2018–19 PGA Tour
| Duration | October 4, 2018 (2018年10月04日) – August 25, 2019 (2019年08月25日) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 46 |
| Most wins | United States Brooks Koepka (3) Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (3) |
| FedEx Cup | Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy |
| Money list | United States Brooks Koepka |
| PGA Tour Player of the Year | Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy |
| PGA Player of the Year | United States Brooks Koepka |
| Rookie of the Year | South Korea Im Sung-jae |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → | |
The 2018–19 PGA Tour was the 104th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 51st season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 13th edition of the FedEx Cup.
Changes for 2018–19
[edit ]Schedule
[edit ]The schedule contained 46 events, two fewer than the previous season. The schedule was shortened in an effort to complete the FedEx Cup Playoffs by the end of August.
As announced in 2017, the PGA Championship was moved from August to May on the weekend before Memorial Day, starting in 2019. The PGA of America cited the addition of golf to the Summer Olympics, as well as cooler weather enabling a wider array of options for host courses, as reasoning for the change. It was also believed that the PGA Tour wished to re-align its season so that the FedEx Cup Playoffs would not have to compete with the start of football season in late-August. Consequently, The Players Championship was moved from May back to March for the first time since 2006.[1] [2] [3] [4]
New exemption
[edit ]The PGA Tour added a one-time exemption for those who made 300 career cuts. J. J. Henry was the first to take advantage.
Events
[edit ]On hiatus: The Houston Open and Greenbrier Classic were not included in the shortened season, but they did return in the autumn of 2019 as part of the 2019–20 PGA Tour schedule.[5]
New: Two new events were added to the schedule: the Rocket Mortgage Classic, played at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan, and the 3M Open, played at the TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota.
Relocations: The WGC Invitational was relocated from Akron, Ohio to Memphis, Tennessee when FedEx took over sponsorship of the event.[6]
Canceled: The FedEx St. Jude Classic ceased due to the WGC event; the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, was played at the Classic's former location in Memphis. The Quicken Loans National; played in the Washington, D.C. area, no longer appeared on the PGA Tour schedule. The FedEx Cup playoff event; the Dell Technologies Championship, was also removed from the schedule with the number of playoff events reducing to three. The Northern Trust alternated between New Jersey, and Boston (the site of the Dell Technologies Championship).[7]
Rules
[edit ]From January 1, 2019 onwards, tournaments followed the new rules released by the USGA and The R&A which were designed to speed up the pace of play. The most noticeable changes included golfers being able to putt on the green with the flag remaining in, and drops being made from knee rather than shoulder height.[8]
Prize money
[edit ]As well as changes to individual tournament prize funds, the FedEx Cup postseason bonus money increased by 25ドル million to 60ドル million, with the FedEx Cup champion getting 15ドル million. The winner of the Tour Championship will be the FedEx Cup champion. The Tour Championship begins with each player having an adjusted score relative to par which relates to the amount of FedEx Cup points accumulated (previously the Tour Championship was structured similar to other tournaments, and awarded FedEx Cup points). The Tour Championship no longer have its own separate prize fund.
