2013-14 PGA Tour Season
2014 Fed Ex Cup Playoffs
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1 .. Pre-2014 Tour Championship Leaders
Welcome to the 2014 Fed Ex Cup playoffs, the first in the new "Wrap Season" format. Playoff event winners Chris Kirk, Billy Horschel and Hunter Mahan, Masters Champion Bubba Watson and Open Championship winner Rory McIlroy lead the way going into the 2014 Tour Championship. Using normal, non-reset points, #1 Chris Kirk leads #2 Billy Horschel by nine (9) pts; #3 Bubba Watson Watson by 256 pts; #4 Rory McIlroy by 579 pts; and #5 Hunter Mahan by 951 pts. The difference between #1 Chris Kirk (4,314) and #29 Gary Woodland (1,777) is 2,537 pts. # 30 Dustin Johnson at # 1,769 pts (2,545 pts behind Kirk) is not playing in the 2014 Tour Championship (a personal decision). The PGA Tour has no replacement provision for the Tour Championship, so #31 Stuart Appleby at 1,755 pts is left sitting on the outside looking in. Full Top 30 Fed Ex Cup leaderboard going into the 2014 Tour Championship .....
FX Points FX Points
Rank Player Normal Reset Rank Player Normal Reset
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1 Chris Kirk 4,314 2,500 16 Bill Haas 2,139 380
2 Billy Horschel 4,305 2,250 17 John Senden 2,137 360
3 Bubba Watson 4,058 2,000 18 Patrick Reed 2,110 340
4 Rory McIlroy 3,735 1,800 19 Cameron Tringale 2,063 320
5 Hunter Mahan 3,363 1,600 20 Russell Henley 2,040 310
6 Jimmy Walker 3,073 1,400 21 Morgan Hoffmann 1,973 300
7 Jim Furyk 3,073 1,200 22 Webb Simpson 1,944 290
8 Matt Kuchar 2,736 1,000 23 Ryan Palmer 1,895 280
9 Rickie Fowler 2,631 800 24 Kevin Na 1,893 270
10 Jason Day 2,549 600 25 Geoff Ogilvy 1,854 260
11 Jordan Spieth 2,517 480 26 Justin Rose 1,814 250
12 Adam Scott 2,412 460 27 Brendon Todd 1,812 240
13 Sergio Garcia 2,325 440 28 Hideki Matsuyama 1,780 230
14 Martin Kaymer 2,230 420 29 Gary Woodland 1,777 220
15 Zach Johnson 2,175 400 30 Dustin Johnson 1,769 210
2 .. Pre-2014 Tour Championship:
Actual and Alternative Fed Ex Cup Points
The actual points distribution used (a total of 13,590 pts) for the 2014 Tour Championship was as follows ....
1.. 2,500 6.. 500 11.. 350 16.. 275 21.. 250 26.. 225
2.. 1,500 7.. 450 12.. 325 17.. 270 22.. 245 27.. 220
3.. 1,000 8.. 425 13.. 300 18.. 265 23.. 240 28.. 215
4.. 750 9.. 400 14.. 285 19.. 260 24.. 235 29.. 210
5.. 550 10.. 375 15.. 280 20.. 255 25.. 230 30.. 205
For 2014, an alternative points distribution method, which offers a total of 30,000 pts, calculated,
approved and announced on the Monday before play in the Tour Championship begins, is as follows ....
1.. 4,800 6.. 1,200 11.. 900 16.. 648 21.. 588 26.. 528
2.. 2,640 7.. 1,140 12.. 840 17.. 636 22.. 576 27.. 516
3.. 1,920 8.. 1,080 13.. 780 18.. 624 23.. 564 28.. 504
4.. 1,560 9.. 1,020 14.. 720 19.. 612 24.. 552 29.. 492
5.. 1,320 10.. 960 15.. 660 20.. 600 25.. 540 30.. 480
With the alternative points distribution in effect, a few of the potential scenarios it creates are as follows ....
