CUT	124	–	–	–	–	–	–	124
		375	123		91		90	–	–	–	–	90
		369	124		114	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
		365	125	CUT	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	125

* First-time Playoffs qualifier

External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Storylines from The Northern Trust . PGA Tour . Jeff . Shain . August 18, 2017.
2. News: August 27, 2017 . Dustin Johnson's comeback ends with playoff victory over Jordan Spieth . ESPN . Associated Press . August 15, 2023.
3. Web site: FedExCup: Watson, Lingmerth, Varner moving on . PGA Tour . Ben . Everill . August 27, 2017.
4. News: Former champ Stenson withdraws from Boston stop . https://web.archive.org/web/20170829204210/http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/former-champ-stenson-withdraws-boston-stop/ . dead . August 29, 2017 . Golf Channel . Will . Gray . August 28, 2017 .
5. News: September 4, 2017 . Justin Thomas holds on in Boston to earn fifth win of the season . ESPN . Associated Press . August 15, 2023.
6. News: September 17, 2017 . Marc Leishman breaks tournament record, eyes FedEx Cup title . ESPN . Associated Press . August 15, 2023.
7. News: September 25, 2017 . Xander Schauffele is first rookie to win Tour Championship; Justin Thomas takes FedEx Cup . ESPN . Associated Press . August 15, 2023.
8. News: Justin Thomas completes remarkable season with $10m FedEx Cup win . September 24, 2017 . The Guardian . Ewan . Murray . September 26, 2017.