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2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2017 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 24 to September 24. It included the following four events:

2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 24 – September 24, 2017
LocationGlen Oaks Club
TPC Boston
Conway Farms Golf Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Field125 for The Northern Trust
100 for Dell Technologies Championship
70 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund$35 million bonus money
Winner's share$10 million bonus money
Champion
United States Justin Thomas
3,000 points
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These were the eleventh FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings edit

Place Player Points Events
1   Hideki Matsuyama 2,869 18
2   Justin Thomas 2,689 21
3   Jordan Spieth 2,671 19
4   Dustin Johnson 2,466 16
5   Rickie Fowler 1,832 17
6   Jon Rahm 1,754 19
7   Brooks Koepka 1,736 20
8   Daniel Berger 1,623 22
9   Kevin Kisner 1,612 24
10   Brian Harman 1,557 26

The Northern Trust edit

The Northern Trust was played August 24–27. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, five did not enter: Sergio García (ranked 22), Brandt Snedeker (64), Adam Scott (66), Scott Piercy (85), and Dominic Bozzelli (115).[1] Of the 120 entrants, 70 made the second-round cut at 142 (+2).

Dustin Johnson won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Jordan Spieth.[2] The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Dell Technologies Championship. This included three players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Northern Trust: Bubba Watson (ranked 113th to 72nd), David Lingmerth (122 to 88), and Harold Varner III (123 to 91). Three players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: An Byeong-hun (ranked 96th to 102nd), Robert Garrigus (99 to 109), and Noh Seung-yul (100 to 110).[3]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Dustin Johnson 65-69-67-66=267 −13 1,575,000 1 4
2   Jordan Spieth 69-65-64-69=267 945,000 2 3
T3   Jon Rahm 68-68-67-68=271 −9 507,500 5 6
  Jhonattan Vegas 69-65-72-65=271 10 29
5   Paul Casey 69-68-66-71=274 −6 350,000 12 18
T6   Kevin Chappell 68-73-64-70=275 −5 283,281 17 30
  Jason Day 69-71-68-67=275 29 49
  Webb Simpson 73-66-71-65=275 16 25
  Justin Thomas 68-69-69-69=275 3 2
T10   Patrick Cantlay 67-70-69-70=276 −4 187,500 50 78
  Matt Kuchar 71-64-68-73=276 15 15
  Louis Oosthuizen 67-72-68-69=276 26 35
  Chez Reavie 69-68-69-70=276 40 63
  Justin Rose 68-68-69-71=276 24 32
  Robert Streb 71-70-66-69=276 51 79
  Bubba Watson 67-68-71-70=276 72 113
  • Par 70 course

Dell Technologies Championship edit

The Dell Technologies Championship was played September 1–4. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, four did not enter: Henrik Stenson (ranked 22), Brandt Snedeker (68), J. B. Holmes (86), and Scott Piercy (94).[4] Of the 96 entrants, 79 made the second-round cut at 145 (+3).

Justin Thomas won by three strokes over Jordan Spieth. It was Thomas's fifth win of the season and Spieth's second runner-up finish of the 2017 playoffs. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included three players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Dell Technologies Championship: Stewart Cink (81 to 57), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (80 to 60), and Emiliano Grillo (77 to 62). Three players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Russell Knox (65 to 71), Kelly Kraft (64 to 72), and Brandt Snedeker (68 to 73).[5]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Justin Thomas 71-67-63-66=267 −17 1,575,000 2 3
2   Jordan Spieth 72-65-66-67=270 −14 945,000 1 2
3   Marc Leishman 67-69-65-70=271 −13 595,000 7 20
T4   Paul Casey 70-65-67-70=272 −12 385,000 8 12
  Jon Rahm 67-66-71-68=272 5 5
T6   Phil Mickelson 69-67-69-68=273 −11 283,281 36 58
  Kevin Na 68-69-70-66=273 40 63
  Pat Perez 72-67-67-67=273 10 14
  Patrick Reed 71-67-69-66=273 22 33
T10   Bill Haas 71-70-68-65=274 −10 227,500 30 39
  Justin Rose 72-65-69-68=274 17 24
  • Par 71 course

BMW Championship edit

The BMW Championship was played September 14–17, after a one-week break. All 70 players eligible to play in the event did so, and there was no cut.

