The PGA Tour’s 2024 Regular season is over. But no worries, for there’s more action to come. A tournament in Mexico, a tournament in Napa, and many more. In total, nine events are set to tee off in grand fashion as the second part of this year’s calendar starts. Cue the entry of the 2024 PGA Tour FedEx Cup Fall season.

Till 2022, the tournaments that followed the TOUR Championship counted towards the next season’s points total. 2023, however, came with it, the calendar-based schedule. As a result, what awaited the winners of the events in the Fall season were Tour cards, or in other words, eligibility to play on the 2025 events.

The FedEx Cup Fall season and its workings

The golfers outside the top 50 of the FedEx Cup standings, as per the PGA Tour, will look to clinch a win on the circuit during the Fall season. Why, you ask? Well, the champions will receive a two-year exemption on the circuit alongside 500 FedEx Cup points, OWGR points, a spot in the field for THE PLAYERS Championship, the Sentry, and the major events.

That’s not all. The Fall season also allows the golfers to compete with each other for a spot inside the top 125 on the FedEx standings. And with it, comes full exempt status into the full-field events and a spot in the event at TPC Sawgrass. The golfers from T51 and above, after the Playoffs, will start the Procore Championship with all the points they raked in till the St. Jude Championship.

The golfers who find themselves inside the top 51-60, after the end of the Fall season, will enjoy a spot on the two signature events following the Sentry, namely the 2025 Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational. Meanwhile, the athletes who are currently placed between 51 and 70, including Tom Kim, have already gained top-125 eligibility and Tour status, as a result of their performance till now. Their only aim in the upcoming events will be to clinch a spot for the two designated events.

Although those beyond the 71st position can also compete to claim a spot in the limited-field tournament next season, their focus will be on finishing inside the top 125 by the end of the fall. The professionals will have to be sure in doing so since those that rank outside 125 (No. 126 & above) will only be able to enjoy conditional status on the Jay Monahan-led circuit! But they can improve or regain their status through the Q-school presented by Korn Ferry Tour.

What are the events of the FedEx Cup Fall season?

There will be a total of eight official Fall events in 2024 starting with the Procore Championship at Silverado Resort in Napa. Then the season will take a break for the President’s Cup on September 23 and will resume with the Sanderson Farms Championship on September 30. The schedule will go on and end at Sea Island Golf Club with the RSM Classic.

The upcoming schedule is sure to display a scintillating display of golf to the community. But wait, there’s more to it. Aside from the benefits that are being offered in terms of points & exceptions, the tournaments will also award a cut of the total prize purse. But most of the competitions this time around will sport a lesser pool than that of the previous year!

A fall in the PGA Tour Fall season’s prize pool

A total of five events in the 2024 PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall season will witness lesser dollar bills being offered to the athletes. The Procore Championship will experience the most drop with a 28.6% reduction in prize money from 2023, from $8.4 million to $6 million. Aside from the same, Shriners Children’s Open, World Wide Technology Championship, Sanderson Farms Championship, and the RSM Classic will also experience 16.7%, 12.2%, 7.3%, and 4.8% drops, respectively.

But will the events be any less exciting? Not at all, for the golfers above T51 on the FedEx Cup standings will look to improve their status for the upcoming season. They sure have a lot left to do this year.