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. The season began on September 16, 2021. The 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs began on August 11, and concluded on August 28, 2022.

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 wins4:
Scottie Scheffler
FedEx Cup Rory McIlroy
Money winner Scottie Scheffler
Player of the Year Scottie Scheffler
Rookie of the Year 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]

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 Max Homa (3) 40
Oct 3 Sanderson Farms Championship Mississippi 7,000,000 Sam Burns (2) 36
Oct 10 Shriners Children's Open Nevada 7,000,000 Im Sung-jae (2) 56
Oct 17 CJ Cup Nevada[lower-alpha 4] 9,750,000 Rory McIlroy (20) 68 Limited-field event
Oct 24 Zozo Championship Japan 9,950,000 Hideki Matsuyama (7) 40 JPN Limited-field event
Oct 31 WGC-HSBC Champions China Canceled[11] World Golf Championship
Oct 31 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Bermuda 6,500,000 Lucas Herbert (1) 24 Alternate event[lower-alpha 5]
Nov 7 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba Mexico 7,200,000 Viktor Hovland (3) 52
Nov 14 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open Texas 7,500,000 Jason Kokrak (3) 50
Nov 21 RSM Classic Georgia 7,200,000 Talor Gooch (1) 44
Jan 9 Sentry Tournament of Champions Hawaii 8,200,000 Cameron Smith (4) 62 Winners-only event
Jan 16 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 7,500,000 Hideki Matsuyama (8) 46
Jan 23 The American Express California 7,600,000 Hudson Swafford (3) 50 Pro-Am
Jan 29 Farmers Insurance Open California 8,400,000 Luke List (1) 60
Feb 6 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am California 8,700,000 Tom Hoge (1) 36 Pro-Am
Feb 13 WM Phoenix Open Arizona 8,200,000 Scottie Scheffler (1) 62
Feb 20 Genesis Invitational California 12,000,000 Joaquín Niemann (2) 72 Invitational
Feb 27 The Honda Classic Florida 8,000,000 Sepp Straka (1) 42
Mar 6 Arnold Palmer Invitational Florida 12,000,000 Scottie Scheffler (2) 64 Invitational
Mar 6 Puerto Rico Open Puerto Rico 3,700,000 Ryan Brehm (1) 24 Alternate event
Mar 14 The Players Championship Florida 20,000,000 Cameron Smith (5) 80 Flagship event
Mar 20 Valspar Championship Florida 7,800,000 Sam Burns (3) 56
Mar 27 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Texas 12,000,000 Scottie Scheffler (3) 74 World Golf Championship
Mar 27 Corales Puntacana Championship Dominican Republic 3,700,000 Chad Ramey (1) 24 Alternate event
Apr 3 Valero Texas Open Texas 8,600,000 J. J. Spaun (1) 38
Apr 10 Masters Tournament Georgia 15,000,000 Scottie Scheffler (4) 100 Major championship
Apr 17 RBC Heritage South Carolina 8,000,000 Jordan Spieth (13) 58 Invitational
Apr 24 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 8,300,000 Patrick Cantlay (7) and
Xander Schauffele (5)
n/a Team event
May 1 Mexico Open Mexico 7,300,000 Jon Rahm (7) 32 New to PGA Tour
May 8 Wells Fargo Championship Maryland 9,000,000 Max Homa (4) 44
May 15 AT&T Byron Nelson Texas 9,100,000 Lee Kyoung-hoon (2) 52
May 22 PGA Championship Oklahoma 15,000,000 Justin Thomas (15) 100 Major championship
May 29 Charles Schwab Challenge Texas 8,400,000 Sam Burns (4) 60 Invitational
Jun 5 Memorial Tournament Ohio 12,000,000 Billy Horschel (7) 68 Invitational
Jun 12 RBC Canadian Open Canada 8,700,000 Rory McIlroy (21) 46
Jun 19 U.S. Open Massachusetts 17,500,000 Matt Fitzpatrick (1) 100 Major championship
Jun 26 Travelers Championship Connecticut 8,300,000 Xander Schauffele (6) 54
Jul 3 John Deere Classic Illinois 7,100,000 J. T. Poston (2) 24
Jul 10 Genesis Scottish Open Scotland 8,000,000 Xander Schauffele (7) 70 EUR[lower-alpha 6] New to PGA Tour
Jul 10 Barbasol Championship Kentucky 3,700,000 Trey Mullinax (1) 24 EUR Alternate event
Jul 17 The Open Championship Scotland 14,000,000 Cameron Smith (6) 100 Major championship
Jul 17 Barracuda Championship California 3,700,000 Chez Reavie (3) 24 EUR Alternate event
Jul 24 3M Open Minnesota 7,500,000 Tony Finau (3) 26
Jul 31 Rocket Mortgage Classic Michigan 8,400,000 Tony Finau (4) 42
Aug 7 Wyndham Championship North Carolina 7,300,000 Tom Kim (1) 42
Aug 14 FedEx St. Jude Championship Tennessee 15,000,000 Will Zalatoris (1) 67.19 FedEx Cup playoff event
Aug 21 BMW Championship Delaware 15,000,000 Patrick Cantlay (8) 50.59 FedEx Cup playoff event
Aug 28 Tour Championship Georgia n/a[lower-alpha 7] 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 Viktor Hovland 48 Limited-field event
Dec 12 QBE Shootout Florida 3,600,000 Jason Kokrak and
Kevin Na
n/a Team event

Location of tournaments

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
PGA Tour sanctioned events in Scotland
PGA Tour sanctioned events in Hawaii
PGA Tour sanctioned events in Japan

