2021–22 PGA Tour
| Duration | September 13, 2021 – August 28, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 48 |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → | |
The 2021–22 PGA Tour is the 107th season of the PGA Tour, and the 55th since separating from the PGA of America. The season began on September 13, 2021. The 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs will begin on August 8, and conclude on August 28, 2022.
Changes from the previous season[]
Prize fund[]
The Tour announced more than $100 million in purse increases for the 2022 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 $20 million
Schedule[]
The full schedule was announced on August 3, 2021.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | OWGR points[a] |
Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | Fortinet Championship | California |  Max Homa (3)
|
40 | 7,000,000 | 1,260,000 | ||
| Oct 3 | Sanderson Farms Championship | Mississippi | Sam Burns (2)
|
36 | 7,000,000 | 1,260,000 | ||
| Oct 10 | Shriners Children's Open | Nevada |  Im Sung-jae (2)
|
56 | 7,000,000 | 1,260,000 | ||
| Oct 17 | CJ Cup | Nevada[c] |  Rory McIlroy (20)
|
68 | 9,750,000 | 1,755,000 | ||
| Oct 24 | Zozo Championship | Japan |  Hideki Matsuyama (7)
|
40 | 9,950,000 | 1,791,000 | JPN | |
| WGC-HSBC Champions | China | Canceled[5] | – | – | – | World Golf Championships | ||
| Oct 31 | Butterfield Bermuda Championship | Bermuda |  Lucas Herbert (1)
|
24 | 6,500,000 | 1,170,000 | ||
| Nov 7 | World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba | Mexico |  Viktor Hovland (3)
|
52 | 7,200,000 | 1,296,000 | ||
| Nov 14 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open | Texas | Jason Kokrak (3)
|
50 | 7,500,000 | 1,350,000 | ||
| Nov 21 | RSM Classic | Georgia | Talor Gooch (1)
|
44 | 7,200,000 | 1,296,000 | ||
| Jan 9 | Sentry Tournament of Champions | Hawaii | Cameron Smith (4)
|
62 | 8,200,000 | 1,476,000 | Winners-only event | |
| Jan 16 | Sony Open in Hawaii | Hawaii | Hideki Matsuyama (8)
|
46 | 7,500,000 | 1,350,000 | ||
| Jan 23 | The American Express | California | Hudson Swafford (3)
|
50 | 7,600,000 | 1,368,000 | Pro-Am | |
| Jan 29 | Farmers Insurance Open | California | Luke List (1)
|
60 | 8,400,000 | 1,512,000 | ||
| Feb 6 | AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am | California | Tom Hoge (1)
|
36 | 8,700,000 | 1,566,000 | Celebrity Pro-Am | |
| Feb 13 | WM Phoenix Open | Arizona | Scottie Scheffler (1)
|
62 | 8,200,000 | 1,476,000 | ||
| Feb 20 | Genesis Invitational | California |  Joaquín Niemann (2)
|
72 | 12,000,000 | 2,160,000 | Invitational | |
| Feb 27 | The Honda Classic | Florida |  Sepp Straka (1)
|
42 | 8,000,000 | 1,440,000 | ||
| Mar 6 | Arnold Palmer Invitational | Florida | Scottie Scheffler (2)
|
64 | 12,000,000 | 2,160,000 | Invitational | |
| Mar 6 | Puerto Rico Open | Puerto Rico | Ryan Brehm (1)
|
24 | 3,700,000 | 666,000 | Alternate event | |
| Mar 13 | The Players Championship | Florida | 
|
80 | 20,000,000 | 3,600,000 | Flagship event | |
| Mar 20 | Valspar Championship | Florida |
|
7,800,000 | 1,404,000 | |||
| Mar 27 | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | Texas |
|
12,000,000 | 2,160,000 | World Golf Championships | ||
| Mar 27 | Corales Puntacana Championship | Dominican Republic |
|
3,700,000 | 666,000 | Alternate event | ||
| Apr 3 | Valero Texas Open | Texas |
|
8,600,000 | 1,548,000 | |||
| Apr 10 | Masters Tournament | Georgia |
|
100 | Major championship | |||
| Apr 17 | RBC Heritage | South Carolina |
|
8,000,000 | 1,440,000 | Invitational | ||
| Apr 24 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | Louisiana |
|
n/a | 8,300,000 | 1,199,350 (each) |
Team event | |
| May 1 | Mexico Open | Mexico |
|
7,300,000 | 1,314,000 | New to PGA Tour | ||
| May 8 | Wells Fargo Championship | Maryland |
|
9,000,000 | 1,620,000 | |||
| May 15 | AT&T Byron Nelson | Texas |
|
9,100,000 | 1,638,000 | |||
| May 22 | PGA Championship | Oklahoma |
|
100 | Major championship | |||
| May 29 | Charles Schwab Challenge | Texas |
|
8,400,000 | 1,512,000 | Invitational | ||
| Jun 5 | Memorial Tournament | Ohio |
|
12,000,000 | 2,160,000 | Invitational | ||
| Jun 12 | RBC Canadian Open | Canada |
|
8,700,000 | 1,566,000 | |||
| Jun 19 | U.S. Open | Massachusetts |
|
100 | Major championship | |||
| Jun 26 | Travelers Championship | Connecticut |
|
8,300,000 | 1,494,000 | |||
| Jul 3 | John Deere Classic | Illinois |
|
7,100,000 | 1,278,000 | |||
| Jul 10 | Genesis Scottish Open | Scotland |
|
8,000,000 | 1,440,000 | EUR[e] | New to PGA Tour | |
| Jul 10 | Barbasol Championship | Kentucky |
|
3,700,000 | 666,000 | EUR | Alternate event | |
| Jul 17 | The Open Championship | Scotland |
|
100 | Major championship | |||
| Jul 17 | Barracuda Championship | California |
|
3,700,000 | 666,000 | EUR | Alternate event | |
| Jul 24 | 3M Open | Minnesota |
|
7,500,000 | 1,350,000 | |||
| Jul 31 | Rocket Mortgage Classic | Michigan |
|