In addition, the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 was introduced, a 10ドル million bonus to be divided among the FedEx Cup top 10 regular season finishers.[9]
The tour also introduced the Aon Risk Reward Challenge. In most tournaments, a single hole is allocated to contribute to the challenge. A player's best two scores from every participating event a player competes in throughout the season is used. The player with the lowest average to par score wins 1ドルm. The initiative is replicated on the LPGA Tour.[10]
Schedule
[edit ]The following table lists official events during the 2018–19 season.[11] [12]
Unofficial events
[edit ]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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23 | The Match: Tiger vs. Phil | Nevada | 9,000,000 | United States Phil Mickelson | n/a | 2-man match[16] |
| Nov 25 | ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf | Australia | 7,000,000 | Belgium Thomas Detry and Belgium Thomas Pieters |
n/a | Team event |
| Dec 2 | Hero World Challenge | Bahamas | 3,500,000 | Spain Jon Rahm | 48 | Limited-field event |
| Dec 9 | QBE Shootout | Florida | 3,300,000 | United States Brian Harman and United States Patton Kizzire |
n/a | Team event |
Location of tournaments
[edit ]
600-point event (Players & Majors)
550-point event (World Golf Championships)
500-point event (Regular events)
400-point event (Official team event)
300-point event (Alternate events)
FedEx Cup playoff event
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600-point event (Players & Majors)
550-point event (World Golf Championships)
500-point event (Regular events)
300-point event (Alternate events)
FedEx Cup
[edit ]Points distribution
[edit ]The distribution of points for 2018–19 PGA Tour events were as follows:
| 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 |
| World Golf Championships | 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
[edit ]For full rankings, see 2019 FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Final FedEx Cup standings of the 30 qualifiers for the Tour Championship:[17] [18]
| Pos. | Player | Majors & The Players | WGCs | Top 10s in other PGA Tour events | Regular season points |
Playoffs [e] | Total points |
Tour C'ship [f] | Tmts | Money ($m)[g] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nat. | Name | Ply | Mas | PGA | USO | Opn | WGC Cha | WGC Mex |
WGC MP |
WGC Inv |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | NTr | BMW | Start | Final | Basic | Wynd Top10 |
FedEx Bonus | ||||
| 1 | Northern Ireland | McIlroy | 1st | T21 | T8 | T9 | CUT | T54 | 2nd | T9 | T4 | T4 | T5 | T4 | T6 | T9 | 1st | 2,315 | T6 | T19 | 2,842 | −5 | −18 | 19 | 7.79 | 1.50 | 15.00 | |
| 2 | United States | Schauffele | CUT | T2 | T16 | T3 | T41 | 1st | T14 | T24 | T27 | 1st | T10 | 1,858 | CUT | T16 | 2,030 | −4 | −14 | 21 | 5.61 | 1.10 | 5.00 | |||||
| T3 | United States | Koepka | T56 | T2 | 1st | 2nd | T4 | T16 | T27 | T56 | 1st | 1st | T2 | 4th | 2,887 | T30 | T24 | 3,119 | −7 | −13 | 21 | 9.68 | 2.00[h] | 3.50 | ||||
| United States | Thomas | T35 | T12 | • | CUT | T11 | • | 9th | T24 | T12 | T5 | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1,247 | T12 | 1st | 3,475 | −10 | 20 | 5.01 | |||||||
| 5 | England | Casey | CUT | CUT | T29 | T21 | T57 | T16 | T3 | T9 | T27 | 2nd | 1st | T4 | T5 | 1,629 | • | T24 | 1,768 | −2 | −9 | 22 | 4.26 | 0.60 | 2.50 | |||
| 6 | Australia | Scott | T12 | T18 | T8 | T7 | CUT | T18 | • | • | T40 | T10 | 2nd | T7 | 2nd | 1,124 | 5th | T9 | 1,874 | −3 | −8 | 18 | 4.08 | 1.90 | ||||
