The 2020 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 20 to September 7. It included the following three events: The Northern Trust – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts BMW Championship – Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields, Illinois Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

This was the 14th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings PlacePlayerPointsEventsWyndham RewardsTop 10 bonus ($)1 Justin Thomas 2,458 15 2,000,0002 Collin Morikawa 1,902 18 1,500,0003 Webb Simpson 1,878 12 1,200,0004 Bryson DeChambeau 1,657 14 1,100,0005 Im Sung-jae 1,633 23 1,000,0006 Patrick Reed 1,426 17 850,0007 Daniel Berger 1,347 14 700,0008 Rory McIlroy 1,327 12 600,0009 Brendon Todd 1,316 22 550,00010 Jon Rahm 1,295 12 500,000

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The Northern Trust The Northern Trust was played August 20–23. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, two did not play: Vaughn Taylor (ranked 75th) withdrew with a rib injury and Brooks Koepka (ranked 97th) withdrew with knee and hip injuries, reducing the field to 123. Scottie Scheffler scored 59 for his second round, becoming the 11th player to score under 60 in a PGA Tour event. Dustin Johnson led after two rounds after a second round 60, two ahead of Scheffler and Cameron Davis. 70 players made the second-round cut at 139 (−3).

Dustin Johnson won by 11 strokes over Harris English after further rounds of 64 and 63. 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 Northern Trust: Alex Norén (ranked 78th to 47th), Harry Higgs (72 to 48), Russell Henley (101 to 61), Robby Shelton (81 to 62), Jason Kokrak (90 to 66), and Louis Oosthuizen (99 to 70). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Doc Redman (ranked 60th to 71st), Kang Sung-hoon (61 to 72), Denny McCarthy (65 to 73), Phil Mickelson (67 to 75), Henrik Norlander (68 to 76), and Zhang Xinjun (70 to 78).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Dustin Johnson 67-60-64-63=254 −30 1,710,000 1 152 Harris English 64-66-66-69=265 −19 1,035,500 6 273 Daniel Berger 66-66-67-67=266 −18 655,500 4 7T4 Kevin Kisner 65-66-70-66=267 −17 427,500 23 40 Scottie Scheffler 70-59-67-71=267 14 24T6 Jon Rahm 69-67-67-65=268 −16 332,500 9 10 Webb Simpson 70-64-68-66=268 3 3T8 Russell Henley 64-67-70-68=269 −15 277,875 61 101 Alex Norén 69-68-64-68=269 47 78 Ryan Palmer 67-67-68-67=269 22 29 Par 71 course

BMW Championship The BMW Championship was played August 27–30. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, one did not play: Webb Simpson (ranked 3rd) withdrew to rest, reducing the field to 69. He was already guaranteed a place in the Tour Championship. There was no second-round cut.

Jon Rahm beat Dustin Johnson with a birdie at the first playoff hole after the two had tied at 276, 4-under-par. 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: Joaquín Niemann (ranked 31st to 18th) and Mackenzie Hughes (36 to 28). Two players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Adam Long (27 to 31) and Kevin Streelman (28 to 32).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Jon Rahm 75-71-66-64=276 −4 1,710,000 2 92 Dustin Johnson 71-69-69-67=276 1,026,000 1 1T3 Hideki Matsuyama 67-73-69-69=278 −2 551,000 10 18 Joaquín Niemann 72-71-68-67=278 18 315 Tony Finau 70-71-73-65=279 −1 384,750 20 29T6 Matt Fitzpatrick 70-75-68-67=280 E 337,250 36 60 Jason Kokrak 74-71-69-66=280 42 66T8 Sebastián Muñoz 70-75-67-69=281 +1 285,00015 16 Brendon Todd 73-68-71-69=281 11 13T10 Lanto Griffin 70-73-70-69=282 +2 247,000 16 15 Mackenzie Hughes 69-73-69-71=282 28 36 Par 70 course

