Wednesday 24 August 2016 16:08, UK
Who qualifies? How does it work? We answer some of the key questions about the FedExCup play-offs, which get underway this week with The Barclays.
What are they?
The play-offs are four events over a five week stretch after the end of the regular PGA Tour season; The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship and the TOUR Championship. The aim is to determine who the season-long champion is on the PGA Tour.
Who qualifies?
The top 125 players in the FedEx standings at the end of the PGA Tour season are able to feature this week, with that then cut to 100 for next week's Deutsche Bank Championship.
The field is even smaller for the BMW Championship, where only 70 feature, before the top-30 players are reseeded for the season-ending TOUR Championship in Atlanta.
How does the points system work?
Tour members earn points based on their results in all events they feature in, with an emphasis on those finishing higher up the leaderboard.
Each regular PGA Tour event is worth 500 FedExCup points, with 550 awarded to the winners of each of the World Golf Championships and 600 to those who claim a major title or win the Players Championship.
The points from the regular-season events are carried over the play-offs, where the number of points on offer quadruples to 2,000 for each of the four tournaments.
Who misses out?
Former major winners Padraig Harrington, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen all ended the regular season outside of the top 125, with Jamie Donaldson another noticeable name to fail to qualify.
Keegan Bradley and Francesco Molinari are in need of a strong week at Bethpage to break in to the top 100 and reach next week's event, while in-form Jim Furyk hovers just above the cut-off point in 94th position.
How do the standings currently look?
World No 1 Jason Day tops the table following three victories and nine top-10 finishes during another impressive year.
US Open champion Dustin Johnson sits second ahead of former world No 1 Adam Scott, with Russell Knox and two-time major winner Jordan Spieth completing the top five.
Rory McIlroy sits in 36th spot after a winless 2016 Stateside, while Olympic gold medallist Justin Rose down in 51st place in the standings.
What's up for grabs?
The prize money is significant over the next four events, with a combined $34m on offer during the four tournaments and $1.5m for each winner.
The player with the most points after the TOUR Championship not only takes the FedExCup title, but also claims $10m of an additional $35m in prize money. The runner-up takes $3m, with $2m handed to the player who finishes third and the rest being filtered down to the others who have featured over the four weeks.
Will we see a new FedExCup champion?
Tiger Woods is the only player to win the FedExCup on more than one occasion, following up his victory in the inaugural event in 2007 with another triumph two years later.
Jordan Spieth is the defending champion having won last year's Tour Championship, while Henrik Stenson is the only other player in the world's top 10 to have previously claimed FedExCup victory.
How can I follow the action?
Watch every round of the FedExCup live on Sky Sports 4 – your home of golf.
