2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of three golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, was played from August 19 – September 5.^[1][2] It included the following three events:

• The Northern Trust – Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, New Jersey
• BMW Championship – Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Maryland^[3]
• Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs

Tournament information
Dates	August 19 – September 5, 2021
Location	Liberty National Golf Club Caves Valley Golf Club East Lake Golf Club
Tour	PGA Tour
Statistics
Field	125 for The Northern Trust 70 for BMW Championship 30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund	$60 million (bonus money)
Winner's share	$15 million (bonus money)
Champion
Patrick Cantlay
−21
← 2020 2022 →

This was the 15th FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

The leading 10 players in the FedEx Cup regular season standings qualified for a share of the $10 million Comcast Business Tour top 10 bonus.^[4]

Place	Player	Points	Events	Bonus ($)
1	Collin Morikawa	2,171	20	2,000,000
2	Jordan Spieth	2,139	22	1,500,000
3	Patrick Cantlay	2,056	21	1,200,000
4	Harris English	2,039	23	1,100,000
5	Jon Rahm	2,003	19	1,000,000
6	Abraham Ancer	1,926	24	850,000
7	Bryson DeChambeau	1,910	19	700,000
8	Louis Oosthuizen	1,877	19	600,000
9	Justin Thomas	1,758	20	550,000
10	Sam Burns	1,721	23	500,000

Source:^[5]

The Northern Trust

The Northern Trust was scheduled for August 19–22. The leading 125 players in the FedEx Cup regular season standings are eligible to play in the event. Louis Oosthuizen (ranked 8) and Patrick Reed (22) did not play, reducing the field to 123. 75 players made the second-round cut at 141 (−1). The final round was delayed until Monday August 23 because of Hurricane Henri.

Tony Finau won the event, beating Cameron Smith in a playoff.^[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 Northern Trust: Alex Norén (ranked 91st to 47th), Erik van Rooyen (76 to 45), Tom Hoge (108 to 48), Harold Varner III (72 to 56), Keith Mitchell (101 to 63), and Harry Higgs (80 to 69). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Matthew Wolff (ranked 59th to 71st), Matt Fitzpatrick (60 to 73), Tyrrell Hatton (63 to 74), Martin Laird (65 to 75), Troy Merritt (69 to 78), and J. T. Poston (70 to 79).^[7]

					FedEx Cup rank
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Tony Finau	67-64-68-65=264	−20	1,710,000	1	23
2	Cameron Smith	69-68-60-67=264		1,035,500	3	16
3	Jon Rahm	63-67-67-69=266	−18	655,500	2	5
T4	Tom Hoge	69-64-67-69=269	−15	399,792	48	108
	Alex Norén	69-64-70-66=269			43	91
	Justin Thomas	63-69-67-70=269			5	9
7	Erik van Rooyen	69-67-62-72=270	−14	320,625	45	76
T8	Corey Conners	70-69-62-70=271	−13	277,875	20	28
	Keith Mitchell	68-64-70-69=271			63	101
	Kevin Na	67-66-70-68=271			18	24

• Par 71 course

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played August 26–29. 70 players were eligible to play in the event. There was no second-round cut. Patrick Reed withdrew, reducing the field to 69.

Patrick Cantlay won the event, beating Bryson DeChambeau in a playoff.^[8] The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to the Tour Championship. This included two players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship: Erik van Rooyen (ranked 45th to 27th) and Sergio García (44 to 28). Two players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances: Charley Hoffman (29 to 32) and Max Homa (30 to 35).

