The FedEx Cup Playoffs get underway Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee, at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind. That means only the top 125 players from the PGA Tour regular season points race qualified and are shooting for the season-long prize, the FedEx Cup.
Only 121 players will tee it up and from there, only the top 70 in the standings advance to the BMW Championship at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.
From there, the top 30 move to the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, with the playoffs champion earning $18 million in bonus money.
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Here’s a closer look at some names in the FedEx Cup points standings, including those who are on the bubble and others who need a big week to make the BMW Championship.
Trey Mullinax
Trey Mullinax holds the Barbasol Championship trophy after the final round of the 2022 Barbasol Championship. (Photo: Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports)
Trey Mullinax, as of now, is the last man who would make the BMW Championship, sitting at 70th in the standings at 589.859 points. Yet the distance between he and 71st place is less than four points. The winner of the 2022 Barbasol Championship, Mullinax has only one other top-10 finish on the season, but a made cut will go a long way to him playing another week.
Brandon Wu
Brandon Wu chips on the ninth green during the third round of the 2022 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo: Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
Sitting right behind Mullinax is Brandon Wu, a PGA Tour rookie who finished T-8 at the Wyndham Championship last week. That vaulted him up eight spots in the standings. Wu has a second- and third-place finish this season in addition to four top 10s. Another strong performance would put him well inside the top-70 cutline.
Gary Woodland
Gary Woodland hits his tee shot on the ninth hole during the second round of the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic. (Photo: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports)
It has been an up-and-down season for Gary Woodland, the 2019 U.S. Open Champion. He had consecutive T-5 finishes at the Honda Classic and Arnold Palmer Invitational, but he has missed the cut in four of his past six starts, including his most recent at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. He sits 16 points behind 70th place and is in 73rd,…
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