2021–22 PGA Tour

The 2021–22 PGA Tour was the 107th season of the PGA Tour, and the 55th since separating from the PGA of America. It was also the 16th edition of the FedEx Cup.

2021–22 PGA Tour season
DurationSeptember 16, 2021 (2021-09-16) – August 28, 2022 (2022-08-28)
Number of official events48[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsUnited States Scottie Scheffler (4)
FedEx CupNorthern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Money listUnited States Scottie Scheffler
PGA Tour Player of the YearUnited States Scottie Scheffler
PGA Player of the YearAustralia Cameron Smith
Rookie of the YearUnited States Cameron Young

Changes for 2021–22

Prize fund

The Tour announced more than $100 million in purse increases for the 2021–22 season including:[1]

  • Increasing the FedEx Cup bonus pool (from $60 million to $75 million)
  • Doubling the regular season bonus pool, known as the Comcast Business Tour Top 10 (from $10 million to $20 million)
  • Increasing the Player Impact Program, which rewards players that drive fan engagement (from $40 million to $50 million)
  • Introducing the Play15 Bonus program, which rewards every player who makes at least 15 starts with $50,000
  • Significant increases in the purses of limited-field events including increasing the Players Championship purse to $20 million

Response to LIV Golf

Preceding the first event of the LIV Golf Invitational Series in London, the PGA Tour announced on June 1, 2022, that they would sanction players who competed in the event.[2] Seventeen PGA Tour members played in the event, including major champions Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio García, Martin Kaymer, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Graeme McDowell, and former world number one Lee Westwood. Nine of the players resigned from the tour. On June 9, the tour announced that all members participating in the first LIV tournament, including those who had resigned, were no longer eligible to compete in tour events or the Presidents Cup.[3]

Seven more PGA Tour members joined LIV Golf for the series' second event in Portland, Oregon, including major champions Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, and Patrick Reed (who resigned from the tour). The PGA Tour confirmed their suspensions shortly following the start of that event.[4]

