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The 2024 PGA Tour season has produced a wealth of memorable moments. From Scottie Scheffler’s second Masters win in three years to Xander Schauffele’s dominance at the PGA Championship and British Open, it’s been a memorable season of golf.

All good things must come to an end, and the PGA Tour is in the home stretch this year. Only three events remain to determine this season’s FedEx Cup champion, with three tournaments making up the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

The playoffs in golf are not like other sports. Although all the pros in the field have their eyes on the FedEx Cup, it is nowhere near as prestigious as winning a major. However, none of the tournaments offer prize money at the end like the FedEx Cup Playoffs, which is an additional motivation for the golfers.

Viktor Hovland will be the defending FedEx Cup champion starting in 2023. The Norwegian golfer shone in the playoffs last year and won the BMW Championship, laying the foundation for a win at the PGA Tour Championship.

Who will win it all this year? The answer will be announced soon.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 FedEx Cup, including standings, rules, points, schedules and payouts.

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How do the FedEx Cup playoffs work?

Throughout the 2024 PGA Tour season, golfers could earn points that count toward the FedEx Cup playoffs.

As you might expect, the better a golfer performs in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, the more points he or she will receive. Whoever finishes first will receive the most points, then second, and so on.

At the end of the season, the top 70 golfers advance to the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Points from the regular season carry over to the first two FedExCup Playoff events.

The first FedEx Cup playoff event is the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which takes place August 15-18. The top 50 golfers after this event will qualify for the BMW Championship (August 22-25). From there, the top 30 will then move on to the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia (August 29-September 1).

The PGA Tour winner gets a big payday, but money isn’t the only reward. He also gets a five-year exemption that allows him to play in PGA Tour events – meaning he doesn’t have to qualify for events.

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FedEx Cup Points System

The points system for the FedEx Cup is pretty simple: the better you do in a tournament, the more points you get.

The four majors of the PGA Tour – the Masters, the PGA Championship, the US Open and the Open Championship – are all worth 750 points. This also applies to the Players’ Championship, which is the unofficial fifth major of the tour. This is an increase from the previous total of 600.

Golfers earn 700 points for winning PGA Tour events, including the World Golf Championship, The Genesis Invitational, The Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament. Full-field events are worth 500 points.

At the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, a two-person team event, tournament winners are awarded 400 points each. Other events can also award up to 300 points.

But victories aren’t the only way golfers earn FedEx Cup points. Players who make the 36-hole cut in each tournament automatically earn points for their performance. As mentioned above, the better a golfer performs, the more points they earn.

In the playoffs, the point system changes. The winners of the FedEx St. Jude Championship and the BMS Championship receive 2,000 points. Second place in these events earns a player 1,200 points, while third place is worth 760 points.

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The complete points system can be found here.

The final event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs – the PGA Tour Championship – will throw out the points system. Instead, a golfer’s ranking will determine his starting score at East Lake. The player with the most points will start with a handicap of 10 under par, while the chasing players can range from 8 under par to even par.

Here is the complete handicap system:

• 1-Seed: (10 under)
• 2-seeds: (8 under)
• 3-Seeds: (7 under)
• 4-seeds: (6 under)
• 5-seeds: (5 under)
• Seeds 6-10: (4 under)
• Seeds 11-15: (3 under)
• Seeds 16-20: (2 under)
• Seeds 21-25: (1 under)
• Seeds 26-30: (Par)

It’s worth noting that the No. 1 seed has won the Tour Championship in three of the last four seasons. However, Rory McIlroy was able to take home the title in 2022 after Scottie Scheffler stumbled despite his handicap. McIlroy started at 4 under par but was able to erase Scheffler’s six-shot lead in four days.

