How does FedEx Cup Playoffs work? Format, rules & points system

The 2023 PGA Tour season is coming to an end, but fans still have three great weeks of golf ahead of them, as the FedEx Cup Playoffs get set to tee off next week.

The Playoffs feature three events across three weeks, where players will be competing for FedEx Cup points to advance to the Tour Championship.

With a rumored $100 million on the line, the Tour Championship will feature the biggest purse of the year and will be judged on a stroke system. As a result, the winner of the Tour Championship will house the FedEx Cup.

Below, we’ll go over how the FedEx Cup Playoffs works including format, rules, and points systems.

FedEx Cup Format

The FedEx Cup will feature three events at the end of the season.

There are no cuts during the events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, however, there will be progressive cuts at the end of every week.

Only the top 70 players will qualify and compete at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. After that, the field will be cut down to the top 50 players for the BMW Championship. Lastly, the Tour Championship will be narrowed down to only the top 30 players, who will compete for the biggest payout of the season.

To qualify for the playoffs, players must be ranked within the top 70 on the FedEx Cup standings at the end of the regular season, which culminates with the Wyndham Championship.

The FedEx Cup is one of the most exciting times of the year. The first two events will feature $20 million purses while the final event will give out over $75 million in prize money.

FedEx Cup Rules

The FedEx Cup champion will take home at least $18 million in 2023. To qualify, players must advance to the final round at the Tour Championship, which features a field of only 30 golfers.

At the end of the regular season, the top 70 eligible to play will carry over their points through the first two events.

In the first two events, the FedEx St. Jude Championship and BMW Championship, the winner will be awarded 2,000 points, quadrupling the number of points for a regular season event. From there, each progressive cut will be determined based on the FedEx Cup standings at the end of each tournament.

The Playoffs will come to an end with the Tour Championship, which will feature the top 30 players competing on a strokes-based system. That means all points are thrown out the window at the Tour Championship and the winner takes all in Atlanta, Georgia.

The FedEx Cup Champion will be determined at the end of the tournament and take home the biggest purse of the PGA Tour season.

In an event where any eligible player cannot play, the field will be shortened and no alternates will be added.

FedEx Cup Points System

During the regular season, each PGA Tour event has a set number of points assigned to it.

Some tournaments, like the Players and Major Championships, are worth more than typical events. These tournaments award 600 FedEx Cup points to the winner, more than any other event during the regular season.

On the other hand, regular PGA Tour events only hand out 500 FedEx Cup points to the champion, making them count for slightly less in the standings.

The FedEx Cup points system is used at the end of the year to determine rankings.

Unlike the Official World Golf Rankings, the FedEx Cup rankings take into consideration the prestige of the event, meaning bigger named events like WGC, Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Sentry Tournament of Championships and Memorial are valued higher than other tournaments.

Naturally, the four major championships and the Players Championship are worth the most points. However, only players in the top 100 can earn points in any event.

Players 1 through to 100 are awarded points based on how they finished in the tournament. The sum of the FedEx Cup points are added and used to determine a players ranking.

During the playoffs, FedEx Cup points become more valuable as a win adds 2,000 points to their total.

In 2023, Jon Rahm leads in the FedEx Cup standings with four wins.

Even though Scottie Scheffler has made the most money this year and is the No.1 ranked golfer in the world, Rahm has earned more points based on winning four separate events this year, including the 2023 Masters.

Check out how FedEx Cup points are awarded during the regular season.