»» Players #1 thru #15 ........ JUST WIN, BABY! »» Players #16 thru #27 Combination of winning Tour Championship (4,800 pts) -AND- Both Chris Kirk and Billy Horschel finishing no better than a two-way tie for 2nd (2,280 pts) »» Players #28 and #29 Combination of winning Tour Championship (4,800 pts) -AND- Both Chris Kirk and Billy Horschel finishing no better than a three-way tie for 2nd (2,040 pts) NOTE ... Either #30 Dustin Johnson, if he had been able to play, or #31 Stuart Appleby, if there had been a provision for him to replace Johnson in the Tour Championship field, would have been included in this particular reckoning.
The customized alternative Tour Championship points makes the 2014 Fed Ex Cup winning scenarios less complex and
easier to understand. Also, a sense of real urgency to play as well as one can rather than just coasting along is created, especially for the leading players who, in the right scenario, can easily be surpassed by any player in the field. Now, on to the actual 2014 Tour Championship results, which will include the alternative points distribution and the various potential scenarios which have been created by such points. One can compare and contrast both Tour Championship reset and non-reset scores, as well as the final "actual" and "alternative" Fed Ex Cup standings. |
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3 .. The 2014 Tour Championship: Actual results, plus alternative points Three of the pre-tournament top five -- # 1 Kirk, #2 Horschel and #4 McIlroy -- are among the Top Five finishers in the tournament itself, with Horschel emerging as the winner. Because only 29 players competed, the $ 128,000 prize for 30th place was re-distributed among the 4th thru 29th finishers. The 205 "actual" points for 30th was not re-distributed. In "alternative" mode, there would have been a 30th player, most likely pre-tournament #31 Stuart Appleby, in place of the absent #30 Dustin Johnson. As a result, no re-distribution of the 30th place money would have occurred. PURSE: $ 8,000,000 1st Prize: $ 1,440,000 No-Cut Field of 29 29 of 29 finishers |
Player Finish Scores Tournament FX Points
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Billy Horschel WINNER 66, 66, 69, 68 = 269 $ 1,440,000 2,500 4,800
Jim Furyk T2 67, 69, 67, 69 = 272 $ 708,000 1,250 2,280
Rory McIlroy T2 69, 65, 67, 71 = 272 $ 708,000 1,250 2,280
Chris Kirk T4 66, 68, 71, 68 = 273 $ 343,334 600 1,360
Justin Rose T4 72, 66, 66, 69 = 273 $ 343,334 600 1,360
Jason Day T4 67, 67, 70, 69 = 273 $ 343,334 600 1,360
Ryan Palmer 7 69, 67, 69, 69 = 274 $ 275,000 450 1,140
Rickie Fowler 8 69, 68, 67, 71 = 275 $ 260,000 425 1,080
Sergio Garcia T9 69, 71, 70, 66 = 276 $ 231,668 375 960
Gary Woodland T9 71, 75, 63, 67 = 276 $ 231,668 375 960
Adam Scott T9 69, 72, 65, 70 = 276 $ 231,668 375 960
Russell Henley 12 70, 68, 67, 72 = 277 $ 210,000 325 840
Matt Kuchar 13 68, 71, 69, 70 = 278 $ 200,000 300 780
Bubba Watson 14 67, 73, 67, 73 = 280 $ 190,000 285 720