| 7 | United States | Finau | T22 | T5 | T64 | CUT | 3rd | 2nd | T25 | T40 | T27 | 2nd | 1,279 | T30 | 4th | 1,911 | −3 | −7 | 25 | 4.34 | 1.30 | |||||||
| 8 | United States | Reavie | CUT | • | T14 | T3 | CUT | T35 | T65 | T56 | T27 | T7 | T3 | T4 | 1st | 1,309 | T38 | T57 | 1,394 | −1 | −6 | 28 | 3.66 | 1.10 | ||||
| T9 | United States | Kisner | T22 | T21 | CUT | T49 | T30 | • | T27 | 1st | T27 | T7 | T5 | 1,098 | T12 | T9 | 1,639 | −2 | −5 | 25 | 3.49 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Japan | Matsuyama | T8 | T32 | T16 | T21 | CUT | T30 | T19 | T24 | T43 | T3 | T9 | 6th | T7 | 969 | T59 | 3rd | 1,821 | −3 | 24 | 3.34 | |||||||
| United States | Reed | T47 | T36 | CUT | T32 | 10th | T7 | T14 | T24 | T12 | T5 | 774 | 1st | T19 | 2,946 | −6 | 25 | 3.59 | ||||||||||
| T12 | United States | DeChambeau | T20 | T29 | CUT | T35 | CUT | • | T56 | T40 | T48 | 1st | 7th | T10 | T8 | T2 | 1,203 | T24 | T48 | 1,371 | E | −4 | 21 | 3.19 | 0.68 | |||
| Spain | Rahm | T12 | T9 | CUT | T3 | T11 | T22 | T45 | T24 | 7th | T8 | 6th | T5 | T10 | T9 | T6 | 1st | 1,447 | T3 | T5 | 2,517 | −4 | 20 | 4.99 | 0.50 | |||
| 14 | United States | Kokrak | T47 | • | T23 | • | T32 | • | • | • | • | T9 | T10 | T2 | T7 | T6 | 721 | T12 | T19 | 1,254 | E | −3 | 24 | 2.33 | 0.62 | |||
| 15 | United States | Woodland | T30 | T32 | T8 | 1st | CUT | • | T17 | T17 | T55 | T5 | 2nd | T10 | 2nd | T9 | T7 | 1,795 | T52 | T31 | 1,912 | −3 | −2 | 24 | 5.69 | 1.00 | 0.60 | |
| T16 | England | Fleetwood | T5 | T36 | T48 | T65 | 2nd | T7 | T19 | T24 | T4 | T3 | 2nd | 1,193 | T43 | T11 | 1,479 | −1 | −1 | 18 | 3.85 | 0.55 | ||||||
| United States | Kuchar | T26 | T12 | T8 | T16 | T41 | • | 50th | 2nd | T43 | 1st | 1st | T4 | T7 | 2nd | T4 | 2,313 | CUT | T52 | 2,339 | −4 | 22 | 6.29 | 1.20 | ||||
| United States | Simpson | T16 | T5 | T29 | T16 | T30 | • | T39 | T56 | 2nd | 3rd | T8 | T2 | 2nd | 1,619 | T18 | T24 | 1,946 | −4 | 21 | 4.69 | 0.55 | ||||||
| T19 | United States | Fowler | T47 | T9 | T36 | T43 | T6 | • | T36 | • | • | T4 | 1st | T2 | T4 | 1,391 | CUT | T11 | 1,637 | −2 | E | 20 | 3.95 | 0.51 | ||||
| South Korea | Im | CUT | • | CUT | • | CUT | • | • | • | • | T4 | T7 | T3 | T4 | T7 | 7th | T6 | 1,097 | T38 | T11 | 1,407 | −1 | 35 | 2.85 | ||||
| T21 | Mexico | Ancer | T12 | • | T16 | T49 | CUT | • | T39 | T17 | • | T5 | T4 | T8 | 622 | 2nd | T28 | 1,940 | −4 | +1 | 27 | 2.69 | 0.48 | |||||
| United States | Cantlay | CUT | T9 | T3 | T21 | T41 | T7 | T6 | T24 | T12 | 2nd | T9 | T3 | 1st | 1,730 | T12 | 2nd | 3,157 | −8 | 21 | 6.12 | 0.85 | ||||||
| South Africa | Oosthuizen | T56 | T29 | T60 | T7 | T20 | • | T25 | T5 | T20 | T5 | T2 | 754 | T6 | T11 | 1,355 | E | 19 | 2.94 | |||||||||
| T24 | Australia | Leishman | CUT | T49 | CUT | T35 | CUT | • | T62 | T9 | 3rd | 1st | T4 | T3 | T4 | 5th | 1,415 | CUT | T19 | 1,587 | −1 | +2 | 21 | 3.89 | 0.45 | |||
| United States | Snedeker | T5 | CUT | T16 | 77th | CUT | T30 | • | T24 | T27 | T2 | T4 | T5 | 934 | T6 | T5 | 1,709 | −2 | 27 | 3.12 | ||||||||
| T26 | Canada | Conners | T41 | T46 | T64 | • | CUT | • | • | • | T27 | 2nd | T3 | 1st | 962 | T21 | T7 | 1,476 | −1 | +3 | 28 | 2.92 | 0.43 | |||||
| England | Rose | T8 | CUT | T29 | T3 | T20 | 3rd | • | T9 | 11th | 1st | 3rd | 1,423 | T10 | T52 | 1,739 | −2 | 17 | 4.36 | |||||||||
| 28 | United States | Howell III | T35 | T32 | T41 | T52 | • | • | T14 | T24 | • | T5 | 1st | T8 | 6th | T6 | 1,279 | CUT | T37 | 1,345 | E | +4 | 27 | 3.04 | 0.43 | |||
