| ranking |
Player |
Comment |
| 1 |
Scotty Scheffler |
At FedEx St. Jude, the world No. 1 added four more rounds in the 60s to his tally and his 15th top-10 finish in 17 starts of the season. |
| 2 |
Xander Schauffele |
In Sunday’s low round at TPC Southwind, he finished T2 with a 7-under 63 and became the only player to vault Scheffler in the FedExCup standings before the Tour Championship. |
| 3 |
Hideki Matsuyama |
Building on his bronze-medal performance at the Paris Olympics, the FedEx St. Jude Cup-winning performance saw him move into the top three ahead of his 10th consecutive start at BMW (he withdrew due to injury in the first round last year). |
| 4 |
Colin Morikawa |
Another ho-hum performance, Morikawa earned his 15th top-25 finish of the year at FedEx St. Jude in his 18th season, but as Hovland showed last year, you can catch fire for two tournaments and walk away with the trophy. . |
| 5 |
Rory McIlroy |
FedEx St. Despite a T68 at Jude, McIlroy is in contention for his fourth FedExCup title thanks to a pair of wins earlier this season. |
| 6 |
Wyndham Clark |
Clark heads home to Denver for this year’s BMW Championship, where he will look to ride the good vibes to East Lake for his second consecutive Tour Championship appearance. |
| 7 |
Ludwig Aberg |
Eleven top 25s in 17 starts isn’t bad, but the rising star has set a high bar for himself, and a T40 at TPC Southwind showed he still has more wrinkles. |
| 8 |
Sahit Thikala |
He is enjoying his best and most consistent year as a professional with seven top-10 finishes, including a pair of runner-up finishes at The Sentry and RBC Heritage. |
| 9 |
Patrick Cantley |
Since his T3 at the US Open, Contley has put together some good finishes at the Travelers Championship (T5), The Open Championship (T25) and the FedEx St. Jude Championship (T12). |
| 10 |
Sungjae Im |
Has finished in the top 25 in nearly half of his starts, but has been outside the top 40 in his last two starts. |
| 11 |
Shane Lowry |
Still in contention to reach the Tour Championship for the first time in his career after a stellar season with his good friend McIlroy at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans. |
| 12 |
Robert MacIntyre |
MacIntyre’s year of peaks and valleys — which includes a pair of wins at the RBC Canadian Open and Genesis Scottish Open — continued with his T7 at FedEx St. Jude after a missed cut at Wyndham a week earlier. |
| 13 |
Akshay Bhatia |
He finished T12 in his playoff debut last week and is in prime position to cap a strong season with wins at the Valero Texas Open and T2 Rocket Mortgage Classic heading into East Lake. |
| 14 |
Tony Finau |
Has been mixed all season with 13 top-25s in 20 starts, but hasn’t won in a year since 2020. |
| 15 |
Pyong Han On |
Qualifying for BMW for the second year in a row, he is close to his first win of the season with four top-five finishes. |
| 16 |
Victor Hovland |
The defending FedExCup champion made the biggest move in the playoffs so far, advancing from 57th with his T2 at TPC Southwind. |
| 17 |
Russell Henley |
The four-time Tour winner has missed just one cut this season and shot a 3-over 73 on Saturday at FedEx St. Jude to fall short of his 10th top-25. |
| 18 |
Sam Burns |
Memphis made his sixth straight playoff start with a T5 and was within striking distance of extending his season streak to four with the win. |
| 19 |
Billy Horschel |
Back in the BMW Championship after a difficult 2023, Horschel has finished in the top 10 in his last three starts, including his T2 start at The Open Championship. |
| 20 |
Matthew Pavon |
He has struggled recently, but his tour includes four top-10 finishes and a win at the Farmers Insurance Open. |
| 21 |
Aaron Roy |
A heater favorite with four top-fives in his last six starts this summer, including his win at the Wyndham Championship. |
| 22 |
Justin Thomas |
Returning to the playoffs after a difficult 2023, Thomas has finished no better than T30 in the past two months and is holding on for a spot in the Tour Championship. |
| 23 |
Christian Besuidenhout |
Made his second BMW appearance (T12, 2022) after a season that included a career-best solo second at The American Express and six top-25s in signature events. |
| 24 |
Sep Straka |
He has 10 top-25s in 21 this season, but his tee time at East Lake is in jeopardy after a T61 at FedEx St. Jude. |
| 25 |
Jason Day |
Has six top-10s this season and is hot on the heels of a T13 at The Open and a T9 in his Olympic debut; Has not finished outside the top 25 since June. |
| 26 |
Davis Thompson |