					FedEx Cup rank
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Patrick Cantlay	66-63-66-66=261	−27	1,710,000	1	4
2	Bryson DeChambeau	68-60-67-66=261		1,026,000	3	9
3	Im Sung-jae	67-65-66-67=265	−23	646,000	12	25
4	Rory McIlroy	64-70-65-67=266	−22	456,000	16	28
5	Erik van Rooyen	67-68-67-65=267	−21	380,000	27	45
T6	Sergio García	65-67-67-69=268	−20	330,125	28	44
	Dustin Johnson	67-70-65-66=268			15	22
8	Sam Burns	64-70-65-70=269	−19	294,500	10	12
T9	Abraham Ancer	65-67-67-69=270	−18	256,500	8	10
	Alex Norén	71-66-67-66=270			33	43
	Jon Rahm	64-66-70-70=270			4	2

• Par 72 course

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 2–5 and was contested by the leading 30 players in the FedEx Cup points standings after the BMW Championship, with no second-round cut. Players were allocated a starting score relative to par based on their position in the standings after the BMW Championship. The points leader started the tournament at 10 under par, number two at 8 under par, number three at 7 under par, number four at 6 under par and number five at 5 under par. Players ranked 6 to 10 started at 4 under par, 11 to 15 at 3 under par, 16 to 20 at 2 under par, 21 to 25 at 1 under par and 26 to 30 started at even par. The winner of the Tour Championship won the FedEx Cup. For the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, points were awarded based on aggregate scores (total strokes taken, ignoring any starting scores).

Patrick Cantlay won by a stroke from Jon Rahm. Rahm and Kevin Na had the best 72-hole aggregate scores of 266, three better than Cantlay.

Place	Player	Round scores	Starting score	Final score	FedEx Cup rank		Winnings ($)
					After	Before
1	Patrick Cantlay	67-66-67-69=269	−10	−21	1	1	15,000,000
2	Jon Rahm	65-65-68-68=266	−6	−20	2	4	5,000,000
3	Kevin Na	66-67-66-67=266	−2	−16	3	19	4,000,000
4	Justin Thomas	67-67-65-70=269	−4	−15	4	6	3,000,000
T5	Viktor Hovland	66-68-70-65=269	−3	−14	T5	13	2,200,000
	Xander Schauffele	68-69-67-64=268	−2			17
7	Bryson DeChambeau	69-67-72-66=274	−7	−13	7	3	1,300,000
8	Dustin Johnson	68-69-68-67=272	−3	−11	8	15	1,100,000
T9	Abraham Ancer	69-70-65-70=274	−4	−10	T9	8	890,000
	Billy Horschel	65-68-67-70=270	E			29

• Par 70 course

For the full list see here.

Table of qualified players

Table key:

