2016 FedEx Cup Playoffs

September 2018 March 2026 2016 FedEx Cup Playoffs August 25 –September 25, 2016 Bethpage Black CourseTPC BostonCrooked Stick Golf ClubEast Lake Golf Club PGA Tour 125 for The Barclays100 for Deutsche Bank Ch.70 for BMW Championship30 for Tour Championship $35,000,000 bonus money $10,000,000 bonus money NIR Rory McIlroy 3,120 points 2015 2017 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 AUS Jason Day 2,735 162 USA Dustin Johnson 2,701 183 AUS Adam Scott 2,063 164 SCO Russell Knox 2,001 215 USA Jordan Spieth 1,965 176 USA Brandt Snedeker 1,717 237 USA Patrick Reed 1,575 248 USA Phil Mickelson 1,532 189 USA Kevin Na 1,529 2310 USA 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).http://www.pgatour.com/power-rankings/2016/08/22/the-barclays.html Power Rankings: The Barclays PGA Tour Rob Bolton August 22, 2016http://www.pgatour.com/news/2016/08/24/alex-cejka-withdraw-barclays.html Cejka withdraws from The Barclays PGA Tour Helen Ross August 24, 2016 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.http://www.pgatour.com/news/2014/12/11/fedexcup-playoff-point-distribution-changes.html PGA Tour unveils FedExCup Playoff points change PGA Tour December 11, 2014 Patrick Reed won by a stroke over Emiliano Grillo and Sean O'Hair and moved from seventh place to first place in the standings.http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/17411327/patrick-reed-wins-barclays-rickie-fowler-loses-ryder-cup-spot Patrick Reed wins Barclays, Rickie Fowler loses Ryder Cup auto bid ESPN Associated Press August 28, 2016 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).http://www.pgatour.com/news/2016/08/28/fedexcup-update-after-the-barclays.html FedExCup update after The Barclays PGA Tour Ben Everill August 28, 2016 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 USA Patrick Reed 66-68-71-70=275 −9 1,530,000 1 7T2 ARG Emiliano Grillo 67-69-71-69=276 −8 748,000 6 32 USA Sean O'Hair 69-69-72-66=276 15 108T4 AUS Jason Day 68-70-70-69=277 −7 351,333 2 1 AUS Adam Scott 69-72-65-71=277 4 3 USA Gary Woodland 71-69-68-69=277 24 42T7 USA Rickie Fowler 67-69-68-74=278 −6 264,917 16 28 USA Jason Kokrak 74-66-69-69=278 43 65 USA Ryan Moore 69-68-72-69=278 11 23T10 USA Jordan Spieth 71-67-72-69=279 −5 221,000 5 5 USA 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.http://www.pgatour.com/news/2016/09/01/deutsche-bank-championship-notable-wds.html Notable WDs at the Deutsche Bank Championship PGA Tour September 1, 2016 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.http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/17471233/rory-mcilroy-rallies-win-deutsche-bank-six-shots-behind Rory McIlroy rallies from six behind to win Deutsche Bank ESPN Associated Press September 5, 2016 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).http://www.pgatour.com/news/2016/09/05/fedexcup-udpate-final-round-deutsche-bank.html Update: Who's in, out after Deutsche Bank? PGA Tour Helen Ross September 5, 2016 FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 NIR Rory McIlroy 71-67-66-65=269 −15 1,530,000 4 382 ENG Paul Casey 66-66-66-73=271 −13 918,000 10 593 USA Jimmy Walker 68-64-70-70=272 −12 578,000 9 254 AUS Adam Scott 67-71-70-65=273 −11 408,000 5 4T5 ARG Fabián Gómez 66-71-68-69=274 −10 301,250 32 48 USA James Hahn 65-74-66-69=274 39 55 USA Patrick Reed 68-67-70-69=274 1 1T8 USA Kevin Chappell 67-64-71-73=275 −9 212,500 13 13 CAN David Hearn 68-68-69-70=275 59 92 USA Billy Hurley III 67-69-69-70=275 51 77 USA Dustin Johnson 68-66-75-66=275 3 3 USA Jason Kokrak 70-68-71-66=275 34 43 USA Ryan Moore 65-70-68-72=275 12 11 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 71-69-64-71=275 40 44 Par 71 course BMW Championship The BMW Championship was played September 8–11. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only Henrik Stenson (knee injury) did not play.http://www.pgatour.com/news/2016/09/08/fedexcup-update-bmw-round-one.html FedExCup Update: BMW Championship, Round 1 PGA Tour September 8, 2016 Ben Everill There was no cut. Dustin Johnson won by three strokes over Paul Casey.http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/17524275/dustin-johnson-wins-bmw-championship-leads-fedex-cup Dustin Johnson wins BMW Championship, leads FedEx Cup ESPN Associated Press September 11, 2016 The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to the Tour Championship. This included four players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship: Roberto Castro (53 to 21), Daniel Berger (31 to 26), J. B. Holmes (42 to 28), and Charl Schwartzel (43 to 30). Four players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Rickie Fowler (22 to 31), Sergio García (25 to 32), Brooks Koepka (30 to 35) and Henrik Stenson (24 to 36).http://www.pgatour.com/news/2016/09/11/road-to-east-lake-live-blog.html The road to East Lake PGA Tour September 11, 2016 FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 USA Dustin Johnson 67-63-68-67=265 −23 1,530,000 1 32 ENG Paul Casey 67-66-68-67=268 −20 918,000 5 103 USA Roberto Castro 65-65-74-67=271 −17 578,000 21 53T4 USA J. B. Holmes 69-65-68-74=276 −12 323,850 28 42 USA Matt Kuchar 68-69-68-71=276 16 28 USA Ryan Palmer 73-64-69-70=276 34 47 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 70-70-72-64=276 30 43 AUS Adam Scott 69-69-67-71=276 3 59 USA Jordan Spieth 68-72-68-69=277 −11 246,500 7 6T10 USA Daniel Berger 70-68-71-69=278 −10 212,500 26 31 USA Billy Horschel 73-68-67-70=278 50 62 USA Chris Kirk 68-66-73-71=278 54 66 Par 72 course Reset points The points were reset after the BMW Championship. PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents1 USA Dustin Johnson 5,189 2,000 212 USA Patrick Reed 4,203 1,800 273 AUS Adam Scott 3,479 1,600 194 AUS Jason Day 3,409 1,440 195 ENG Paul Casey 3,252 1,280 216 NIR Rory McIlroy 3,223 1,120 177 USA Jordan Spieth 2,771 960 208 SCO Russell Knox 2,465 800 249 ARG Emiliano Grillo 2,371 640 2410 USA 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.http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/17638525/rory-mcilroy-wins-tour-championship-playoff-collects-10-million-fedex-cup-bonus Rory McIlroy rallies from 3 back to win Tour Championship in playoff ESPN Associated Press September 26, 2016https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/37468854 Tour Championship: Rory McIlroy wins title in Atlanta to claim FedEx Cup September 26, 2016 BBC Sport September 28, 2016https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/26/rory-mcilroy-fedex-cup-tour-championship-ryder-cup Rory McIlroy scoops FedEx Cup glory to give Europe Ryder Cup momentum September 26, 2016 The Guardian Ewan Murray September 28, 2016 FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 NIR Rory McIlroy 68-70-66-64=268 −12 1,530,000 1 6T2 USA Kevin Chappell 66-68-68-66=268 752,250 8 15 USA Ryan Moore 70-68-66-64=268 7 144 ENG Paul Casey 68-70-69-64=271 −9 408,000 5 55 JPN Hideki Matsuyama 66-71-68-69=274 −6 340,000 13 17T6 USA Dustin Johnson 66-67-69-73=275 −5 297,500 2 1 USA Justin Thomas 68-71-69-67=275 12 13T8 USA Jason Dufner 73-67-66-70=276 −4 263,500 19 27 AUS Adam Scott 69-71-71-65=276 4 310 ARG Emiliano Grillo 73-70-66-69=278 −2 218,620 11 9 KOR Kim Si-woo 67-72-74-65=278 17 18 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 74-67-66-71=278 25 30 USA