Cameron Tringale 15 68, 68, 74, 71 = 281 $ 180,000 280 660
Bill Haas 16 68, 71, 73, 70 = 282 $ 175,000 275 648
Brendon Todd T17 70, 75, 72, 66 = 283 $ 168,000 268 630
Jimmy Walker T17 73, 69, 69, 72 = 283 $ 168,000 268 630
Kevin Na T19 70, 66, 75, 73 = 284 $ 160,000 258 606
Patrick Reed T19 67, 74, 74, 69 = 284 $ 160,000 258 606
Zach Johnson 21 68, 74, 72, 71 = 285 $ 154,000 250 588
Hideki Matsuyama 22 71, 71, 71, 73 = 286 $ 150,000 245 576
Webb Simpson T23 74, 72, 72, 70 = 288 $ 143,000 235 552
Martin Kaymer T23 73, 69, 73, 73 = 288 $ 143,000 235 552
Hunter Mahan T23 74, 72, 71, 71 = 288 $ 143,000 235 552
John Senden 26 72, 75, 69, 74 = 290 $ 138,000 225 528
Morgan Hoffmann T27 70, 73, 73, 76 = 292 $ 135,000 218 510
Jordan Spieth T27 71, 70, 80, 71 = 292 $ 135,000 218 510
Geoff Ogilvy 29 77, 77, 73, 73 = 300 $ 132,000 210 492
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4 .. Final 2014 Fed Ex Cup Top 30 Standings -- Actual and Alternative Other than Chris Kirk and Rory McIlroy flip-flopping the #2 and #3 spots in actual and alternative modes. there were no significant movers and shakers among the Final Top 30 Finishers for 2014. In "actual" mode, Martin Kaymer and Bill Haas tied for 16th, each receiving $ 242,500. |
-- Actual -- Alternative Fed Ex Cup
Rank Player Points Rank Player Points Bonus Money
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1 Billy Horschel 4,750 1 Billy Horschel 9,105 $ 10,000,000
2 Chris Kirk 3,100 2 Rory McIlroy 6,015 $ 3,000,000
3 Rory McIlroy 3,050 3 Chris Kirk 5,674 $ 2,000,000
4 Jim Furyk 2,450 4 Jim Furyk 5,353 $ 1,500,000
5 Bubba Watson 2,285 5 Bubba Watson 4,778 $ 1,000,000
6 Hunter Mahan 1,835 6 Jason Day 3,909 $ 800,000
7 Jimmy Walker 1,668 7 Hunter Mahan 3,803 $ 700,000
8 Matt Kuchar 1,300 8 Jimmy Walker 3,703 $ 600,000
9 Rickie Fowler 1,225 9 Rickie Fowler 3,531 $ 550,000
10 Jason Day 1,200 10 Matt Kuchar 3,516 $ 500,000
11 Justin Rose 850 11 Adam Scott 3,372 $ 300,000
12 Adam Scott 835 12 Sergio Garcia 3,285 $ 290,000
13 Sergio Garcia 815 13 Justin Rose 3,174 $ 280,000
14 Ryan Palmer 730 14 Ryan Palmer 3,035 $ 270,000
15 Jordan Spieth 698 15 Jordan Spieth 3,027 $ 250,000
16 Martin Kaymer 655 **1 16 Russell Henley 2,880 $ 245,000
16 Bill Haas 655 **1 17 Bill Haas 2,783 $ 240,000
18 Zach Johnson 650 18 Martin Kaymer 2,782 $ 235,000
19 Russell Henley 635 19 Zach Johnson 2,763 $ 230,000
20 Cameron Tringale 600 20 Gary Woodland 2,737 $ 225,000
21 Patrick Reed 598 21 Cameron Tringale 2,723 $ 220,000
22 Gary Woodland 595 22 Patrick Reed 2,716 $ 215,000
23 John Senden 585 23 Webb Simpson 2,696 $ 210,000
24 Kevin Na 528 24 John Senden 2,665 $ 205,000
25 Webb Simpson 525 25 Kevin Na 2,499 $ 200,000
26 Morgan Hoffmann 518 26 Morgan Hoffmann 2,483 $ 195,000
27 Brendon Todd 508 27 Brendon Todd 2,472 $ 190,000
28 Hideki Matsuyama 475 28 Hideki Matsuyama 2,356 $ 185,000
29 Geoff Ogilvy 470 29 Geoff Ogilvy 2,346 $ 180,000
30 Dustin Johnson 210 30 Dustin Johnson 1,769 $ 175,000
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2014 Fed Ex Cup Playoffs