Marc Leishman won by five strokes from Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose. 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: Tony Finau (39 to 24), Sergio García (34 to 25), Xander Schauffele (32 to 26), and Patrick Cantlay (41 to 29). Four players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Louis Oosthuizen (24 to 31), Henrik Stenson (26 to 32), Brendan Steele (27 to 33), and Bill Haas (30 to 35).[6]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Marc Leishman 62-64-68-67=261 −23 1,575,000 4 7
T2   Rickie Fowler 65-64-70-67=266 −18 770,000 6 6
  Justin Rose 67-68-66-65=266 8 17
4   Jason Day 64-65-70-69=268 −16 420,000 15 28
T5   Matt Kuchar 67-68-67-67=269 −15 332,500 12 18
  Jon Rahm 69-68-65-67=269 5 5
T7   Tony Finau 65-72-70-64=271 −13 282,188 24 39
  Jordan Spieth 65-70-71-65=271 1 1
T9   Patrick Cantlay 67-65-70-70=272 −12 236,250 29 41
  Anirban Lahiri 67-71-68-66=272 51 70
  Webb Simpson 66-73-65-68=272 16 21
  • Par 71 course

Reseed points edit

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Place Player Points Reseed points Events
1   Jordan Spieth 5,421 2,000 22
2   Justin Thomas 5,081 1,800 24
3   Dustin Johnson 4,730 1,520 19
4   Marc Leishman 4,084 1,296 24
5   Jon Rahm 3,314 1,280 22
6   Rickie Fowler 3,197 1,120 20
7   Hideki Matsuyama 3,058 960 21
8   Justin Rose 2,514 800 17
9   Brooks Koepka 2,170 640 23
10   Paul Casey 2,145 480 23

Tour Championship edit

The Tour Championship was played September 21–24. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Xander Schauffele won by one stroke over Justin Thomas but Thomas won the FedEx Cup.[7][8]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Xander Schauffele 69-66-65-68=268 −12 1,575,000 3 26
2   Justin Thomas 67-66-70-66=269 −11 945,000 1 2
T3   Russell Henley 67-71-67-65=270 −10 511,875 13 27
  Kevin Kisner 68-68-64-70=270 12 18
5   Paul Casey 66-67-65-73=271 −9 350,000 11 10
6   Brooks Koepka 66-69-68-69=272 −8 315,000 10 9
T7   Tony Finau 68-71-68-66=273 −7 280,000 19 24
  Jon Rahm 67-67-70-69=273 5 5
  Jordan Spieth 67-70-69-67=273 2 1
T10   Sergio García 73-66-68-67=274 −6 236,250 21 25
  Matt Kuchar 69-71-67-67=274 14 12
  Justin Rose 68-66-71-69=274 9 8
  • Par 70 course

Final leaderboard edit

Place Player Points Money ($)
1   Justin Thomas 3,000 10,000,000
2   Jordan Spieth 2,340 3,000,000
3   Xander Schauffele 2,151 2,000,000
4   Dustin Johnson 1,720 1,500,000
5   Jon Rahm 1,620 1,000,000
6   Marc Leishman 1,441 800,000
7   Rickie Fowler 1,253 700,000
8   Hideki Matsuyama 1,093 600,000
9   Justin Rose 1,080 550,000
10   Brooks Koepka 1,040 500,000

For the full list, see here.

