Rickie Fowler And Justin Thomas Among Big Names Eliminated From The FedExCup Playoffs
The 2026 PGA Tour season is into its final week after 20 players were eliminated from the Playoffs at the BMW Championship
The PGA Tour's 2026 season is set up for a thrilling finale as the top 30 head to East Lake to battle it out for the FedExCup trophy.
The BMW Championship produced an exciting Sunday as Wyndham Clark took down Rory McIlroy to win his third title of the year, but for 20 players it marked the end of their campaigns.
The top 50 made it to Bellerive for the BMW, but only 30 advanced with Scottie Scheffler leading the standings heading into the Tour Championship.
FedExCup Playoffs: Who moved in and out?
Cantlay made a big move at Bellerive
Three men managed to play their way into the season finale and three dropped out, with Patrick Cantlay making the biggest move.
The two-time BMW Championship winner recorded his best finish of the season with a runner-up at Bellerive to jump from 43rd all the way up to 19th.
The 2021 FedExCup champion will now head to a happy hunting ground, having also finished T2nd last year at East Lake.
Robert MacIntyre also made it in, moving from 36th to 25th courtesy of a T7th finish. Gary Woodland was the third man to progress, with his T4 moving him from 31st to 18th.
Fowler started the week in 30th but dropped out
There were three players to drop out, with the trio ranking 28th, 29th and 30th at the start of the BMW Championship losing their spots.
Rickie Fowler knew he was at risk starting to the week in 30th, and he fell to 34th following his T37 finish.
Bud Cauley was 29th at the start of the tournament but dropped outside to 34th after ending T44th, while Kurt Kitayama went from 28th to 31st despite a mid-field finish of T26th.
They were among the 20 players eliminated, with big names like Justin Thomas (43rd), Sungjae Im (37th), Jake Knapp (38th), Aaron Rai (39th), Sepp Straka (40th) and Ben Griffin (41st) also missing out.
Here's a full look at the 20 players eliminated from the FedExCup at the final hurdle...
FedExCup standings: the bubble and eliminated players
- 25th: Robert MacIntyre
- 26th: Viktor Hovland
- 27th: Justin Rose
- 28th: Adam Scott
- 29th: Tom Kim
- 30th: Ryan Fox
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- 31st: Kurt Kitayama
- 32nd: JT Poston
- 33rd: Rickie Fowler
- 34th: Bud Cauley
- 35th: Nicolai Hojgaard
- 36th: Alex Noren
- 37th: Sunjgae Im
- 38th: Jake Knapp
- 39th: Aaron Rai
- 40th: Sepp Straka
- 41st: Ben Griffin
- 42nd: Maverick McNealy
- 43rd: Justin Thomas
- 44th: Michael Thorbjornsen
- 45th: Nico Echavarria
- 46th: Michael Brennan
- 47th: Ryo Hisatsune
- 48th: Sahith Theegala
- 49th: Eric Cole
- 50th: Matt McCarty
FedExCup Standings: Top 30 heading to East Lake
The format is simple this week, whoever shoots the lowest score over four rounds at East Lake wins. The champion will earn an official Tour Championship victory as well as the season-long prize and $10m.
Here are the 30 men teeing it up in Atlanta:
- 1st: Scottie Scheffler
- 2nd: Matt Fitzpatrick
- 3rd: Wyndham Clark
- 4th: Cameron Young
- 5th: Si Woo Kim
- 6th: Chris Gotterup
- 7th: Collin Morikawa
- 8th: Sam Burns
- 9th: Tommy Fleetwood
- 10th: Ludvig Aberg
- 11th: Rory McIlroy
- 12th: Xander Schauffele
- 13th: Jacob Bridgeman
- 14th: Russell Henley
- 15th: Akshay Bhatia
- 16th: Hideki Matsuyama
- 17th: Ryan Gerard
- 18th: Gary Woodland
- 19th: Patrick Cantlay
- 20th: Kristoffer Reitan
- 21st: Min Woo Lee
- 22nd: JJ Spaun
- 23rd: Alex Smalley
- 24th: Alex Fitzpatrick
- 25th: Robert MacIntyre
- 26th: Viktor Hovland
- 27th: Justin Rose
- 28th: Adam Scott
- 29th: Tom Kim
- 30th: Ryan Fox