In late July, the tour created a FedExCup Playoffs Eligibility ranking list which did not include the suspended players.[5] Ten players who finished inside the top-125 of the standard FedExCup Standings were excluded; they were Talor Gooch, Jason Kokrak, Matt Jones, Hudson Swafford, Matthew Wolff, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Brooks Koepka, Charles Howell III, and Pat Perez. Three of these (Gooch, Jones and Swafford) failed in their attempt to gain a temporary restraining order to allow them to compete in the playoffs.[6][7]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2021–22 season.[8][9]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner(s)[lower-alpha 2] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]		 Notes
Sep 19 Fortinet Championship California 7,000,000 United States Max Homa (3) 40
Oct 3 Sanderson Farms Championship Mississippi 7,000,000 United States Sam Burns (2) 36
Oct 10 Shriners Children's Open Nevada 7,000,000 South Korea Im Sung-jae (2) 56
Oct 17 CJ Cup Nevada[lower-alpha 4] 9,750,000 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (20) 68 Limited-field event
Oct 24 Zozo Championship Japan 9,950,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (7) 40 JPN Limited-field event
Oct 31 WGC-HSBC Champions China – Canceled[12] – World Golf Championship
Oct 31 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Bermuda 6,500,000 Australia Lucas Herbert (1) 24 Alternate event[lower-alpha 5]
Nov 7 World Wide Technology Championship Mexico 7,200,000 Norway Viktor Hovland (3) 52
Nov 14 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open Texas 7,500,000 United States Jason Kokrak (3) 50
Nov 21 RSM Classic Georgia 7,200,000 United States Talor Gooch (1) 44
Jan 9 Sentry Tournament of Champions Hawaii 8,200,000 Australia Cameron Smith (4) 62 Winners-only event
Jan 16 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 7,500,000 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (8) 46
Jan 23 The American Express California 7,600,000 United States Hudson Swafford (3) 50 Pro-Am
Jan 29 Farmers Insurance Open California 8,400,000 United States Luke List (1) 60
Feb 6 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am California 8,700,000 United States Tom Hoge (1) 36 Pro-Am
Feb 13 WM Phoenix Open Arizona 8,200,000 United States Scottie Scheffler (1) 62
Feb 20 Genesis Invitational California 12,000,000 Chile Joaquín Niemann (2) 72 Invitational
Feb 27 The Honda Classic Florida 8,000,000 Austria Sepp Straka (1) 42
Mar 6 Arnold Palmer Invitational Florida 12,000,000 United States Scottie Scheffler (2) 64 Invitational
Mar 6 Puerto Rico Open Puerto Rico 3,700,000 United States Ryan Brehm (1) 24 Alternate event
Mar 14 The Players Championship Florida 20,000,000 Australia Cameron Smith (5) 80 Flagship event
Mar 20 Valspar Championship Florida 7,800,000 United States Sam Burns (3) 56
Mar 27 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Texas 12,000,000 United States Scottie Scheffler (3) 74 World Golf Championship
Mar 27 Corales Puntacana Championship Dominican Republic 3,700,000 United States Chad Ramey (1) 24 Alternate event
Apr 3 Valero Texas Open Texas 8,600,000 United States J. J. Spaun (1) 38
Apr 10 Masters Tournament Georgia 15,000,000 United States Scottie Scheffler (4) 100 Major championship
Apr 17 RBC Heritage South Carolina 8,000,000 United States Jordan Spieth (13) 58 Invitational
Apr 24 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 8,300,000 United States Patrick Cantlay (7) and
United States Xander Schauffele (5)		 n/a Team event
May 1 Mexico Open Mexico 7,300,000 Spain Jon Rahm (7) 32 New to PGA Tour
May 8 Wells Fargo Championship Maryland 9,000,000 United States Max Homa (4) 44
May 15 AT&T Byron Nelson Texas 9,100,000 South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) 52
May 22 PGA Championship Oklahoma 15,000,000 United States Justin Thomas (15) 100 Major championship
May 29 Charles Schwab Challenge Texas 8,400,000 United States Sam Burns (4) 60 Invitational
Jun 5 Memorial Tournament Ohio 12,000,000 United States Billy Horschel (7) 68 Invitational
Jun 12 RBC Canadian Open Canada 8,700,000 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (21) 46
Jun 19 U.S. Open Massachusetts 17,500,000 England Matt Fitzpatrick (1) 100 Major championship
Jun 26 Travelers Championship Connecticut 8,300,000 United States Xander Schauffele (6) 54
Jul 3 John Deere Classic Illinois 7,100,000 United States J. T. Poston (2) 24
Jul 10 Genesis Scottish Open Scotland 8,000,000 United States Xander Schauffele (7) 70 EUR[lower-alpha 6] New to PGA Tour
Jul 10 Barbasol Championship Kentucky 3,700,000 United States Trey Mullinax (1) 24 EUR Alternate event
Jul 17 The Open Championship Scotland 14,000,000 Australia Cameron Smith (6) 100 Major championship
Jul 17 Barracuda Championship California 3,700,000 United States Chez Reavie (3) 24 EUR Alternate event
Jul 24 3M Open Minnesota 7,500,000 United States Tony Finau (3) 26
Jul 31 Rocket Mortgage Classic Michigan 8,400,000 United States Tony Finau (4) 42
Aug 7 Wyndham Championship North Carolina 7,300,000 South Korea Tom Kim (1) 42
Aug 14 FedEx St. Jude Championship Tennessee 15,000,000 United States Will Zalatoris (1) 67.19 FedEx Cup playoff event
Aug 21 BMW Championship Delaware 15,000,000 United States Patrick Cantlay (8) 50.59 FedEx Cup playoff event
Aug 28 Tour Championship Georgia n/a[lower-alpha 7] Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (22) 38.81[lower-alpha 8] FedEx Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winner(s) OWGR
points		 Notes
Sep 26 Ryder Cup Wisconsin n/a Team USA n/a Team event
Dec 5 Hero World Challenge Bahamas 3,500,000 Norway Viktor Hovland 48 Limited-field event
Dec 12 QBE Shootout Florida 3,600,000 United States Jason Kokrak and
United States Kevin Na		 n/a Team event

Location of tournaments
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PGA Tour sanctioned events (numbered chronologically).

