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FedEx Cup Points 2017: Explaining Distribution and Standings

The 2017 PGA Tour is over...well, almost over.

This weekend's The Northern Trust in Old Westbury, New York, will open the 11th annual FedEx Cup Playoffs. It will mark the first time that Glen Oaks Golf Club has hosted a PGA Tour event.

Hideki Matsuyama will tee off on Thursday atop the 125-player field with 2,869 points. His two regular-season victories and five straight top-15 finishes to end the slate leave him with a bit of breathing room ahead of Justin Thomas (three wins, 2,689 points) and Jordan Spieth (three wins, 2,671 points). But with point payouts quadrupling during the playoffs, Matsuyama will have to keep up his hot streak to secure his first FedEx Cup title.