EAST LAKE, Ga. -- All 30 players teeing it up at East Lake have a shot at the $10 million postseason prize, but only a select few control their destiny. Here are the scenarios enabling each player to win the 2016 FedEx Cup:
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How each player can win the FedEx Cup
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No. 1 -- Dustin Johnson
Wins the Tour ChampionshipReasonable chance of winning with a top-5 finishCan finish as low as 29th and still have mathematical chance at Cup
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No. 2 -- Patrick Reed
Wins the Tour ChampionshipReasonable chance of winning with top-3 finishCan finish as low as a two-way tie for sixth and still have mathematical chance of winning
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No. 3 -- Adam Scott
Wins the Tour ChampionshipReasonable chance of winning with second place finishCan finish as low as T-4 and still have mathematical chance of winning
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No. 4 -- Jason Day
Wins the Tour ChampionshipHas a reasonable chance of winning with a second place finishCan finish as low as T-3 and still have mathematical chance of winning
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No. 5 -- Paul Casey
Wins the Tour ChampionshipCan finish as low as a two-way tie for second and still have mathematical chance of winning
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No. 6 -- Rory McIlroy
Wins the Tour Championship AND Dustin Johnson finishes T-2 or worseCan finish second and still have mathematical chance of winning
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No. 7 -- Jordan Spieth
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes in a three-way tie for second or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 8 -- Russell Knox
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes third* or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-2* or worseAdam Scott finishes second* or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
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No. 9 -- Emiliano Grillo
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes in a three-way tie for third or worsePatrick Reed finishes third or worseAdam Scott finishes T-2 or worseJason Day finishes second or worse**Tie for the FedEx Cup
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No. 10 -- Jimmy Walker
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes fifth or worsePatrick Reed finishes in a three-way tie for third or worseAdam Scott finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseJason Day finishes in T-2 or worsePaul Casey finishes second* or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
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No. 11 -- Brandt Snedeker
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes T-6 or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-4 or worseAdam Scott finishes T-3 or worseJason Day finishes in a three-way tie for second or worsePaul Casey finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 12 -- Justin Thomas
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes in a three-way tie for T-6 or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-4 or worseAdam Scott finishes T-3 or worseJason Day finishes in a three-way tie for second or worsePaul Casey finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 13 -- Phil Mickelson
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes T-7 or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-4 or worseAdam Scott finishes T-3 or worseJason Day finishes in a three-way tie for second or worsePaul Casey finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 14 -- Ryan Moore
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes T-8 or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-4 or worseAdam Scott finishes T-3 or worseJason Day finishes in a three-way tie for second or worsePaul Casey finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 15 -- Kevin Chappell
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes ninth* or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-4 or worseAdam Scott finishes T-3 or worseJason Day finishes in a three-way tie for second or worsePaul Casey finishes T-2 or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
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No. 16 -- Matt Kuchar
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes in a three-way tie for ninth or worsePatrick Reed finishes in a three-way tie for fourth or worseAdam Scott finishes T-3 or worseJason Day finishes third or worsePaul Casey finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 17 -- Hideki Matsuyama
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes in a three-way tie for 10th or worsePatrick Reed finishes in a three-way tie for fourth or worseAdam Scott finishes in a three-way tie for third or worseJason Day finishes third or worsePaul Casey finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 18 -- Si Woo Kim
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes T-11 or worsePatrick Reed finishes fifth or worseAdam Scott finishes in a three-way tie for third or worseJason Day finishes third or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worse
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No. 19 -- Kevin Kisner
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes T-12 or worsePatrick Reed finishes fifth or worseAdam Scott finishes in a three-way tie for third or worseJason Day finishes third or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 20 -- Gary Woodland
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes in a three-way tie for T-12 or worsePatrick Reed finishes fifth or worseAdam Scott finishes in a three-way tie for third or worseJason Day finishes third or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 21 -- Roberto Castro
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes 13th* or worsePatrick Reed finishes fifth* or worseAdam Scott finishes in a three-way tie for third or worseJason Day finishes third* or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
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No. 22 -- Kevin Na
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes in a three-way tie for 13th or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-5 or worseAdam Scott finishes in a three-way tie for third or worseJason Day finishes T-3 or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 23 -- William McGirt
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes 15th* or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-5 or worseAdam Scott finishes in a three-way tie for third or worseJason Day finishes T-3 or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse
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No. 24 -- Bubba Watson
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes 17th* or worsePatrick Reed finishes in a three-way tie for fifth or worseAdam Scott finishes in a three-way tie for third or worseJason Day finishes T-3 or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
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No. 25 -- Sean O'Hair
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes 19th* or worsePatrick Reed finishes in a three-way tie for fifth or worseAdam Scott finishes fourth or worseJason Day finishes T-3 or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
No. 26 -- Daniel Berger
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes 21st* or worsePatrick Reed finishes sixth or worseAdam Scott finishes fourth or worseJason Day finishes T-3 or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
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No. 27 -- Jason Dufner
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes 23rd* or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-6 or worseAdam Scott finishes T-4 or worseJason Day finishes T-3 or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
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No. 28 -- J.B. Holmes
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes 25th* or worsePatrick Reed finishes T-6 or worseAdam Scott finishes T-4 or worseJason Day finishes T-3 or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
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No. 29 -- Jhonatthan Vegas
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes 27th* or worsePatrick Reed finishes in a three-way tie for sixth or worseAdam Scott finishes T-4 or worseJason Day finishes T-3 or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
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No. 30 -- Charl Schwartzel
Wins the Tour Championship AND...Dustin Johnson finishes 29th* or worsePatrick Reed finishes in a three-way tie for sixth or worseAdam Scott finishes T-4 or worseJason Day finishes T-3 or worsePaul Casey finishes in a three-way tie for second or worseRory McIlroy finishes T-2 or worse*Tie for the FedEx Cup
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