  Win

  Top-10 finish

  Did not advance to next tournament

  Played way into next tournament

	Player	Pre-Playoffs		The Northern Trust		BMW Championship		Tour Championship
		Points	Rank	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after	Starting score[9]	Final score	Final rank
	Collin Morikawa	2,171	1	CUT	6	T63	11	−3	E	T26
	Jordan Spieth	2,139	2	73	7	T34	9	−4	−4	T20
	Patrick Cantlay	2,056	3	T11	4	1	1	−10	−21	1
	Harris English	2,039	4	T31	8	T26	7	−4	−6	T18
	Jon Rahm	2,003	5	3	2	T9	4	−6	−20	2
	Abraham Ancer	1,926	6	T64	10	T9	8	−4	−10	T9
	Bryson DeChambeau	1,910	7	T31	9	2	3	−7	−13	7
	Louis Oosthuizen	1,877	8	DNP	11	T38	14	−3	−7	T14
	Justin Thomas	1,758	9	T4	5	T22	6	−4	−15	4
	Sam Burns	1,721	10	T21	12	8	10	−4	−6	T18
	Viktor Hovland	1,717	11	T43	14	T17	13	−3	−14	T5
	Jason Kokrak	1,631	12	CUT	17	T15	18	−2	−8	T11
	Xander Schauffele	1,623	13	T16	13	T49	17	−2	−14	T5
	Hideki Matsuyama	1,594	14	T43	16	T46	22	−1	E	T26
	Brooks Koepka	1,562	15	T31	15	T22	20	−2	WD	30
	Cameron Smith	1,539	16	2	3	T34	5	−5	−7	T14
	Dustin Johnson	1,510	17	CUT	22	T6	15	−3	−11	8
	Joaquín Niemann	1,491	18	T47	21	T29	24	−1	+4	29
	Stewart Cink	1,445	19	T21	19	T38	23	−1	E	T26
	Daniel Berger	1,444	20	T56	23	T26	26	E	−8	T11
	Scottie Scheffler	1,409	21	T43	24	T22	25	−1	−3	T22
	Patrick Reed	1,381	22	DNP	26	DNP	30	E	−2	25
	Tony Finau	1,348	23	1	1	T15	2	−8	−8	T11
	Kevin Na	1,308	24	T8	18	T17	19	−2	−16	3
	Billy Horschel	1,292	25	T31	27	T52	29	E	−10	T9
	Rory McIlroy	1,291	26	T43	28	4	16	−2	−7	T14
	Max Homa	1,220	27	T47	30	T63	35	–	–	35
	Corey Conners	1,212	28	T8	20	T22	21	−1	−3	T22
	Kevin Kisner	1,200	29	CUT	31	T66	38	–	–	38
	Kim Si-woo	1,187	30	CUT	33	T29	34	–	–	34
	Im Sung-jae	1,185	31	T16	25	3	12	−3	−4	T20
	Charley Hoffman	1,127	32	T21	29	T38	32	–	–	32
	Marc Leishman	1,103	33	T47	35	51	42	–	–	42
	Lee Kyoung-hoon	1,064	34	T47	37	T12	31	–	–	31
	Brian Harman	1,052	35	75	39	T29	41	–	–	41
	Cameron Davis	1,052	36	T31	36	T29	37	–	–	37
	Carlos Ortiz	1,044	37	T47	38	T66	48	–	–	48
	Lucas Glover	1,044	38	CUT	41	T38	46	–	–	46
	Matt Jones	1,033	39	CUT	42	T38	47	–	–	47
	Sergio García	1,020	40	CUT	44	T6	28	E	−7	T14
	Cameron Tringale	986	41	T21	34	T52	43	–	–	43
	Branden Grace	955	42	CUT	51	T52	55	–	–	55
	Keegan Bradley	941	43	T11	32	T60	39	–	–	39
	Russell Henley	939	44	T56	50	T60	56	–	–	56
	Paul Casey	932	45	T64	54	T38	52	–	–	52
	Webb Simpson	920	46	T47	52	T12	40	–	–	40
	Emiliano Grillo	920	47	CUT	55	T46	59	–	–	59
	Lee Westwood	867	48	T27	46	T34	50	–	–	50
	Jhonattan Vegas	866	49	CUT	61	T38	61	–	–	61
	Charl Schwartzel	857	50	CUT	62	T17	51	–	–	51
	Chris Kirk	853	51	T56	60	48	62	–	–	62
	Cameron Champ	839	52	T27	49	T66	57	–	–	57
	Kevin Streelman	837	53	T64	64	T52	64	–	–	64
	Maverick McNealy	830	54	T27	53	T63	58	–	–	58
	Ryan Palmer	812	55	CUT	68	T57	69	–	–	69
	Hudson Swafford	804	56	T11	40	T17	36	–	–	36
	Patton Kizzire	802	57	T56	66	T34	63	–	–	63
	Phil Mickelson	791	58	CUT	70	T66	70	–	–	70
