2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs was the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour. It was played from August 21 to September 14 and comprised the following four events:

2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 21 – September 14, 2014
LocationRidgewood Country Club
TPC Boston
Cherry Hills Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Field125 for The Barclays
100 for Deutsche Bank
70 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund$35,000,000 bonus money
Winner's share$10,000,000 bonus money
Champion
Billy Horschel
4,750 points

These were the eighth FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings
#PlayerCountryPointsEvents
1Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland2,58213
2Jimmy Walker United States2,49323
3Bubba Watson United States2,17317
4Matt Kuchar United States1,92120
5Jim Furyk United States1,85117
6Dustin Johnson United States1,76917
7Sergio García Spain1,70013
8Jordan Spieth United States1,69223
9Patrick Reed United States1,66624
10Chris Kirk United States1,57124

The Barclays

The Barclays was played August 21–24. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, three did not enter: Dustin Johnson (ranked 6), Jason Dufner (57) and Steve Stricker (103).[1] Of the 122 entrants, 79 made the second-round cut at 143 (+1). With more than 78 players making the cut the field was further reduced to 70 after the third round.

Hunter Mahan won by two strokes over Stuart Appleby, Jason Day, and Cameron Tringale and moved from 62nd place to first place in the standings.[2] The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included seven players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: Bo Van Pelt (ranked 104th to 73rd), Stewart Cink (109 to 77), Andrés Romero (110 to 92), Danny Lee (116 to 96), Paul Casey (118 to 85), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (119 to 81), and Morgan Hoffmann (124 to 72). Seven players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: Jonas Blixt (ranked 92nd to 102nd), Kevin Kisner (93 to 104), Nick Watney (94 to 105), Luke Guthrie (95 to 106), Retief Goosen (96 to 103), Rory Sabbatini (97 to 108), and Brian Davis (100 to 110).[3]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Hunter Mahan United States66-71-68-65=270−141,440,000162
T2Stuart Appleby Australia73-66-68-65=272−12597,3331998
Jason Day Australia72-64-68-68=272734
Cameron Tringale United States66-68-72-66=2721061
T5Ernie Els South Africa68-68-71-66=273−11292,0003991
Matt Kuchar United States68-70-68-67=27344
William McGirt United States68-71-68-66=2733581
8Jim Furyk United States66-69-69-70=274−10248,00065
T9Rickie Fowler United States68-73-67-67=275−9208,0001116
Morgan Hoffmann United States70-70-66-69=27572124
Kevin Na United States70-66-70-69=2751320
Patrick Reed United States71-66-73-65=27589
  • Par 71 course

Deutsche Bank Championship

The Deutsche Bank Championship was played August 29 – September 1. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, seven did not play: Dustin Johnson (ranked 14), Sergio García (15), Justin Rose (20), Tim Clark (38), Graeme McDowell (40), Jason Dufner (74), and Paul Casey (85).[4][5] Of the 93 entrants, 80 made the second-round cut at 145 (+3). The field was further reduced to 73 after the third round.

Chris Kirk won by two strokes over Russell Henley, Billy Horschel, and Geoff Ogilvy and moved into first place in the standings.[6] The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Deutsche Bank Championship: Horschel (82 to 20), Ogilvy (100 to 24), Chesson Hadley (84 to 57), Carl Pettersson (93 to 66), Morgan Hoffmann (72 to 68), and Ben Crane (78 to 69). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Ryo Ishikawa (56 to 72), Justin Hicks (58 to 75), Ben Martin (63 to 76), Scott Langley (65 to 77), Shawn Stefani (67 to 83), and Scott Brown (70 to 85).[7]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Chris Kirk United States73-66-64-66=269−151,440,000117
T2Russell Henley United States70-66-65-70-271−13597,3331462
Billy Horschel United States69-66-67-69=2712082
Geoff Ogilvy Australia70-71-65-65=27124100
T5Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland70-69-64-70=273−11304,00022
John Senden Australia69-71-67-66=2731628
T7Jason Day Australia66-68-69-71=274−10258,00077
Martin Kaymer Germany71-66-70-67=2741523
T9Bill Haas United States67-69-70-69=275−9185,1431721
Chesson Hadley United States66-73-67-69=2755784
Seung-Yul Noh South Korea69-68-68-70=2753647
Carl Pettersson Sweden67-73-69-66=2756693
Webb Simpson United States66-70-68-71=2751922
Robert Streb United States73-67-67-68=2757197
Jimmy Walker United States70-70-68-67=27543
  • Par 71 course

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played September 4–7. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only one, Dustin Johnson (ranked 22), did not play.[8] There was no cut.

