2018 FedEx Cup Playoffs


The 2018 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 23 to September 23. It included the following four events:
These were the 12th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.
The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

The Northern Trust

The Northern Trust was played August 23–26. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, five did not enter: Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Patrick Rodgers, and Bud Cauley. Brandt Snedeker was a late withdrawal, reducing the field to 119. 80 made the second-round cut at 142.
Bryson DeChambeau won by four strokes over Tony Finau. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Dell Technologies Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Northern Trust: Nick Watney, Danny Lee, Scott Stallings, Bronson Burgoon, Brian Stuard and Jhonattan Vegas. Six players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: Patrick Rodgers, Brandon Harkins, Trey Mullinax, Charl Schwartzel, Rory Sabbatini, and Alex Čejka.
The Dell Technologies Championship was played August 31 – September 3. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, two did not: Francesco Molinari and Rickie Fowler. 77 players made the second-round cut at 144.
Bryson DeChambeau won his second straight playoff event, winning by two strokes over Justin Rose. 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 Dell Technologies Championship: Pan Cheng-tsung, Tyrrell Hatton, Abraham Ancer, Brice Garnett, Peter Uihlein, and Keith Mitchell. Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Ryan Moore, Kim Meen-whee, Stewart Cink, Nick Watney, Jimmy Walker, and Kevin Streelman.
The BMW Championship was played September 6–10. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only Daniel Berger did not play. There was no cut. Due to weather conditions, the fourth round was delayed until September 10.
Keegan Bradley won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Justin Rose. 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: Bradley and Xander Schauffele. Two players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Jordan Spieth and Emiliano Grillo.
The points were reset after the BMW Championship.
#PlayerCountryPointsReset pointsEvents
1Bryson DeChambeau5,7892,00025
2Justin Rose4,3911,80017
3Tony Finau3,4791,52027
4Dustin Johnson3,4251,29619
5Justin Thomas3,3271,28022
6Keegan Bradley2,9791,12026
7Brooks Koepka2,72396016
8Bubba Watson2,48180023
9Billy Horschel2,26064026
10Cameron Smith2,24748023

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 20–23. All 30 golfers that qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Tiger Woods won by two strokes over Billy Horschel, to finish second in the FedEx Cup rankings. Justin Rose finished tied for fourth place and took the FedEx Cup, 41 points ahead of Woods. He became the first player to win the FedEx Cup without winning any of the four events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Bryson DeChambeau, who led the rankings before the event, finished in 19th place and dropped to third place in the final rankings.
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Table of qualifying players

Table key:

* First-time Playoffs participant