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33-806: In 2007, the PGA Tour introduced the FedEx Cup and the Deutsche Bank Championship became one of four playoff events. The 2018 edition was the last time the event was staged as the FedEx Cup playoffs were reduced to three events the following season. Replacing the Air Canada Championship in British Columbia on the tour schedule, the tournament made its debut in 2003 as the Deutsche Bank Championship. It

66-638: A new subsidiary Dell EMC headquartered in Massachusetts, took over as the title sponsor of the tournament. The event was managed by the Tiger Woods Foundation from 2013 to 2016, after which it was managed by the PGA Tour. With the tournament's offset scheduling, Friday to Monday, network coverage has been over the final two scheduled rounds, Sunday and Monday; cable channels carry the Friday and Saturday rounds. The first network partner

99-647: A progressive cut, with fields of 70 for FedEx St. Jude Championship , 50 for the BMW Championship and 30 for the Tour Championship held annually at East Lake Golf Club , Atlanta, Georgia , where the FedEx Cup Champion is determined. In the event an eligible player is unable or chooses not to play, the field is shortened and no alternates are added. Points from the missing positions are not awarded. The FedEx St. Jude Championship,

132-436: A season. Once a player chooses to take payments from his fund, he will receive monthly checks for five years. Because of possible legislation affecting deferred retirement plans, in the wake of business stories that speculated that Tiger Woods could amass a $ 1 billion retirement fund if he won the FedEx Cup six more times, the PGA Tour announced a change to the payout system effective in 2008. The top 10 finishers now receive

165-508: A winner's share of $ 1.62 million. As the second of the four playoff events, its field was limited to the top 100 players on the FedEx Cup points list. Points were amassed during the PGA Tour's regular season and the first playoff event, The Northern Trust , which took place the previous week in the New York City area. Deutsche Bank sponsored the first 14 editions of the tournament, through 2016. In 2017, Dell Technologies , which had

198-819: Is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour . It is played annually in Greensboro and was originally the Greater Greensboro Open . Founded 86 years ago in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open, it was usually played in April or May, until a schedule change in 2003 moved it toward the end of the season. At the age of 52, Sam Snead set PGA Tour records in 1965 for his eighth win at an event and as

231-409: Is a season long competition. Points are awarded based on finishing position in all PGA Tour sanctioned tournaments. The leading points earners throughout the regular season qualify for the playoffs. Players are further eliminated after each of the first two playoff events, with the leading 30 points earners qualifying for the Tour Championship . Scottie Scheffler is the current champion, after he won

264-488: Is also crowned FedEx Cup champion. The Tour Championship win is considered an official victory and the FedEx Cup champion also earns a bonus of $ 25 million and a five-year PGA Tour exemption. The season structure changed beginning in the fall of 2013, but the qualifying criteria have not changed since 2009. The first part of the season is known as the "regular season" starting in January, culminating in three events called

297-478: Is the championship trophy for the PGA Tour . Its introduction in 2007 marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Since its inception, the competition has been sponsored by FedEx . In 2022, the PGA Tour added the FedEx St. Jude Championship to the tournament, expanding the partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as the tournament's designated charity. The FedEx Cup

330-537: The "playoffs" in August. Players earn points in each event they play. For all regular-season PGA Tour events, 500 FedEx Cup points are awarded to the winner, with points also being earned by every player making the cut. In "signature events", 700 FedEx Cup points go to the winner, while 750 points are given to the champion of the four majors and the Players. Lastly, 300 points are given to the winner of any event played in

363-617: The BMW Championship and Tour Championship are no-cut events. The first two Playoffs events award 2,000 points to the winner (quadruple points of Regular Season events). The Tour Championship features a strokes-based system (FedEx Cup Starting Strokes) instituted for the first time in 2019. The FedEx Cup points leader after the first two Playoffs events begins the Tour Championship at 10-under par. The No. 2 player will start at 8 under. The No. 3 player starts at 7 under;