| T29 | United States | Glover | CUT | • | T16 | CUT | T20 | • | • | • | • | T7 | T7 | T4 | T10 | T7 | T10 | 944 | T43 | T7 | 1,337 | E | +10 | 26 | 2.61 | 0.40 | ||
| United States | D. Johnson | T5 | T2 | 2nd | T35 | T51 | T30 | 1st | T40 | T20 | T4 | T9 | T6 | 1,686 | T24 | T57 | 1,840 | −3 | 19 | 5.53 | 0.70 | |||||||
Money list
[edit ]The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[20] [21]
| Position | Player | Prize money ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Brooks Koepka | 9,684,006 |
| 2 | Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy | 7,785,286 |
| 3 | United States Matt Kuchar | 6,294,690 |
| 4 | United States Patrick Cantlay | 6,121,488 |
| 5 | United States Gary Woodland | 5,690,965 |
| 6 | United States Xander Schauffele | 5,609,456 |
| 7 | United States Dustin Johnson | 5,534,619 |
| 8 | United States Justin Thomas | 5,013,084 |
| 9 | Spain Jon Rahm | 4,990,110 |
| 10 | United States Webb Simpson | 4,690,572 |
Awards
[edit ]See also
[edit ]- 2018 in golf
- 2019 in golf
- 2019 Korn Ferry Tour
- 2019 PGA Tour Champions season
- List of 2019 PGA Tour card holders
Notes
[edit ]- ^ 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.
- ^ ASA − Asian Tour.
- ^ 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 US15,000,000ドル to the winner.[13]
- ^ OWGR points at the Tour Championship were awarded based on aggregate scores only (see Tour Championship format).[14] McIlroy had the lowest aggregate score and was awarded with the 60 points.[15]
- ^ The top 125 point scorers in the regular season retain their tour card for the following season, and qualify for The Northern Trust. The top 70 points scorers after The Northern Trust qualify for the BMW Championship.
- ^ 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.
- ^ In addition to tournament prize money, the top 10 regular season point scorers receive a share of a US15,000,000ドル bonus, and the US60,000,000ドル FedEx Cup postseason bonus money is distributed based upon standings after the Tour Championship.
- ^ Koepka also won a further US1,000,000ドル by topping the Aon Risk Reward Challenge standings.[19]
References
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- ^ "2018-19 PGA Tour golf schedule sees major changes, including big events being moved". CBS Sports. July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Senior Players Champ. replacing WGC at Firestone". Golf Channel. April 12, 2018. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "The Northern Trust to call New York/New Jersey home in 2019, Boston home in 2020". PGA Tour. July 10, 2018. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- ^ Herrington, Ryan (December 3, 2018). "Nine changes in the new Rules of Golf you absolutely need to know for 2019". Golf Digest. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ^ "FedEx Cup Purse Rises to 70ドル Million, Winner to Take Home 15ドル Million". Sports Illustrated. September 18, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
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- ^ Murray, Ewan (November 22, 2018). "Woods v Mickelson is a 9ドルm vulgar marketing exercise". The Guardian. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
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- ^ Murray, Ewan (August 25, 2019). "Rory McIlroy pockets richest prize of 12ドルm in winning FedEx Cup title". The Guardian. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "PGA Tour's Brooks Koepka wins Aon Risk Reward Challenge and 1ドル million". PR Newswire. August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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