And then there were 50. After Hideki Matsuyama’s victory at the St. Jude Classic, only 50 players remain in the FedEx Cup Playoffs ahead of this weekend’s BMW Championship.
Final spurt of the FedEx Cup playoffs
The tournament will be held at Castle Rock Pines Golf Club south of Denver and, as always when the PGA season is this advanced, the field is full of stars. Scottie Scheffler is chasing the Cup and achieved the highest score of 6,533 points this weekend, almost 1,500 more than Xander Schauffel in second place.
Matsuyama sits third on the FedEx points list after his weekend win, and last year’s BMW Championship winner Victor Hovland will be in contention this weekend, having moved up 41 places after finishing tied for second last weekend, just two strokes behind Matsuyama.
The total prize money for this weekend’s no-cut tournament in Colorado is $20 million, with the winner receiving $4 million. After the final round at Castle Rock Pines on Sunday, The top 30 FedEx Cup point leaders travel to East Lake for the Tour Championship the following weekend.
Here are the top 50 golfers on the FedEx points list who will try to win the penultimate tournament of the season.
Top 50 in the FedExCup ranking