Table of qualifying players edit

Table key:

  Win
  Top-10 finish
  Did not advance to next tournament
  Played way into next tournament
Player Pre-Playoffs The Northern Trust Dell Technologies BMW Champ. Reseed
points 		Tour Champ.
Points Rank Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Final rank
  Hideki Matsuyama 2,869 1 CUT 4 T23 4 T47 7 960 T26 8
  Justin Thomas 2,689 2 T6 3 1 2 T47 2 1,800 2 1
  Jordan Spieth 2,671 3 2 2 2 1 T7 1 2,000 T7 2
  Dustin Johnson 2,466 4 1 1 T18 3 T33 3 1,520 T17 4
  Rickie Fowler 1,832 5 T20 6 T13 6 T2 6 1,120 T26 7
  Jon Rahm* 1,754 6 T3 5 T4 5 T5 5 1,280 T7 5
  Brooks Koepka 1,736 7 T49 7 T18 9 T12 9 640 6 10
  Daniel Berger 1,623 8 33 8 T61 11 T33 14 336 15 16
  Kevin Kisner 1,612 9 T54 11 T53 14 T67 18 251 T3 12
  Brian Harman 1,557 10 CUT 13 T65 15 T40 20 219 T24 25
  Charley Hoffman 1,498 11 T17 9 T47 12 T27 13 352 T28 20
  Pat Perez 1,461 12 T34 14 T6 10 T12 11 384 16 15
  Adam Hadwin 1,347 13 CUT 18 T13 16 T40 21 206 23 26
  Marc Leishman 1,324 14 CUT 20 3 7 1 4 1,296 T24 6
  Matt Kuchar 1,260 15 T10 15 T56 18 T5 12 368 T10 14
  Brendan Steele 1,226 16 CUT 25 T56 27 T44 33 – – 33
  Kyle Stanley 1,204 17 T25 19 T25 19 T47 22 194 T20 24
  Paul Casey 1,135 18 5 12 T4 8 T33 10 480 5 11
  Russell Henley 1,129 19 T25 23 T40 23 T47 27 142 T3 13
  Jason Dufner 1,126 20 T20 21 T69 25 T58 30 115 T20 30
  Charles Howell III 1,102 21 T62 28 CUT 35 T67 40 – – 40
  Sergio García 1,085 22 DNP 30 T35 34 T12 25 161 T10 21
  Henrik Stenson 1,079 23 T17 22 DNP 26 T51 32 – – 32
  Billy Horschel 1,068 24 CUT 31 CUT 38 62 42 – – 42
  Webb Simpson 1,058 25 T6 16 T75 21 T9 16 293 T13 17
  Gary Woodland 1,052 26 CUT 34 T18 29 T27 28 133 19 28
  Wesley Bryan* 1,046 27 T54 32 T69 37 69 41 – – 41
  Tony Finau 1,024 28 T54 35 T65 39 T7 24 170 T7 19
  Jhonattan Vegas 1,023 29 T3 10 T65 13 T63 17 272 30 23
  Kevin Chappell 1,015 30 T6 17 T35 20 T12 19 231 T28 27
  Francesco Molinari 1,010 31 CUT 36 T61 42 T12 37 – – 37
  Justin Rose 996 32 T10 24 T10 17 T2 8 800 T10 9
  Xander Schauffele* 988 33 T17 27 T53 32 T20 26 151 1 3
  Mackenzie Hughes* 974 34 T62 37 T13 31 T44 36 – – 36
  Louis Oosthuizen 956 35 T10 26 T30 24 T63 31 – – 31
  Bill Haas 946 36 CUT 39 T10 30 T53 35 – – 35
  Hudson Swafford 921 37 T43 38 T13 33 T40 38 – – 38
  Patrick Reed 896 38 T20 33 T6 22 65 23 182 T13 22
  Ollie Schniederjans* 882 39 CUT 42 CUT 50 66 60 – – 60
  Cameron Smith* 847 40 CUT 44 CUT 56 T12 46 – – 46
  Kim Si-woo 839 41 T43 41 T40 45 T58 54 – – 54
  Zach Johnson 839 42 CUT 46 T56 54 T20 48 – – 48
  Bryson DeChambeau* 836 43 CUT 48 T30 44 T33 49 – – 49
  Rory McIlroy 803 44 T34 43 CUT 51 T58 58 – – 58
  Kang Sung-hoon 798 45 CUT 53 T35 52 T53 59 – – 59
  Keegan Bradley 794 46 T43 47 T35 48 T27 47 – – 47
  Jamie Lovemark 787 47 CUT 54 T40 58 T33 57 – – 57
  Ian Poulter 760 48 66 56 T23 47 T40 52 – – 52
  Jason Day 756 49 T6 29 T25 28 4 15 314 T17 18
  Luke List 741 50 T34 52 T47 55 T20 50 – – 50
  Phil Mickelson 734 51 T54 58 T6 36 T20 34 – – 34
  Charl Schwartzel 727 52 T29 49 T25 43 T27 44 – – 44
  James Hahn 711 53 CUT 60 T75 64 T33 68 – – 68
  Sean O'Hair 707 54 69 59 CUT 65 T20 62 – – 62
  Lucas Glover 706 55 T40 57 T30 53 T12 43 – – 43
  Danny Lee 697 56 CUT 62 CUT 69 WD 70 – – 70
  Martin Laird 676 57 T20 45 T40 49 T44 56 – – 56
  Kelly Kraft* 672 58 70 64 WD 72 – – – – 72
  Ryan Moore 671 59 T49 61 WD 67 T20 64 – – 64
  Russell Knox 669 60 CUT 65 T61 71 – – – – 71
  Anirban Lahiri 667 61 CUT 66 T56 70 T9 51 – – 51
  Bud Cauley 666 62 CUT 67 T47 68 T27 65 – – 65
  Chez Reavie 666 63 T10 40 T61 46 T12 39 – – 39
  Brandt Snedeker 663 64 DNP 68 DNP 73 – – – – 73
  Scott Brown 646 65 T25 55 T65 61 T20 55 – – 55
  Adam Scott 642 66 DNP 73 CUT 79 – – – – 79
  Graham DeLaet 640 67 WD 74 T75 76 – – – – 76
  Patrick Rodgers 639 68 CUT 75 T73 78 – – – – 78
  Grayson Murray* 638 69 T62 70 T25 63 T51 66 – – 66
  Rod Pampling 630 70 T54 71 79 74 – – – – 74
  Chris Stroud 627 71 CUT 78 CUT 84 – – – – 84
  Kevin Tway* 619 72 T43 69 T40 66 T53 69 – – 69
  Chad Campbell 616 73 T67 76 CUT 83 – – – – 83
  Rafa Cabrera-Bello* 615 74 CUT 80 T18 60 T33 61 – – 61
  Kevin Na 584 75 T29 63 T6 40 T53 45 – – 45
  Stewart Cink 583 76 CUT 81 12 57 T27 53 – – 53
  Jonas Blixt 578 77 CUT 84 T40 82 – – – – 82
  Patrick Cantlay* 578 78 T10 50 T13 41 T9 29 124 T20 29
  Robert Streb 577 79 T10 51 T73 59 T53 63 – – 63
  Morgan Hoffmann 565 80 T67 83 T40 81 – – – – 81
  Jim Herman 553 81 CUT 86 T69 91 – – – – 91
  J. B. Holmes 543 82 CUT 88 DNP 95 – – – – 95
  Kevin Streelman 541 83 CUT 90 T35 86 – – – – 86
  Nick Taylor 532 84 CUT 92 T56 93 – – – – 93
  Scott Piercy 532 85 DNP 94 DNP 98 – – – – 98
  Pan Cheng-tsung* 527 86 T49 85 T47 88 – – – – 88
  Patton Kizzire 519 87 CUT 97 CUT 99 – – – – 99
  Emiliano Grillo 518 88 T29 77 22 62 T58 67 – – 67
  Cody Gribble* 514 89 CUT 98 T30 87 – – – – 87
  Branden Grace 510 90 CUT 99 T25 80 – – – – 80
  J. J. Spaun* 510 91 T54 93 T75 97 – – – – 97
  Kim Meen-whee* 505 92 T34 82 CUT 89 – – – – 89
  William McGirt 499 93 T54 96 T30 85 – – – – 85
  Jason Kokrak 490 94 T25 79 T53 77 – – – – 77
  Michael Kim 483 95 CUT 100 CUT 100 – – – – 100
  An Byeong-hun* 468 96 CUT 102 – – – – – – 102
  Chris Kirk 467 97 T40 95 T47 92 – – – – 92
