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The FedEx Cup is a championship trophy for the PGA Tour. It is the first time that men's professional golf will have playoffs. Announced in November 2005, it will be awarded starting in 2007 after a NASCAR-like points race. This competition will be sponsored by FedEx.
How the FedEx Cup Works
Sources -- Follow The Action, External Links sections below.
Qualifying for the Playoffs
From the Mercedes-Benz Championship (January 4-7, 2007) to the Wyndham Championship (August 16-19, 2007), PGA Tour players can earn points in each event they play. The ultimate goal is to be among the Top 144 Points Leaders following the Wyndham Championship. Only those players who are regular full-time members of the PGA Tour will earn points. A non-member who joins the PGA Tour in mid-season will be eligible to earn points in the first event he plays after officially joining the Tour.
After the Wyndham Championship, points for all eligible players are reset. The Top 144 players on this reset scale will advance to the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
The Four Playoff Events
Next to each event name: 2007 dates, plus the field for the particular event.
- Barclays Classic (August 23-26) - Top 144 Points Leaders after the points reset.
- Deutsche Bank Championship (August 31-Sept 3) - Top 120 Points Leaders after the Barclays
- BMW Championship (September 6-9) - Top 70 Points Leaders after the Deutsche Bank
- The Tour Championship (September 13-16) - Top 30 Points Leaders after the BMW.
Once the Final 144 Playoff Qualifiers are set, no alternates will be allowed. It is possible for any player among the Final 144 (then 120, then 70) to skip a playoff event prior to the Tour Championship, but to do so is to risk losing their standing on the points list, and this could potentially result in being eliminated from the playoffs.
For the Tour Championship itself, only the Top 30 Points Leaders after the BMW Championship will be eligible. If for any reason a player among the Top 30 does not compete in the Tour Championship, he will not be replaced.
Playoff Rewards
The player with the most points after The Tour Championship will win the FedEx Cup itself and $10 million of a $35 million bonus fund. The runner-up gets $3 million, 3rd place $2 million, 4th place $1.5 million, 5th place $1 million, and so on down to $32,000 for 144th place.
The winner of the FedEx Cup will also receive a five year exemption on the PGA Tour. This mirrors the exemption for the Leading Money Winner title (PGA Tour Exemption Category 8), but it may not have any practical implications. Players have almost never relied on the Leading Money Winner exemption, as they are usually exempt by other means. While not officially announced, it is assumed that since the Tour Championship winner receives (since 1998) a 3-year PGA Tour exemption, a winner of any one of the other three FedEx Cup playoff events would receive the same such exemption.
Beginning 2008, any player among the Final Top 30 FedEx Cup Points Leaders after the Tour Championship will be placed in an exemption category below that for regular PGA Tour event winners (PGA Tour Exemption Category 9).
The Final Top 30 FedEx Cup Points Leaders also qualify for the following year's FedEx Cup competition. Remaining qualifiers for the next season's FedEx Cup will come from the PGA Tour's Official Money List. This particular list will be finalized after the Fall Series, a group of seven official events following the Tour Championship.
Follow the Action
Golf fans can follow the progress of the FedEx Cup Competition throughout the 2007 season at the web-links shown below--
- Official FedEx Cup Points List from PGATour.Com - Displayed in Table Form
- A Similar Points List from SportsNetwork.Com - Displayed in Text Form
- Official 2007 PGA Tour Schedule - The FedExCup Competition runs from January 4th (start of the Mercedes-Benz Championship) through September 16th (end of The Tour Championship).
- Detailed Description: Points system, Playoff Format and Bonus Pool - PGATOUR.COM
- Notes: FedExCup winner to get five-year exemption - PGATOUR.COM
See Also
External Links
- Initial announcement of the Cup
- June 2006 announcement giving details of the points system and bonus fund
- November 2006 announcement on size of playoff fields
Misplaced Pages Links
The ADT Championship (aka LPGA Playoffs at the ADT) - a single-event playoff conducted by the LPGA, beginning 2006.
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