2021–22 PGA Tour

The 2021–22 PGA Tour was the 107th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 54th season since separating from the PGA of America, and the 16th edition of the FedEx Cup.

2021–22 PGA Tour season

Duration	September 16, 2021 (2021-09-16) – August 28, 2022 (2022-08-28)
Number of official events	47[a]
Most wins	Scottie Scheffler (4)
FedEx Cup	Rory McIlroy
Money list	Scottie Scheffler
PGA Tour Player of the Year	Scottie Scheffler
PGA Player of the Year	Cameron Smith
Rookie of the Year	Cameron Young
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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)[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	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[d]	9,750,000	Rory McIlroy (20)	68		Limited-field event
Oct 24	Zozo Championship	Japan	9,950,000	Hideki Matsuyama (7)	40	JPN[e]	Limited-field event
Oct 31	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	–	Canceled[12]	–		World Golf Championship
Oct 31	Butterfield Bermuda Championship	Bermuda	6,500,000	Lucas Herbert (1)	24		Alternate event[f]
Nov 7	World Wide Technology Championship	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[g]	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[h]	Rory McIlroy (22)	38.81[i]		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

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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

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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[j]		Total points	Tour C'ship[k]			Tmts		Money ($m)[l]
	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		T33	2nd	8th	T5	3rd		C A N C E L E D	T10	T13	•	T18		1st	5th	1st						2,104		CUT	T8	2,414	−4	−21		16		8.65	1.70	18.00
T2		Im		T55	T8	•	CUT	T81			T33	T20	T35	T10		1st	T9	T8	T6	T2	T2			1,733		12th	T15	2,201	−4	−20		26		5.57	1.00	5.75
		Scheffler		T55	1st	CUT	T2	T21			T7	1st	1st	•		4th	T2	1st	2nd					3,556		CUT	T3	4,206	−10			25		14.05	4.00[m]
4		Schauffele		CUT	CUT	T13	T14	T15			T13	•	T35	T18		T3	1st	T5	1st	1st				2,153		T57	T3	2,825	−6	−18		21		7.43	2.20	4.00
T5		Homa		T13	T48	T13	T47	CUT			T10	T17	T35	T5		1st	1st							1,625		T42	T23	1,818	−2	−17		24		5.29		2.75
		Thomas		T33	T8	1st	T37	T53			6th	•	T35	•		3rd	T5	T8	T3	T5	3rd			1,783		T13	T52	2,025	−3			21		6.83	1.20
T7		Cantlay		CUT	T39	CUT	T14	T8			T33	•	T26	T3		4th	9th	T4	2nd	2nd	1st	T4	T2	2,108		T57	1st	4,129	−8	−16		20		9.37	2.00	1.75
		Straka		T9	T30	78th	CUT	CUT			T15	CUT	T35	T45		1st	T3							909		2nd	T28	2,224	−4			33		4.72
9		Finau		CUT	T35	T30	CUT	T28			T33	•	T35	•		T2	T4	2nd	1st	1st				1,912		T5	T28	2,376	−4	−15		25		6.12	1.40	1.25
10		Hoge		T33	T39	T9	CUT	CUT			CUT	T32	T58	CUT		T4	2nd	1st	T4					1,424		CUT	T48	1,459	−1	−14		32		4.31		1.00
T11		Matsuyama		•	T14	T60	4th	T68			T39	T20	•	DQ		T6	1st	1st	T8	T3				1,697		•	T35	1,765	−2	−13		21		5.78		0.93
		Niemann		T22	T35	T23	T47	T53			1st	•	T35	T3		T5								1,228		T13	T8	1,750	−2			24		5.08
T13		Spieth		CUT	CUT	T34	T37	T8			T26	•	T35	T18		2nd	1st	2nd	T7	T10				1,574		CUT	T19	1,750	−2	−12		22		5.02		0.83
		Wise		T50	•	T23	T27	T34			T67	T17	•	2nd		T5	T6							952		T31	T15	1,241	E			24		3.45
T15		Fitzpatrick		CUT	T14	T5	1st	T21			•	T9	T18	CUT		T6	T10	T5	T2	T10	T6			1,596		T5	T48	1,980	−3	−11		20		7.01		0.72