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396-530: The FedEx Cup are given conditional PGA Tour status, but can attempt to improve their status via qualifying school. In 2007, the money was placed into their tax-deferred retirement accounts, not given in cash. Players under 45 are not able to access any 2007 FedEx Cup bonuses (as opposed to prize money earned in the tournaments themselves) until turning 45. They can invest their bonus in any manner they choose, and once they turn 45, can choose to defer payment until they turn 60 or play in fewer than 15 PGA Tour events in

429-465: The FedEx Cup standings determined exemption status. Since the money and point distributions were different and the money list was not finalized until after the Fall Series , it was common for players to qualify for the playoffs and still lose their card at the end of the season. Source Unless otherwise indicated, all are pgatour.com links. Wyndham Championship The Wyndham Championship

462-448: The No. 4 player starts at 6 under; the No. 5 player starts at 5 under. Players 6–10 start at 4 under; players 11–15 start at 3 under; players 16–20 start at 2 under; players 21–25 start at 1 under; and players 26–30 start at even par. At the Tour Championship, the player with the lowest aggregate score over 72 holes when combined with his FedEx Cup Starting Strokes wins the Tour Championship and

495-489: The PGA Tour record for largest number of participants in a sudden-death playoff. This also occurred at the 1994 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic and the 2001 Nissan Open . The event has been played in the Greensboro area for its entire history. In its first four years, it was played at both Sedgefield Country Club and Starmount Forest Country Club. During World War II , it shifted solely to Starmount Forest in 1942, and

528-635: The Regular Season bonus pool became sponsored by Comcast Business . As of 2022, the Regular Season Bonus Pool was $ 20 million with the champion earning $ 4 million. Also in 2019, the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale, the Tour Championship , instituted a strokes-based system, FedEx Cup Starting Strokes. In 2022, the FedEx Cup bonus pool purse increased to $ 75 million, with the winner's share coming in at $ 18,000,000. At

561-482: The Tour Championship in 2024. Rory McIlroy has the most titles with three. The only other player to win multiple FedEx Cups is Tiger Woods , with two. The PGA Tour adjusted the rules around the FedEx Cup in each of the two years after its introduction in 2007. Each set of changes was introduced to address issues that arose the previous year, particularly with the playoffs portion of the FedEx Cup: In 2019,

594-429: The Tour Championship, the player with the lowest aggregate score over 72 holes when combined with his FedEx Cup Starting Strokes wins the Tour Championship and is also crowned FedEx Cup champion. The Tour Championship win is considered an official victory and the FedEx Cup champion also earns a bonus of $ 18 million and a five-year PGA Tour exemption. If an eligible player skips a playoff event, no alternates are added and

627-400: The bulk of their FedEx Cup bonuses in cash up front; for example, the 2008 FedEx Cup champion received $ 9 million up front and $ 1 million in his tax-deferred retirement account. FedEx Cup bonuses to finishers below the top 10 are still paid solely into the players' retirement accounts. The winner of the FedEx Cup also receives a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour, mirroring the exemption that

660-606: The conclusion of the regular season (after the Wyndham Championship ), the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings become eligible to play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, a series of three events over the month of August (from 2007 to 2018, the FedEx Cup Playoffs included four events). Points earned during the PGA Tour Regular Season carry over to the Playoffs. The FedEx Cup Playoffs events feature

693-412: The field is reduced accordingly. As of 2022, the player with the most points after the Tour Championship wins the FedEx Cup itself and $ 18 million of a $ 75 million bonus fund. The runner-up gets $ 6.5 million, 3rd place $ 5 million, 4th place $ 4 million, 5th place $ 3 million, and so on down to $ 85,000 for 126th through 150th place. Beginning with the 2013 season, non-exempt players who finish 126th-150th in

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726-545: The first round, and tied for fourth. In 2007 , the event was renamed the Wyndham Championship when Wyndham Hotels & Resorts took over from DaimlerChrysler as title sponsor, and dropped "Greensboro" from the title. It moved from an autumn date to mid-August and is the last PGA Tour event before the FedEx Cup Playoffs, as one last chance to qualify for the FedEx Cup. The purse for 2015