Bubba Watson 72-73-66-67=278 21 24 USA Gary Woodland 72-70-69-67=278 20 20 Par 70 course Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)1 NIR Rory McIlroy 3,120 10,000,0002 USA Dustin Johnson 2,380 3,000,0003 USA Patrick Reed 1,986 2,000,0004 AUS Adam Scott 1,930 1,500,0005 ENG Paul Casey 1,880 1,000,0006 AUS Jason Day 1,440 800,0007 USA Ryan Moore 1,336 700,0008 USA Kevin Chappell 1,320 600,0009 USA Jordan Spieth 1,168 550,00010 SCO Russell Knox 992 500,000 For the full list see here. Table of qualifying players Table key: lime Win yellow Top-10 finish #F08080 Did not advance to next tournament #D0F0C0 Played way into next tournament PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe BarclaysDeutsche BankBMW Champ.ResetpointsTour Champ.PointsRankFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rankAUSJason Day2,73514 T215 T2100WD41,440100WD6USADustin Johnson2,701218 T38 T3112,0006 T2AUSAdam Scott golfer2,06334 T4454 T31,6008 T4SCORussell Knox2,061460 T715 T717 T88002310USAJordan Spieth1,965510 T521 T69796017 T9USABrandt Snedeker1,717648 T946 T1113 T1138417 T15USAPatrick Reed1,5757115 T113 T21,80024 T3USAPhil Mickelson1,532813 T1099CUT1524 T133522216USAKevin Na1,529999CUT14101DNP2320 T222322928USAJustin Thomas1,5121010 T899CUT1432 T123686 T12USAKevin Kisner1,4911148 T1246 T1739 T192562623JPNHideki Matsuyama1,4681299CUT1715 T1624 T17288513USAKevin Chappell1,4221331 T138 T1361 T153202 T8SWEHenrik Stenson1,38714100WD2141 T24101DNP360–102–36KORKim Si-woo Kim, Siwoo*1,3821599CUT2215 T1820 T1827210 T17USAWilliam McGirt1,3601641 T1899CUT2620 T2322417 T24USAJimmy Walker golfer1,3521799CUT253913 T104802814USAMatt Kuchar1,3491864 T2346 T284 T1630415 T18USABrooks Koepka1,3481970 T2657 T3032 T350–102–35ESPSergio García1,30620101DNP2824 T2547 T320–102–32USAJason Dufner1,2732122 T2033 T1960271928 T19USADaniel Berger golfer1,2542270 T3041 T3110 T2620015 T26USARyan Moore golfer1,235237 T118 T1264 T143362 T7USABubba Watson1,2352413 T1999CUT2720 T2421610 T21ZAFBranden Grace*1,1872599CUT3341 T3732 T410–102–41USASmylie Kaufman*1,1812699CUT3424 T3356 T430–102–43NIRGraeme McDowell1,1422799CUT3599CUT4542 T480–102–48USARickie Fowler1,131287 T1646 T2259310–102–31USABill Haas1,1292999CUT3667 T4632 T460–102–46ZAFCharl Schwartzel1,1273053 T3270434 T3016810 T25VENJhonattan Vegas1,1193122 T2933 T2924 T2917624 T29ARGEmiliano Grillo*1,109322 T633 T832 T964010 T11USACharley Hoffman1,0873313 T2799CUT3652 T440–102–44USAScott Piercy1,0773422 T3153 T3524 T370–102–37USAHarris English1,0323560 T4141 T4447 T470–102–47NIRRory McIlroy9733631 T381442 T61,12011USADaniel Summerhays9633799CUT4799CUT5568650–102–65USAJ. B. Holmes9563841 T4233 T424 T281842730USACharles Howell III Howell, Charles9313999CUT5024 T4847 T520–102–52ARGFabián Gómez Gomez, Fabian9244060 T485 T3247 T400–102–40USAJim Herman9234122 T3933 T4124 T420–102–42USAGary Woodland907424 T2415 T2124 T2024810 T20USAJamie Lovemark*9044322 T40714932 T490–102–49USAJames Hahn golfer8784499CUT555 T3924 T390–102–39AUSAaron Baddeley8744599CUT5667 T6761 T690–102–69USATony Finau86446123724 T3866 T450–102–45SWEDavid Lingmerth8594799CUT5863 T6561 T670–102–67ENGLuke Donald8494853 T5365 T6039 T580–102–58USAJon Curran8404968 T6067 T6947 T660–102–66USAZach Johnson8335048 T5257 T5642 T570–102–57ENGJustin Rose8295131 T4557 T5024 T510–102–51USAKyle Reifers8215268 T6241 T5852 T610–102–61USARoberto Castro8105399CUT6424 T5332124017 T22USAColt Knost8035499CUT6599CUT79102–102–0–102–79USABrendan Steele7915522 T46725464 T630–102–63ZAFLouis Oosthuizen7695618 T448 T4017 T380–102–38AUSMarc Leishman7655799CUT7146 T7052 T680–102–68USAPatton Kizzire*7605899CUT7299CUT82102–102–0–102–82DEUAlex Čejka