00:00The 2024 PGA Tour season marks the 18th edition of the FedExCup, the Tour's season-long points
00:06competition, which culminates with the FedExCup playoffs. Here we're going to explain just how
00:11it works over the season and how the three-event playoff structure works to crown a winner.
00:20Established in 2007, the FedExCup is a season-long points competition, offering players $100 million
00:26in bonus money and culminating with the FedExCup playoffs in August. Players vie to become the
00:33FedExCup champion, which distinguishes the one player who not only performs well during the
00:38whole regular season, but also excels in the pressure mounts during the FedExCup playoffs.
00:43The regular season is contested from January to August of a calendar year and features 36 official
00:50FedExCup events, including the Players' Championship, Major Championships, Signature Events, Full
00:56Field events and additional events. Members of the PGA Tour earn FedExCup points based
01:01on their finishing position at a tournament. The distribution of points has been adjusted
01:06starting for the 2024 season, with an allocation of additional points to the Players, Majors,
01:13Playoff events and Signature events. These 15 events made up of the Players, 4 Majors, 8 Signature
01:20events and 2 FedExCup playoffs will award a minimum of 700 points to the winner. Winning the Players
01:27is worth 750 points, having previously been worth 600. Signature events are now worth 700
01:33points, having previously been worth 500 or 550. Full Field events, i.e. one of those non-Elite
01:4115 events are worth 500 points, while 300 points is awarded to the winner of an additional event.
01:47Finally, at the first two FedExCup playoff events in August, a huge 2,000 points is awarded to the
01:54winner, stressing the importance of peaking right at the end of the season. At the conclusion of the
01:59regular season, following the Wyndham Championship in July, the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings
02:05are eligible to play in what is called the FedExCup playoffs, which is a series of three events at the
02:11end of the season. Points accrued during the regular season carry over into the first two
02:16playoff events, while each event features a progressive cut. So a field of 70 will take
02:22part in the FedExCup championship at TPC Southwind, while only 50 will make it to the following event,
02:29which is the BMW championship in Colorado. And then finally, the top 30 will make it to the
02:33tour championship at Eastlake in Georgia. There are no cuts during these playoff events, and it's all
02:40about making sure you accrue enough points to be in the top 70, the top 50, and then the top
02:4630 to
02:46make it to that tour championship. So the top 30 in the FedEx point standings after the 36 regular
02:52season events and the two playoffs head to Eastlake, where effectively a new tournament begins. At the
02:58tour championship, the player with the lowest stroke total over 72 holes, combined with what's called
03:04their FedEx starting strokes, will be crowned FedEx champion. The FedEx champion wins $25 million and
03:11a five-year exemption to the PGA Tour, with a total bonus pool of $100 million going to the rest
03:17of
03:18the field. Heading into the tour championship, the FedExCup points leader after the first two
03:23playoff events will begin the tour championship at 10 under par. The number two player will start at 8
03:29under par. The number three player will start at 7 under par. The number four player starts at 6
03:35under. The number five player starts at 5 under. Players 6 to 10 start at 4 under. Players 11 to
03:4015
03:41start at 3 under. Players 16 to 20 start at 2 under. Players 21 to 25 start at 1 under.
03:47And players 26 to 30
03:48start at even par. From that position, the tournament begins and the player with the lowest score after 72
03:54holes, with those scores combined, is crowned the FedEx Cup champion. In 2023,
03:59Victor Hovland secured the title after winning the BMW Championship and then the Tour Championship on the final day.
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