Golf tour season
The2017–18 PGA Tour was the 103rd season of thePGA Tour , the mainprofessional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 50th season since separating from thePGA of America , and the 12th edition of theFedEx Cup .
[ edit ] The schedule contained 48 events, including two new tournaments; theCJ Cup in South Korea and theCorales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship , a former event on theWeb.com Tour based in the Dominican Republic. TheBarbasol Championship was played in Kentucky, the first non-major PGA Tour event in the state since 1959. ThePuerto Rico Open became an unofficial charity event in the wake ofHurricane Maria .[ 1]
The following table lists official events during the 2017–18 season.[ 2] [ 3]
Date Tournament Location PurseUS$ ) Winner(s)[ a] OWGR Other[ b] Notes Oct 8 Safeway Open California 6,200,000 Brendan Steele (3)26 Oct 15 CIMB Classic Malaysia 7,000,000 Pat Perez (3)48 ASA Limited-field event Oct 22 CJ Cup South Korea 9,250,000 Justin Thomas (7)50 New limited-field event Oct 29 WGC-HSBC Champions China 9,750,000 Justin Rose (8)64 World Golf Championship Oct 29 Sanderson Farms Championship Mississippi 4,300,000 Ryan Armour (1)24 Alternate event Nov 5 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Nevada 6,800,000 Patrick Cantlay (1)30 Nov 12 OHL Classic at Mayakoba Mexico 7,100,000 Patton Kizzire (1)32 Nov 19 RSM Classic Georgia 6,200,000 Austin Cook (1)30 Jan 7 Sentry Tournament of Champions Hawaii 6,300,000 Dustin Johnson (17)56 Winners-only event Jan 14 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 6,200,000 Patton Kizzire (2)48 Jan 21 CareerBuilder Challenge California 5,900,000 Jon Rahm (2)40 Pro-Am Jan 29 Farmers Insurance Open California 6,900,000 Jason Day (11)54 Feb 4 Waste Management Phoenix Open Arizona 6,900,000 Gary Woodland (3)60 Feb 11 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am California 7,400,000 Ted Potter Jr. (2)54 Pro-Am Feb 18 Genesis Open California 7,200,000 Bubba Watson (10)62 Feb 25 The Honda Classic Florida 6,600,000 Justin Thomas (8)52 Mar 4 WGC-Mexico Championship Mexico 10,000,000 Phil Mickelson (43)72 World Golf Championship Mar 11 Valspar Championship Florida 6,500,000 Paul Casey (2)52 Mar 18 Arnold Palmer Invitational Florida 8,900,000 Rory McIlroy (14)58 Invitational Mar 25 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Texas 10,000,000 Bubba Watson (11)74 World Golf Championship Mar 25 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship Dominican Republic 3,000,000 Brice Garnett (1)24 New to PGA Tour Apr 1 Houston Open Texas 7,000,000 Ian Poulter (3)48 Apr 8 Masters Tournament Georgia 11,000,000 Patrick Reed 100 Major championship Apr 15 RBC Heritage South Carolina 6,700,000 Satoshi Kodaira (1)52 Invitational Apr 22 Valero Texas Open Texas 6,200,000 Andrew Landry (1)40 Apr 29 Zurich Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 7,200,000 Billy Horschel (5) andScott Piercy (4)n/a Team event May 6 Wells Fargo Championship North Carolina 7,700,000 Jason Day (12)60 May 13 The Players Championship Florida 11,000,000 Webb Simpson (5)80 Flagship event May 20 AT&T Byron Nelson Texas 7,700,000 Aaron Wise (1)34 May 27 Fort Worth Invitational Texas 7,100,000 Justin Rose (9)56 Invitational Jun 3 Memorial Tournament Ohio 8,900,000 Bryson DeChambeau (2)70 Invitational Jun 10 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 6,600,000 Dustin Johnson (18)36 Jun 17 U.S. Open New York 12,000,000 Brooks Koepka 100 Major championship Jun 24 Travelers Championship Connecticut 7,000,000 Bubba Watson (12)58 Jul 1 Quicken Loans National Maryland 7,100,000 Francesco Molinari (1)34 Invitational Jul 8 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier West Virginia 7,300,000 Kevin Na (2)34 Jul 15 John Deere Classic Illinois 5,800,000 Michael Kim (1)24 Jul 22 The Open Championship Scotland 10,500,000 Francesco Molinari 100 Major championship Jul 23 Barbasol Championship Kentucky 3,500,000 Troy Merritt (2)24 Alternate event Jul 29 RBC Canadian Open Canada 6,200,000 Dustin Johnson (19)46 Aug 5 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Ohio 10,000,000 Justin Thomas (9)74 World Golf Championship Aug 5 Barracuda Championship Nevada 3,400,000 Andrew Putnam (1)24 Alternate event Aug 12 PGA Championship Missouri 11,000,000 Brooks Koepka 100 Major championship Aug 19 Wyndham Championship North Carolina 6,000,000 Brandt Snedeker (9)34 Aug 26 The Northern Trust New Jersey 9,000,000 Bryson DeChambeau (3)76 FedEx Cup playoff event Sep 3 Dell Technologies Championship Massachusetts 9,000,000 Bryson DeChambeau (4)76 FedEx Cup playoff event Sep 10 BMW Championship Pennsylvania 9,000,000 Keegan Bradley (4)72 FedEx Cup playoff event Sep 23 Tour Championship Georgia 9,000,000 Tiger Woods (80)62 FedEx Cup playoff event
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.
