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FedEx Cup Standings 2016: Latest Rankings After Barclays Tournament
- Updated: August 29, 2016
He needed a collapse from Rickie Fowler, but Patrick Reed topped a loaded field at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, to win the Barclays on Sunday and seize the top position in the FedEx Cup standings.
Jason Day came into the Barclays atop the standings, but he moved down to second after tying for fourth place at the Barclays.
Reed shot a solid one-under 70 in the final round to bring his tournament total to nine under par. Fowler entered Sunday’s round with the lead, but he struggled on his way to a three-over 74 and finished at six under for the tournament.
Here is a look at the top of the FedEx Cup standings after the first of four playoff events. The entire standings can be found on the PGA Tour’s official website:
FedEx Cup Explanation
The season consists of 47 events, 43 of which are tournaments during the PGA Tour season and four of which are the FedEx Cup playoff events. Points are earned based on where players finish on the respective leaderboards for each tournament.
The top 125 players after the initial 43 events advance to the FedEx Cup playoff tournaments: the Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship and Tour Championship. There is also a progressive cut, with 100 players advancing to the Deutsche Bank Championship, 70 advancing to the BMW Championship and 30 advancing to the Tour Championship.
Those 30 players are reseeded before the Tour Championship.
Here is a look at the points awarded at each event. The FedEx Cup playoff events offer significantly more than regular-season events, which places additional pressure on the year-ending tournaments:
The Barclays
Reed made things dramatic after appearing to be well on his way to the victory Sunday.
He tallied a bogey on No. 16 and another on No. 18 and needed his two-shot cushion entering the final hole to finish a shot ahead of second-place finishers Sean O’Hair and Emiliano Grillo. Despite his uninspiring closing stretch, Reed picked up some early momentum with a chip-in on No. 5 to cap off back-to-back birdies following a bogey on No. 3.
The PGA Tour captured the highlight:
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