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 PlacePlayerPointsEvents1 Rory McIlroy 2,582 132 Jimmy Walker 2,493 233 Bubba Watson 2,173 174 Matt Kuchar 1,921 205 Jim Furyk 1,851 176 Dustin Johnson 1,769 177 Sergio García 1,700 138 Jordan Spieth 1,692 239 Patrick Reed 1,666 2410 Chris Kirk 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). 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. 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).
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Hunter Mahan 66-71-68-65=270 −14 1,440,000 1 62T2 Stuart Appleby 73-66-68-65=272 −12 597,333 19 98 Jason Day 72-64-68-68=272 7 34 Cameron Tringale 66-68-72-66=272 10 61T5 Ernie Els 68-68-71-66=273 −11 292,000 39 91 Matt Kuchar 68-70-68-67=273 4 4 William McGirt 68-71-68-66=273 35 818 Jim Furyk 66-69-69-70=274 −10 248,000 6 5T9 Rickie Fowler 68-73-67-67=275 −9 208,000 11 16 Morgan Hoffmann 70-70-66-69=275 72 124 Kevin Na 70-66-70-69=275 13 20 Patrick Reed 71-66-73-65=275 8 9 Par 71 course
Deutsche Bank Championship The Deutsche Bank Championship was played August 29 – September 1. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, seven did not play: Dustin Johnson (ranked 14), Sergio García (15), Justin Rose (20), Tim Clark (38), Graeme McDowell (40), Jason Dufner (74), and Paul Casey (85). Of the 93 entrants, 80 made the second-round cut at 145 (+3). The field was further reduced to 73 after the third round.
Chris Kirk won by two strokes over Russell Henley, Billy Horschel, and Geoff Ogilvy and moved into first place in the standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Deutsche Bank Championship: Horschel (82 to 20), Ogilvy (100 to 24), Chesson Hadley (84 to 57), Carl Pettersson (93 to 66), Morgan Hoffmann (72 to 68), and Ben Crane (78 to 69). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Ryo Ishikawa (56 to 72), Justin Hicks (58 to 75), Ben Martin (63 to 76), Scott Langley (65 to 77), Shawn Stefani (67 to 83), and Scott Brown (70 to 85).
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Chris Kirk 73-66-64-66=269 −15 1,440,000 1 17T2 Russell Henley 70-66-65-70-271 −13 597,333 14 62 Billy Horschel 69-66-67-69=271 20 82 Geoff Ogilvy 70-71-65-65=271 24 100T5 Rory McIlroy 70-69-64-70=273 −11 304,000 2 2 John Senden 69-71-67-66=273 16 28T7 Jason Day 66-68-69-71=274 −10 258,000 7 7 Martin Kaymer 71-66-70-67=274 15 23T9 Bill Haas 67-69-70-69=275 −9 185,143 17 21 Chesson Hadley 66-73-67-69=275 57 84 Seung-Yul Noh 69-68-68-70=275 36 47 Carl Pettersson 67-73-69-66=275 66 93 Webb Simpson 66-70-68-71=275 19 22 Robert Streb 73-67-67-68=275 71 97 Jimmy Walker 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. 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). Hoffmann, who started the playoffs ranked 124th, played his way into each playoff event.
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. 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 rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Billy Horschel 68-66-63-69=266 −14 1,440,000 2 202 Bubba Watson 70-66-66-66=268 −12 864,000 3 63 Morgan Hoffmann 72-72-62-63=269 −11 544,000 21 68T4 Rickie Fowler 71-66-66-68=271 −9 319,000 9 10 Jim Furyk 70-68-67-66=271 7 8 Sergio García 68-64-72-67=271 13 23 Ryan Palmer 69-64-67-71=271 23 37T8 Rory McIlroy 67-67-72-66=272 −8 232,000 4 2 Adam Scott 71-66-69-66=272 12 13 Jordan Spieth 67-70-68-67=272 11 9 Par 72 course
Reset points The points were reset after the BMW Championship.
PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents1 Chris Kirk 4,314 2,500 272 Billy Horschel 4,305 2,250 263 Bubba Watson 4,058 2,000 204 Rory McIlroy 3,735 1,800 165 Hunter Mahan 3,363 1,600 246 Jimmy Walker 3,073 1,400 267 Jim Furyk 3,073 1,200 208 Matt Kuchar 2,736 1,000 239 Rickie Fowler 2,631 800 2510 Jason Day 2,549 600 14
Tour Championship The Tour Championship was played September 11−14. Of the 30 players eligible to play in the event, only one, Dustin Johnson (ranked 30), did not play. There was no cut. Billy Horschel won the tournament by three strokes over Jim Furyk and Rory McIlroy. After starting the playoffs in 69th place and missing the cut in the first playoff tournament, Horschel finished T-2, win, and win in the next three events to win the FedEx Cup.
