The top 70 finishers in the FedEx Cup Playoffs will compete at TPC Southwind in the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
They’ll be competing for $20 million in prize money and FedEx Cup points, with only the top 50 advancing to compete in the BMW Championship in Colorado.
Let’s take a look at this week’s field and give a one-line description of each player.
Top 70 FedEx Cup One-liners
70. Victor Perez
Victor Perez gained a lot of confidence at the Olympics going into the playoffs, but will that confidence carry over to Memphis?
69. Emiliano Grillo
Grillo has been a quiet player in 2024, with his best finish being a tie for seventh at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
68. Jonathan Vegas
Vegas closed out July with his first win in more than six years at the 3M Open.
67. Nick Dunlap
Nick Dunlap is a two-time PGA Tour winner who should move up the rankings after making history in 2024. Keep an eye on him in Memphis.
66. Seamus Power
The Irishman’s best finish is a T12 at the RBC Heritage, but he has five top-25 finishes this season.
65. Brendon Todd
He is one of seven former Georgia Bulldogs players to appear in the playoffs and has two top-10 finishes and five top-25 finishes this year.
64. Mark Hubbard
Hubbard was having a strong season, qualifying in 19 consecutive tournaments, including a third-place finish at the Zurich Classic, but missed the cut in two of his final three tournaments.
63. Jordan Spieth
The season that Jordan Spieth has had can best be described as a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs.
62. Ming Woo Yi
Leave it to him. Ming Woo Yi has been runner-up twice this season and has played strongly all year.
61. Peter Malnati
Malnati won the Valspar Championship earlier this season but has missed the cut in three of his last four starts.
60. Taylor Moore
He tied for second at the Texas Children’s Houston Open and has seven top-25 finishes this season.
59. Maverick McNeely
McNealy has four top-10 finishes and seven top-25 finishes, including a tie for third at the 3M Open and a tie for seventh at the RBC Canadian Open.
58. Eric van Rooyen
Eric van Rooyen was runner-up at the Cognizant Classic and has four top 10s and eight top 25s this season.
57. Viktor Hovland
Last year’s FedEx Cup champion has chosen to fine-tune his swing and will need a strong finish in Memphis to get ahead in the season.
56. Ben Griffin
Griffin has eight top 25 finishes, with his best result this year being a sole second-place finish at the RBC Canadian Open.
55. Justin Rose
Justin Rose can still go strong, but he has just three top-25 finishes in 2024, including a tie for second at the Open, but he has missed the cut in four of his past six starts.
54. Eric Cole
He was last year’s PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, but he has just three top 10s in 2024 and will need to perform well to travel to Colorado.
53. Patrick Rogers
Highlights this season include two T5 finishes at the RBC Heritage and Barracuda Championship.
52. Nick Taylor
Taylor won the World Tour Phoenix Open in February but has only one top 10 finish since then, which came at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.
51. Harris English
The former Georgia Bulldogs player failed to qualify twice this season, but it’s been a quiet year for him.
50. Jake Knapp
The winning PGA Tour rookie has hit it by a mile, having already won the Mexico Open.
49. Will Zalatoris
This was Will Zalatoris’ first season back from a back injury and he’s had some ups and downs throughout the year.
48. Mackenzie Hughes
Mackenzie Hughes has seven top-25 finishes this season, including a T3 at the Valspar Championship.
47. Max Glaserman
Glazerman collapsed late in the Wyndham Championship and is looking for revenge and finally getting over the hump.
46. Adam Scott
The veteran Australian has finished in the top 25 eight times in 16 starts this season, and after missing the playoffs in 2023, Scott has done enough to earn a return.
45. Denny McCarthy
Denny McCarthy took second place at the Valero Texas Open and has been a monster this year with the flat stick.
44. Cam Davis
The Australian has six top 25 finishes and won the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
43. Tom Kim
Kim nearly beat Scottie Scheffler at the Travelers Championship, but still managed seven top 25 finishes.
42. Alex Noren
Alex Noren has qualified 15 of 18 times this year, with 12 top-25 finishes.
41. Austin Eckroth
Eckroat won the Cognizant Classic in March and has six top 25 finishes this year.
40. Matt Fitzpatrick
The Briton has eight top 25s and three top 10s this season and has missed the cut just four times in 19 starts.
39. Keegan Bradley
The six-time PGA Tour winner was recently named Team U.S. Ryder Cup captain for 2025.
38. Kim Si Woo
The Korean golfer has 10 top 25 finishes in 2024, with his best result being a T6 at The Players Championship.
37. Adam Hadwin
Hadwin wasn’t tackled in 2024 but has five top-10 finishes.
36. J.T. Poston
Postman has four top 10s and eight top 25s, but missed the cut the last three times.
