It's playoff time! After a sensational victory by Tom Kim at the Wyndham Championship, which began with a quadruple-bogey on his very first hole, the top 125 players in the FedExCup standings have been set and will move onto the first round.
I'll put together another article on the playoff structure and how it all works, so stay tuned for that before play begins on Thursday. In a nutshell, the top 125 from the season-long points list will play this week in the FedEx St Jude Championship, and the top 70, come the end of Sunday, will advance to the second stage of playoffs.
One thing to note right away – the FedExCup points are QUADRUPLED in the playoff events, which equals a lot of volatility and movement. So, instead of the usual 500 points awarded to the winner, they'll receive 2,000 and make a huge leap up the standings. To put that into perspective, Scottie Scheffler currently leads the way with 3,555.983 points, with Cam Smith in second place with 2,334.997.
Also, only 122 players will tee it up (correct at time of writing) with Daniel Berger, Tommy Fleetwood and Lanto Griffin opting out. We do, of course, have a pending LIV-related legal issue that could potentially allow Hudson Swafford, Matt Jones and Talor Gooch back into the field. Watch this space…