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Billy Horschel 66-66-69-68=269 −11 1,440,000 1 2T2 Jim Furyk 67-69-67-69=272 −8 708,000 4 7 Rory McIlroy 69-65-67-71=272 3 4T4 Jason Day 67-67-70-69=273 −7 343,333 10 10 Chris Kirk 66-68-71-68=273 2 1 Justin Rose 72-66-66-69=273 11 267 Ryan Palmer 69-67-69-69=274 −6 275,000 14 238 Rickie Fowler 69-68-67-71=275 −5 260,000 9 9T9 Sergio García 69-71-70-66=276 −4 231,667 13 13 Adam Scott 69-72-65-70=276 12 12 Gary Woodland 71-75-63-67=276 22 29 Par 70 course
Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)1 Billy Horschel 4,750 10,000,0002 Chris Kirk 3,100 3,000,0003 Rory McIlroy 3,050 2,000,0004 Jim Furyk 2,450 1,500,0005 Bubba Watson 2,285 1,000,0006 Hunter Mahan 1,835 800,0007 Jimmy Walker 1,668 700,0008 Matt Kuchar 1,300 600,0009 Rickie Fowler 1,225 550,00010 Jason Day 1,200 500,000
For the full list see here.
Table of qualifying players Table key:
PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe BarclaysDeutsche BankBMW Champ.ResetpointsTour Champ.PointsRankFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rank2,582122432,4932CUT34672,173356351,921445881,851568741,7696DNP14DNP22DNP30DNP301,700715DNP2313131,69289911151,66698†1218211,571101711121,5521112111518*1,5421218CUT2527271,53613CUT221922251,52514CUT231514161,47915161312121,471161110991,46917CUT25CUT3132––321,4471820DNP2726111,42119CUT263439––391,4132013CUT2124241,34921273336––36*1,28722243028281,278232928WD33––331,26824211716161,25025CUT32†3945––451,15726281617231,13727CUT364758––581,11328CUT374337––371,11129WD38DNP5154––541,06830†433723141,06731343238––381,05932302929221,04233313534––341,0283477WD10101,0263533CUT4153––531,00736CUT484642––421,00237CUT495448––4898738CUT51†6366––6697239423844––4497040CUT54†6767––6796241CUT554846––4695042473635––359484340DNP5356––5692344CUT58CUT75––––7592145†5756WD68––6892046CUT595865––6589147†644951––51*88548464040––4086949526057––57864506214201983451414247––4782852444559––5981653CUT70†85––––8581454†696569––6981255CUT71CUT86––––868075645CUT5950––5079857DNP74DNP90––––90*7895863CUT76––––7678459686470––7078360535243––437816110181920776621135677463CUT786960––6076564607062––627456550CUT6264––6474366CUT8089––––89729677679––––7972368616155––5572269CUT8220121172070665552––527177179†91––––91*70572845749––49686736577––––7768274CUT87WD98––––98*6817556CUT72––––7267876CUT88CUT99––––9966877CUT9084––––8465778CUT9178––––7865079CUT936663––63*64780CUT9494––––9464681355061––61645827574––––74*640836783––––83*63584CUT9771––––71632858973––––73631868392––––92*63087CUT9897––––97625889587––––8761889CUT9993––––9361190CUT10024252961091394441––4159992CUT102––––––102*58793CUT104––––––10458494CUT105––––––10557595†106––––––10656996103––––––10356797CUT108––––––1085549819CUT2631––31544998696––––96534100†110––––––110530101†112––––––112528102CUT114––––––114519103DNP116––––––1165181047381––––81518105113––––––113515106CUT117––––––117514107107––––––107505108115––––––1155041097780––––8050311092†100––––100*499111101––––––101498112†118––––––118496113111––––––111494114†119––––––119491115CUT120––––––120*4901169688––––88*488117CUT121––––––12147111885DNP95––––95*4701198182––––82466120CUT122––––––122456121CUT123––––––123455122109––––––109453123CUT124––––––12444812472682126438125CUT125––––––125 * First-time Playoffs participant † MDF – made cut, did not finish (i.e. cut after third round)
References
External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site