  Camilo Villegas 464 98 T34 89 CUT 96 – – – – 96
  Robert Garrigus 448 99 CUT 109 – – – – – – 109
  Noh Seung-yul 446 100 CUT 110 – – – – – – 110
  Jimmy Walker 439 101 CUT 111 – – – – – – 111
  Scott Stallings 438 102 T43 101 – – – – – – 101
  David Lingmerth 437 103 T29 87 CUT 94 – – – – 94
  D. A. Points 435 104 T54 104 – – – – – – 104
  Ryan Blaum* 434 105 T62 107 – – – – – – 107
  Brian Gay 426 106 CUT 112 – – – – – – 112
  Luke Donald 424 107 T49 105 – – – – – – 105
  Richy Werenski* 423 108 T49 106 – – – – – – 106
  Brandon Hagy* 419 109 CUT 113 – – – – – – 113
  Steve Stricker 410 110 CUT 115 – – – – – – 115
  Derek Fathauer 408 111 CUT 116 – – – – – – 116
  Tyrone van Aswegen 407 112 CUT 117 – – – – – – 117
  Bubba Watson 397 113 T10 72 T69 75 – – – – 75
  Harris English 397 114 CUT 118 – – – – – – 118
  Dominic Bozzelli* 394 115 DNP 119 – – – – – – 119
  Geoff Ogilvy 390 116 T40 108 – – – – – – 108
  Nick Watney 386 117 CUT 120 – – – – – – 120
  Martin Flores 383 118 T34 103 – – – – – – 103
  John Huh 382 119 CUT 121 – – – – – – 121
  Blayne Barber 381 120 CUT 122 – – – – – – 122
  Ben Martin 378 121 CUT 123 – – – – – – 123
  Rory Sabbatini 375 122 CUT 124 – – – – – – 124
  Harold Varner III 375 123 T20 91 T47 90 – – – – 90
  Vaughn Taylor 369 124 T43 114 – – – – – – 114
  J. J. Henry 365 125 CUT 125 – – – – – – 125

* First-time Playoffs qualifier

References edit

  1. ^ Shain, Jeff (August 18, 2017). "Storylines from The Northern Trust". PGA Tour.
  2. ^ "Dustin Johnson's comeback ends with playoff victory over Jordan Spieth". ESPN. Associated Press. August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  3. ^ Everill, Ben (August 27, 2017). "FedExCup: Watson, Lingmerth, Varner moving on". PGA Tour.
  4. ^ Gray, Will (August 28, 2017). "Former champ Stenson withdraws from Boston stop". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017.
  5. ^ "Justin Thomas holds on in Boston to earn fifth win of the season". ESPN. Associated Press. September 4, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Marc Leishman breaks tournament record, eyes FedEx Cup title". ESPN. Associated Press. September 17, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "Xander Schauffele is first rookie to win Tour Championship; Justin Thomas takes FedEx Cup". ESPN. Associated Press. September 25, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  8. ^ Murray, Ewan (September 24, 2017). "Justin Thomas completes remarkable season with $10m FedEx Cup win". The Guardian. Retrieved September 26, 2017.

External links edit

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