	Matthew Wolff	772	59	CUT	71	–	–	–	–	71
	Matt Fitzpatrick	748	60	CUT	73	–	–	–	–	73
	Aaron Wise	741	61	T21	58	T17	49	–	–	49
	Sebastián Muñoz	740	62	T21	59	T29	53	–	–	53
	Tyrrell Hatton	739	63	CUT	74	–	–	–	–	74
	Talor Gooch	739	64	T31	67	T57	68	–	–	68
	Martin Laird	734	65	CUT	75	–	–	–	–	75
	Shane Lowry	727	66	T11	47	T26	45	–	–	45
	Mackenzie Hughes	719	67	T27	65	T52	67	–	–	67
	Robert Streb	710	68	T16	57	T60	60	–	–	60
	Troy Merritt	700	69	CUT	78	–	–	–	–	78
	J. T. Poston	697	70	CUT	79	–	–	–	–	79
	Bubba Watson	685	71	CUT	81	–	–	–	–	81
	Harold Varner III	674	72	T11	56	T12	44	–	–	44
	Séamus Power	670	73	T31	72	–	–	–	–	72
	Brandon Hagy	660	74	CUT	84	–	–	–	–	84
	Andrew Putnam	648	75	T56	82	–	–	–	–	82
	Erik van Rooyen*	648	76	7	45	5	27	E	−3	T22
	Joel Dahmen	646	77	T31	76	–	–	–	–	76
	Adam Long	636	78	CUT	85	–	–	–	–	85
	Ian Poulter	628	79	T31	77	–	–	–	–	77
	Harry Higgs	614	80	T16	69	T38	66	–	–	66
	Wyndham Clark	609	81	CUT	87	–	–	–	–	87
	Adam Scott	604	82	CUT	90	–	–	–	–	90
	Peter Malnati	602	83	T47	86	–	–	–	–	86
	Lanto Griffin	593	84	T64	89	–	–	–	–	89
	Brian Stuard	592	85	CUT	92	–	–	–	–	92
	Doug Ghim*	587	86	T31	83	–	–	–	–	83
	Henrik Norlander	586	87	CUT	93	–	–	–	–	93
	Doc Redman	580	88	CUT	94	–	–	–	–	94
	Brian Gay	579	89	CUT	95	–	–	–	–	95
	Kramer Hickok*	574	90	T56	91	–	–	–	–	91
	Alex Norén	567	91	T4	43	T9	33	–	–	33
	Roger Sloan	565	92	CUT	96	–	–	–	–	96
	Hank Lebioda*	564	93	CUT	98	–	–	–	–	98
	Tyler McCumber*	551	94	CUT	99	–	–	–	–	99
	Brendon Todd	544	95	CUT	101	–	–	–	–	101
	Adam Hadwin	540	96	CUT	103	–	–	–	–	103
	Denny McCarthy	538	97	T71	100	–	–	–	–	100
	Brendan Steele	536	98	CUT	105	–	–	–	–	105
	Sepp Straka	533	99	CUT	106	–	–	–	–	106
	Brandt Snedeker	533	100	T47	97	–	–	–	–	97
	Keith Mitchell	532	101	T8	63	T57	65	–	–	65
	Luke List	531	102	70	102	–	–	–	–	102
	Adam Schenk	530	103	T31	88	–	–	–	–	88
	Garrick Higgo*	515	104	T64	107	–	–	–	–	107
	James Hahn	508	105	T71	108	–	–	–	–	108
	Russell Knox	507	106	CUT	110	–	–	–	–	110
	Matt Wallace*	502	107	WD	111	–	–	–	–	111
	Tom Hoge	502	108	T4	48	T49	54	–	–	54
	Sam Ryder	499	109	CUT	112	–	–	–	–	112
	Jason Day	489	110	CUT	114	–	–	–	–	114
	Pat Perez	489	111	T16	80	–	–	–	–	80
	Matthew NeSmith	485	112	CUT	115	–	–	–	–	115
	Zach Johnson	485	113	T47	109	–	–	–	–	109
	Gary Woodland	484	114	74	113	–	–	–	–	113
	Kyle Stanley	477	115	CUT	117	–	–	–	–	117
	Scott Piercy	470	116	T64	116	–	–	–	–	116
	Richy Werenski	467	117	CUT	120	–	–	–	–	120
	Pan Cheng-tsung	466	118	CUT	121	–	–	–	–	121
	Chez Reavie	457	119	T31	104	–	–	–	–	104
	Matt Kuchar	456	120	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	122
	Anirban Lahiri	455	121	T56	118	–	–	–	–	118
	Dylan Frittelli	453	122	T56	119	–	–	–	–	119
	Brice Garnett	452	123	CUT	123	–	–	–	–	123
	Scott Stallings	447	124	CUT	124	–	–	–	–	124
	Chesson Hadley	440	125	CUT	125	–	–	–	–	125

* First-time Playoffs qualifier
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew