The 2023 edition of the FedEx Cup Playoffs started with the top 70 golfers in the standings, down from 125 from previous seasons.
After four days at steamy TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the field has now been reduced to 50 for the BMW Championship, the second of the three playoff events.
There were two golfers who made a big move up to get into the top 50.
Hideki Matsuyama started the week No. 57 and went backwards from there, finding himself at No. 61 when the St. Jude’s final round started Sunday. But he got hot late in a big way, posting five straight 3s after going birdie-par-birdie-eagle-birdie on Nos. 13 through 17. He closed with an up-and-down par for a 65 to leap up to No. 47, safely inside the top 50.
Cam Davis made the biggest move of the week, leapfrogging 17 spots from No. 62 to 45th, thanks to scores of 66-67-69-67 and a top-6 finish in Memphis.
Lucky No. 50 heading to the BMW, held outside Chicago in Olympia Fields, Illinois, is Patrick Rodgers. He only had one of his four rounds at the St. Jude in the 60s and he did drop seven spots in the playoffs standings but survived to advance.
Rodgers and the rest of the top 50 headed to the BMW have also secured spots in the 2024 signature events, making it a double whammy for those not advancing.
Here’s a closer look at some golfers who saw their PGA Tour seasons come to an end Sunday in Memphis.