759-489: The following season. After the second playoff event, as of 2019, the FedEx Cup points leader after the first two playoff events begins the Tour Championship at 10-under par. The No. 2 player starts at 8 under. The No. 3 player starts at 7 under; the No. 4 player starts at 6 under; the No. 5 player starts at 5 under. Players 6–10 start at 4 under; players 11–15 start at 3 under; players 16–20 start at 2 under; players 21–25 start at 1 under; and players 26–30 start at even par. At

792-490: The following year; the 125 players who qualify for the playoffs are fully exempt. Players who finish 126th through 150th, if not exempt through other means such as a recent tournament win, retain conditional status; these, along with finishers 151 through 200, are eligible for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals , through which they may regain their cards if not already exempt. Before 2013, the money list rather than

825-452: The oldest winner of a tournament; both records still stand. He won his 8th title 27 years after his first win in 1938. Davis Love III , the 2015 champion at age 51, is the oldest to win in the senior tour era, which began in  1980 . Charlie Sifford competed in 1961 , and became the first African American permitted to play in a PGA-sponsored event in the South. He led after

858-460: The same week as a major or signature event. The goal is to be among the top 70 points leaders following the final event of the regular season. Only those players who are regular full-time members of the PGA Tour earn points. A non-member who joins the PGA Tour in mid-season is eligible to earn points in the first event he plays after officially joining the Tour. At the end of the regular season,

891-407: The top 70 players participate in the playoffs. The number of points awarded for winning each playoff event is 2000, which is four times the amount awarded for a typical regular season tournament. Points won in playoff events are added to those for the regular season, and the fields are reduced as the playoffs proceed. Since 2013 the top 125 on the FedEx Cup points list also retain their tour cards for

924-432: The total bonus pool was increased by $ 25 million to $ 70 million, with the FedEx Cup champion earning $ 15 million. Among that $ 70 million was a $ 10 million Regular Season bonus pool, sponsored by Wyndham, tied to the final Regular Season FedEx Cup standings. This recognized the 10 players who earn the most FedEx Cup points through the Wyndham Championship , with the Regular Season champion earning $ 2 million. Beginning in 2021,

957-451: Was ABC Sports from 2003 to 2006, though the 2006 event was covered under the " ESPN on ABC " banner. The event has been covered by NBC Sports from 2007 to 2018, though the 2011 and 2012 events were covered under the " Golf Channel on NBC " banner. Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records. 41°58′55″N 71°13′23″W  /  41.982°N 71.223°W  / 41.982; -71.223 FedEx Cup The FedEx Cup

990-479: Was $ 5.4 million, with a winner's share of $ 972,000. On August 16, 2018, during the first round, Brandt Snedeker shot a 59. It was the tenth sub-60 round in the history of the PGA Tour, and just the third with a bogey. Snedeker shot a 27 on the inward nine, burying a twenty foot putt from the fringe to make history. The 2021 event featured a six-way playoff for first place, which was won by Kevin Kisner . This tied

1023-440: Was given to the tour's leading money winner prior to 2017. Before the change in format in 2019 that made it impossible for the FedEx Cup and the Tour Championship to be won by two different players, the Tour Championship winner received a three-year exemption. Winners of other playoff events receive only the standard 2-year exemption. Since 2013, the FedEx Cup standings have been the primary means of determining exemption status for

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1056-540: Was held at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts , south-southwest of Boston . Unlike most PGA Tour events which are played Thursday through Sunday, this tournament was played Friday through Monday, with the final round on Labor Day. It became part of the first-year FedEx Cup playoffs in 2007 , with its purse increased to $ 7 million. The purse in 2018 was $ 9.0 million, with

1089-554: Was not held in 1943 and 1944. Starting in 1945, it alternated between Starmount Forest and Sedgefield until 1952, when Starmount Forest hosted for consecutive years. It returned to Sedgefield in 1953 before Starmount Forest hosted for three consecutive years, (through 1956). Sedgefield hosted in 1957 and Starmount Forest hosted for another three straight years from 1958–60, then back to Sedgefield from 1961 to 1976 . It shifted to Forest Oaks Country Club from 1977 to 2007 , then returned to Sedgefield in 2008 . The course at Sedgefield

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