The 2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs conclude this week at the Tour Championship, where the winner will take home $18 million (before taxes) in bonus money.
This year marks the 17th season of the playoffs. PGA Tour players battled through 46 events to get to the finale.
The top 70 in the FedEx Cup points made the postseason with the top 50 advancing to Week 2 and then just the top 30 reaching East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
Rory McIlroy became the first three-time winner of the FedEx Cup when he rallied from six shots back a year ago to track down Scottie Scheffler.
The money
The winner of the Tour Championship is declared the FedEx Cup champion and takes home the first-place prize of $18 million in bonus money. The runner-up gets $6.5 million, with third place earning $5 million, all the way down to 30th place, which is good for $500,000.
Bonus money payouts
Position
Payout
Position
Payout
1
$18,000,000
16
$720,000
2
$6,500,000
17
$700,000
3
$5,000,000
18
$680,000
4
$4,000,000
19
$660,000
5
$3,000,000
20
$640,000
6
$2,500,000
21
$620,000
7
$2,000,000
22
$600,000
8
$1,500,000
23
$580,000
9
$1,250,000
24
$565,000
10
$1,000,000
25
$550,000
11
$950,000
26
$540,000
12
$900,000
27
$530,000
13
$850,000
28
$520,000
14
$800,000
29
$510,000
15
$760,000
30
$500,000
There is a total of $75 million in bonus money up for grabs at East Lake.
The format
The PGA Tour will continue to utilize the FedEx Cup Starting Strokes, which was introduced for the first time in 2019. It’s a staggered system whereby the golfer in the top position will start the Tour Championship at 10 under.
Starting strokes
Starting position
Starting score
Golfer
No. 1
10 under
Scottie Scheffler
No. 2
8 under
Viktor Hovland
No. 3
7 under
Rory McIlroy
No. 4
6 under
Jon Rahm
No. 5
5 under
Lucas Glover
No. 6
4 under
Max Homa
No. 7
4 under
Patrick Cantlay
No. 8
4 under
Brian Harman
No. 9
4 under
Wyndham Clark
No. 10
4 under
Matt Fitzpatrick
No. 11
3 under
Tommy Fleetwood
No. 12
3 under
Russell Henley
No. 13
3 under
Keegan Bradley
No. 14
3 under
Rickie Fowler
No. 15
3 under
Xander Schauffele
No. 16
2 under
Tom Kim
No. 17
2 under
Sungjae Im
No. 18
2 under
Tony Finau
No. 19
2 under
Corey Conners
No. 20
2 under
Si Woo Kim
No. 21
1 under
Taylor Moore
No. 22
1 under
Nick Taylor
No. 23
1 under
Adam Schenk
No. 24
1 under
Collin Morikawa
No. 25
1 under
Jason Day
No. 26
Even
Sam Burns
No. 27
Even
Emiliano Grillo
No. 28
Even
Tyrrell Hatton
No. 29
Even
Jordan Spieth
No. 30
Even
Sepp Straka
This system was established to give players at the top of the points list the reward of a starting advantage in the Tour Championship.
Only two multiple winners
The first 16 seasons of the playoff produced 13 different winners with McIlroy (2016, 2019, 2022) and Tiger Woods (2007, 2009) the only golfers to win it more than once.