		Hovland		T9	T27	T41	CUT	T4			T4	T2	T18	T51		1st								1,314		T20	T35	1,535	−2			21		4.87
		Poston		CUT	•	•	•	CUT			CUT	•	•	T37		T3	T9	T2	1st					1,146		T20	T35	1,368	E			30		3.29
		Rahm		T55	T27	T48	T12	T34			T21	T17	T9	T10		2nd	T3	T10	1st					1,449		T5	T8	2,108	−3			19		5.25
19		Young		CUT	CUT	T3	CUT	2nd			T2	T13	T35	T60		T2	T3	T2	T2					1,774		T31	T23	1,997	−3	−10		25		6.52	1.10	0.66
20		Ca. Smith		1st	T3	T13	CUT	1st			T33	•	•	T13		T9	T4	1st	T10					2,335		T13	•	2,548	−4	−9		18		10.11	3.00	0.64
T21		Harman		T63	CUT	T34	T43	T6			•	•	T35	T18		T3	T5	T9	T8					694		T3	T35	1,412	−1	−8		27		3.23		0.60
		Horschel		WD	43	68th	CUT	T21			•	T2	T9	1st		T6	2nd							1,377		CUT	T35	1,471	−1			22		4.94
		Morikawa		CUT	5th	T55	T5	CUT			T2	•	T9	CUT		2nd	T7	T5						1,089		T5	T44	1,481	−1			19		4.84
24		Burns		T26	CUT	T20	T27	T42			CUT	T9	•	•		1st	T5	T7	1st	2nd	1st	T4		2,275		T20	T19	2,605	−5	−7		24		7.07	2.40	0.57
25		Scott		CUT	T48	CUT	T14	T15			T4	T26	T9	T67		T5								551		T5	T5	1,299	E	−4		20		2.91		0.55
26		Conners		T26	T6	CUT	CUT	T28			CUT	T11	3rd	T13		6th								936		T28	T5	1,454	−1	−3		25		3.88		0.54
27		Lee		T55	CUT	T41	T37	CUT			T26	T42	•	T53		1st								853		T20	T5	1,406	E	−1		28		3.35		0.53
28		Theegala		CUT	•	•	•	T34			T48	CUT	•	T5		T8	T3	T7	T2					886		T13	T15	1,307	E	+1		32		3.12		0.52
29		Stallings		T42	•	CUT	CUT	•			CUT	CUT	•	CUT		T6	T5	T4	T8	T4	T10			852		CUT	2nd	2,052	−3	+3		31		3.93		0.51
T30		Gooch[n]		CUT	T14	T20	CUT	T34			CUT	T7	T18	•		T4	T5	1st						1,302		•	•	1,302	•	•		22		3.72
		Zalatoris		T26	T5	2nd	T2	T28			T26	T38	T5	T5		T10	T2	T6	2nd	T4				1,680		1st	WD	3,680	−7	•		24		9.37		0.50

  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]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Scottie Scheffler	14,046,910
2	Cameron Smith	10,107,897
3	Will Zalatoris	9,405,082
4	Patrick Cantlay	9,369,605
5	Rory McIlroy	8,654,566
6	Xander Schauffele	7,427,299
7	Sam Burns	7,073,986
8	Matt Fitzpatrick	7,012,672
9	Justin Thomas	6,829,576
10	Cameron Young	6,520,598

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Scottie Scheffler	[23]
PGA Player of the Year	Cameron Smith	[24]
Rookie of the Year (Arnold Palmer Award)	Cameron Young	[25]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)	Rory McIlroy	[26]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)	Rory McIlroy	[24]

See also

• 2021 in golf
• 2022 in golf
• 2022 Korn Ferry Tour
• 2022 PGA Tour Champions season

Notes

1. One further 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. Japan Golf Tour unofficial event
6. With the cancelation of the WGC-HSBC Champions, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship was elevated to a full status event.^[12]
7. European Tour Rolex Series
8. 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]
9. 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]
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. In addition to tournament prize money, the top 10 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.
13. Scheffler also won a further US$1,000,000 by topping the Aon Risk Reward Challenge standings.^[20]
14. 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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External links

• Official website