Billy Horschel won by two strokes over Bubba Watson and moved to second on the points list. Two players played their way into the Tour Championship: Morgan Hoffmann (ranked 68 to ranked 21) and Ryan Palmer (37 to 23). Two players played their way out of the Tour Championship: Stuart Appleby (26 to 31) and Keegan Bradley (28 to 33).[9] Hoffmann, who started the playoffs ranked 124th, played his way into each playoff event.[10]

The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after this event advanced to the Tour Championship and also earned spots in the 2015 Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, and (British) Open Championship.

The FedEx Cup points were reset after the BMW Championship. Points were allocated according to a player's position in the standings. The player in first place has 2,500 points, and the player in 30th has 210.[11] This means that all 30 remaining players will have at least a mathematical chance to secure the season crown, and any of the top five players can claim the FedEx Cup with a win in the Tour Championship.

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Billy Horschel United States68-66-63-69=266−141,440,000220
2Bubba Watson United States70-66-66-66=268−12864,00036
3Morgan Hoffmann United States72-72-62-63=269−11544,0002168
T4Rickie Fowler United States71-66-66-68=271−9319,000910
Jim Furyk United States70-68-67-66=27178
Sergio García Spain68-64-72-67=2711323
Ryan Palmer United States69-64-67-71=2712337
T8Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland67-67-72-66=272−8232,00042
Adam Scott Australia71-66-69-66=2721213
Jordan Spieth United States67-70-68-67=272119
  • Par 72 course

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

#PlayerCountryPointsReset pointsEvents
1Chris Kirk United States4,3142,50027
2Billy Horschel United States4,3052,25026
3Bubba Watson United States4,0582,00020
4Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland3,7351,80016
5Hunter Mahan United States3,3631,60024
6Jimmy Walker United States3,0731,40026
7Jim Furyk United States3,0731,20020
8Matt Kuchar United States2,7361,00023
9Rickie Fowler United States2,63180025
10Jason Day Australia2,54960014

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 11−14. Of the 30 players eligible to play in the event, only one, Dustin Johnson (ranked 30), did not play.[11] There was no cut. Billy Horschel won the tournament by three strokes over Jim Furyk and Rory McIlroy.[12] After starting the playoffs in 69th place and missing the cut in the first playoff tournament, Horschel finished T-2, win, and win in the next three events to win the FedEx Cup.[13][14]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Billy Horschel United States66-66-69-68=269−111,440,00012
T2Jim Furyk United States67-69-67-69=272−8708,00047
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland69-65-67-71=27234
T4Jason Day Australia67-67-70-69=273−7343,3331010
Chris Kirk United States66-68-71-68=27321
Justin Rose England72-66-66-69=2731126
7Ryan Palmer United States69-67-69-69=274−6275,0001423
8Rickie Fowler United States69-68-67-71=275−5260,00099
T9Sergio García Spain69-71-70-66=276−4231,6671313
Adam Scott Australia69-72-65-70=2761212
Gary Woodland United States71-75-63-67=2762229
  • Par 70 course

Final leaderboard
#PlayerCountryPointsWinnings ($)
1Billy Horschel United States4,75010,000,000
2Chris Kirk United States3,1003,000,000
3Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland3,0502,000,000
4Jim Furyk United States2,4501,500,000
5Bubba Watson United States2,2851,000,000
6Hunter Mahan United States1,835800,000
7Jimmy Walker United States1,668700,000
8Matt Kuchar United States1,300600,000
9Rickie Fowler United States1,225550,000
10Jason Day Australia1,200500,000

For the full list see here.

Table of qualifying players

Table key:

