Many millions of dollars will be doled out in the 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs.
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The 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the PGA Tour’s annual series of playoff tournaments, begins Thursday and runs through Sept. 1, and by the end a season-long PGA Tour champion will be awarded the FedEx Cup and a whole lot of money. Here’s everything you need to know about the FedEx Cup Playoffs, including the full FedEx Cup Playoffs format, schedule, prize money and information on how to watch the action.
The FedEx Cup Playoffs consist of a series of three stroke-play tournaments. The top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings at the end of the regular season qualify for the first event, the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
The top 50 players following the FedEx St. Jude will earn tee times at the BMW Championship.
Finally, the top 30 at the end of the BMW qualify for the Tour Championship finale.
At the Tour Championship, players are awarded starting scores based on their FedEx Cup standings, with the player in the No. 1 position starting at 10 under and players ranked 26th-30th starting at even par. Four rounds will then be played with the player with lowest total score, including starting scores, winning the FedEx Cup.
The three FedEx Cup Playoffs tournaments are as follows:
Dates: Aug. 15-18
Course: TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
Purse: $20 million ($3.6 million winner’s share)
Qualification: Top 70 in FedEx Cup standings
Dates: Aug. 22-25
Course: Castle Pines GC, Castel Rock, Co.
Purse: $20 million ($3.6 million winner’s share)
Qualification: Top 50 in FedEx Cup standings
Dates: Aug. 29-Sept. 1
Course: East Lake GC, Atlanta, Ga.
Purse: $100 million ($25 million winner’s share)
Qualification: Top 30 in FedEx Cup standings
A lot of money is on the line at the 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs. First, players will compete for the prize money available at the first two events, the FedEx St. Jude Championship and the BMW Championship. Each of those events carries a winner’s prize of $3.6 million and a total purse of $20 million, which were the same amounts awarded at the Signature Events in the 2024 PGA Tour season.
The Tour Championship works differently. Instead of prize money for the tournament alone, players who qualify for the Tour Championship compete for their total FedEx Cup bonuses. The player who comes out on top at the Tour Championship, starting scores included, wins the FedEx Cup along with a gargantuan FedEx Cup bonus of $25 million.
Here is a list of the FedEx Cup bonuses for the top-10 finishers at the end of the Tour Championship:
1) $25 million
2) $12.5 million
3) $7.5 million
4) $6 million
5) $5 million
6) $3.5 million
7) $2.75 million
8) $2.25 million
9) $2 million
10) $1.75 million
Viewers hoping to watch all of the FedEx Cup Playoffs action from the comfort of their homes have two primary viewing options: TV or streaming.
The TV coverage for all three FedEx Cup Playoffs events will be carried by NBC and Golf Channel, with Golf Channel taking the first two rounds and early weekend coverage, and NBC handling the primary broadcasts of the third and final rounds each week (Golf Channel will also air the final round of the Tour Championship).
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With an ESPN+ subscription, you gain access to PGA Tour Live, where you can stream the best PGA Tour events live from wherever you want.
Streaming coverage will be provided by Peacock and ESPN+. Peacock will air simulcasts of Golf Channel and NBC’s TV coverage, while ESPN+ will provide exclusive early coverage and featured group coverage throughout the playoffs.
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