Points after BMW Championship PlacePlayerPointsEvents1 Dustin Johnson 3,471 132 Jon Rahm 3,080 143 Justin Thomas 2,570 174 Webb Simpson 2,163 135 Collin Morikawa 2,025 206 Daniel Berger 2,007 167 Harris English 1,805 198 Bryson DeChambeau 1,682 169 Im Sung-jae 1,650 2510 Hideki Matsuyama 1,587 19

Tour Championship The Tour Championship was played September 4–7 and was contested by the leading 30 players in the FedEx Cup points standings after the BMW Championship, with no second-round cut. Players were allocated a starting score relative to par based on their position in the standings after the BMW Championship. The points leader started the tournament at 10 under par, number two at 8 under par, number three at 7 under par, number four at 6 under par and number five at 5 under par. Players ranked 6 to 10 started at 4 under par, 11 to 15 at 3 under par, 16 to 20 at 2 under par, 21 to 25 at 1 under par and 26 to 30 started at even par. The winner of the Tour Championship wins the FedEx Cup. For the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, points are awarded based on aggregate scores (total strokes taken, ignoring any starting scores).

Dustin Johnson won by three strokes from Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas. Schauffele, who had started 7 strokes behind Johnson, had the best 72-hole aggregate score of 265, three better than Scottie Scheffler and four better than Johnson and Thomas.

PlacePlayerRound scoresStartingscoreFinalscoreFedEx Cup rankWinnings ($) After Before1 Dustin Johnson 67-70-64-68=269 −10 −21 1 1 15,000,000T2 Xander Schauffele 67-65-67-66=265 −3 −18 T2 14 4,500,000 Justin Thomas 66-71-66-66=269 −7 34 Jon Rahm 65-74-66-66=271 −8 −17 4 2 3,000,0005 Scottie Scheffler 71-66-66-65=268 −2 −14 5 17 2,500,0006 Collin Morikawa 71-65-67-69=272 −5 −13 6 5 1,900,0007 Tyrrell Hatton 67-66-71-66=270 −2 −12 7 19 1,300,000T8 Rory McIlroy 64-71-70-67=272 −3 −11 T8 12 960,000 Sebastián Muñoz 71-65-70-66=272 −3 15 Patrick Reed 71-66-70-65=272 −3 13 Par 70 course

For the full list see here.

Table of qualified players Table key:

PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe Northern TrustBMWChampionshipTour ChampionshipPointsRankFinishRankafterFinishRankafterStartingscoreFinalscoreFinalrank2,45811,902 2CUT1,8783DNP1,6574CUT1,6335CUT1,42661,34771,32781,31691,295101,25811*1,159121,09913CUT1,08614CUT1,071151,045161,036171,030181,0251995120CUTEE91221––90922––90723CUT*9002489325CUTE87826CUT86727*84228E83829E80730EE76531CUT––74532CUT––74133CUT––73934––73635––72636––72037CUT––72038CUT––71639CUT––7104070341––70142––66943––65444CUT––65345CUT––64746CUT––63047CUT––62648––60449––60450CUT––*60251CUT––59752E58853––58154CUT––55955––53556––52657CUT––*52358––51659––*51460CUT––––51261CUT––––50862––50263––49264––48965––––48966––48867CUT––––*48368CUT––––48069––*47470CUT––––46671CUT––––*46572––45773CUT––––44374CUT––––44275DNP––––43876CUT––––43177––––42878––42179WD––––41980––––*41781––40982––––40883––––39584CUT––––39285––––38886––––38187––––38188––––38089––––37690––*37491––––37392––––*37293CUT––––*37094––––36695CUT––––36096WD––––36097DNP––––35898CUT––––35499––354100CUT––––352101––349102CUT––––345103CUT––––337104––––328105––––324106CUT––––323107CUT––––323108CUT––––313109––––312110––––311111––––309112––––305113CUT––––304114––––303115CUT––––297116CUT––––296117CUT––––294118CUT––––291119––––291120CUT––––286121––––283122CUT––––*281123CUT––––*281124CUT––––276125–––– * First-time Playoffs qualifier

References

External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site