  Win
  Top-10 finish
  Did not advance to next tournament
  Played way into next tournament
Player Pre-Playoffs The Barclays Deutsche Bank BMW Champ. Reset
points		 Tour Champ.
Points Rank Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Final rank
Rory McIlroy 2,582 1 T22 2 T5 2 T8 4 1,800 T2 3
Jimmy Walker 2,493 2 CUT 3 T9 4 T20 6 1,400 T17 7
Bubba Watson 2,173 3 T30 5 T29 6 2 3 2,000 14 5
Matt Kuchar 1,921 4 T5 4 T29 5 T46 8 1,000 13 8
Jim Furyk 1,851 5 8 6 T23 8 T4 7 1,200 T2 4
Dustin Johnson 1,769 6 DNP 14 DNP 22 DNP 30 210 DNP 30
Sergio García 1,700 7 T57 15 DNP 23 T4 13 440 T9 13
Jordan Spieth 1,692 8 T22 9 T29 9 T8 11 480 T27 15
Patrick Reed 1,666 9 T9 8 T74† 12 T53 18 340 T19 21
Chris Kirk 1,571 10 T53 17 1 1 T36 1 2,500 T4 2
Zach Johnson 1,552 11 T22 12 T16 11 T43 15 400 21 18
Brendon Todd* 1,542 12 T46 18 CUT 25 T36 27 240 T17 27
Webb Simpson 1,536 13 CUT 22 T9 19 T53 22 290 T23 25
Martin Kaymer 1,525 14 CUT 23 T7 15 T16 14 420 T23 16
Adam Scott 1,479 15 T15 16 T16 13 T8 12 460 T9 12
Rickie Fowler 1,471 16 T9 11 T23 10 T4 9 800 8 9
Harris English 1,469 17 CUT 25 CUT 31 T31 32 – – 32
Justin Rose 1,447 18 T30 20 DNP 27 35 26 250 T4 11
Ryan Moore 1,421 19 CUT 26 73 34 T50 39 – – 39
Kevin Na 1,413 20 T9 13 CUT 21 T46 24 270 T19 24
Brian Harman 1,349 21 T57 27 T65 33 T43 36 – – 36
Hideki Matsuyama* 1,287 22 T30 24 T57 30 T20 28 230 22 28
Keegan Bradley 1,278 23 T53 29 T16 28 WD 33 – – 33
Bill Haas 1,268 24 T15 21 T9 17 T16 16 380 16 16
Matt Every 1,250 25 CUT 32 80† 39 T50 45 – – 45
John Senden 1,157 26 T22 28 T5 16 T23 17 360 26 23
Marc Leishman 1,137 27 CUT 36 T65 47 T53 58 – – 58
Graham DeLaet 1,113 28 CUT 37 T50 43 11 37 – – 37
Tim Clark 1,111 29 WD 38 DNP 51 T36 54 – – 54
Ryan Palmer 1,068 30 T74† 43 T16 37 T4 23 280 7 14
Kevin Stadler 1,067 31 T46 34 T16 32 T50 38 – – 38
Gary Woodland 1,059 32 T13 30 T29 29 T23 29 220 T9 22
Charles Howell III 1,042 33 T22 31 T35 35 T36 34 – – 34
Jason Day 1,028 34 T2 7 T7 7 WD 10 600 T4 10
Charley Hoffman 1,026 35 T30 33 CUT 41 T53 53 – – 53
J. B. Holmes 1,007 36 CUT 48 T35 46 T12 42 – – 42
Camilo Villegas 1,002 37 CUT 49 T50 54 T20 48 – – 48
Freddie Jacobson 987 38 CUT 51 79† 63 T53 66 – – 66
Kevin Streelman 972 39 T46 42 T26 38 T59 44 – – 44
Matt Jones 970 40 CUT 54 78† 67 T53 67 – – 67
George McNeill 962 41 CUT 55 T29 48 T31 46 – – 46
Noh Seung-yul 950 42 T53 47 T9 36 T23 35 – – 35
Graeme McDowell 948 43 T38 40 DNP 53 T36 56 – – 56
Justin Hicks 923 44 CUT 58 CUT 75 – – – – 75
Phil Mickelson 921 45 78† 57 T45 56 WD 68 – – 68
Will MacKenzie 920 46 CUT 59 T45 58 T59 65 – – 65
Brian Stuard 891 47 T74† 64 T16 49 T36 51 – – 51
Russell Knox* 885 48 T38 46 T26 40 T23 40 – – 40
Daniel Summerhays 869 49 T46 52 T57 60 T29 57 – – 57
Russell Henley 864 50 T61 62 T2 14 T59 20 310 12 19
Chris Stroud 834 51 T19 41 T45 42 T43 47 – – 47
Steven Bowditch 828 52 T22 44 T45 45 T63 59 – – 59
Scott Brown 816 53 CUT 70 77† 85 – – – – 85
K. J. Choi 814 54 T71† 69 T35 65 T63 69 – – 69
Brandt Snedeker 812 55 CUT 71 CUT 86 – – – – 86
Ángel Cabrera 807 56 T22 45 CUT 59 T12 50 – – 50
Jason Dufner 798 57 DNP 74 DNP 90 – – – – 90
Ben Martin* 789 58 T46 63 CUT 76 – – – – 76
Jason Bohn 784 59 T61 68 T35 64 66 70 – – 70
Charl Schwartzel 783 60 T30 53 T43 52 T12 43 – – 43