FedEx Cup

Points distribution

The distribution of points for 2021–22 PGA Tour events is as follows:[15]

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

FedEx Cup standings

For full rankings, see 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Top 31 in the final FedEx Cup standings following the Tour Championship:[16]

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 McIlroy T3328T53 C
A
N
C
E
L
E
D
T10T13T18 151 2,104 CUTT8 2,414 −4 −21 16 8.651.7018.00
T2 Im T55T8CUTT81 T33T20T35T10 1T9T8T6T2T2 1,733 12T15 2,201 −4 −20 26 5.571.005.75
T2 Scheffler T551CUTT2T21 T7114T212 3,556 CUTT3 4,206 −10 −20 25 14.054.005.75
4 Schauffele CUTCUTT13T14T15 T13T35T18 T31T511 2,153 T57T3 2,825 −6 −18 21 7.432.204.00
T5 Homa T13T48T13T47CUT T10T17T35T5 11 1,625 T42T23 1,818 −2 −17 24 5.292.75
T5 Thomas T33T81T37T53 6T353T5T8T3T53 1,783 T13T52 2,025 −3 −17 21 6.831.202.75
T7 Cantlay CUTT39CUTT14T8 T33T26T3 49T4221T4T2 2,108 T571 4,129 −8 −16 20 9.372.001.75
T7 Straka T9T3078CUTCUT T15CUTT35T45 1T3 909 2T28 2,224 −4 −16 33 4.721.75
9 Finau CUTT35T30CUTT28 T33T35T2T4211 1,912 T5T28 2,376 −4 −15 25 6.121.401.25
10 Hoge T33T39T9CUTCUT CUTT32T58CUT T421T4 1,424 CUTT48 1,459 −1 −14 32 4.311.00
T11 Matsuyama T14T604T68 T39T20DQ T611T8T3 1,697 T35 1,765 −2 −13 21 5.780.93
T11 Niemann T22T35T23T47T53 1T35T3 T5 1,228 T13T8 1,750 −2 −13 24 5.080.93
T13 Spieth CUTCUTT34T37T8 T26T35T18 212T7T10 1,574 CUTT19 1,750 −2 −12 22 5.020.83
T13 Wise T50T23T27T34 T67T172 T5T6 952 T31T15 1,241 E −12 24 3.450.83
T15 Fitzpatrick CUTT14T51T21 T9T18CUT T6T10T5T2T10T6 1,596 T5T48 1,980 −3 −11 20 7.010.72
T15 Hovland T9T27T41CUTT4 T4T2T18T51 1 1,314 T20T35 1,535 −2 −11 21 4.870.72
T15 Poston CUTCUT CUTT37 T3T9T21 1,146 T20T35 1,368 E −11 30 3.290.72
T15 Rahm T55T27T48T12T34 T21T17T9T10 2T3T101 1,449 T5T8 2,108 −3 −11 19 5.250.72
19 Young CUTCUTT3CUT2 T2T13T35T60 T2T3T2T2 1,774 T31T23 1,997 −3 −10 25 6.521.100.66
20 Ca. Smith 1T3T13CUT1 T33T13 T9T41T10 2,335 T132,548 −4 −9 18 10.113.000.64
T21 Harman T63CUTT34T43T6 T35T18 T3T5T9T8 694 T3T35 1,412 −1 −8 27 3.230.60
T21 Horschel WD4368CUTT21 T2T91 T62 1,377 CUTT35 1,471 −1 −8 22 4.940.60
T21 Morikawa CUT5T55T5CUT T2T9CUT 2T7T5 1,089 T5T44 1,481 −1 −8 19 4.840.60
24 Burns T26CUTT20T27T42 CUTT91T5T7121T4 2,275 T20T19 2,605 −5 −7 24 7.072.400.57
25 Scott CUTT48CUTT14T15 T4T26T9T67 T5 551 T5T5 1,299 E −4 20 2.910.55
26 Conners T26T6CUTCUTT28 CUTT113T13 6 936 T28T5 1,454 −1 −3 25 3.880.54
27 Lee T55CUTT41T37CUT T26T42T53 1 853 T20T5 1,406 E −1 28 3.350.53
28 Theegala CUTT34 T48CUTT5 T8T3T7T2 886 T13T15 1,307 E +1 32 3.120.52
29 Stallings T42CUTCUTCUTCUTCUT T6T5T4T8T4T10 852 CUT2 2,052 −3 +3 31 3.930.51
T30 Gooch[lower-alpha 12] CUTT14T20CUTT34 CUTT7T18T4T51 1,302 1,302 22 3.72
T30 Zalatoris T26T52T2T28 T26T38T5T5 T10T2T62T4 1,680 1WD 3,680 −7 24 9.370.50
  Win
  Top 10
  Made cut
  Missed cut
  Withdrew or disqualified

• Did not play

Awards

AwardWinner
FedEx Cup Rory McIlroy
Money winner Scottie Scheffler
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Scottie Scheffler
PGA Player of the Year Cameron Smith
Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award) Cameron Young
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Rory McIlroy
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Rory McIlroy

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.[9] However, due to COVID-19 considerations, the CJ Cup was held in Las Vegas, Nevada for the second consecutive year.[10]
  5. With the cancelation of the WGC-HSBC Champions, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship was elevated to a full status event.[11]
  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.[12][13]
  8. OWGR points at the Tour Championship were awarded based on aggregate scores only (see Tour Championship format). As a result, McIlroy also had the lowest aggregate score and was awarded with the 38.81 points.[14]
  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. 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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