The FedEx Cup playoffs started with 125 players. Following Will Zalatoris’ three-hole playoff victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, only 70 players advanced to this week’s BMW Championship. After that, the top 30 will qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship with a shot at the $18 million payday.
Here are the 70 players who are still in the FedEx Cup playoffs:
Will Zalatoris
Scottie Scheffler
Cameron Smith (has pulled out of this week’s BMW Championship because of a lingering hip injury)
Sam Burns
Tony Finau
Xander Schauffele
Patrick Cantlay
Sepp Straka
Rory McIlroy
Justin Thomas
Sungjae Im
Matt Fitzpatrick
Cameron Young
Jon Rahm
Hideki Matsuyama
Max Homa
Jordan Spieth
Viktor Hovland
Joaquin Niemann
Collin Morikawa
Tom Hoge
Billy Horschel
Brian Harman
J.T. Poston
Joohyung Kim
Davis Riley
Sahith Theegala
Kevin Kisner
Corey Conners
J.J. Spaun
Aaron Wise
Maverick McNealy
K.H. Lee
Lucas Glover
Denny McCarthy
Seamus Power
Shane Lowry
Keith Mitchell
Cameron Tringale
Trey Mullinax
Mito Pereira
Luke List
Russell Henley
Keegan Bradley
Adam Scott
Scott Stallings
Andrew Putnam
Kurt Kitayama
Sebastián Muñoz
Tyrrell Hatton
Cam Davis
Mackenzie Hughes
Si Woo Kim
Lucas Herbert
Emiliano Grillo
Tommy Fleetwood
Troy Merritt
Chez Reavie
Adam Hadwin
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Chris Kirk
Taylor Moore
Matt Kuchar
Brendan Steele
Harold Varner III
Alex Noren
Taylor Pendrith
Marc Leishman
Alex Smalley
Wyndham Clark
Big moves
Lucas Glover: The biggest move of the week belongs to Glover, who jumped 87 spots by finishing in a tie for third. Similarly, Andrew Putnam moved up 40 spots to 47 with his T5 finish at 11-under.
Leaders missing the cut: Rory McIlroy (now at 9) and Scottie Scheffler (formerly No. 1, now No. 2) both missed the cut last week.
Top 10
The Top 5 is rounded out by Tony Finau, who finished T5, and moved up two spots. Finau may well be the hottest golfer on the planet, and is poised to make a run at the FedExCup.
Who made moves
The Canadians
Adam Hadwin will move on, sitting at 59 in the standings, down nine spots on the week. Taylor Pendrith squeaks by, finishing at 67, down 7 spots. Corey Conners (now at 30) and Mackenzie Hughes (52) also move on. Unfortunately, Adam Svensson’s season and Nick Taylor, did not finish within the top 70 and have missed the cut concluding their season.
This week: The Top 70 move to the BMW Championship from Aug. 18 to 21.
Surprised that a lot of big name favorites aren’t in the race this year.It just goes to show that anything can happen.fans will still be entertained by the existing field, guaranteed!.