The 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that determined the 2021–22 season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 11–28. It included the following three events:

FedEx St. Jude Championship – TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee BMW Championship – Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

They were the 16th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings The leading 10 players in the FedEx Cup regular season standings qualified for a share of the $20 million Comcast Business Tour top 10 bonus. PlacePlayerPointsEventsBonus ($)1 Scottie Scheffler 3,556 22 4,000,0002 Cameron Smith 2,335 16 3,000,0003 Sam Burns 2,275 21 2,400,0004 Xander Schauffele 2,153 18 2,200,0005 Patrick Cantlay 2,108 17 2,000,0006 Rory McIlroy 2,104 13 1,700,0007 Tony Finau 1,912 22 1,400,0008 Justin Thomas 1,783 18 1,200,0009 Cameron Young 1,774 22 1,100,00010 Im Sung-jae 1,733 23 1,000,000 Source:

Playoffs eligibility list With several players having been suspended from the tour mid-season after participating in LIV Golf events without receiving a release to do so, the tour created a FedExCup Playoffs Eligibility ranking list which excluded them. Ten players who finished inside the top-125 of the standard FedExCup Standings were excluded: Talor Gooch, Jason Kokrak, Matt Jones, Hudson Swafford, Matthew Wolff, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Brooks Koepka, Charles Howell III, Pat Perez. Three of these (Gooch, Jones and Swafford) failed in their attempt to gain a temporary restraining order to allow them to compete in the playoffs. Despite this, Gooch finished 29th in the standings after the first two playoff events, which would normally have qualified him for the Tour Championship.

FedEx St. Jude Championship The FedEx St. Jude Championship was played August 11–14. 125 players were eligible to play in the event. Five players withdrew before the start, reducing the field to 120. Tommy Fleetwood (ranked 47) did not play for personal reasons. Lanto Griffin (ranked 69), Daniel Berger (ranked 78), and Nate Lashley (ranked 98) did not play due to injury. Hideki Matsuyama (ranked 11) withdrew due to a neck injury. 69 players made the second-round cut at 138 (−2).

Will Zalatoris won the event, beating Sepp Straka in a playoff. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included four players who were outside the top 70 prior to The FedEx St. Jude Championship: Lucas Glover (ranked 121st to 34th), Adam Scott (77 to 45), Andrew Putnam (87 to 47), and Wyndham Clark (79 to 70). Four players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Anirban Lahiri (ranked 63rd to 71st), John Huh (67 to 73), Brendon Todd (68 to 74), and Lanto Griffin (69 to 77).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)BeforeAfter1 Will Zalatoris 71-63-65-66=265 −15 2,700,000 12 12 Sepp Straka 64-66-68-67=265 1,635,000 35 8T3 Lucas Glover 65-68-69-66=268 −12 885,000 121 34 Brian Harman 66-66-69-67=268 55 23T5 Tony Finau 64-68-69-68=269 −11 480,000 7 5 Matt Fitzpatrick 68-66-67-68=269 14 12 Collin Morikawa 67-69-66-67=269 22 20 Trey Mullinax 66-67-66-70=269 70 40 Andrew Putnam 66-68-67-68=269 87 47 Jon Rahm 67-69-67-66=269 16 14 Adam Scott 66-67-70-66=269 77 45 Par 70 course

BMW Championship The BMW Championship was played August 18–21. 70 players were eligible to play in the event. There was no second-round cut. Tommy Fleetwood and Cameron Smith did not play, reducing the field to 68.

Patrick Cantlay won the event, beating Scott Stallings by one stroke. 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: Scott Stallings (ranked 46th to 12th), Lee Kyoung-hoon (33 to 26), Adam Scott (45 to 29), and Aaron Wise (31 to 30). Four players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Tom Kim (25 to 34), Davis Riley (26 to 35), Kevin Kisner (28 to 38), and J. J. Spaun (30 to 33).

FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Patrick Cantlay 68-68-65-69=270 −14 2,700,000 2 72 Scott Stallings 68-68-66-69=271 −13 1,620,000 12 46T3 Xander Schauffele 67-69-66-71=273 −11 870,000 4 6 Scottie Scheffler 68-67-68-70=273 1 2T5 Corey Conners 68-67-70-69=274 −10 547,500 24 29 Lee Kyoung-hoon 68-70-71-65=274 26 33 Adam Scott 65-69-69-71=274 29 45T8 Rory McIlroy 68-68-70-69=275 −9 420,000 7 9 Joaquín Niemann 69-68-68-70=275 19 19 Taylor Pendrith 71-68-67-69=275 46 67 Jon Rahm 73-70-65-67=275 11 14 Par 71 course

Tour Championship The Tour Championship was played August 25–28. 30 golfers qualified for the tournament. Will Zalatoris did not play due to a back injury, reducing the field to 29. There was 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 start 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).

Rory McIlroy won by one stroke over Im Sung-jae and Scottie Scheffler. He also had the best 72-hole aggregate score of 263. It was his third Tour Championship win and third FedEx Cup win.

PlacePlayerRound scoresStartingscoreFinalscoreFedEx Cup rankWinnings ($) After Before1 Rory McIlroy 67-67-63-66=263 −4 −21 1 7 18,000,000T2 Im Sung-jae 67-65-66-66=264 −4 −20 T2 10 5,750,000 Scottie Scheffler 65-66-66-73=270 −10 14 Xander Schauffele 66-63-70-69=268 −6 −18 4 4 4,000,000T5 Max Homa 71-62-66-66=265 −2 −17 T5 16 2,750,000 Justin Thomas 67-68-63-68=266 −3 13T7 Patrick Cantlay 70-66-66-70=272 −8 −16 T7 2 1,750,000 Sepp Straka 68-68-64-68=268 −4 99 Tony Finau 72-66-67-64=269 −4 −15 9 8 1,250,00010 Tom Hoge 66-66-66-69=267 −1 −14 10 23 1,000,000 Par 70 course

Table of qualified players Table key:

PlayerPre-PlayoffsFedEx St. JudeChampionshipBMWChampionshipTour ChampionshipPointsRankFinishRankafterFinishRankafterStartingscoreFinalscoreFinalrank3,5561CUT2,3352DNP2,27532,15342,10852,1046CUT1,91271,7838*1,77491,733101,69711DNP*1,68012WDDNP1,625131,596141,57415CUT1,449161,42417CUT1,40318CUT1,314191,228201,14621E1,08922*1,04523––99024CUT––98525––95726CUT––95227E94228––93829CUT––9363093631––93432CUT––92533CUT––*91734––9093590636––88837––*88838––*88639E85340E85241CUT84242––*83943CUT––*79644CUT––79545––78346––76647DNPDNP––75148––74949––72150––71551––70752CUT––*69853––69654CUT––6945569156––68957CUT––68258CUT––68159WD––*66360––*65861CUT––65662––64263CUT––––63964––*62365––61466––61267WD––––59268––––59269DNP––––59070––*58671CUT––––57672CUT––––57373––––57274––––*56875CUT––––56476CUT––––55177E52978DNP––––52779––52480CUT––––51781CUT––––51482CUT––––50983CUT––––50884CUT––––*50585––––50186CUT––––49887––*49188––––49089CUT––––*48390––––*48091––––47392CUT––––46193––––45894CUT––––*45695––––*43896CUT––––42897CUT––––42798DNP––––*42499––––421100––––412101––––410102WD––––406103––––*405104CUT––––*404105CUT––––404106CUT––––401107––––400108––––*397109––––391110––––387111CUT––––385112––––385113CUT––––385114CUT––––376115CUT––––361116CUT––––*359117CUT––––355118––––*353119CUT––––351120CUT––––349121––346122CUT––––333123CUT––––328124CUT––––324125–––– * First-time Playoffs qualifier DNP = Did not play WD = Withdrew

References

External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site