Scottie Scheffler remained on top. That’s of little surprise. The World No. 1 was a shot out of the FedEx St. Jude Championship playoff that Justin Rose ultimately won over J.J. Spaun on the third extra hole. But he was not knocked from the pole position of the FedEx Cup standings with two playoff events remaining.
Rose, of course, was the biggest mover in the rankings, jumping from 25th to fourth with the victory at TPC Southwind, his 12th on the PGA Tour. The top 50 earned their respective tickets to the BMW Championship this week at Caves Valley in Maryland. They all also earned automatic exemptions into the eight signature events on the tour next year. Those finishing Nos. 51-70 are done for the season.
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To make the math simple, five players played their way into the BMW, meaning five played their way out. Rickie Fowler, Bud Cauley, Kurt Kitayama, Jhonattan Vegas and J.T. Poston were the lucky ones. Jordan Spieth, Aldrich Potgeiter, Jake Knapp, Wyndham Clark and Min Woo Lee were the five who failed to advance to the second playoff event.
The top 30 in points after the BMW Championship will advance to the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta, where the winner will collect $10 million.
Because there is no rest for the weary, there is a big money distribution for the 30 just making it to the playoff finale. Each man will earn something for their standing heading into the Tour Championship, then collect more after the finish. The No. 1 in standings after the BMW Championship (hello, Scottie!) will earn $5 million, No. 2 will take home $3.5 million down to the 30th player who will earn $195,000.
Here are the top 50 who qualified for the BMW Championship at Caves Valley (previous ranking in parenthesis) … and the next 20 who finished in spots 51-70 and had their respective seasons ended.
1: Scottie Scheffler (1)
2: Rory McIlroy (2)
3: J.J. Spaun (8)
4: Justin Rose (25)
5: Sepp Straka (3)
6: Russell Henley (4)
7: Ben Griffin (6)
8: Tommy Fleetwood (9)
9: Justin Thomas (5)
10: Harris English (7)
11: Andrew Novak (12)
12: Cameron Young (16)
13: Ludvig Aberg (14)
14: Keegan Bradley (10)
15: Maverick McNealy (11)
16: Corey Conners (13)
17: Collin Morikawa (19)
18: Brian Harman (20)
19: Patrick Cantlay (23)
20: Robert MacIntyre (15)
21: Hideki Matsuyama (21)
22: Nick Taylor (18)
23: Shane Lowry (17)
24: Sam Burns (24)
25: Sungjae Im (29)
26: Chris Gotterup (22)
27: Jacob Bridgeman (33)
28: Viktor Hovland (26)
29: Akshay Bhatia (45)
30: Lucas Glover (27)
31: Sam Stevens (28)
32: Ryan Gerard (31)
33: Daniel Berger (30)
34: Ryan Fox (32)
35: Taylor Pendrith (38)
36: Thomas Detry (35)
37: Kurt Kitayama (52)
38: Denny McCarthy (39)
39: Brian Campbell (34)
40: Matt Fitzpatrick (41)
41: Si Woo Kim (46)
42: Michael Kim (36)
43: Xander Schauffele (42)
44: Jason Day (37)
45: Harry Hall (44)
46: Bud Cauley (53)
47: Tom Hoge (64)
48: Rickie Fowler (56)
49: Jhonattan Vegas (56)
50: J.T. Poston (51)
Failed to qualify for the BMW Championship
51: Chris Kirk (61)
52: Aldrich Potgieter (43)
53: Aaron Rai (55)
54: Jordan Spieth (48)
55: Jake Knapp (47)
56: Wyndham Clark (49)
57: Min Woo Lee (50)
58: Max Greyserman (57)
59: Joe Highsmith (54)
60: Stephan Jaeger (58)
61: Davis Riley (65)
62: Nico Echavarria (62)
63: Kevin Yu (66)
64: Patrick Rodgers (63)
65: Mackenzie Hughes (59)
66: Tony Finau (60)
67: Matti Schmid (70)
68: Emiliano Grillo (67)
69: Cam Davis (69)
70: Erik van Rooyen (68)
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