TOURNAMENT NOTES Defending Champion Dustin Johnson Thursday GC • Friday GC • Saturday GC, NBC • Sunday GC, NBC
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2021 TOUR Championship Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2021 • Final of three FedExCup Playoffs events (50th of 50 total) East Lake Golf Club • Atlanta, Georgia • Par 70 • 7,346 yards FedExCup Bonus Pool $60 million • FedExCup Champion $15 million 30 players • 72-hole stroke-play with FedExCup Starting Strokes TOURNAMENT NOTES Defending champion Dustin Johnson Thursday GC • Friday GC • Saturday GC, NBC • Sunday GC, NBC 2020-21 PGA TOUR SEASON TOURNAMENT STORYLINES FedExCup Playoffs It all comes down to this: The 50-event 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season will conclude at the TOUR Championship, where TOUR Championship ...................................................... the FedExCup Champion will be crowned. Patrick Cantlay, the PGA TOUR leader in wins this season (3), enters the TOUR BMW Championship .................................Patrick Cantlay (3) Championship at No. 1 in the FedExCup standings and will begin the tournament at 10-under via FedExCup Starting Strokes. THE NORTHERN TRUST..............................................Tony Finau FedExCup Regular Season Wyndham Championship ...................................Kevin Kisner Who’s next?: 12 different players have won the FedExCup, led by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy (2 each). List of champions: Barracuda Championship ..........................Erik van Rooyen 2020 Dustin Johnson 2015 Jordan Spieth 2010 Jim Furyk WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational ..............Abraham Ancer 2019 Rory McIlroy (2) 2014 Billy Horschel 2009 Tiger Woods (2) 3M Open...............................................................Cameron Champ 2018 Justin Rose 2013 Henrik Stenson 2008 Vijay Singh Barbasol Championship ................................ Seamus Power 2017 Justin Thomas 2012 Brandt Snedeker 2007 Tiger Woods The Open Championship .....................Collin Morikawa (2) 2016 Rory McIlroy 2011 Bill Haas John Deere Classic .................................................Lucas Glover Rocket Mortgage Classic .........................................Cam Davis Third year of starting strokes: The FedExCup Starting Strokes system was implented at the 2019 TOUR Championship. That Travelers Championship ...........................Harris English (2) U.S. Open .............................................................................Jon Rahm year, No. 1 seed Justin Thomas went on to finish T3, while Rory McIlroy, who began the tournament in fifth place at 5-under Palmetto Championship at Congaree .......Garrick Higgo came from five strokes back to win. Dustin Johnson entered as the No. 1 seed in 2020 before going on to defeat Thomas and the Memorial Tournament ....................Patrick Cantlay (2) Xander Schauffele by three strokes, becoming just the second No. 1 seed entering TOUR Championship to win the FedExCup. Charles Schwab Challenge ......................Jason Kokrak (2) PGA Championship ............................................Phil Mickelson Streaks extended: Dustin Johnson has qualified for the TOUR Championship in each of the last 13 seasons, the longest streak AT&T Byron Nelson ...........................................................K.H. Lee in the FedExCup era (2007-present). Six other players have active streaks of five years or more: Hideki Matsuyama (8), Patrick Wells Fargo Championship ................................Rory McIlroy Reed (8), Justin Thomas (6), Tony Finau (5), Jon Rahm (5) and Xander Schauffele (5). Valspar Championship .............................................Sam Burns Zurich Classic of New Orleans ......M. Leishman/C. Smith RBC Heritage ..................................................... Stewart Cink (2) Importance of making it to the TOUR Championship: Players who qualify for the TOUR Championship are eligible for the Masters Tournament ................................Hideki Matsuyama following tournaments in the 2021-22 season: Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, Genesis Scottish Open and Valero Texas Open ................................................Jordan Spieth The Open Championship. WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play ..........Billy Horschel Corales Puntacana Championship ...............Joel Dahmen Who is in: Two players in the field qualified for the TOUR Championship for the first time: Sam Burns and first-year member The Honda Classic .......................................................Matt Jones Erik van Rooyen. Burns earned his first victory on TOUR earlier in the season at the Valspar Championship, while van Rooyen THE PLAYERS Championship ........................Justin Thomas won the Barracuda Championship. 