Wow, what a Sunday round of 61 for Viktor Hovland to win the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields. It looked as though Scottie Scheffler had the title locked up until Hovland birdied seven of his last nine holes to take the win, and the 2,000 FedExCup points.
I had a feeling about Matthew Fitzpatrick at the start of the week and tipped him for a top-10 at +350, so his runner-up finish was a nice money-maker. My outright pick of Max Homa finished T5 after taking the lead at the half-way mark. Now we move onto the big one; the finale! Although it's not really the “finale” of the season, which continues until November. Confusing? Slightly, but I'll break that down for you in the next few weeks.
The Tour Championship field is locked and the final 30 will be teeing it up at East Lake in Atlanta. There's a lot that comes with making it all the way to the Tour Championship – exemption into three of the four majors, including the Masters, plus last place this week will earn $500,000. The eventual winner of the FedExCup will walk away with an enormous $18 million.
Things get a little bit complicated if you're not familiar with this FedExCup Playoff format, and a staggered scoring system comes into effect based on the season-long points list.