Season Opening Events PGA TOUR Since 2013-14 During Season Opening Events (Last 7 Seasons) # of Players PCT
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Season Opening Events / Fall Events Since the 2013-14 PGA TOUR Season Overview of Season Opening Events Last 7 PGA TOUR Seasons 227 Total players who earned FedExCup Points during Season Opening/ Fall events last season (most of any season since start of wrap-around schedule) 1,461 Players to earn FedExCup Points during Season Opening / Fall Events in the last seven PGA TOUR seasons 56.06% Since the start of the 2013-14 season, 56.06% of players who earned FedExCup points in the fall or season opening events have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs (819 of 1,461) 120 Last season 120 of the top 125 in the FedExCup (entering Playoffs) were ranked after the season opening events. Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka & Tom Lewis were the only players in the FedExCup Top 125 to not earn any FEC points in the fall. 31.07% Over the last seven PGA TOUR seasons, 31.07% of players who earned FedExCup points in the fall or season opening events have qualified for the BMW Championship, finishing inside the top 70 in the final FedExCup standings (454 of 1,461). 2 Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm were the only two players to qualify for the BMW Championship and the TOUR Championship without earning any FedExCup points during the fall portion of the 2019-20 schedule. 12.8% Percentage of players to qualify for the TOUR Championship who earned FedExCup points in the fall or season opening events on the PGA TOUR in the las seven seasons (187 of 1,461) Ranked Inside Top 125 thru Fall Events Last 7 PGA TOUR Seasons 7 Since the 2013-14 PGA TOUR season (start of wrap-around schedule), seven players have finished inside the top 125 of the FedExCup standings through the seasons opening events in each of the last five seasons. 4 Four of the seven players have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each of the last seven seasons after ranking inside the top 125 of the standings through the season opening events (Moore, Matsuyama, Howell III & Woodland). 2 & 1 Gary Woodland and Hideki Matsuyama are the only two players who have ranked inside the top 125 of the FedExCup through the fall events and finished the season inside the top 70 in each of last seven seasons. Matsuyama is the only player in each of the last seven seasons to rank inside the top 125 of the FedExCup through the fall events and qualify for the Playoff Finale. 7 Since the start of the 2013-14 PGA TOUR season, all FedExCup leaders after the season opening events (fall events) have qualified for the TOUR Championship and finished the season inside the top 30 of the FedExCup standings. Season Opening Events / Fall Events Since the 2013-14 PGA TOUR Season Breakdown of Players Who Earned FEC Points Players who Earned at Least 1 FEC Point During Season Opening Events PGA TOUR Since 2013-14 During Season Opening Events (Last 7 Seasons) # of Players PCT. # of Players Total Players Earning FEC Pts 1,461 -- Last Season 227 Qualified for FedExCup Playoffs 819 56.06 2018-19 214 Qualified for BMW Championship 454 31.07 2017-18 206 Qualified for TOUR Championship 187 12.80 2016-17 213 2015-16 209 2014-15 206 2013-14 186 Total Points Earned During Season Opening Events Last 7 PGA TOUR Seasons Total Pts Earned in Fall PCT of Reg Season Pts Earned Last Season 30,518 32.9 2018-19 21,928 18.5 2017-18 21,603 17.5 2016-17 18,539 15.7 2015-16 21,499 16.2 2014-15 21,627 15.8 2013-14 19,346 14.5 Breakdown of Players Who Earned FEC Points During Season Opening Events by Season Since 2013-14 FedExCup Playoffs BMW Championship TOUR Championship Last Season 120 68 28 2018-19 118 67 30 2017-18 115 64 27 2016-17 117 63 24 2015-16 116 65 27 2014-15 118 64 25 2013-14 115 63 26 Players Ranked Inside Top 125 of FedExCup Thru Season Opening Events in Each of Last 7 Seasons 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2018-19 2019-20 Last Season Cink, Stewart 96th 93rd 100th 32nd 67th 109th 84th Howell III, Charles 9th 97th 15th 26th 22nd 1st 27th Matsuyama, Hideki 26th 16th 35th 1st 66th 96th 10th McDowell, Graeme 22nd 39th 4th 119th 79th 81st 105th Moore, Ryan 3rd 5th 36th 41st 51st 20th 66th Piercy, Scott 114th 25th 33rd 8th 98th 19th 113th Woodland, Gary 16th 22nd 110th 12th 69th 9th 36th Season Opening Events / Fall Events Since the 2013-14 PGA TOUR Season Players Ranked Inside Top X Tiers in Each of Last 7 PGA TOUR Seasons Inside Top 125 After Fall Events Qualified for FEC Playoffs Qualified for BMW Qualified for TOUR Champ Stewart Cink Ryan Moore Hideki Matsuyama Hideki Matsuyama Charles Howell III Hideki Matsuyama Gary Woodland Hideki Matsuyama Charles Howell III Graeme McDowell Gary Woodland Ryan Moore Scott Piercy Gary Woodland *Must Rank Inside Top 125 After Fall Events FedExCup Leader After Season Opening Events FedExCup Finish Since 2013-14 FEC Finish FEC Finish Last Season Brendon Todd 20th 2015-16 Kevin Kisner 23rd 2018-19 Charles Howell III 28th 2014-15 Robert Streb 18th 2017-18 Patton Kizzire 30th 2013-14 Jimmy Walker 7th 2016-17 Hideki Matsuyama 8th Season Opening Events / Fall Events Since the 2013-14 PGA TOUR Season FedExCup Notes 2,749 Justin Thomas has earned the most FedExCup points of any player during the season opening events/fall events over the last seven PGA TOUR seasons (2,749). Thomas has four wins, eight top-five’s and nine top-10s in the fall events in this time frame. 