Legend：
600-point event (Major championships & The Players)
550-point event (World Golf Championships, Genesis, Arnold Palmer, Memorial)
500-point event (Regular events)
400-point event (Official team event)
300-point event (Alternate events)
FedEx Cup playoff event

Non FedEx Cup event
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PGA Tour sanctioned events in Scotland
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PGA Tour sanctioned events in Hawaii
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PGA Tour sanctioned events in Japan

FedEx Cup

Points distribution
Main article: List of point distributions of the FedEx Cup

The distribution of points for 2021–22 PGA Tour events were as follows:[17]

Finishing position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 20th 30th 40th 50th 60th
Majors & Players Championship 600 330 210 150 120 110 100 94 88 82 51 32 18 10 6
WGCs, Genesis, Arnold Palmer, and Memorial 550 315 200 140 115 105 95 89 83 78 51 32 18 10 6
Other PGA Tour events 500 300 190 135 110 100 90 85 80 75 45 28 16 8.5 5
Team event (each player) 400 163 105 88 78 68 59 54 50 46 17 5 2 0 0
Alternate events 300 165 105 80 65 60 55 50 45 40 28 17 10 5 3
Playoff events 2000 1200 760 540 440 400 360 340 320 300 180 112 64 34 20

Tour Championship starting score (to par), based on position in the FedEx Cup rankings after the BMW Championship:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th–10th 11th–15th 16th–20th 21st–25th 26th–30th
Starting score −10 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 E

Final standings

For full rankings, see 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Top 31 in the final FedEx Cup standings following the Tour Championship:[18][19]

Pos. Player Majors & The Players WGCs, Genesis, API, and Memorial Top 10s in other PGA Tour events Regular
season
points		 Playoffs[lower-alpha 9] Total
points		 Tour C'ship[lower-alpha 10] Tmts Money ($m)[lower-alpha 11]
Nat. Name Ply Mas PGA USO Opn WGC
Cha		 Gen API WGC
MP		 Mem 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FStJ BMW Start Final Basic CB
Top10		 FedEx
Bonus
1 Northern IrelandMcIlroy T332nd8thT53rd C
A
N
C
E
L
E
D		 T10T13•T18 1st5th1st 2,104 CUTT8 2,414 −4 −21 16 8.651.7018.00
T2 South KoreaIm T55T8•CUTT81 T33T20T35T10 1stT9T8T6T2T2 1,733 12thT15 2,201 −4 −20 26 5.571.005.75
United StatesScheffler T551stCUTT2T21 T71st1st• 4thT21st2nd 3,556 CUTT3 4,206 −10 25 14.054.00[lower-alpha 12]
4 United StatesSchauffele CUTCUTT13T14T15 T13•T35T18 T31stT51st1st 2,153 T57T3 2,825 −6 −18 21 7.432.204.00
T5 United StatesHoma T13T48T13T47CUT T10T17T35T5 1st1st 1,625 T42T23 1,818 −2 −17 24 5.292.75
United StatesThomas T33T81stT37T53 6th•T35• 3rdT5T8T3T53rd 1,783 T13T52 2,025 −3 21 6.831.20
T7 United StatesCantlay CUTT39CUTT14T8 T33•T26T3 4th9thT42nd2nd1stT4T2 2,108 T571st 4,129 −8 −16 20 9.372.001.75
AustriaStraka T9T3078thCUTCUT T15CUTT35T45 1stT3 909 2ndT28 2,224 −4 33 4.72
9 United StatesFinau CUTT35T30CUTT28 T33•T35• T2T42nd1st1st 1,912 T5T28 2,376 −4 −15 25 6.121.401.25
10 United StatesHoge T33T39T9CUTCUT CUTT32T58CUT T42nd1stT4 1,424 CUTT48 1,459 −1 −14 32 4.311.00
T11 JapanMatsuyama •T14T604thT68 T39T20•DQ T61st1stT8T3 1,697 •T35 1,765 −2 −13 21 5.780.93
ChileNiemann T22T35T23T47T53 1st•T35T3 T5 1,228 T13T8 1,750 −2 24 5.08
T13 United StatesSpieth CUTCUTT34T37T8 T26•T35T18 2nd1st2ndT7T10 1,574 CUTT19 1,750 −2 −12 22 5.020.83
United StatesWise T50•T23T27T34 T67T17•2nd T5T6 952 T31T15 1,241 E 24 3.45
T15 EnglandFitzpatrick CUTT14T51stT21 •T9T18CUT T6T10T5T2T10T6 1,596 T5T48 1,980 −3 −11 20 7.010.72
NorwayHovland T9T27T41CUTT4 T4T2T18T51 1st 1,314 T20T35 1,535 −2 21 4.87
United StatesPoston CUT•••CUT CUT••T37 T3T9T21st 1,146 T20T35 1,368 E 30 3.29
SpainRahm T55T27T48T12T34 T21T17T9T10 2ndT3T101st 1,449 T5T8 2,108 −3 19 5.25
19 United StatesYoung CUTCUTT3CUT2nd T2T13T35T60 T2T3T2T2 1,774 T31T23 1,997 −3 −10 25 6.521.100.66
20 AustraliaCa. Smith 1stT3T13CUT1st T33••T13 T9T41stT10 2,335 T13• 2,548 −4 −9 18 10.113.000.64
T21 United StatesHarman T63CUTT34T43T6 ••T35T18 T3T5T9T8 694 T3T35 1,412 −1 −8 27 3.230.60
United StatesHorschel WD4368thCUTT21 •T2T91st T62nd 1,377 CUTT35 1,471 −1 22 4.94
United StatesMorikawa CUT5thT55T5CUT T2•T9CUT 2ndT7T5 1,089 T5T44 1,481 −1 19 4.84
24 United StatesBurns T26CUTT20T27T42 CUTT9•• 1stT5T71st2nd1stT4 2,275 T20T19 2,605 −5 −7 24 7.072.400.57
25 AustraliaScott CUTT48CUTT14T15 T4T26T9T67 T5 551 T5T5 1,299 E −4 20 2.910.55
26 CanadaConners T26T6CUTCUTT28 CUTT113rdT13 6th 936 T28T5 1,454 −1 −3 25 3.880.54
27 South KoreaLee T55CUTT41T37CUT T26T42•T53 1st 853 T20T5 1,406 E −1 28 3.350.53
28 United StatesTheegala CUT•••T34 T48CUT•T5 T8T3T7T2 886 T13T15 1,307 E +1 32 3.120.52
29 United StatesStallings T42•CUTCUT• CUTCUT•CUT T6T5T4T8T4T10 852 CUT2nd 2,052 −3 +3 31 3.930.51
T30 United StatesGooch[lower-alpha 13] CUTT14T20CUTT34 CUTT7T18• T4T51st 1,302 •• 1,302 • • 22 3.72
United StatesZalatoris T26T52ndT2T28 T26T38T5T5 T10T2T62ndT4 1,680 1stWD 3,680 −7 • 24 9.370.50
  Win
  Top 10
  Made cut
  Missed cut
  Withdrew or disqualified