Cameron Tringale 781 61 T2 10 T69 18 T31 19 320 15 20
Hunter Mahan 776 62 1 1 64 3 T59 5 1,600 T23 6
Ben Crane 774 63 CUT 78 T29 69 T23 60 – – 60
Jerry Kelly 765 64 T38 60 T57 70 T29 62 – – 62
Erik Compton 745 65 T19 50 CUT 62 T46 64 – – 64
Luke Donald 743 66 CUT 80 T57 89 – – – – 89
Brendan Steele 729 67 T57 76 T50 79 – – – – 79
Kevin Chappell 723 68 T30 61 T50 61 T16 55 – – 55
Billy Horschel 722 69 CUT 82 T2 20 1 2 2,250 1 1
Henrik Stenson 720 70 T38 66 T26 55 T23 52 – – 52
Brendon de Jonge 717 71 T61 79 T74† 91 – – – – 91
Chesson Hadley* 705 72 70 84 T9 57 T12 49 – – 49
Scott Langley 686 73 T30 65 T65 77 – – – – 77
Pat Perez 682 74 CUT 87 WD 98 – – – – 98
Ryo Ishikawa* 681 75 T19 56 CUT 72 – – – – 72
Robert Garrigus 678 76 CUT 88 CUT 99 – – – – 99
Scott Stallings 668 77 CUT 90 T35 84 – – – – 84
Ian Poulter 657 78 CUT 91 T23 78 – – – – 78
Carl Pettersson 650 79 CUT 93 T9 66 T31 63 – – 63
Andrew Svoboda* 647 80 CUT 94 T57 94 – – – – 94
William McGirt 646 81 T5 35 T69 50 65 61 – – 61
David Hearn 645 82 T38 75 T43 74 – – – – 74
Shawn Stefani* 640 83 T30 67 68 83 – – – – 83
Robert Streb* 635 84 CUT 97 T9 71 – – – – 71
Jason Kokrak 632 85 T61 89 T16 73 – – – – 73
Jeff Overton 631 86 T53 83 T69 92 – – – – 92
Billy Hurley III* 630 87 CUT 98 T57 97 – – – – 97
Vijay Singh 625 88 T68 95 T35 87 – – – – 87
Michael Putnam 618 89 CUT 99 T50 93 – – – – 93
Geoff Ogilvy 611 90 CUT 100 T2 24 T36 25 260 29 29
Ernie Els 610 91 T5 39 T50 44 T16 41 – – 41
Jonas Blixt 599 92 CUT 102 – – – – – – 102
Kevin Kisner* 587 93 CUT 104 – – – – – – 104
Nick Watney 584 94 CUT 105 – – – – – – 105
Luke Guthrie 575 95 T71† 106 – – – – – – 106
Retief Goosen 569 96 T66 103 – – – – – – 103
Rory Sabbatini 567 97 CUT 108 – – – – – – 108
Stuart Appleby 554 98 T2 19 CUT 26 T46 31 – – 31
John Huh 544 99 T38 86 T69 96 – – – – 96
Brian Davis 534 100 T74† 110 – – – – – – 110
Martin Flores 530 101 79† 112 – – – – – – 112
Aaron Baddeley 528 102 CUT 114 – – – – – – 114
Steve Stricker 519 103 DNP 116 – – – – – – 116
Bo Van Pelt 518 104 T13 73 T57 81 – – – – 81
Ricky Barnes 518 105 T68 113 – – – – – – 113
Michael Thompson 515 106 CUT 117 – – – – – – 117
Lee Westwood 514 107 T57 107 – – – – – – 107
Jhonattan Vegas 505 108 T66 115 – – – – – – 115
Stewart Cink 504 109 T15 77 T50 80 – – – – 80
Andrés Romero 503 110 T38 92 76† 100 – – – – 100
Troy Merritt* 499 111 T46 101 – – – – – – 101
David Toms 498 112 T74† 118 – – – – – – 118
Boo Weekley 496 113 T61 111 – – – – – – 111
Tim Wilkinson 494 114 T71† 119 – – – – – – 119
Justin Leonard 491 115 CUT 120 – – – – – – 120
Danny Lee* 490 116 T38 96 T35 88 – – – – 88
Brice Garnett* 488 117 CUT 121 – – – – – – 121
Paul Casey 471 118 T22 85 DNP 95 – – – – 95
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño* 470 119 T15 81 T45 82 – – – – 82
Bae Sang-moon 466 120 CUT 122 – – – – – – 122
James Hahn 456 121 CUT 123 – – – – – – 123
Bryce Molder 455 122 T46 109 – – – – – – 109
Louis Oosthuizen 453 123 CUT 124 – – – – – – 124
Morgan Hoffmann 448 124 T9 72 T35 68 3 21 300 T27 26
Robert Allenby 438 125 CUT 125 – – – – – – 125

* First-time Playoffs participant
† MDF – made cut, did not finish (i.e. cut after third round)

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