TOURNAMENT NOTES Defending Champion Dustin Johnson Thursday GC • Friday GC • Saturday GC, CBS • Sunday GC, CBS
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2021 THE NORTHERN TRUST August 16-22, 2021 • 48th of 50 FedExCup events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season Liberty National Golf Club • Jersey City, New Jersey • Par 71 • 7,410 yards Purse $9.5 million • Winner $1,710,000 + 2,000 FedExCup pts. 124 players • 72-hole stroke-play TOURNAMENT NOTES Defending champion Dustin Johnson Thursday GC • Friday GC • Saturday GC, CBS • Sunday GC, CBS 2020-21 PGA TOUR SEASON STORYLINES: THE PLAYOFFS START HERE FedExCup Playoffs Perfect playoffs records: Six players have qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each season since the inception of the TOUR Championship .......................................................................... FedExCup in 2007: Charley Hoffman (32), Phil Mickelson (58), Bubba Watson (71), Adam Scott (82), Brandt Snedeker (100) and BMW Championship .......................................................................... Matt Kuchar (120). Mickelson and Kuchar have both qualified for the TOUR Championship nine times to lead the group, while THE NORTHERN TRUST ................................................... Snedeker is only player among the six to win the FedExCup. FedExCup Regular Season Wyndham Championship ...................................Kevin Kisner Barracuda Championship ..........................Erik van Rooyen Dustin to defend: 2020 FedExCup Champion, Dustin Johnson became the first players since Tiger Woods (2009) to lead the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational ..............Abraham Ancer FedExCup standings entering the TOUR Championship and win the FedExCup title. Johnson has six victories in the FedExCup 3M Open...............................................................Cameron Champ Playoffs, the most all-time in the 14 seasons of the FedExCup Playoffs. Since 2007, only nine players have won multiple times in Barbasol Championship ................................ Seamus Power a single season during the Playoffs. The Open Championship .....................Collin Morikawa (2) John Deere Classic .................................................Lucas Glover The No. 1 seed: Collin Morikawa, who enters the FedExCup Playoffs at No. 1 in the FedExCup standings is set to make his third Rocket Mortgage Classic .........................................Cam Davis Playoffs appearance (59th/2019, 6th/2020). Morikawa has led the FedExCup in four of the 43 weeks this season and also leads Travelers Championship ...........................Harris English (2) U.S. Open .............................................................................Jon Rahm the TOUR in SG: Tee-to-Green (1.956) and SG: Approach-the-Green (1.395). Palmetto Championship at Congaree .......Garrick Higgo the Memorial Tournament ....................Patrick Cantlay (2) Youth is served: Eight of the top 10 in the FedExCup standings entering THE NORTHERN TRUST check in at 30 years of age or Charles Schwab Challenge ......................Jason Kokrak (2) younger: No. 1 Collin Morikawa (24); No. 2 Jordan Spieth (28); No. 3 Patrick Cantlay (29); No. 5 Jon Rahm (26); No. 6 Abraham PGA Championship ............................................Phil Mickelson Ancer (30); No. 7 Bryson DeChambeau (27); No. 9 Justin Thomas (28); No. 10 Sam Burns (25). AT&T Byron Nelson ...........................................................K.H. Lee Wells Fargo Championship ................................Rory McIlroy The Rookie: Garrick Higgo, the winner of the 2021 Palmetto Championship at Congaree represents the lone PGA TOUR rookie Valspar Championship .............................................Sam Burns to qualify for the 2021 FedExCup Playoffs. At 22 years, 3 months, Higgo (104th) is also the youngest player to qualify for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans ......M. Leishman/C. Smith RBC Heritage ..................................................... Stewart Cink (2) Playoffs. Masters Tournament ................................Hideki Matsuyama Valero Texas Open ................................................Jordan Spieth Last man in: Chesson Hadley entered the Wyndham Championship at No. 132 in the FedExCup standings. During the final WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play ..........Billy Horschel round at Sedgefield Country Club, Hadley used a career-low nine-hole score (29), including the first hole-in-one of his career Corales Puntacana Championship ...............Joel Dahmen (No. 16, 160 yards, 9-iron) to finish T15 and qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs at No. 125. The Honda Classic .......................................................Matt Jones THE PLAYERS Championship ........................Justin Thomas Outside looking in: Last season, six players played their way