The FedEx Cup Play-offs are a series of three tournaments that conclude the season on the PGA Tour (the prestigious professional golf tournament system for men, equivalent to the Masters tournaments in tennis), including the Wyndham Championship, BMW Championship and Tour Championship.
The top 60 golfers from the 2024-25 season will advance to the Wyndham Championship. The top 30 players from the Wyndham Championship will then advance to the BMW Championship.
World number one Scottie Scheffler (USA) is the reigning FedEx Cup play-off champion (Photo: Getty).
Next, the top finishers at the BMW Championship will advance to the Tour Championship finals, which will determine the overall season champion.
The total prize money for the entire series of 3 FedEx Cup play-offs is approximately 100 million USD (more than 2,620 billion VND). Of which, the first 20 million USD (more than 524 billion VND) will be awarded to the 10 golfers with the highest rankings at the Wyndham Championship. This includes 10 million USD (more than 262 billion VND) for the golfer with the highest ranking.
Immediately after that, the PGA Tour will award another 22.925 million USD (more than 600.7 billion VND) to 30 golfers participating in the BMW Championship. This includes 5 million USD (more than 131 billion VND) for the golfer who wins this tournament.
The final tournament in the FedEx Cup play-off series, the Tour Championship, will have nearly $57.8 million (about 1,496 billion VND) awarded to the golfers with the best rankings. This includes $10 million for the overall champion golfer.
This year's FedEx Cup play-off champion is likely to receive a higher prize money than last year (Photo: Getty).
In total, the golfer who wins three consecutive tournaments in the FedEx Cup play-off series this season will receive $25 million (about 655 billion VND). This amount is equivalent to the amount given to the winner of the FedEx Cup play-off last season.
However, there is a difference: last season, golfers only needed to win the Tour Championship to “grab” the full 25 million USD mentioned above. This season, golfers who want to win the full 25 million USD must win all 3 tournaments in the series.
In addition, the PGA Tour system also announced that the top 10 golfers at the Tour Championship (ie the top players of the entire competition season) will receive an additional 40 million USD (about 1,048 billion VND) from an investment fund.
However, the PGA Tour has not yet clarified how this $40 million will be divided among the golfers in the top 10. Most likely, as usual, the champion will receive the majority of the above amount, about 40-50% of the total $40 million mentioned above.
That means, if a golfer is successful this season, the prize money for that male athlete will be very large. This is a move by the PGA Tour, to regain the attraction of this competition system, in the face of strong competition from the LIV Golf system (invested and operated by Saudi Arabian billionaires).
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