The regular season is officially complete and the PGA TOUR's playoffs are ready to kick off this week at Liberty National Golf Club.

The top 125 players in the FedEx Cup standings will begin the playoff schedule hoping to crack the top 70 and qualify for next week's event at Caves Valley.

Dustin Johnson enters the playoffs as the defending FedEx Cup champion, becoming the first No. 1 seed to take home the bonus prize of $15 million since 2009.

Here's all you need to know heading into play at the Northern Trust.

Current points list

1st: Collin Morikawa
2nd: Jordan Spieth
3rd: Patrick Cantlay
4th: Harris English
5th: Jon Rahm
6th: Abraham Ancer
7th: Bryson DeChambeau
8th: Louis Oosthuizen
9th: Justin Thomas
10th: Sam Burns

See all 125 players who made the playoffs.

Schedule

The Northern Trust

When: Aug. 19-22
Where: Liberty National Golf Course, Jersey City, New Jersey
Field: Top 125 on points list
Defending champion: Dustin Johnson

The TOUR returns to Liberty National for the fourth time, with stunning views of New York sure to steal the show. Patrick Reed emerged victorious two years ago at this track, with Johnson blowing away the field by 11 shots last year when the event was in Boston.

BMW Championship

When: Aug. 26-29
Where: Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Maryland
Field: Top 70 on points list
Defending champion: Jon Rahm

The top 70 players after the Northern Trust will tee it up in the BMW Championship.

The tournament heads to Caves Valley this season, but the scenes from the 18th green at last year's event at Olympia Fields are still etched in everyone's mind. Jon Rahm made an outrageous 66-foot curling putt to claim victory over Johnson in epic fashion.

This is the first time the TOUR heads to Caves Valley and represents the first event in the Baltimore area in almost 60 years.

Tour Championship

When: Sept. 2-5
Where: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
Field: Top 30 on points list
Defending champion: Dustin Johnson

For the third year in a row, the Tour Championship will use a modified leaderboard to reward players with higher positions on the FedEx Cup points list. Last year, Xander Schauffele actually posted the lowest 72-hole score at East Lake but was unable to overcome Johnson, who entered play with a two-stroke advantage thanks to his No. 1 spot in the rankings.

Here's how the leaderboard will look heading into the opening round of the Tour Championship.

Past FedEx Cup winners

2020: Dustin Johnson
2019: Rory McIlroy
2018: Justin Rose
2017: Justin Thomas
2016: Rory McIlroy
2015: Jordan Spieth
2014: Billy Horschel
2013: Henrik Stenson
2012: Brandt Snedeker
2011: Bill Haas
2010: Jim Furyk
2009: Tiger Woods
2008: Vijay Singh
2007: Tiger Woods

Source: 604Now