2023 FedEx Cup format explored ahead of the PGA Tour event

The 2023 FedEx Cup is almost around the corner. The exciting post-season PGA Tour playoff will have a massive prize pool of $75 million. With just 70 players qualified after the Wyndham Championship 2023, the event is most anticipated now.

After competing in the regular PGA Tour season tournament, including the four major, the top 70 golfers on the standings qualify for the post-season playoffs, which consist of three aforementioned tournaments.

Formerly, the FedEx Cup used to have 125 players accelerated into the playoffs. But this season, the PGA Tour decided to shorten the field and increase the prize money.

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What is the format for the 2023 FedEx Cup?

Jon Rahm is currently the top-ranked golfer on the FedEx Cup points table and is followed by Scottie Scheffler. All of the top 70 players will first feature at the forthcoming FedEx St. Jude Championship.

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Format of FedEx Cup playoffs

The format of the post-season playoff is similar to all other regular season events, i.e., 72-hole strokeplay tournaments. The only difference is the field size and as playoffs roll to the next event the field gets even shorter as follows:

The FedEx Cup begins on August 10 at TPC Southwind, Memphis, with the first tournament being the FedEx St. Jude Championship which will feature a field of the top 70 golfers (from the season standings).

Later on, it will be followed by BMW Championship at Olympia Fields, which commences on August 17 and will feature the top 50 players from the updated rankings.

Finally, the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, which begins on August 24 and will feature the top 30 players from the updated standings.

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Grading system

Once the FedEx Cup Playoffs start, the grading system changes drastically. For example, in a regular season event, the winner gets 500 points, but the winner of the first two post-season events will receive 2,000 points, which simply means the points are quadrupled. For the second-placed golfer, the regular season points are 300, but in the playoffs, they get 1,200 points and the grading goes in a similar fashion till the last-standing player.

As of now, Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler have already crossed 3,000 points (through their regular season) and Rory McIlroy and Max Homa have accumulated over 2,000 points in the FedEx Cup standings. But the scenario could change after each playoff event.

Rank	Points
1	2000
2	1200
3	760
4	540
5	440
6	400
7	360
8	340
9	320
10	300
11	280
12	260
13	240
14	228
15	220
16	212
17	204
18	196
19	188
20	180
21	172
22	164
23	156
24	148
25	142
26	136
27	130
28	124
29	118
30	112
Top 30 for the Tour Championship
31	106
32	100
33	94
34	88
35	84
36	80
37	76
38	72
39	68
40	64
41	60
42	56
43	52
44	48
45	44
46	42
47	40
48	38
49	36
50	34
Top 50 for the BMW Championship
51	32
52	30
53	28
54	26
55	24
56	23.2
57	22.4
58	21.6
59	20.8
60	20
61	19.2
62	18.4
63	17.6
64	16.8
65	16
66	15.2
67	14.4
68	13.2
69	12.4
70	12
Top 70 for the FedEx St. Jude Championship

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Tour Championship format

After the conclusion of the FedEx St. Jude Championship and BMW Championship, the playoff will proceed to the final event, the Tour Championship. Only the top 30 golfers (including ties) in the updated FedEx Cup rankings will proceed to the final event.

It is pertinent to note that the final playoff tournament will follow a handicap system, i.e., the top-ranked golfer (including ties) will start the tournament with -10 on his scorecard, followed by the second-ranked golfer (including ties) with a score of -8.

Here is the handicap points system that will be followed in the Tour Championship:

• 1-seed: (-10)
• 2-seed: (-8)
• 3-seed: (-7)
• 4-seed: (-6)
• 5-seed: (-5)
• Seeds 6-10: (-4)
• Seeds 11-15: (-3)
• Seeds 16-20: (-2)
• Seeds 21-25: (-1)
• Seeds 26-30: (par)