8,400,000 | 1,512,000 | |||
| Aug 7 | Wyndham Championship | North Carolina |
|
7,300,000 | 1,314,000 | |||
| Aug 14 | FedEx St. Jude Championship | Tennessee |
|
15,000,000 | 2,700,000 | FedEx Cup Playoffs | ||
| Aug 21 | BMW Championship | Delaware |
|
15,000,000 | 2,700,000 | FedEx Cup Playoffs | ||
| Aug 28 | Tour Championship | Georgia |
|
n/a[f] | FedEx Cup Playoffs | |||
- ^ Except for the major championships and The Players, which have fixed points allocations, points listed for tournaments that have not been completed are official projections based on the expected field. Final allocations are usually published the day after completion of all tournaments eligible for ranking points that week.
- ^ EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
- ^ Originally planned to return to South Korea.[3] However, due to COVID-19 considerations, the CJ Cup was held in Las Vegas, Nevada for the second consecutive year.[4]
- ^ With the cancelation of the WGC-HSBC Champions, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship was elevated to a full status event.[5]
- ^ European Tour Rolex Series event.
- ^ 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 $18,000,000 to the winner.[6][7]
Unofficial events[]
The following events do not carry FedEx Cup points or official money.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner(s) | OWGR points |
Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | Ryder Cup | Wisconsin | Team USA
|
n/a | Two 12-man teams | ||
| Dec 5 | Hero World Challenge | Bahamas | Viktor Hovland
|
48 | 3,500,000 | 1,000,000 | 20-player field |
| Dec 12 | QBE Shootout | Florida | Jason Kokrak and Kevin Na
|
n/a | 3,600,000 | 447,500 (each) |
12 two-player teams |
Location of tournaments[]
PGA Tour sanctioned events (numbered chronologically).
Non FedEx Cup event
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
FedEx Cup[]
Points distribution[]
The distribution of points for 2021–22 PGA Tour events is as follows:[8]
| 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 | Even |
FedEx Cup standings[]
Top five in the FedEx Cup standings as of February 6, 2022 (Arnold Palmer Invitational):[9]
| Pos. | Player | Majors & The Players | WGCs, Genesis, API and Memorial | Top 10s in other PGA Tour events | Regular season points |
[a] | Total points |
Tour Champs.[b] | Tmts | Money ($m)[c] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nat. | Name | Ply | Mas | PGA | WGC Cha |
Gen | API | Mem | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | FStJ | BMW | Start | Final | Basic | CB Top10 |
FedEx Bonus | |||||||||||||
| 1 | |
Scheffler | C A N C E L E D |
T7 | 1 | 4 | T2 | 1 | 1614 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |
Matsuyama | T39 | T20 | T6 | 1 | 1 | T8 | 1321 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |
Hoge | CUT | T32 | T4 | 2 | 1 | 1141 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |
Gooch | CUT | T7 | T4 | T5 | 1 | 1093 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | |
Im | T33 | T20 | 1 | T9 | T8 | T6 | 940 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- ^ 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 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 ten regular season point scorers receive a share of a $20m bonus, and the $75m FedEx Cup postseason bonus money is distributed based upon standings after the Tour Championship.
See also[]
- 2021 in golf
- 2021 European Tour
- 2022 European Tour
- 2022 Korn Ferry Tour
- 2022 PGA Tour Champions season
References[]
- ^ Lynch, Eamon (November 22, 2021). "PGA Tour is boosting bonuses, prize money for stars; FedEx Cup jumps to $75 million". Golfweek. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "PGA Tour releases full 2021-22 schedule". PGA Tour. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
- ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (October 18, 2020). "PGA tournament CJ Cup to return to S. Korea in 2021". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ Ferguson, Doug (August 25, 2021). "PGA Tour still planning for Japan event, but sources say China event will be canceled". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ a b "WGC-HSBC Champions cancelled for second consecutive season due to coronavirus pandemic". Sky Sports. August 31, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ "How it works: Tour Championship". PGA Tour. August 18, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ "PGA Tour's unprecedented momentum results in increased purses". PGA Tour. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
The top 30 in the standings will then compete at the Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup's increased first prize of $18 million
- ^ "FedExCup point distribution: PGA Tour Season". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- ^ "FedExCup – Official Standings". PGA Tour. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
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