The 2018 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four

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tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based

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, was played from August 23 to September 23. It included the following four events: *

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– Ridgewood Country Club,

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* Dell Technologies Championship – TPC Boston,

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* BMW Championship –

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These were the 12th

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playoffs since their inception in

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. The point distributions can be seen

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Regular season rankings

The Northern Trust

The Northern Trust was played August 23–26. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, five did not enter:

Rickie Fowler Rick Yutaka Fowler (born December 13, 1988) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He was the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world for 36 weeks in 2007 and 2008. On January 24, 2016 he reached a career high fourth ...

(ranked 17),

Rory McIlroy Rory Daniel McIlroy (born 4 May 1989) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who is a member of both the European and PGA Tours. He is the current world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, and has spent over 100 weeks in th ...

(21),

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(50), Patrick Rodgers (93), and Bud Cauley (122).

Brandt Snedeker Brandt Newell Snedeker (born December 8, 1980) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2012 FedEx Cup with a victory in the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. After this victory, he moved into ...

(30) was a late withdrawal, reducing the field to 119. 80 made the second-round cut at 142 (E).

Bryson DeChambeau Bryson James Aldrich DeChambeau (born September 16, 1993) is an American professional golfer. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 2020 U.S. Open. As an amateur, DeChambeau became the fifth player in hi ...

won by four strokes over

Tony Finau Milton Pouha "Tony" Finau (born September 14, 1989) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. Early life and amateur career Milton Pouha Finau was born on September 14, 1989 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He won the Utah ...

. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Dell Technologies Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Northern Trust: Nick Watney (ranked 102nd to 67th), Danny Lee (103 to 98),

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(107 to 94),

Bronson Burgoon Bronson Burgoon (born June 2, 1987) is an American professional golfer. Early life Burgoon was born in The Woodlands, Texas. He played golf The Woodlands High School and was an individual state champion in 2003. College career Burgoon playe ...

(111 to 73),

Brian Stuard Brian Stuard (born December 10, 1982) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the PGA Tour. Born and raised in Jackson, Michigan, Stuard graduated from Napoleon High School in 2001. He played college golf at Oakland University ...

(118 to 99) and Jhonattan Vegas (123 to 87). Six players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: Patrick Rodgers (ranked 93rd to 104th), Brandon Harkins (94 to 103), Trey Mullinax (95 to 102),

Charl Schwartzel Charl Adriaan Schwartzel ( ; born 31 August 1984) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf Invitational Series and has previously played on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He has won one maj ...

(96 to 105),

Rory Sabbatini Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini (born 2 April 1976) is a South African-Slovak professional golfer. Sabbatini won six times on the PGA Tour between 2000 and 2011 and was runner-up in the 2007 Masters. He spent 21 weeks in the world top-10 in late-2 ...

(97 to 109), and

Alex Čejka Alexander Čejka (born 2 December 1970) is a Czech-German professional golfer. Čejka was born in Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia. He left the country with his parents as a refugee at the age of nine, eventually settling in Munich, where h ...

(99 to 108). *Par 71 course

Dell Technologies Championship

The Dell Technologies Championship was played August 31 – September 3. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, two did not:

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(ranked 13) and

(22). 77 players made the second-round cut at 144 (+2).

won his second straight playoff event, winning by two strokes over

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. 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 Dell Technologies Championship: Pan Cheng-tsung (ranked 72nd to 33rd),

Tyrrell Hatton Tyrrell Glen Hatton (born 14 October 1991) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He has won six times on the European Tour; including four Rolex Series events. He also won the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invit ...

(71 to 54),

Abraham Ancer Abraham Ancer (; born 27 February 1991) is a Mexican-American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and is currently playing on the LIV Golf tour. He won the 2018 Emirates Australian Open and the 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational for ...

(92 to 56), Brice Garnett (81 to 63),

Peter Uihlein Peter Uihlein ( ; born August 29, 1989) is an American professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour and the European Tour and now plays LIV Golf. He was a member of the victorious U.S. team at the 2009 Walker Cup, where he compiled a 4 ...

(83 to 64), and

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(78 to 66). Six players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Ryan Moore (ranked 60th to 71st), Kim Meen-whee (61 to 72),

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(65 to 73), Nick Watney (67 to 74),

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(68 to 75), and

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(70 to 77). *Par 71 course

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played September 6–10. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only Daniel Berger (ranked 65) did not play. There was no cut. Due to weather conditions, the fourth round was delayed until September 10.

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won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with

. 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: Bradley (ranked 52 to 6) and

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(41 to 18). Two players started the tournament within the top 30 but ended the tournament outside the top 30, ending their playoff chances:

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(27 to 31) and

Emiliano Grillo Emiliano Grillo (; born 14 September 1992) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2015 Frys.com Open on the PGA Tour. Early years and amateur career In his youth, Grillo was quarter-finalist at the 2008 U.S. J ...

(29 to 32). *Par 70 course

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 20–23. All 30 golfers that qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut.

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won by two strokes over Billy Horschel, to finish second in the FedEx Cup rankings.

finished tied for fourth place and took the FedEx Cup, 41 points ahead of Woods. He became the first player to win the FedEx Cup without winning any of the four events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

, who led the rankings before the event, finished in 19th place and dropped to third place in the final rankings. *Par 70 course

Final leaderboard

For the full list
see here

Table of qualifying players

Table key:
* First-time Playoffs participant

References

External links

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