54 Total events/wins in the Season Opening events / Fall events since the start of the 2013-14 PGA TOUR season 46 Different players to win during the season opening events in the last seven seasons 6 Players with multiple wins during the season opening events in the last seven seasons 1 Justin Thomas is the only player with more than two PGA TOUR wins during the season opening events in the last seven seasons. Brendon Todd is the only player to win multiple times during the season opening events of a single season on TOUR since the 2013-14 season. 100% Every winner during the season opening events over the last seven seasons has qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs 4 Only four times has a player won during the season opening events and not qualified for the BMW Championship in the last seven seasons (2014-15 Nick Taylor/101st, 2015-16 Peter Malnati/104th, 2016-17 Cody Gribble/87th & 2016-17 Rod Pampling/74th) 30 30 of the 46 players to win during the season opening events have qualified for the TOUR Championship in the same season since the start of the 2013-14 PGA TOUR season. 30.4 Last season, the average age of a winner during the season opening events was 30.4, marking the fifth time in seven seasons where the average age was 30 or older during the wrap-around portion of the PGA TOUR schedule since 2013-14. 4 Since 2013-14, Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka have four seasons finishing inside the top 30 of the final FedExCup standings after being ranked inside the top 30 of the standings through the seasons opening events (fall events). 204th Mackenzie Hughes ranked T-204 through the season opening events and qualified for the TOUR Championship, marking the lowest ranked player in the FedExCup standings through the season opening events to qualify for the TOUR Championship in the last seven seasons. Season Opening Events / Fall Events Since the 2013-14 PGA TOUR Season Multiple PGA TOUR Winners Most FedExCup Points Earned in Season Opening Events During Season Opening Events Last 7 Seasons PGA TOUR Last 7 Seasons # of Wins Points # of Wins Justin Thomas 4 Justin Thomas 2749 4 Ryan Moore 2 Hideki Matsuyama 2204 1 Brendon Todd 2 Ryan Moore 2021 2 Pat Perez 2 Charles Howell III 1991 1 Cameron Champ 2 Pat Perez 1880 2 Brendan Steele 2 Kevin Na 1876 1 Russell Knox 1830 1 Gary Woodland 1739 0 Players Inside Top 10 of FedExCup Entering Playoffs & Inside Top 10 After Fall Events Last 7 PGA TOUR seasons First 5 Seasons Last 2 Season 12 of 50 9 of 20 Average Age of Winners in Season Opening Events Last 7 PGA TOUR Seasons Age Last Season 30.4 2018-19 30.5 2017-18 32.4 2016-17 31.1 2015-16 27.6 2014-15 30.3 2013-14 28.8 Overall Average 30.2 Most Times Inside Top 30 After Season Opening Events Lowest Ranked Player Thru Season Opening Events and Finish Season Inside Top 30 of FedExCup Since 2013-14 to Qualify for TOUR Championship Last 7 Seasons # of Times Rank Hideki Matsuyama 4 2020 Mackenzie Hughes 204 Justin Thomas 4 2019 Rory McIlroy 186 Brooks Koepka 4 2014 Geoff Ogilvy 178 Kevin Na 3 2015 Justin Rose 175 Webb Simpson 3 2018 Bubba Watson 172 Gary Woodland 3 2018 Francesco Molinari 170 2016 Jimmy Walker 169 2019 Jason Kokrak 165 2014 Russell Henley 164 2020 Kevin Kisner 162 Season Opening Events / Fall Events Since the 2013-14 PGA TOUR Season 2019-20 PGA TOUR Season Rank Finish Brendon Todd 1st 20th Sebastián Muñoz 2nd 8th Lanto Griffin 3rd 18th th th Rory McIlroy 4 8 Justin Thomas 5th 2nd Kevin Na 6th 27th Sungjae Im 7th 11th Joaquin Niemann 8th 27th Cameron Champ 9th 24th Hideki Matsuyama 10th 15th th th Harris English 14 12 Webb Simpson 19th 12th Scottie Scheffler 20th 5th Xander Schauffele 21st 2nd 2018-19 PGA TOUR Season 2017-18 PGA TOUR Season 2016-17 PGA TOUR Season Rank Finish Rank Finish Rank Finish Xander Schauffele 2nd 2nd Justin Rose 6th WON Justin Thomas 2nd WON Brooks Koepka 4th 3rd Dustin Johnson 25th 4th Hideki Matsuyama 1st 8th Tony Finau 12th 7th Tony Finau 9th 6th Brooks Koepka 11th 10th Bryson DeChambeau 8th 12th Justin Thomas 7th 7th Paul Casey 20th 11th Gary Woodland 9th 15th Keegan Bradley 15th 8th Pat Perez 3rd 15th Matt Kuchar 7th 16th Brooks Koepka 25th 9th Daniel Berger 17th 16th Webb Simpson 24th 16th Cameron Smith 17th 12th Gary Woodland 12th 28th Abraham Ancer 23rd 21st Rickie