• Did not play

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[21][22]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Scottie Scheffler14,046,910
2Australia Cameron Smith10,107,897
3United States Will Zalatoris9,405,082
4United States Patrick Cantlay9,369,605
5Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy8,654,566
6United States Xander Schauffele7,427,299
7United States Sam Burns7,073,986
8England Matt Fitzpatrick7,012,672
9United States Justin Thomas6,829,576
10United States Cameron Young6,520,598

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Scottie Scheffler[23]
PGA Player of the YearAustralia Cameron Smith[24]
Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award)United States Cameron Young[25]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy[26]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy[24]

See also

Notes
  1. A further one tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
  2. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
  3. EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  4. Originally planned to return to South Korea.[10] However, due to COVID-19 considerations, the CJ Cup was held in Las Vegas, Nevada for the second consecutive year.[11]
  5. With the cancelation of the WGC-HSBC Champions, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship was elevated to a full status event.[12]
  6. European Tour Rolex Series
  7. The Tour Championship has no stand-alone purse and does not carry official money; the tournament directly determines the assignment of the FedEx Cup bonus pool money, including US$18,000,000 to the winner.[13][14]
  8. OWGR points at the Tour Championship were awarded based on aggregate scores only (see Tour Championship format).[15] McIlroy had the lowest aggregate score and was awarded with the 38.81 points.[16]
  9. The top 125 point scorers in the regular season retain their tour card for the following season, and qualify for the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The top 70 points scorers after the FedEx St. Jude Championship qualify for the BMW Championship.
  10. The top 30 point scorers after the BMW Championship qualify for the Tour Championship. Each player begins with a score adjustment to par determined by their point ranking, the lowest scorers in the Tour Championship in addition to this adjustment win the FedEx Cup.
  11. In addition to tournament prize money, the top ten regular season point scorers receive a share of a US$20,000,000 bonus, and the US$75,000,000 FedEx Cup postseason bonus money is distributed based upon standings after the Tour Championship.
  12. Scheffler also won a further US$1,000,000 by topping the Aon Risk Reward Challenge standings.[20]
  13. Gooch was suspended from the tour and deemed ineligible for the FedEx Cup Playoffs or bonus pool having joined LIV Golf; he was 29th on the points list entering the Tour Championship.

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