20 players in the field qualified in 2020 and 29 of the 30 players are in the top 50 in the Arnold Palmer Invitational .....Bryson DeChambeau (2) Official World Golf Ranking, both record-highs for the FedExCup era (van Rooyen, No. 55). Puerto Rico Open ...............................................Branden Grace WGC-Workday Championship..................Collin Morikawa The Genesis Invitational ..........................................Max Homa Extra holes necessary: There have been 14 playoffs on the PGA TOUR this season, including three that went to six holes or AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am ...........................Daniel Berger more and one that featured six players. Over the previous eight seasons, there were two total playoffs that required six holes Waste Management Phoenix Open ........Brooks Koepka or more. There have been playoffs in four consecutive weeks, the longest streak since the 2017-18 season. Farmers Insurance Open.................................... Patrick Reed The American Express ............................................ Si Woo Kim Sony Open in Hawaii ......................................................Kevin Na FEDEXCUP STARTING STROKES Sentry Tournament of Champions .............Harris English The TOUR Championship features FedExCup Starting Strokes, a staggered, strokes-based system which recognizes players for World Wide Tech. Champ. at Mayakoba .....Viktor Hovland their Regular Season performance as well as their play in the first two FedExCup Playoffs events (instituted in 2019). The RSM Classic ......................................................Robert Streb Masters Tournament .......................................Dustin Johnson Rk. Player FedExCup Starting Strokes Rk. Player FedExCup Starting Strokes Houston Open ..............................................................Carlos Ortiz 1 Patrick Cantlay -10 16 Rory McIlroy -2 Bermuda Championship ...........................................Brian Gay 2 Tony Finau -8 17 Xander Schauffele -2 ZOZO CHAMP. @ SHERWOOD .......................Patrick Cantlay 3 Bryson DeChambeau -7 18 Jason Kokrak -2 THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK ......................Jason Kokrak 4 Jon Rahm -6 19 Kevin Na -2 Shriners Children’s Open ....................................Martin Laird Sanderson Farms Championship ................Sergio Garcia 5 Cameron Smith -5 20 Brooks Koepka -2 Corales Puntacana Championship........Hudson Swafford 6 Justin Thomas -4 21 Corey Conners -1 U.S. Open ...................................................Bryson DeChambeau 7 Harris English -4 22 Hideki Matsuyama -1 Fortinet Championship .......................................Stewart Cink 8 Abraham Ancer -4 23 Stewart Cink -1 Italics First-time PGA TOUR winners 9 Jordan Spieth -4 24 Joaquin Niemann -1 10 Sam Burns -4 25 Scottie Scheffler -1 PGA TOUR COMMUNICATIONS 11 Collin Morikawa -3 26 Daniel Berger E 12 Sungjae Im -3 27 Erik van Rooyen E Contact .....................................................Michael Baliker 13 Viktor Hovland -3 28 Sergio Garcia E Phone ..........................................................(864) 430-9801 14 Louis Oosthuizen -3 29 Billy Horschel E Email [email protected] 15 Dustin Johnson -3 30 Patrick Reed E @PGATOURCOMMS 1 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP SNAPSHOT WINNERS FEDEXCUP CHAMPIONS: PERFORMANCE IN THE PLAYOFFS Year Player Year Player THE NORTHERN TRUST Dell Tech. Champ. BMW Championship TOUR Championship FedExCup era (2007-2018) 2020 ...................................................... Dustin Johnson 2020 Dustin Johnson Won P2 Won 2019 ............................................................ Rory McIlroy 2019 Rory McIlroy (2) T6 T19 Won 2018...................................................................................Tiger Woods 2018 Justin Rose MC 2nd 2nd T4 2017 ...................................................Xander Schauffele 2017 Justin Thomas 6th Won T47 2nd 2016 ............................................................ Rory McIlroy 2016 Rory McIlroy T31 Won T42 Won 2015 ...........................................................Jordan Spieth 2015 Jordan Spieth MC MC T13 Won 2014 ..........................................................Billy Horschel 2014 Billy Horschel MC T2 Won Won 2013 ............................................................................Henrik Stenson 2013 Henrik Stenson T43 Won T33 Won 2012.........................................................................Brandt Snedeker 2012 Brandt Snedeker 2nd 6th T37 Won 2011 ............................................................................................Bill Haas 2011 Bill Haas T24 T61 T16 Won 2010 .........................................................................................Jim Furyk 2010 Jim Furyk DNP T37 T15 Won 2009 ........................................................................... Phil Mickelson 2009 Tiger Woods (2) T2 T11 Won 2nd 2008 ..........................................................................Camilo Villegas