Location of tournaments [ edit ] Location of official tournaments of the
2017–18 PGA Tour in the continental United States and Canada.
600-point event (
Players &
Majors )
550-point event (
World Golf Championships )
500-point event (Regular events)
Official team event
300-point event (Alternate events)
FedEx Cup playoff event
Location of official tournaments of the
2017–18 PGA Tour outside the continental United States and Canada.
600-point event (
Players &
Majors )
550-point event (
World Golf Championships )
500-point event (Regular events)
300-point event (Alternate events)
For full rankings, see2018 FedEx Cup Playoffs .
Final top 10 players in theFedEx Cup :[ 4] [ 5]
Position Player Points Bonus money ($) 1 Justin Rose 2,260 10,000,000 2 Tiger Woods 2,219 3,000,000 3 Bryson DeChambeau 2,188 2,000,000 4 Dustin Johnson 2,056 1,500,000 5 Billy Horschel 1,840 1,000,000 6 Tony Finau 1,732 800,000 7 Justin Thomas 1,610 700,000 8 Keegan Bradley 1,253 600,000 9 Brooks Koepka 1,093 550,000 10 Bubba Watson 918 500,000
Themoney list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[ 6] [ 7]
Position Player Prize money ($) 1 Justin Thomas 8,694,821 2 Dustin Johnson 8,457,352 3 Justin Rose 8,130,678 4 Bryson DeChambeau 8,094,489 5 Brooks Koepka 7,094,047 6 Bubba Watson 5,793,748 7 Tony Finau 5,620,138 8 Tiger Woods 5,443,841 9 Webb Simpson 5,376,417 10 Jason Day 5,087,461
^ 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 . ^ "Puerto Rico Open to be replaced by PGA Tour charity benefit in 2018" .Golf Magazine . December 21, 2017. RetrievedMay 5, 2022 .^ "2017–18 Tournament schedule" . PGA Tour. RetrievedOctober 24, 2023 .^ "PGA Tour releases 2017–18 Season schedule" . PGA Tour. September 19, 2017. Archived fromthe original on September 20, 2017. RetrievedOctober 24, 2023 .^ "2018 FedEx Cup" . PGA Tour. Archived fromthe original on September 27, 2018. RetrievedOctober 24, 2023 .^ "Justin Rose wins $10 million FedExCup" .CNN . September 24, 2018. RetrievedOctober 24, 2023 .^ "2017–18 Official money" . PGA Tour. Archived fromthe original on April 18, 2019. RetrievedOctober 24, 2023 .^ "2017-2018 PGA Tour money list: See who earned the most total money" .Golf News Net . October 3, 2018. RetrievedOctober 24, 2023 .^ Casey, Kevin (October 9, 2018)."Brooks Koepka named 2018 PGA Tour Player of the Year" .Golfweek . RetrievedOctober 24, 2023 . ^a b Myers, Alex (September 26, 2018)."Brooks Koepka captures PGA of America Player of the Year Award — and it wasn't even close" .Golf Digest . RetrievedOctober 24, 2023 .In other golf award season news, Dustin Johnson officially won a close race for the Vardon Trophy, which is given out to the player with the best season-long adjusted scoring average on the PGA Tour. ^ Heath, Elliott (October 31, 2018)."Aaron Wise Named PGA Tour Rookie Of The Year 2018" .Golf Monthly . RetrievedOctober 24, 2023 . ^ "2022–23 PGA Tour Media guide | Awards" . PGA Tour. RetrievedOctober 22, 2023 .
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