FedEx Cup standings 2024

Below is a breakdown of the top 70 golfers in the FedEx Cup rankings ahead of the FedEx St. Jude Championship:

Rank	Golfer	FedEx Cup Points
1	Scottie Scheffler	5,993
2	Xander Schauffele	4,057
3	Rory McIlroy	2,545
4	Collin Morikawa	2,456
5	Wyndham Clark is located in Clarksville, 1.6 km from Clarks National Park and 1.7 km from Clarks National	2,154
6	Ludvig Aberg	2,092
7	Sahith Theegala	2,037
8	Hideki Matsuyama	1,899
9	Sungjae Im	1,896
10	Shane Lowry	1,867
11	Patrick Cantlay	1,780
12	Byeong-Hun-An	1,755
13	Russell Henley	1,671
14	Tony Finau	1,635
15	Akshay Bhatia	1,610
16	Matthieu Pavon	1,569
17	Robert MacIntyre	1,535
18	Sepp Straka	1,498
19	Justin Thomas	1,445
20	Brian Harman	1,419
21	Tom Hoge	1,411
22	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	1,406
23	Billy Hoerschel	1,392
24	Davis Thompson	1,385
25	Aaron Rai	1,381
26	Jason Day	1,345
27	Taylor Pendrith	1,324
28	Chris Kirk	1,318
29	Sam Burns	1,265
30	Corey Conners	1,249
31	Daniela Krueger	1,227
32	Tommy Fleetwood	1,223
33	Stephan Jaeger	1,207
34	Thomas Detry	1,202
35	Max Hom	1,194
36	JT Poston	1,193
37	Adam Hadwin	1,181
38	Kim Woo	1,168
39	Keegan Bradley	1,075
40	Matt Fitzpatrick	1,074
41	Austin Eckroat	1,069
42	Alex Noren	1,067
43	Tom Kim	1,051
44	Danielle Davis	1,051
45	Denny McCarthy	1,045
46	Adam Scott	1,041
47	Max Greyserman	1,041
48	Mackenzie Hughes	1,026
49	Will Zalatoris	1,026
50	Jake Knapp	970
51	Harris English	969
52	Nick Taylor	969
53	Patrick Rodgers	952
54	Eric Cole	948
55	Justin Rose	881
56	Ben Griffin	867
57	Viktor Hovland	854
58	Erik van Rooyen	813
59	Maverick McNealy	808
60	Sarah Moore	803
61	Peter Malnati	794
62	Min Woo Lee	783
63	Jordan Spieth	782
64	Mark Hubbard	737
65	Brendan Todd	720
66	Seamus Power	703
67	Nick Dunlap	701
68	Jhonattan Vegas	685
69	Emiliano Grillo	684
70	Victoria Perez	654

FedEx Cup Playoffs Schedule

FedEx St. Jude Championship

• Dates: 15-18 August
• Course: TPC Southwind
• Location: Memphis, Tennessee.

The FedEx St. Jude Championship is the first stop on the PGA Tour’s three-tournament playoff circuit. It is the third season that the event, played on the 7,244-yard TPC Southwind, has been part of the playoffs.

There are no cuts at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. All 70 golfers will have the opportunity to play four full rounds, but 20 golfers will be eliminated at the conclusion of the tournament.

BMW Championship

• Dates: 21-25 August
• Course: Castle Pines Golf Club
• Location: Colorado Springs, CO.

A total of 50 golfers will travel to Colorado for the BMW Championship, which will be held at Castle Pines Golf Club. This time, too, there will be no cut after 36 holes, so all playoff golfers can take part in the entire tournament.

The BMW Championship is played over a distance of 7,701 yards and the stronger clubs on the tour are an advantage.

Tour Championship

• Dates: 29 August – 1 September
• Course: East Lake Golf Club
• Location: Atlanta, Georgia.

East Lake Golf Club has hosted the PGA Tour Championship since 2004 and remains the legendary destination for the PGA’s top professionals. The final 30 remaining golfers compete with a set number of points awarded at the start of the tournament and based on the FedEx Cup standings.

FedEx Cup Payouts 2024

The FedEx Cup has increased its huge prize pool to $100 million for 2024.

The winner will receive a whopping $25 million. Second place will receive $12.5 million, third place $7.5 million. Each of the top 10 will receive at least $1.75 million.

Below is an overview of the FedEx Cup payouts for the top 10 in 2024:

position	Payment
1	25 million US dollars
2	12.5 million US dollars
3	7.5 million US dollars
4	6 million US dollars
5	5 million US dollars
6	3.5 million US dollars
7	$2.75 million
8	$2.25 million
9	2 million dollars
10	1.75 million US dollars