FedEx Cup standings

Patrick Cantlay will try to replicate the same path he took to the FedEx Cup title last season. Cantlay won the BMW Championship for the second straight ...

The rest of the Tour Championship field will be assigned scores in groups of five. Scheffler will start the tournament at 10-under with Cantlay two shots back. Stallings produced the biggest improvement in the FedEx Cup standings, as he went from 46th to 12th with his second-place finish. Cantlay finished off the win with a bit of luck on the 17th hole. Kisner experienced the biggest drop of the group from 28th to 38th. He finished off the victory with a par on the 18th hole.

Patrick Cantlay bolstered his hopes of back-to-back FedExCup victories after claiming a one-shot victory and successful title defence at the BMW ...

Live coverage begins Thursday from 5.30pm on Sky Sports Golf. Cantlay missed from 10 feet to save par at the 10th and briefly fell two behind when Stallings hit the pin with his approach into the 11th and set up a 10-foot birdie, but the world No 4 responded to also birdie the same hole and pull level to Stallings when he three-putted from the fringe at the 13th. The advantage briefly became two until Stallings cancelled a missed par-save from eight feet at the fifth by making a tap-in birdie at the next, while Cantlay failed to get up and down from the rough at the eighth to make bogey and leave them tied at the turn.

Check out the 30 players who will battle it out at East Lake in this year's TOUR Championship.

The top five names in the updated FedEx Cup standings are Scheffler, Cantlay, Zalatoris, Xander Schauffele, and Sam Burns. 1 player in the FedEx Cup standings. Scheffler, thanks to his four wins and three runner-up finishes this year, will start the TOUR Championship in the lead at 10 under par. So, who are the 30 players who will tee it up at East Lake next week, and who will enter the TOUR Championship in the No. Let’s check out all 30 players who made the cut and will tee it up at East Lake. Patrick Cantlay made a major move up the standings thanks to his second straight win at the BMW Championship, but he won’t enter the TOUR Championship in the No.

Patrick Cantlay will head into the final round of the BMW Championship with the lead, just as he did a year ago en route to the FedEx Cup title.

Making a double bogey on his second hole, Wise righted the ship in the middle of his round before taking on water once again. 14-15, the 26-year-old was able to make three pars in a row to punch his second-ever ticket into the Tour Championship. Making birdie on four of his final seven holes on Sunday, Theegala looked well beyond his years in experience and displayed the grit and determination showcased by a top 30 player on the PGA Tour. After making two bogeys in the middle of his back nine, Conners was reeling and in need of something good to happen. Sahith Theegala (-7): After opening his BMW Championship with a 1-over 72, Theegala battled back with three consecutive rounds in the 60s to qualify for the Tour Championship. Beginning the week at 10 under and two strokes ahead of Cantlay, he will attempt to follow in the footsteps of his nearest pursuer and fend off the chasing pack. Well, that happened for the 30-year-old as his iron play set up kick-in birdies on three of his final four holes to secure his spot in the Tour Championship. He had his chances coming down the stretch on Sunday, and although he came up short, he will head to Atlanta as the top man in the FedEx Cup standings. He entered the week 46th in the FedEx Cup and will leave in the 12th position ahead of the likes of Justin Thomas and Matt Fitzpatrick, which is somewhat mind-boggling to imagine. No man has won back-to-back FedEx Cup crowns, and while this will surely be on the mind of the reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year, so will the $18 million check he has a realistic chance to add to his bank account for the second consecutive year. Cantlay has now earned 11 top-10 finishes on the season, the best of his career and the best mark of anyone on the PGA Tour. Patrick Cantlay has accomplished a first in PGA Tour history as he successfully defended a FedEx Cup playoff event title with his victory on Sunday at the 2022 BMW Championship.

Explained: Golf's $109m finale is here... and two Aussies stand to make a fortune.

Watch LIVE coverage of the Tour Championship with Fox Sports on Kayo. You don’t have to reach the Tour Championship to pocket some money in the FedEx Cup. As for the Tour Championship, the bonus prize money is handed out as follows (all prices AUD): In fact, 150 players walk away with some prize money — although the bonuses for reaching the finale are significant. What is the FedEx Cup prize money? For example, in 2018, Tiger Woods incredibly won the Tour Championship and stole the show — although the FedEx Cup was actually won by Justin Rose. The Tour Championship works differently to any other event of the season by providing players with a starting score. The PGA Tour implemented the format to ensure that whoever wins the Tour Championship also wins the FedEx Cup, thus eliminating any confusion, and giving the event a proper grand final feel. Watch LIVE coverage from The USPGA Tour with Fox Sports on Kayo. [field for this season’s Tour Championship has been set](https://www.foxsports.com.au/golf/live-scott-pitted-in-109m-fight-for-survival-as-thrilling-climax-looms/news-story/caffe47aec91866b5ca413cc319c6ab1) with the PGA Tour’s top 30 players set to battle for the $A26.2 million top prize from Thursday. What is the format? Simply qualifying for the Tour Championship guarantees players at least $A727,200, while there are million-dollar payouts for the top 17 players.

WILMINGTON, Del. – When Sahith Theegala finished his final round at the BMW Championship, he was projected to qualify as one of the top 30 in the FedEx Cup ...

He tapped in for 2-over 73 and a T-15 finish, but it was good enough to be the last man in the Tour Championship at No. He finished 32nd in the final standings. “The first time I made it I had a win, which I feel like really helps you,” he said. When he finished his round, he was projected to be on the right side of the top 30 but Adam Scott bumped him out. 31 and was looking to be safe until he made a double bogey at the par-3 15th hole. 77 in the FedEx Cup when the postseason began and booked his ticket to the BMW with a tie for fifth last week, which lifted him to No. “To compete with the best players in the world and make it to East Lake was better late than never, I guess.” Adam Scott is returning to East Lake for the first time since 2019, and he did it the hard way. – When Sahith Theegala finished his final round at the BMW Championship, he was projected to qualify as one of the top 30 in the FedEx Cup points standings. 1 goal to start the year,” said Stallings, who entered the week at No. “I was like, I’m in 30th place out of 70 people, and I’m as nervous as if I were near the lead,” he said. Stallings had a 9-foot putt to tie for the lead at 18, but despite finishing second, he received a pretty sweet consolation prize.

Playoff golf enters its final stage as everyone is positioning themselves for the $18 million grand prize at the end.

Much is made of his putting stroke, but his inaccuracy off the tee combined with his questionable health status makes me believe Schauffele will be able to surpass him with ease over the course of four days and ultimately get the better of Scheffler and Cantlay as well. Heading into the Tour Championship inside the top five or top 10 in the FedEx Cup standings is important because of how scoring is dispersed. In the first year of this format, Patrick Reed won the first playoff event and started the Tour Championship in fourth. Jude Championship outside the top 70 and the BMW Championship outside the top 30. He broke through at East Lake for his first career victory back in 2017 and has since fallen in love with the place. As he was at the end of the regular season, Scheffler is first in the standings after the BMW Championship and will start the Tour Championship at 10 under with the event played under normal scoring conditions from there. Justin Thomas won the second playoff event and started the Tour Championship in first. While they are positioned well in the big events for next season, they will be starting behind the eight ball given the staggered start of the Tour Championship and the importance of playing well in the postseason specifically. Everyone who advanced to the BMW Championship is guaranteed at least $175,000. Open and The Open in 2023. Scott became the only player to successfully play his way inside the qualifying number in each of the first two playoff events as he entered the St. The FedEx Cup Playoffs are off to a blistering start with Will Zalatoris capturing the St.