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Rules · Section 3

Points & Playoffs

Every event counts toward a season-long points race in your flight. The top 8 in each flight play match play for the championship.

1 · Season Points

How Points Are Earned

Points are awarded by finishing position within your flight, using the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup points distribution. Majors and signature events are worth more.

Finish in flight Regular Signature Major
1st 500 700 750
2nd 300 400 500
3rd 190 350 350
4th 135 325 325
5th 110 300 300
6th 100 275 270
7th 90 225 250
8th 85 200 225
9th 80 175 200
10th 75 150 175
11th 70 130 155
12th 65 120 135
13th 60 110 115
14th 57 100 105
15th 55 90 95

Flights larger than 15 players continue down the full FedEx Cup scale.

  1. 1.1

    Who earns points

    Every player who completes the round earns points for their finish. Players who withdraw or are disqualified earn no points for that event.

  2. 1.2

    Ties

    Players tied for a position combine the points for the tied places and split them evenly.

  3. 1.3

    Points follow the player

    A player promoted or relegated at a quarterly review keeps their points and carries them into the new flight.

  4. 1.4

    Sandbagging

    A player found sandbagging loses all points from that event, and the standings are recalculated without them. See Section 2.

2 · Qualifying

Making the Playoff

  1. 2.1

    Top 8 per flight

    After the 22nd event, the top 8 players in points in each flight qualify for that flight's playoff.

  2. 2.2

    8-event minimum

    A player must have completed at least 8 regular-season events to qualify. If someone in the top 8 hasn't, the next eligible player moves up.

  3. 2.3

    Ties for 8th

    Ties for the last spot are broken by most wins, then most top-3 finishes, then most events played, then a coin flip by the Committee.

  4. 2.4

    Flight at season's end

    Players compete in the playoff for the flight they're in after the final regular-season event.

3 · The Playoff

Three Weeks of Match Play

Each flight plays its own 8-player bracket. There are no handicap strokes, since everyone in the flight plays at the same level.

Match 1 1 vs 8
Match 2 4 vs 5
Match 3 2 vs 7
Match 4 3 vs 6
Date Round Course Players per flight
Sun, Sep 12 Quarterfinals Poppy Ridge, Livermore 8
Sat, Sep 25 Semifinals Spyglass Hill, Pebble Beach 4
Sun, Sep 26 Championship Pebble Beach Golf Links 2
  1. 3.1

    Seeding

    Players are seeded 1–8 by regular-season points. The winners of 1 vs 8 and 4 vs 5 meet in one semifinal, and the winners of 2 vs 7 and 3 vs 6 in the other.

  2. 3.2

    Match play rules

    Matches are 18 holes of gross match play under the Rules of Golf. Concessions are allowed in match play.

  3. 3.3

    Tied matches

    A match that's all square after 18 holes goes to sudden-death extra holes, starting on the 1st hole or on holes the Committee chooses.

  4. 3.4

    Can't make a match

    A player who can't play a scheduled match forfeits it. The Committee may reschedule only for weather or a course problem.

  5. 3.5

    Champions

    Each flight crowns its own champion at Pebble Beach.

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