Dates | August 27 – September 27, 2015 |
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Location |
Plainfield Country Club TPC Boston Conway Farms Golf Club East Lake Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Field | 125 for The Barclays 100 for Deutsche Bank 70 for BMW Championship 30 for Tour Championship |
Prize fund | $35,000,000 bonus money |
Winner's share | $10,000,000 bonus money |
Jordan Spieth | |
3,800 points | |
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The 2015 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that will determine the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, were played from August 27 to September 27. It included the following four events:
These were the ninth FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.
The point distributions can be seen here.
For the full list see here.
The Barclays was played August 27–30. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, five did not enter: Rory McIlroy (ranked 9), Louis Oosthuizen (28), Sergio García (31), Francesco Molinari (99) and Retief Goosen (111). Of the 120 entrants, 72 made the second-round cut at 142 (+2).
Jason Day won by six strokes over Henrik Stenson and moved from second place to first place in the standings. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included eight players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: Zac Blair (ranked 106th to 45th), Spencer Levin (115 to 80), Jason Dufner (103 to 82), Carlos Ortiz (112 to 83), Mark Wilson (114 to 85), Luke Donald (119 to 87), Johnson Wagner (101 to 92) and Camilo Villegas (123 to 99). Eight players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: Pádraig Harrington (ranked 87th to 103rd), Greg Owen (90 to 104), John Peterson (93 to 105), Adam Scott (94 to 106), Adam Hadwin (95 to 107), Charl Schwartzel (96 to 108), John Huh (97 to 110) and Francesco Molinari (99 to 111).