FedExCup 101: What you need to know

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Since 2007, the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup have determined a season champion.

The FedExCup is a season-long competition in which players accumulate points in each eligible FedExCup Points event. At the end of the season, the winning player will be crowned the PGA TOUR FedExCup Champion.

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Season

The PGA TOUR season is divided into three segments. These are the "FedExCup Season," the "PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup" and the "PGA TOUR Fall Series." The FedExCup Season generally includes events between the beginning of each calendar year and the middle of August. The Playoffs include four events from the middle of August to the middle of September. Fall Series events will take place between the end of the Playoffs and the end of the calendar year. Specific details of events falling into each segment are published annually with the PGA TOUR schedule.

The 2011 FedExCup Season will consist of the events beginning with the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii and ending with the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.

The PGA TOUR Playoffs in 2011 will consist of The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship and THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola.

Points Distribution: FedExCup Season

• Official PGA TOUR events each award 500 FedExCup points to first place.
• The Masters Tournament, THE PLAYERS Championship, US Open Championship, British Open and the PGA Championship award 600 FedExCup points to first place.
• The first three World Golf Championships events award 550 FedExCup points to first place.
• Additional events played during the FedExCup Season (those played the same week as a major or World Golf Championships) award 250 FedExCup points to first place.

Limited-field events during the FedExCup Season will not redistribute the points for places that do not play. Those points are not awarded to the field and the total points distributed will be slightly less than the total points as defined above. For example, if the 2011 Hyundai Tournament of Champions had a field of 30 players, the points awarded were based on the points that would be awarded to each individual position in a full-field event from positions 1 to 30. This will result in the points that would have otherwise been awarded from positions 31-70 in a regular event not being awarded in the tournament.

Another example is the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, a 64-player field. In this limited-field event, points for positions 65 and beyond are not awarded. All players losing in the first round would receive points for a T33 finish. All players losing in the second round receive points for a T17 finish. All players losing in the third round receive points for a T9 finish. All players losing in the fourth round receive points for a T5 finish.