While there was not huge movement in FedEx Cup playoff points Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, what did happen was significant to a few of the game’s biggest names.
Scottie Scheffler topped the list and smoked the field at TPC Southwind, winning by eight shots to capture his second tour title this year. Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Young came into the week as the top three in points and left in the same order.
Matt McCarty came into the week at No. 48 and missed the cut. For most of the afternoon Sunday he was fluctuating between Nos. 50, 51 and 52, with his final standing depending on both Jordan Spieth and Keith Mitchell. Ultimately, Spieth made three back-nine bogeys and failed to birdie the par-5 16th hole. Mitchell hit the ball in the water on the 18th hole and bogey there kept him out. That all meant that McCarty, somehow, held onto the 50th, and final spot, while Mitchell and Spieth were the first two who failed to advance to the BMW Championship this week at Bellerive in St. Louis.
Sungjae Im is the only player to play his way into the BMW field. He entered the week at No. 53 in points and left 40th via a fifth-place tie in Memphis. Mitchell entered 49th and left 51st.
A reminder that the top 30 in points after the BMW Championship next week advance to the Tour Championship at East Lake and play for the FedEx Cup title.
The top 50 players in FedEx Cup standings1: Scottie Scheffler (1)
2: Matt Fitzpatrick (2)
3: Cameron Young (3)
4: Si Woo Kim (7)
5: Wyndham Clark (4)
6: Sam Burns (8)
7: Chris Gotterup (5)
8: Tommy Fleetwood (9)
9: Collin Morikawa (6)
10: Ludvig Aberg (10)
11: Xander Schauffele (11)
12: Jacob Bridgeman (13)
13: Rory McIlroy (12)
14: Russell Henley (15)
15: Akshay Bhatia (14)
16: Hideki Matsuyama (20)
17: Ryan Gerard (16)
18: Min Woo Lee (17)
19: Kristoffer Reitan (18)
20: Alex Fitzpatrick (19)
21: J.J. Spaun (21)
22: Viktor Hovland (23)
23: Alex Smalley (25)
24: Justin Rose (24)
25: Ryan Fox (22)
26: Tom Kim (26)
27: Adam Scott (29)
28: Kurt Kitayama (33)
29: Bud Cauley (34)
30: Rickie Fowler (28)
31: Gary Woodland (27)
32: J.T. Poston (30)
33: Nicolai Hojgaard (32)
34: Alex Noren (46)
35: Jake Knapp (40)
36: Robert MacIntyre (31)
37: Aaron Rai (35)
38: Ben Griffin (36)
39: Sepp Straka (37)
40: Sungjae Im (53)
41: Michael Thorbjornsen (38)
42: Nico Echavarria (41)
43: Patrick Cantlay (42)
44: Justin Thomas (39)
45: Ryo Hisatsune (43)
46: Sahith Theegala (44)
47: Michael Brennan (47)
48: Eric Cole (45)
49: Maverick McNearly (50)
50: Matt McCarty (48)
FAILED TO ADVANCE
51: Keith Mitchell
52: Jordan Spieth
53: Max Homa
54: Harris English
55: Pierceson Coody
67: Jackson Koivun