FedEx Cup playoffs 2023: Format, standings, FAQ, prize money

FedEx Cup Playoffs 2023: Format, prize money, standings, FAQ, fall schedule. This is everything you need to know about the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs.

Ben Smith

07 Aug 2023

FedEx Cup playoffs 2023: Format, standings, FAQ, prize money

The FedEx Cup playoffs on the PGA Tour are here.

Established in 2007, the FedEx Cup is a season-long points competition that culminates in a mind-whopping, dizzying and downright crazy $75m being distributed to the game's best players over three events.

Typically, 125 players advance to the postseason but 2023 is the first year of the reimagined format.

Only 70 players booked their spot for the first event: the FedEx St. Jude Championship (10-13 August).

From there, the field is whittled down once again and 50 players will battle it out at the BMW Championship (17-20 August) before a final field of 30 peg it up at the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake (24-27 August).

Although there have been changes to the number of players eligible to compete in the FedEx Cup playoffs, what hasn't changed is the format.

All three of the playoff events are traditional, 72-hole stroke play tournaments.

Crucially, there are also no mid-tournament cuts.

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How are points calculated?

Players have earned points in regular-season PGA Tour events as they jockeyed for position to make the postseason.

For winning a regular event (not a major), players scoop 500 FedEx Cup points.

Win a major championship? Well then you earn a bumper 600 points.

To give you an idea, FedEx Cup leader Jon Rahm came into the playoffs with a total of 3,320 points.

The points system is all very simple, don't you think?

What are the playoff events?

FedEx St. Jude Championship, TPC Southwind: 10-13 August
BMW Championship, Olympia Fields: 17-20 August
Tour Championship, East Lake Golf Club: 24-27 August

Do points carry over in playoff events?

Yes, with the FedEx St. Jude Championship and BMW Championship awarding 2,000 points to the winner.

Who is the defending FedEx Cup champion?

Rory McIlroy

Who else has won the FedEx Cup?

2022: Rory McIlroy
2021: Patrick Cantlay
2020: Dustin Johnson
2019: Rory McIlroy
2018: Justin Rose
2017: Justin Thomas
2016: Rory McIlroy
2015: Jordan Spieth
2014: Billy Horschel
2013: Henrik Stenson
2012: Brandt Snedeker
2011: Bill Haas
2010: Jim Furyk
2009: Tiger Woods
2008: Vijay Singh
2007: Tiger Woods

How much money will they win in 2023?

An awful lot. The total prize purse for the 2023 FedEx Cup playoffs is $75m, with the eventual champion taking him $18m.

Here's a full breakdown of the Tour Championship payout info:

1: $18,000,000

2: $6,500,000

3: $5,000,000

4: $4,000,000

5: $3,000,000

6: $2,500,000

7: $2,000,000

8: $1,500,000

9: $1,250,000

10: $1,000,000

11: $950,000

12: $900,000

13: $850,000

14: $800,000

15: $760,000

16: $720,000

17: $700,000

18: $680,000

19: $660,000

20: $640,000

21: $620,000

22: $600,000

23: $580,000

24: $565,000

25: $550,000

26: $540,000

27: $530,000

28: $520,000

29: $510,000

30: $500,000

What happens to players that don't make the playoffs?

Well, they are headed to the FedEx Cup Fall season.

What is that?

A series of seven events designed to offer playing opportunities for the 'rank and file' PGA Tour members and earn exemption designated events and major season next year.

Anyone finishing 51st or lower in the FedEx Cup standings can carry their points from the regular season into the Fall season.

What are the fall events?