The 2016 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 25 to September 25. It included the following four events: The Barclays – Bethpage Black Course, Farmingdale, New York Deutsche Bank Championship – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts BMW Championship – Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

These were the 10th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings PlacePlayerPointsEvents1 Jason Day 2,735 162 Dustin Johnson 2,701 183 Adam Scott 2,063 164 Russell Knox 2,001 215 Jordan Spieth 1,965 176 Brandt Snedeker 1,717 237 Patrick Reed 1,575 248 Phil Mickelson 1,532 189 Kevin Na 1,529 2310 Justin Thomas 1,512 24

The Barclays The Barclays was played August 25–28. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, five did not enter: Sergio García (ranked 20), Alex Čejka (59), Danny Willett (75), Shane Lowry (87), and Anirban Lahiri (117). Of the 120 entrants, 79 made the second-round cut at 145 (+3). Despite there being more than 78 players making the cut there was no secondary cut after the third round as in regular PGA Tour events, following a change made after the 2014 season.

Patrick Reed won by a stroke over Emiliano Grillo and Sean O'Hair and moved from seventh place to first place in the standings. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included five players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: Sean O'Hair (ranked 108th to 15th), Kang Sung-hoon (122 to 88), John Huh (111 to 90), Tyrone van Aswegen (104to 93), and Derek Fathauer (118 to 99). Five players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: Shane Lowry (ranked 87th to 102nd), Peter Malnati (93 to 104), Robert Streb (95 to 105), Lucas Glover (96 to 106), and Jonas Blixt (100 to 107).

The tournament was the last qualifying event for the eight qualifying places for the American team in the 2016 Ryder Cup.

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Patrick Reed 66-68-71-70=275 −9 1,530,000 1 7T2 Emiliano Grillo 67-69-71-69=276 −8 748,000 6 32 Sean O'Hair 69-69-72-66=276 15 108T4 Jason Day 68-70-70-69=277 −7 351,333 2 1 Adam Scott 69-72-65-71=277 4 3 Gary Woodland 71-69-68-69=277 24 42T7 Rickie Fowler 67-69-68-74=278 −6 264,917 16 28 Jason Kokrak 74-66-69-69=278 43 65 Ryan Moore 69-68-72-69=278 11 23T10 Jordan Spieth 71-67-72-69=279 −5 221,000 5 5 Justin Thomas 71-71-66-71=279 8 10 Par 71 course

Deutsche Bank Championship The Deutsche Bank Championship was played September 2–5. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, three did not play. Kevin Na (ranked 14) withdrew before the event because of the recent birth of his daughter. Alex Čejka (73) withdrew before the event with a lower back injury. Danny Willett (86) did not enter and played in the Omega European Masters instead. Of the 97 entrants, 72 made the second-round cut at 141 (−1).

Rory McIlroy won by two strokes over Paul Casey and moved to fourth 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: Billy Hurley III (77 to 51), David Hearn (92 to 59), Hudson Swafford (82 to 61), Vaughn Taylor (79 to 64), Chris Kirk (75 to 66), and Marc Leishman (71 to 70). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Ricky Barnes (68 to 71), Jerry Kelly (61 to 72), Martin Laird (63 to 77), Johnson Wagner (69 to 78), Colt Knost (65 to 79), and Chez Reavie (70 to 81).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Rory McIlroy 71-67-66-65=269 −15 1,530,000 4 382 Paul Casey 66-66-66-73=271 −13 918,000 10 593 Jimmy Walker 68-64-70-70=272 −12 578,000 9 254 Adam Scott 67-71-70-65=273 −11 408,000 5 4T5 Fabián Gómez 66-71-68-69=274 −10 301,250 32 48 James Hahn 65-74-66-69=274 39 55 Patrick Reed 68-67-70-69=274 1 1T8 Kevin Chappell 67-64-71-73=275 −9 212,500 13 13 David Hearn 68-68-69-70=275 59 92 Billy Hurley III 67-69-69-70=275 51 77 Dustin Johnson 68-66-75-66=275 3 3 Jason Kokrak 70-68-71-66=275 34 43 Ryan Moore 65-70-68-72=275 12 11 Louis Oosthuizen 71-69-64-71=275 40 44 Par 71 course

BMW Championship The BMW Championship was played September 8–11. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only Henrik Stenson (knee injury) did not play. There was no cut.

Dustin Johnson won by three strokes over Paul Casey. 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: Roberto Castro (53 to 21), Daniel Berger (31 to 26), J. B. Holmes (42 to 28), and Charl Schwartzel (43 to 30). Four players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Rickie Fowler (22 to 31), Sergio García (25 to 32), Brooks Koepka (30 to 35) and Henrik Stenson (24 to 36).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Dustin Johnson 67-63-68-67=265 −23 1,530,000 1 32 Paul Casey 67-66-68-67=268 −20 918,000 5 103 Roberto Castro 65-65-74-67=271 −17 578,000 21 53T4 J. B. Holmes 69-65-68-74=276 −12 323,850 28 42 Matt Kuchar 68-69-68-71=276 16 28 Ryan Palmer 73-64-69-70=276 34 47 Charl Schwartzel 70-70-72-64=276 30 43 Adam Scott 69-69-67-71=276 3 59 Jordan Spieth 68-72-68-69=277 −11 246,500 7 6T10 Daniel Berger 70-68-71-69=278 −10 212,500 26 31 Billy Horschel 73-68-67-70=278 50 62 Chris Kirk 68-66-73-71=278 54 66 Par 72 course

