Watch the BMW Championship dwell on Sky Sports activities between Thursday and Sunday because the FedEXCup Playoffs proceed; gamers preventing to succeed in Tour Championship and in addition make US Ryder Cup group; Jon Rahm leads FedExCup standings, forward of Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy
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Rory McIlroy received the 2022 FedExCup Playoffs and sits third within the 2023 standings
Fifty gamers stay within the profitable FedExCup Playoffs however for 20 of them, the journey will finish after this week’s BMW Championship.
The highest 30 within the standings after Sunday’s closing spherical in Illinois will advance to the Tour Championship in Atlanta from August 17, with the underside 20 dumped out.
Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are sitting within the high three spots in the meanwhile, adopted by Lucas Glover after his back-to-back victories on the Wyndham Championship and FedEx St. Jude Championship.
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England’s Tommy Fleetwood, in the meantime, is in tenth spot, leaping up 16 locations by dint of his third-placed end on the St Jude Championship. That maiden win on the PGA Tour could also be coming…
Loads of gamers simply inside the highest 30 – or certainly out of it – want sturdy weeks to increase their keep within the Playoffs, so let’s check out the present standings and people in jeopardy…
Jordan Spieth is twenty seventh within the FedExCup standings and wishes a robust week on the BMW Championship to remain within the Playoffs
FedExCup standings (British and Irish gamers in daring)
1. Jon Rahm
2. Scottie Scheffler
3. Rory McIlroy
4. Lucas Glover
5. Patrick Cantlay
6. Max Homa
7. Viktor Hovland
8. Wyndham Clark
9. Brian Harman
10. Tommy Fleetwood
11. Keegan Bradley
12. Rickie Fowler
13. Tony Finau
14. Taylor Moore
15. Russell Henley
16. Nick Taylor
17. Si Woo Kim
18. Tom Kim
19. Xander Schauffele
20. Adam Schenk
21. Jason Day
22. Collin Morikawa
23. Emiliano Grillo
24. Sepp Straka
25. Corey Conners
26. Tyrrell Hatton
27. Jordan Spieth
28. Sungjae Im
29. Chris Kirk
30. Sam Burns
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31. Sahith Theegala
32. Justin Rose
33. Kurt Kitayama
34. Denny McCarthy
35. Seamus Energy
36. Lee Hodges
37. Adam Hadwin
38. Byeong Hun An
39. Adam Svensson
40. Matthew Fitzpatrick
41. Andrew Putnam
42. Eric Cole
43. J.T. Poston
44. Brendon Todd
45. Cam Davis
46. Cameron Younger
47. Hideki Matsuyama
48. Tom Hoge
49. Harris English
50. Patrick Rodgers
Justin Rose is thirty second within the FedExCup standings and must get into the highest 30 to succeed in the Tour Championship
Spieth hopes to cling on, Rose hopes to leap in
Sitting in twenty seventh spot, Jordan Spieth can ill-afford a nasty week on the BMW. He will probably be in assured temper, nonetheless, having completed tied for sixth on the FedEx St Jude Championship to get inside the highest 30 in what was his first outing since coming twenty third at The Open Championship final month.
England’s Tyrrell Hatton is now twenty sixth, dropping 9 spots after ending forty third on the St Jude, whereas countryman Justin Rose – the 2018 FedExCup champion – is simply exterior the highest 30 in thirty second. Rose shot a nine-under third spherical final week and can hope for additional fireworks in Illinois.
Who’ve we misplaced to date?
Matt Kuchar and England’s Aaron Rai have been eradicated from the Playoffs final week, whereas Justin Thomas and Shane Lowry didn’t even make them, having been ranked at 71st and 78th respectively forward of the opening occasion.
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Justin Thomas missed the FedExCup Playoffs in a painful means as his chip try on the 18th gap stayed out!
Justin Thomas missed the FedExCup Playoffs in a painful means as his chip try on the 18th gap stayed out!
Thomas, who will now be counting on a captain’s choose to make USA’s Ryder Cup group in Rome this September, missed out on the Playoffs by one shot – after a chipped birdie try on his closing gap on the Wyndham Championship hit the flagstick and stayed out!
What else is at stake this week?
Ryder Cup locations, that is what. The BMW Championship marks the ultimate alternative for American gamers to qualify for the group occasion in Italy, with these exterior the highest six at that time counting on skipper Zach Johnson giving them the nod.
Staff USA: High 10 in US Rankings
1) Scottie Scheffler 2) Wyndham Clark 3) Patrick Cantlay 4) Brian Harman 5) Brooks Koepka 6) Max Homa 7) Xander Schauffele 8) Jordan Spieth 9) Cameron Younger 10) Collin Morikawa
World No 1 Scheffler and US Open champion Wyndham Clark have already certified, with Patrick Cantlay, Open champion Brian Harman, PGA champion Brooks Koepka and Max Homa presently within the high six and Xander Schauffele and Spieth sitting seventh and eighth respectively.
There’s probably much less stress on Spieth with US vice-captain Fred {Couples} confirming a couple of weeks in the past that the three-time main champion, in addition to Homa and Cameron Younger, can be a part of the Ryder Cup.
Glover enjoying within the Ryder Cup would have been an excessive lengthy shot a few months in the past however these successive titles have propelled him as much as sixteenth spot. A 3rd win on the spin may make him an automated choose and, if not, actually maintain him in Johnson’s thoughts as a wildcard choice.
It is an elite variety of gamers that may name themselves PGA Tour gamers, and the elite of that elite will probably be making it to this week and a extra selective group to subsequent week. It’s most likely tougher and extra aggressive than what you possibly can most likely see or think about.
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