Position	PGA TOUR Events	WGC & Genesis, API	Sentry & Memorial	Majors & Players	Additional Events	FedExCup Playoffs
1	500	550	550	600	300	2000
2	300	315	315	330	165	1200
3	190	200	200	210	105	760
4	135	140	140	150	80	540
5	110	115	115	120	65	440
6	100	105	105	110	60	400
7	90	95	95	100	55	360
8	85	89	89	94	50	340
9	80	83	83	88	45	320
10	75	78	78	82	40	300
11	70	73	73	77	37.5	280
12	65	69	69	72	35	260
13	60	65	65	68	32.5	240
14	57	62	62	64	31	228
15	55	59	59	61	30.5	220
16	53	57	57	59	30	212
17	51	55	55	57	29.5	204
18	49	53	53	55	29	196
19	47	52	52	53	28.5	188
20	45	51	51	51	28	180
21	43	48.733	48.733	48.733	26.756	172
22	41	46.467	46.467	46.467	25.511	164
23	39	44.2	44.2	44.2	24.267	156
24	37	41.933	41.933	41.933	23.022	148
25	35.5	40.233	40.233	40.233	22.089	142
26	34	38.533	38.533	38.533	21.156	136
27	32.5	36.833	36.833	36.833	20.222	130
28	31	35.133	35.133	35.133	19.289	124
29	29.5	33.433	33.433	33.433	18.356	118
30	28	31.733	31.733	31.733	17.422	112
31	26.5	30.033	30.033	30.033	16.489	106
32	25	28.333	28.333	28.333	15.556	100
33	23.5	26.633	26.633	26.633	14.622	94
34	22	24.933	24.933	24.933	13.689	88
35	21	23.8	23.8	23.8	13.067	84
36	20	22.667	22.667	22.667	12.444	80
37	19	21.533	21.533	21.533	11.822	76
38	18	20.4	20.4	20.4	11.2	72
39	17	19.267	19.267	19.267	10.578	68
40	16	18.133	18.133	18.133	9.956	64
41	15	17	17	17	9.333	60
42	14	15.867	15.867	15.867	8.711	56
43	13	14.733	14.733	14.733	8.089	52
44	12	13.6	13.6	13.6	7.467	48
45	11	12.467	12.467	12.467	6.844	44
46	10.5	11.9	11.9	11.9	6.533	42
47	10	11.333	11.333	11.333	6.222	40
48	9.5	10.767	10.767	10.767	5.911	38
49	9	10.2	10.2	10.2	5.6	36
50	8.5	9.633	9.633	9.633	5.289	34
51	8	9.067	9.067	9.067	4.978	32
52	7.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	4.667	30
53	7	7.933	7.933	7.933	4.356	28
54	6.5	7.367	7.367	7.367	4.044	26
55	6	6.8	6.8	6.8	3.733	24
56	5.8	6.573	6.573	6.573	3.609	23.2
57	5.6	6.347	6.347	6.347	3.484	22.4
58	5.4	6.12	6.12	6.12	3.36	21.6
59	5.2	5.893	5.893	5.893	3.236	20.8
60	5	5.667	5.667	5.667	3.111	20
61	4.8	5.44	5.44	5.44	2.987	19.2
62	4.6	5.213	5.213	5.213	2.862	18.4
63	4.4	4.987	4.987	4.987	2.738	17.6
64	4.2	4.76	4.76	4.76	2.613	16.8
65	4	4.533	4.533	4.533	2.489	16
66	3.8	4.307	4.307	4.307	2.364	15.2
67	3.6	4.08	4.08	4.08	2.24	14.4
68	3.4	3.853	3.853	3.853	2.116	13.6
69	3.2	3.627	3.627	3.627	1.991	12.8
70	3	3.4	3.4	3.4	1.867	12
71	2.9	3.287	3.287	3.287	1.804	11.6
72	2.8	3.173	3.173	3.173	1.742	11.2
73	2.7	3.06	3.06	3.06	1.68	10.8
74	2.6	2.947	2.947	2.947	1.618	10.4
75	2.5	2.833	2.833	2.833	1.556	10
76	2.4	2.72	2.72	2.72	1.493	9.6
77	2.3	2.607	2.607	2.607	1.431	9.2
78	2.2	2.493	2.493	2.493	1.369	8.8
79	2.1	2.38	2.38	2.38	1.307	8.4
80	2	2.267	2.267	2.267	1.244	8
81	1.9	2.153	2.153	2.153	1.182	7.6
82	1.8	2.04	2.04	2.04	1.12	7.2
83	1.7	1.927	1.927	1.927	1.058	6.8
84	1.6	1.813	1.813	1.813	0.996	6.4
85	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.933	6
86	1.45	1.65	1.65	1.65	0.88	5.8
87	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.83	5.6
88	1.35	1.55	1.55	1.55	0.78	5.4
89	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.5	0.73	5.2
90	1.25	1.45	1.45	1.45	0.68	5
91	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.63	4.8
92	1.15	1.35	1.35	1.35	0.58	4.6
93	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.53	4.4
94	1.05	1.25	1.25	1.25	0.48	4.2
95	1	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.43	4
96	0.95	1.15	1.15	1.15	0.38	3.8
97	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.33	3.6
98	0.85	1.05	1.05	1.05	0.28	3.4
99	0.8	1	1	1	0.23	3.2
100	0.75	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.18	3

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