Reset points The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents1 Dustin Johnson 5,189 2,000 212 Patrick Reed 4,203 1,800 273 Adam Scott 3,479 1,600 194 Jason Day 3,409 1,440 195 Paul Casey 3,252 1,280 216 Rory McIlroy 3,223 1,120 177 Jordan Spieth 2,771 960 208 Russell Knox 2,465 800 249 Emiliano Grillo 2,371 640 2410 Jimmy Walker 2,340 480 24

Tour Championship The Tour Championship was played September 22–25. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Rory McIlroy won tournament and the FedEx Cup, beating Kevin Chappell and Ryan Moore in a playoff.

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Rory McIlroy 68-70-66-64=268 −12 1,530,000 1 6T2 Kevin Chappell 66-68-68-66=268 752,250 8 15 Ryan Moore 70-68-66-64=268 7 144 Paul Casey 68-70-69-64=271 −9 408,000 5 55 Hideki Matsuyama 66-71-68-69=274 −6 340,000 13 17T6 Dustin Johnson 66-67-69-73=275 −5 297,500 2 1 Justin Thomas 68-71-69-67=275 12 13T8 Jason Dufner 73-67-66-70=276 −4 263,500 19 27 Adam Scott 69-71-71-65=276 4 310 Emiliano Grillo 73-70-66-69=278 −2 218,620 11 9 Kim Si-woo 67-72-74-65=278 17 18 Charl Schwartzel 74-67-66-71=278 25 30 Bubba Watson 72-73-66-67=278 21 24 Gary Woodland 72-70-69-67=278 20 20 Par 70 course

Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)1 Rory McIlroy 3,120 10,000,0002 Dustin Johnson 2,380 3,000,0003 Patrick Reed 1,986 2,000,0004 Adam Scott 1,930 1,500,0005 Paul Casey 1,880 1,000,0006 Jason Day 1,440 800,0007 Ryan Moore 1,336 700,0008 Kevin Chappell 1,320 600,0009 Jordan Spieth 1,168 550,00010 Russell Knox 992 500,000

For the full list see here.

Table of qualifying players Table key:

PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe BarclaysDeutsche BankBMW Champ.ResetpointsTour Champ.PointsRankFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rank2,735122WD4WD62,7012331122,063345342,0614778101,965556791,717691111151,5757111231,532810CUT1513161,5299CUT14DNP2322281,512108CUT1412121,49111121719231,46812CUT171617131,4221313131581,38714WD2124DNP36––36*1,38215CUT221818171,3601618CUT2623241,35217CUT25910141,34918232816181,34819263035––351,30620DNP282532––321,27321201927191,25422303126261,2352311121471,2352419CUT272421*1,18725CUT333741––41*1,18126CUT343343––431,14227CUT35CUT4548––481,13128162231––311,12929CUT364646––461,12730324330251,1193129292929*1,10932689111,0873327CUT3644––441,07734313537––371,03235414447––4797336381461196337CUT47CUT5565––65956384242283093139CUT504852––5292440483240––4092341394142––429074224212020*90443404949––4987844CUT553939––3987445CUT566769––6986446373845––4585947CUT586567––6784948536058––5884049606966––6683350525657––5782951455051––5182152625861––6181053CUT6453212280354CUT65CUT79––––7979155465463––6376956444038––3876557CUT717068––68*76058CUT72CUT82––––8275459DNP73DNP83––––8374960CUT756654––547416154CUT6870––70*73962CUT7674––––7473163494734––3472664CUT796462––6272165433433––33718666871––––7171467CUT81CUT90––––907106859105571069775155––5570570CUT83CUT91––––9169971CUT85CUT92––––926947251CUT6250––5069273576359––596927461CUT72––––72*69175DNP86DNP93––––9368076665260––606677789CUT97––––976667874CUT84––––8465279CUT9489––––8964480CUT9694––––9464381CUT9880––––80*643828775––––756428378CUT87––––87638849185––––8563385CUT10073––––736308670CUT81––––81*61587DNP102––––––10260788675753––536058963CUT77––––7760390826164––6459991925956––56598926978––––78*59693104––––––104591948486––––8659095105––––––10558796106––––––1065869795CUT99––––99583989776––––765779980CUT88––––88572100107––––––107*559101WD108––––––108558102WD109––––––109552103110––––––110*55010493CUT98––––98550105CUT111––––––111545106103––––––103539107CUT112––––––11253610815202527*535109CUT113––––––113532110CUT114––––––1145261119095––––95*520112101––––––101*503113CUT115––––––115500114CUT117––––––117*500115CUT118––––––118497116116––––––116*494117DNP119––––––119*49111899CUT100––––100487119120––––––120482120CUT121––––––121*481121CUT122––––––122*47312288CUT96––––96459123123––––––123455124CUT124––––––124454125CUT125––––––125 * First-time Playoffs qualifier

References

External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site