35. Max Homa
Homa is also a quiet favorite in 2024, but will he become a hot topic in the postseason?
34. Thomas Detry
The Belgian golfer was runner-up at the Houston Open and has seven top 25 finishes.
33. Stefan Yeager
Stefan Jager won the Houston Open earlier this year but has missed the cut in three of his past four appearances.
32. Tommy Fleetwood
Can Olympic silver medalist Tommy Fleetwood continue his good form and finally win on American soil?
31. Cameron Young
Cameron Young shaved his beard and has been a different man ever since, with only one tournament win, coming in second at the Valspar Championship when he should have won.
30. Corey Connors
Connors hasn’t missed the cut this year and has 11 top 25 finishes in 20 starts.
29. Sam Burns
The former LSU Tiger has nine top-25 finishes this year, including a T3 at the WM Phoenix Open and a T9 at the U.S. Open, and has missed the cut just three times.
28. Chris Kirk
Kirk is the third Georgia Bulldog on this list, having won the Sentry to start the season but only finishing in the top 25 four times since then.
27. Taylor Pendris
Pendris became the first winner in 2024 by winning the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
26. Jason Day
A PGA Tour regular, the fashionista has seven top 25 finishes, including a T4 at the Wells Fargo Championship, and has missed the cut just three times in 18 starts.
25. Aaron Lai
Rye finally overcame the odds and closed out the regular season with a win at the Wyndham Championship.
24. Davis Thompson
Davis Thompson won his first race at the John Deere Classic and was a two-time runner-up at the Rocket Mortgage and Myrtle Beach Classics.
23. Billy Horschel
Billy Horschel began his climb up the FedExCup standings with a win at the Corales Puntacana Championship.
22. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Bezuidenhout has 11 top 25 finishes and one runner-up finish in 20 starts at the American Express.
21. Tom Hogue
He has a T3, a T72 and missed the cut three times in his last five starts.
20. Brian Harman
Ah, it’s the Georgia Bulldog again. Herman was runner-up at The Players Championship and hasn’t missed the cut since the Masters.
19. Justin Thomas
Thomas missed the playoffs last year but still made the Ryder Cup team, and he’s had a strong season with five top-10 finishes and eight top-25 finishes.
18. Sepp Straka
The former Georgia Bulldog has 10 top-25 finishes this season, including back-to-back fifth-place finishes at the Charles Schwab Challenge and The Memorial.
17. Robert McIntyre
Two-time winner in 2024 at the RBC Canadian Open and Genesis Scottish Open.
16. Mathieu Pavone
Pavon started the year strong, winning the Farmers Insurance Open and finishing sole third in the shortened AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
15. Akshay Bhatia
Bhatia won the Valero Texas Open and was runner-up at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
14. Tony Finau
Highlights this season include a T6 at the Farmers, a T2 at the Houston Open and a T3 at the U.S. Open.
13. Russell Henley
Another Georgia Bulldog has come close to winning after overcoming obstacles on the PGA Tour. In 16 starts, he has missed the cut just once, finished in the top 10 six times and had the top nine nine times.
12. Ahn Byung-hun
Ahn Byung-hun has 19 starts and has 10 top 25 finishes and five top 10 finishes.
11. Patrick Cantlay
Cantlay’s highlights this season include four top-10 finishes, nine top-25 finishes and only one missed cut.
10. Shane Lowry
Rory won the Zurich Classic with Rory McIlroy and finished sixth in the Open.
9. Lim Sung-jae
Lim Sung-jae has 11 top 25 finishes in 2024, so a win is likely in his near future.
8. Hideki Matsuyama
Hideki Matsuyama, the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, won the season-opening Genesis Invitational in Memphis without his caddie and agent because of a robbery.
7. Sahith Teegala
Tea Gala highlights include two runner-up finishes at the 2024 Sentry and RBC Heritage.
6. Ludvig Oberg
The Swedish phenom continues to perform well but shows he still has some learning to do, despite finishing runner-up at the Masters.
5. Wyndham Clark
Wyndham Clark redeemed himself by winning the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and closing out the tournament with consecutive 65s in Paris.
4. Collin Morikawa
Morikawa has an incredible record with 14 top 25 finishes in 18 starts, but just can’t seem to put it all together to win again.
3. Rory McIlroy
McIlroy also had two wins in 2024, winning the Zurich Classic with Lawry and his fourth career Wells Fargo Championship, as well as finishing runner-up to Bryson DeChambeau at Pinehurst.
2. Xander Schauffele
Schauffele finally ended his major championship winless streak and became the only player with two major wins in 2024 by winning the PGA Championship and British Open.
1. Scottie Scheffler
A green jacket, a gold medal, 14 top 10s and six PGA Tour wins in 2024 make him the unofficial Player of the Year.
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