into the top 70 of the FedExCup at THE NORTHERN TRUST: Alex Arnold Palmer Invitational .....Bryson DeChambeau (2) Noren, Harry Higgs, Russell Henley, Robby Shelton, Jason Kokrak, Louis Oosthuizen. Puerto Rico Open ...............................................Branden Grace WGC-Workday Championship..................Collin Morikawa The Genesis Invitational ..........................................Max Homa BMW CHAMPIONSHIP BUBBLE AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am ...........................Daniel Berger Waste Management Phoenix Open ........Brooks Koepka Rank Player Points Points Behind No. Farmers Insurance Open.................................... Patrick Reed 62 Sebastián Muñoz 740 - The American Express ............................................ Si Woo Kim 63 Tyrrell Hatton 739 - Sony Open in Hawaii ......................................................Kevin Na 64 Talor Gooch 739 - Sentry Tournament of Champions .............Harris English 65 Martin Laird 734 - World Wide Tech. Champ. at Mayakoba .....Viktor Hovland The RSM Classic ......................................................Robert Streb 66 Shane Lowry 727 - Masters Tournament .......................................Dustin Johnson 67 Mackenzie Hughes 719 - Houston Open ..............................................................Carlos Ortiz 68 Robert Streb 710 - Bermuda Championship ...........................................Brian Gay 69 Troy Merritt 700 - ZOZO CHAMP. @ SHERWOOD .......................Patrick Cantlay 70 J.T. Poston 697 - THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK ......................Jason Kokrak 71 Bubba Watson 685 12 Shriners Children’s Open ....................................Martin Laird 72 Harold Varner III 674 23 Sanderson Farms Championship ................Sergio Garcia 73 Seamus Power 670 27 Corales Puntacana Championship........Hudson Swafford U.S. Open ...................................................Bryson DeChambeau 74 Brandon Hagy 660 37 Fortinet Championship .......................................Stewart Cink 75 Andrew Putnam 648 49 Italics First-time PGA TOUR winners 76 Erik van Rooyen 648 49 77 Joel Dahmen 646 51 PGA TOUR COMMUNICATIONS 78 Adam Long 636 61 79 Ian Poulter 628 69 Contact ........................................................Laura Vescovi 80 Harry Higgs 614 83 Phone .........................................................(904) 280-5004 81 Wyndham Clark 609 88 Email [email protected] 82 Adam Scott 604 93 @PGATOURCOMMS 1 THE NORTHERN TRUST SNAPSHOT WINNERS (1967-PRESENT) RECENT HISTORY OF PLAYER MOVEMENT AT THE NORTHERN TRUST Year Player Year No. In Finish Out Finish Players who have moved into the cutoff following THE 2020 ...................................................... Dustin Johnson 2020 6 Alex Noren T8 Doc Redman MC NORTHERN TRUST multiple times (5) 2019 ............................................................ Patrick Reed Harry Higgs T11 Sung Kang MC Player Years 2018 .............................................Bryson DeChambeau Russell Henley T8 Denny McCarthy T49 Harold Varner III 2017, 2019 2017 ........................................................ Dustin Johnson Robby Shelton T13 Phil Mickelson MC Camilo Villegas 2011, 2013, 2015 2016 ............................................................ Patrick Reed Jason Kokrak T13 Henrik Norlander MC Andres Romero 2010, 2014 2015 ..................................................................Jason Day Louis Oosthuizen T13 Xinjun Zhang MC Jason Day 2008, 2012 2014...............................................................................Hunter Mahan 2019 4 Harold Varner III T3 Sergio Garcia MC Richard S. Johnson 2008, 2009 2013 ...............................................................Adam Scott Troy Merritt T12 Danny Lee 81 2012...................................................................................Nick Watney Wyndham Clark T18 Matthew Wolff T71 Players making FedExCup Playoffs debut (7) 2011 ........................................................ Dustin Johnson Joaquin Niemann T30 Kevin Streelman MC Player Rank 2010 ............................................................. Matt Kuchar 2018 6 Nick Watney T11 Trey Mullinax T56 Erik van Rooyen 76th 2009 .............................................................................Heath Slocum Bronson Burgoon T11 Brandon Harkins T60 Doug Ghim 86th 2008 ....................................................................................Vijay Singh Jhonattan Vegas T15 Patrick Rodgers DNP Kramer Hickok 90th 2007 ...............................................................................Steve Stricker Scott Stallings T28 Charl Schwartzel MC Hank Lebioda 93rd 2006 ....................................................................................Vijay Singh Danny Lee T34 Alex Cejka T56 Tyler McCumber 94th 2005 ..................................................................Padraig