The FedEx Cup was first contested in 2007 and, over the course of its nearly 20-year history, has created a fun and exciting way to end the PGA Tour season.
In the first year, Tiger Woods was able to win the season-long honor by simply finishing the Tour Championship. Vijay Singh enjoyed the same waltz to victory in 2008, albeit under a dramatically different points system.
The format has changed several times over the years, as has the makeup of the series, going from four tournaments to three currently.
From 2009 through 2018, the FedEx Cup came to a head at the Tour Championship where the FedEx Cup standings were reset specifically for the playoff-ending tournament.
In 2019, the PGA Tour instituted the idea of converting FedEx Cup points earned through the BMW Championship into starting strokes at the Tour Championship to give a tangible, easy-to-follow advantage to better players over the course of the season.
Starting in 2023, the PGA Tour reduced the number of playoff qualifiers to 70 from 125, but the playoff-ending Tour Championship has always been limited to 30 players.
FedEx Cup champions from 2007-present
| YEAR | PLAYER |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Tiger Woods |
| 2008 | Vijay Singh |
| 2009 | Tiger Woods (2) |
| 2010 | Jim Furyk |
| 2011 | Bill Haas |
| 2012 | Brandt Snedeker |
| 2013 | Henrik Stenson |
| 2014 | Billy Horschel |
| 2015 | Jordan Spieth |
| 2016 | Rory McIlroy |
| 2017 | Justin Thomas |
| 2018 | Justin Rose |
| 2019 | Rory McIlroy (2) |
| 2020 | Dustin Johnson |
| 2021 | Patrick Cantlay |
| 2022 | Rory McIlroy (3) |
| 2023 | Viktor Hovland |
| 2024 | Scottie Scheffler |
Tiger Woods won the FedEx Cup twice, and he was the last player to win the Tour Championship under the points-reset format. Rory McIlroy has won the FedEx Cup three times.
The FedEx Cup champion earns $25 million for taking the season-long series, including $24 million in cash and $1 million deferred. The payout system
From 2007-2018, the FedEx Cup winner won $10 million, with the total payout of $35 million to the top 150 players in the final FedEx Cup standings. Starting in 2019, the FedEx Cup winner took home $15 million from a total bonus pool of $60 million.
In 2022 and 2023, the FedEx Cup champion earned $18 million, with the first-place prize increasing to $25 million in 2024.
