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Let playoff season begin for the PGA Tour! Up first is the FedEx St. Jude Championship, so here is the Top 70 who will compete.
The Top 70 in the FedEx Cup playoffs take on TPC Southwind for the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
These guys want a piece of that $20 million purse and the elevated FedEx Cup points. Only the Top 50 will advance and head to Colorado for the BMW Championship.
Let’s look at the field this week and describe each guy with one line.
One-liners for the Top 70 in FedEx Cup Standings
70. Victor Perez
Victor Perez got a massive confidence boost from the Olympics to get into the playoffs on the number, so will it follow him to Memphis?
69. Emiliano Grillo
Grillo has been a quiet player in 2024, with his best finish (T7) in Hawaii for the Sony Open.
68. Jhonattan Vegas
Vegas got his first win in over six years at the 3M Open to close out July.
67. Nick Dunlap
Nick Dunlap is a two-time PGA Tour winner who should be ranked higher in the standings after Dunlap made history in 2024; watch out for him in Memphis.
66. Seamus Power
The Irishman’s best finish came at the RBC Heritage with a T12, but has five total Top-25s on the season.
65. Brendon Todd
He is one of seven former Georgia Bulldogs in the playoffs and has two Top 10 and 5 Top 25s on the year.
64. Mark Hubbard
Hubbard had a strong season, making 19 straight cuts; he also finished third at the Zurich Classic but missed two cuts in his last three starts.
63. Jordan Spieth
The best way to describe Jordan Spieth’s season is an up-and-down rollercoaster ride.
62. Min Woo Lee
Let him cook; Min Woo Lee has two runner-up finishes this season and has played strongly throughout the year.
61. Peter Malnati
Malnati won the Valspar Championship earlier in the season but has missed three cuts in his last four starts.
60. Taylor Moore
He finished tied second at the Texas Children’s Houston Open and has seven Top 25s on the season.
59. Maverick McNealy
McNealy has four top 10s and seven Top 25s, including a T3 at the 3M Open and T7 at the RBC Canadian Open.
58. Erik van Rooyen
Erik van Rooyen finished runner-up at the Cognizant Classic and has four top-10s and eight Top 25s on the seasons.
57. Viktor Hovland
Last year’s FedEx Cup champ chose to tinker with his swing and needs a strong finish in Memphis to keep his season alive.
56. Ben Griffin
Griffin has eight top 25s, and his best finish of the year came at the RBC Canadian Open with a solo second.
55. Justin Rose
Justin Rose still has a lot of game to give, but only 3 Top 25s in 2024, including a T2 at the Open; however, he missed four cuts in his last six starts.
54. Eric Cole
Last year’s PGA Tour rookie of the year but only has three top-10s in 2024 and needs a good finish to make it to Colorado.
53. Patrick Rodgers
His season highlights include two T5 finishes at the RBC Heritage and Barracuda Championship.
52. Nick Taylor
Taylor won the WM Phoenix Open in February but has only finished inside the Top 10 once since then at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
51. Harris English
The former Georgia Bulldog had two missed cuts on the season, but it has been an uneventful year.
50. Jake Knapp
PGA Tour rookie who won hits it a mile long and already has a victory under his belt at the Mexico Open.
49. Will Zalatoris
It is Will Zalatoris’ first season after his back injury, and it has been hit or miss all year.
48. Mackenzie Hughes
Mackenzie Hughes has seven Top 25s in the season, led by a T3 at the Valspar Championship.
47. Max Greyserman
Greyserman fell apart down the stretch at the Wyndham Championship; he looks for revenge and to finally get over the hump.
46. Adam Scott
The Aussie veteran has eight Top 25s in 16 starts this season; after he missed the playoffs in 2023, Scott did more than enough to make it back into the fold.
45. Denny McCarthy
Denny McCarthy finished second at the Valero Texas Open and has been a monster with his flat stick all year.
44. Cam Davis
The Aussie has six Top 25s and won the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
43. Tom Kim
Kim almost beat Scottie Scheffler at the Travelers Championship but still has seven Top 25s.
42. Alex Noren
Alex Noren has made 15-of-18 cuts on the year with 12 Top 25 finishes.
41. Austin Eckroat
Eckroat won the Cognizant Classic in March and accumulated six top 25s this year.
40. Matt Fitzpatrick
The Englishman has eight Top 25s and three Top 10s this season, with only four missed cuts in 19 starts.
39. Keegan Bradley
The six-time PGA Tour winner recently became the 2025 Team USA Ryder Cup captain
38. Si Woo Kim
The Korean golfer has 10 Top 25s in 2024, and his best finish came at the Players with a T6.
37. Adam Hadwin
Hadwin did not get tackled in 2024, but he does have five Top 10s.