He finished T33 in his playoff debut after a breakthrough year that included his first Tour win at the John Deere Classic, a pair of runner-up finishes and a T9 at the US Open. |
| 27 |
Taylor Pendrith |
The CJ Cup Byron Nelson winner has two top-fives in his last three starts and is trending well in time for the Presidents Cup in his home country. |
| 28 |
Tom Hoge |
Thanks to 10 top-25 finishes in 24 starts, he has a chance to return to East Lake for a second time after missing out in 2023. |
| 29 |
Brian Harman |
Near the Tour Championship bubble, Harman has yet to miss the playoffs on Tour in 13 years and a runner-up finish at The Players propelled him to one of his most consistent seasons with 10 top-25s and two missed cuts. |
| 30 |
Denny McCarthy |
FedEx moved up 15 spots in the standings after battling an injury to finish ninth in solo hot putter at St. Jude. |
| 31 |
Tommy Fleetwood |
The Olympic silver medalist has been a top-30 player all year, but he will need a solid performance in Denver if he is to begin his fourth Tour Championship. |
| 32 |
Chris Kirk |
FedEx beat The Sentry to start in January of last year, including the T50 in St. Jude, but hasn’t done anything else since April. |
| 33 |
Corey Connors |
Hasn’t missed a cut in 21 starts this season, but cooled off after the T50 at FedEx St. Jude, following six top-15s in his previous 10 starts. |
| 34 |
JD Boston |
Missing the cut in his last three starts to enter the playoffs, he sang the blues in Memphis last week after a T33 performance. |
| 35 |
Stephen Jaeger |
A winner at the Texas Children’s Hospital Open, he is the only player to beat Scotty Scheffler in a five-event span, but has not finished in the top 25 since T21 at the US Open. |
| 36 |
Matt Fitzpatrick |
After pulling out of the Olympics with a thumb injury, Fitzpatrick played four days to T18 at TPC Southwind but only improved four places in the rankings. |
| 37 |
Will Jalatoris |
After his withdrawal from the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Zalatoris missed out on making the playoffs, but fired three rounds in the 60s to finish T12 at FedEx St. Jude and resurrect his East Lake dreams. |
| 38 |
Austin Eggrott |
He shot a 65 on Sunday at TPC Southwind to remain in the top 50 of the standings after his second season on tour with his first win at the Cognizant Classic at The Palm Beaches. |
| 39 |
Cameron Young |
Valspar added a seventh runner-up finish to his growing list of close calls at the Championship, but stopped at Memphis after rounds of 73-74 on Friday and Saturday. |
| 40 |
Thomas Detry |
From 2023 FedEx St. Jude makes his BMW debut this week following a season that featured a career-best major finish (T4, PGA Championship) and little improvement. |
| 41 |
Adam Scott |
He has more than half of his top-25 finishes this season, including his last three starts at the Genesis Scottish Open (second), The Open Championship (T10) and FedEx St. Jude (T18). |
| 42 |
Adam Hadwin |
With the Presidents Cup on the horizon, Hadwin needs a sixth top-five finish of the season — as he did at the Memorial presented by Workday (third) and The Genesis Invitational (T4) — to secure a spot on compatriot Mike Weir’s team at Royal. Montreal. |
| 43 |
Maximum Homam |
Recent struggles have resulted in a last-place finish at the FedEx St. Jude, and he is now in danger of not qualifying for the Tour Championship for the first time since 2021. |
| 44 |
Woo Kim |
He missed his second of the season at Wyndham two weeks ago and finished T50 at TPC Southwind, leading to his seventh BMW appearance in the last eight years. |
| 45 |
Alex Noran |
Strokes Gained: Overall, Noran has 12 top-25 finishes in 19 starts, but has had little to show for it with three top-10s. |
| 46 |
Eric Cole |
Cole, one of three players to play in the top 50 at TPC Southwind, advanced for the second year in a row for BMW after last year’s T25 at Olympia Fields. |
| 47 |
Max Grazerman |
Consecutive runner-up finishes at the 3M Open and Wyndham, Tourille qualified for the playoffs in his rookie season, then shot a final-round 63 at FedEx St. Jude to punch his ticket to Colorado. |
| 48 |
Nick Dunlap |
Speaking of newcomers, Dunlap, a two-time winner at The American Express and Barracuda, carded a 69 at TPC Southwind on Sunday in the BMW field. |
| 49 |
Cam Davis |
Despite taking a step back in consistency this season, the Rocket Mortgage Classic winner will start his fourth BMW this week. |
| 50 |
Keegan Bradley |
America’s 2025 Ryder Cup captain proved he can go toe-to-toe with the world’s best after a pair of runner-up finishes at the Sonny Open and Charles Schwab Challenge. |