Cejka, Alex75459101DNP73101DNP83102–102–0–102–83USAChris Kirk7496099CUT7533 T6610 T540–102–54USABen Martin golfer7416131 T5499CUT6866 T700–102–70USAPatrick Rodgers*7396299CUT7646 T74102–102–0–102–74USARyan Palmer7316313 T4924 T474 T340–102–34USAVaughn Taylor golfer7266499CUT7924 T6442 T620–102–62USAJason Kokrak721657 T438 T3417 T330–102–33USARicky Barnes7186653 T6853 T71102–102–0–102–71SWEFreddie Jacobson7146799CUT8199CUT90102–102–0–102–90ENGPaul Casey7106831 T59210251,28045USABilly Hurley III Hurley, Billy7106964 T778 T5142 T550–102–55KORK. J. Choi7057099CUT8399CUT91102–102–0–102–91NZLDanny Lee golfer6997199CUT8599CUT92102–102–0–102–92USABilly Horschel6947213 T5199CUT6210 T500–102–50USAKevin Streelman6927322 T5757 T6339 T590–102–59USAJerry Kelly6927431 T6199CUT72102–102–0–102–72ENGDanny Willett*69175101DNP86101DNP93102–102–0–102–93USABrian Stuard6807641 T6621 T5256 T600–102–60USAJason Bohn66777778999CUT97102–102–0–102–97USAWebb Simpson6667848 T7499CUT84102–102–0–102–84USABryce Molder6527999CUT9453 T89102–102–0–102–89USASpencer Levin6448099CUT9657 T94102–102–0–102–94USAScott Brown golfer6438199CUT9833 T80102–102–0–102–80USAHarold Varner III Varner, Harold*6438260 T8733 T75102–102–0–102–75USARussell Henley6428348 T7899CUT87102–102–0–102–87CANAdam Hadwin6388464 T9146 T85102–102–0–102–85USAChad Campbell6338599CUT10021 T73102–102–0–102–73USAChez Reavie6308631 T7099CUT81102–102–0–102–81IRLShane Lowry*61587101DNP102102–102–102–102–0–102–102USABrian Harman6078822 T6724 T5713 T530–102–53SCOMartin Laird6058918 T6399CUT77102–102–0–102–77USAHudson Swafford6039041 T8215 T6156 T640–102–64CANDavid Hearn golfer5999153 T928 T5932 T560–102–56USAJohnson Wagner5989222 T6963 T78102–102–0–102–78USAPeter Malnati*5969378 T104102–102–102–102–0–102–104USAJim Furyk5919441 T8457 T86102–102–0–102–86USARobert Streb5909570 T105102–102–102–102–0–102–105USALucas Glover5879670 T106102–102–102–102–0–102–106FJIVijay Singh5869753 T9599CUT99102–102–0–102–99USASteve Stricker5839853 T9724 T76102–102–0–102–76AUSJohn Senden5779931 T8099CUT88102–102–0–102–88SWEJonas Blixt57210074 T107102–102–102–102–0–102–107USABrett Stegmaier*559101100WD108102–102–102–102–0–102–108USARobert Garrigus558102100WD109102–102–102–102–0–102–109USAZac Blair55210374 T110102–102–102–102–0–102–110ZAFTyrone van Aswegen Vanaswegen, Tyrone*55010441 T9399CUT98102–102–0–102–98ITAFrancesco Molinari55010599CUT111102–102–102–102–0–102–111USAKeegan Bradley54510653 T103102–102–102–102–0–102–103USACameron Tringale53910799CUT112102–102–102–102–0–102–112USASean O'Hair Ohair, Sean5361082 T1553 T2052 T2520817 T27USAAndrew Loupe*53510999CUT113102–102–102–102–0–102–113USABoo Weekley53211099CUT114102–102–102–102–0–102–114USAJohn Huh52611131 T9065 T95102–102–0–102–95USABlayne Barber*52011241 T101102–102–102–102–0–102–101USAMark Hubbard golfer*50311399CUT115102–102–102–102–0–102–115USABen Crane50011499CUT117102–102–102–102–0–102–117USAMichael Kim golfer*50011599CUT118102–102–102–102–0–102–118USAKyle Stanley49711674 T116102–102–102–102–0–102–116INDAnirban Lahiri*494117101DNP119102–102–102–102–0–102–119USADerek Fathauer*49111831 T9999CUT100102–102–0–102–100CANGraham DeLaet48711978 T120102–102–102–102–0–102–120USATroy Merritt48212099CUT121102–102–102–102–0–102–121USALuke List golfer*48112199CUT122102–102–102–102–0–102–122KORKang Sung-hoon golfer Kang, Sunghoon*47312218 T8899CUT96102–102–0–102–96USAShawn Stefani45912364 T123102–102–102–102–0–102–123USADavid Toms45512499CUT124102–102–102–102–0–102–124KORNoh Seung-yul Noh, Seungyul45412599CUT125102–102–102–102–0–102–125 * First-time Playoffs qualifier References 2 External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site Category:FedEx Cup FedEx Cup Playoffs