The Fall Series began as a group of seven events (eventually reduced to four at the time of the calendar change) that determined who joined the 30 FedEx Cup finalists in receiving full-season exemptions to the following year's tournaments.
These were the golfers who did not qualify for the FedEx Cup finals, but finished in the top 125 on the money list at the end of the Fall Series.
In 2007, the Fall Series began the week after the final FedEx Cup event, The Tour Championship.
At the time these changes were announced, it had not been determined whether Fall Series events would receive full FedEx Cup points.
[2] In June of that year, the PGA Tour announced that the former Fall Series events would receive full points.
As of the 2020 PGA Tour schedule (starts in September 2019), the Mississippi, Las Vegas, Northern California, and Sea Island tournaments are still in their late-season slots, with the priority increasing because of FedEx Cup points.