How many FedEx Cup points will the winner of the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship get? Exploring the points distribution
The FedEx Cup playoffs are a season-ending PGA Tour series starting with the FedEx St. Jude Championship, where the top 70 FedEx Cup ranked players take part. Then, the top 50 compete in the BMW Championship, before the top 30 golfers feature in the season-ending Tour Championship.
The winner of the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship will receive a hefty payout of $3.6 million and 2000 FedEx Cup points along with it. The second-place holder will get $2.16 million and 1200 FedEx points. The third and fourth place holders will receive 760 and 540 FedEx points, along with $1.36 million and $0.96 million, respectively.
At the time of writing, Hideki Matsuyama and Denny McCarthy are tied for top spot with a score of 11-under. Sam Burns sits in third place with 10-under, while Olympic gold medalist Scottie Scheffler is at T4 with 9-under.
Viktor Hovland, the winner of last year's FedEx Cup, is in 7th place with a score of 7-under. Last year's Open Championship winner, Brian Harman, is in 13th place with a score of 5-under.
Purse and FedEx Cup point distribution for the FedEx St. Jude Championship
Currently, Hideki Matsuyama is projected to climb five spots and reach third place in the FedEx Cup standings from his current rank of 8, while Denny McCarthy is projected to move up 41 spots and reach 4th place from his current rank of 45. Sam Burns, who is 3rd on the FedEx St. Jude Championship leaderboard, is projected to reach rank 10. Scottie Scheffler's current ranking is 1 and he is projected to retain his position.
Coming to the points distribution, as the winner gets 2000 points, the last-place finisher will get 12 points. There is a difference of 1988 points between the first and last-place holders. The second, third, fourth, and fifth place holders will receive 1200, 760, 540 and 440, respectively. The payout for the winner is $3.6 million, while the last-place finisher will receive $40,000. The payouts of the second, third, fourth, and fifth place finishers will be $2.16 million, $1.36 million, $0.96 million, and $0.8 million, respectively.
Here's the distribution of FedEx Cup points and prize money for the winner and other standings of the FedEx St. Jude Championship:
1-2000 points: $3,600,000.00
2-1200 points: $2,160,000.00
3-760 points: $1,360,000.00
4-540 points: $960,000.00
5-440 points: $800,000.00
6-400 points: $720,000.00
7-360 points: $670,000.00
8-340 points: $620,000.00
9-320 points: $580,000.00
10-300 points: $540,000.00
11-280 points: $500,000.00
12-260 points: $460,000.00
13-240 points: $420,000.00
14-228 points: $380,000.00
15-220 points: $360,000.00
16-212 points: $340,000.00
17-204 points: $320,000.00
18-196 points: $300,000.00
19-188 points: $280,000.00
20-180 points: $260,000.00
21-172 points: $240,000.00
22-164 points: $224,000.00
23-156 points: $208,000.00
24-148 points: $192,000.00
25-142 points: $176,000.00
26-136 points: $160,000.00
27-130 points: $154,000.00
28-124 points: $148,000.00
29-118 points: $142,000.00
30-112 points: $136,000.00
31-106 points: $130,000.00
32-100 points: $124,000.00
33-94 points: $118,000.00
34-88 points: $113,000.00
35-84 points: $108,000.00
36-80 points: $103,000.00
37-76 points: $98,000.00
38-72 points: $94,000.00
39-68 points: $90,000.00
40-64 points: $86,000.00
41-60 points: $82,000.00
42-56 points: $78,000.00
43-52 points: $74,000.00
44-48 points: $70,000.00
45-44 points: $66,000.00
46-42 points: $62,000.00
47-40 points: $58,000.00
48-38 points: $54,800.00
49-36 points: $52,000.00
50-34 points: $50,400.00
51-32 points: $49,200.00
52-30 points: $48,000.00
53-28 points: $47,200.00
54-26 points: $46,400.00
55-24 points: $46,000.00
56-23.2 points: $45,600.00
57-22.4 points: $45,200.00
58-21.6 points: $44,800.00
59-20.8 points: $44,400.00
60-20 points: $44,000.00
61-19.2 points- $43,600.00
62-18.4 points: $43,200.00
63-17.6 points: $42,800.00
64-16.8 points: $42,400.00
65-16 points: $42,000.00
66-15.2 points: $41,600.00
67-14.4 points: $41,200.00
68-13.6 points: $40,800.00
69-12.8 points: $40,400.00
70-12 points: $40,000.00