36. J.T. Poston
The Postman has four Top-10s and eight Top-25s but missed the last three cuts.
35. Max Homa
Homa is another popular name that has been quiet in 2024, but will he get loud in the postseason?
34. Thomas Detry
The Belgium golfer has a runner-up finish at the Houston Open and seven Top 25s.
33. Stephan Jaeger
Stephan Jaeger won the Houston Open earlier this year but missed the cut in three of his last four starts.
32. Tommy Fleetwood
With a silver medal at the Olympics, can Tommy Fleetwood stay hot and finally get a win on United States soil?
31. Cameron Young
Cameron Young shaved his beard off and has not been the same since; he had one runner-up finish that he should have won at the Valspar Championship.
30. Corey Conners
Conners has not missed a cut all year and has 11 Top 25s in 20 starts.
29. Sam Burns
The former LSU Tiger has only missed three cuts all year with nine Top 25s, including a T3 at the WM Phoenix Open and a T9 at the U.S. Open.
28. Chris Kirk
Kirk is the third Georgia Bulldog on this list and won The Sentry to start the season, but he only has four top 25s since then.
27. Taylor Pendrith
Pendrith is another first-time winner in 2024 as he took home the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
26. Jason Day
The resident PGA Tour fashionista has seven Top 25s, including a T4 at the Wells Fargo Championship and only missed three cuts in 18 starts.
25. Aaron Rai
Rai finally got over the hump and closed out the regular season with a victory at the Wyndham Championship.
24. Davis Thompson
Davis Thompson became a first-time winner at the John Deere Classic and was runner-up twice at the Rocket Mortgage and Myrtle Beach Classic.
23. Billy Horschel
Billy Horschel began his ascend the FedEx Cup standings when he won the Corales Puntacana Championship.
22. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
In 20 starts, Bezuidenhout has 11 Top 25s and one runner-up finish at the American Express.
21. Tom Hoge
He has a T3, T72 and three missed cuts in his last five starts.
20. Brian Harman
Oh look, another Georgia Bulldog; Harman finished runner-up at The Players Championship and has not missed a cut since the Masters.
19. Justin Thomas
Thomas missed the playoffs last year and still made the Ryder Cup team; this season has been better, with 5 Top 10s and eight Top 25s.
18. Sepp Straka
This former Georgia Bulldog has 10 Top 25s this season, including back-to-back T5s at the Charles Schwab Challenge and The Memorial.
17. Robert MacIntyre
A two-time winner in 2024 at the RBC Canadian Open and the Genesis Scottish Open.
16. Matthieu Pavon
Pavon started the year strong with a win at the Farmers Insurance Open and a solo third at the shortened AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
15. Akshay Bhatia
Bhatia won the Valero Texas Open and finished runner-up at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
14. Tony Finau
His season highlights are a T6 at Farmers, a T2 at the Houston Open, and a T3 at the U.S. Open.
13. Russell Henley
Yet another Georgia Bulldog who is so close to getting over the hump and winning on the PGA Tour as he recorded six Top 10s and 9 Top 9s with just one missed cut in 16 starts.
12. Byeong Hun An
Byeong Hun An has 10 Top 25s and 5 Top 10s in 19 starts.
11. Patrick Cantlay
Cantlay’s season highlights include four Top 10s and 9 Top 25s, and he only missed one cut.
10. Shane Lowry
Lowry won the Zurich Classic with Rory McIlroy and finished sixth at the Open.
9. Sungjae Im
Sungjae Im has 11 Top 25s in 2024 and is so close to putting it together that a win must be in his near future.
8. Hideki Matsuyama
2024 Olympic bronze medalist Hideki Matsuyama is without his caddie and agent in Memphis due to a robbery, but he did win the Genesis Invitational earlier in the season.
7. Sahith Theegala
Theegala’s highlights include two runner-up finishes at The Sentry and RBC Heritage in 2024.
6. Ludvig Åberg
The Swedish phenom continues to impress but shows there is still a learning curve despite his runner-up finish at The Masters.
5. Wyndham Clark
Wyndham Clark won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and redeemed himself in Paris with back-to-back 65s to close the tournament.
4. Collin Morikawa
Morikawa has an incredible 14 Top 25 finishes in 18 starts but cannot seem to put it all together and win again.
3. Rory McIlroy
McIlroy is another two-time winner in 2024, winning the Zurich Classic with Lowry and his fourth career Wells Fargo Championship; he also finished runner-up to Bryson DeChambeau at Pinehurst.
2. Xander Schauffele
Schauffele is the only player to win two majors in 2024 as he finally ended his major drought to win the PGA Championship and the Open.
1. Scottie Scheffler
A green jacket, gold medal, 14 Top 10s and six PGA Tour victories in 2024 are why he is likely the unofficial Player of the Year.
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