PGA Tour: The Top 50 advancing to the BMW Championship

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Hideki Matsuyama won the first PGA Tour playoff event at the FedEx St. Jude Championship by two shots over Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland.

It was a Championship Sunday full of drama as it came down to the last two holes to determine the winner.

Next, the Top 50 will head to the second playoff event at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado, for the BMW Championship.

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This week will feature another $20 million purse and 2,000 FedEx Cup points as the field will dwindle to the Top 30 for the Tour Championship.

Brew a pot of coffee, grab some snacks, and settle in as we prepare you for the second FedEx Cup playoff event at the BMW Championship

The Top 50 in the FedEx Cup who are advancing to the BMW Championship

(marks their previous standing)

50. Keegan Bradley (39; Dropped 11 spots)
49. Cam Davis (44; Dropped 5 spots)
48. Nick Dunlap (68; Jumped up 20 spots)
47. Max Greyserman (47; No movement)
46. Eric Cole (54; Jumped up 8 spots)
45. Alex Noren (42; Dropped 3 spots)
44. Si Woo Kim (38; Dropped 6 spots)
43. Max Homa (35; Dropped 8 spots)
42. Adam Hadwin (37; Dropped 5 spots)
41. Adam Scott (46; Jumped up 5 spots)
40. Thomas Detry (34; Dropped 6 spots)
39. Cameron Young (31; Dropped 8 spots)
38. Austin Eckroat (41; Jumped up 3 spots)
37. Will Zalatoris (49; Jumped up 12 spots)
36. Matt Fitzpatrick (40; Dropped 4 spots)
35. Stephan Jaeger (33; Dropped 2 spots)
34. J.T. Poston (36; Jumped up 2 spots)
33. Corey Conners (30; Dropped 3 spots)
32. Chris Kirk (28; Dropped 4 spots)
31. Tommy Fleetwood (32; Jumped up 1 spot)
30. Denny McCarthy (45; Jumped up 15 spots)
29. Brian Harman (20; Dropped 9 spots)
28. Tom Hoge (21; Dropped 7 spots)
27. Taylor Pendrith (27; No movement)
26. Davis Thompson (24; Dropped 2 spots)
25. Jason Day (26; Jumped up 1 spot)
24. Sepp Straka (18; Dropped 6 spots)
23. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (22; Dropped one spot)
22. Justin Thomas (19; Dropped 3 spots)
21. Aaron Rai (25; Jumped up 4 spots)
20. Matthieu Pavon (16; Dropped 4 spots)
19. Billy Horschel (23; Jumped up 4 spots)
18. Sam Burns (29; Jumped up 11 spots)
17. Russell Henley (13; Dropped 4 spots)
16. Viktor Hovland (57; Jumped up 41 spots)
15. Byeong Hun An (12; Dropped 3 spots)
14. Tony Finau (14; No movement)
13. Akshay Bhatia (15; Jumped up 2 spots)
12. Robert MacIntyre (17; Jumped up 5 spots)
11. Shane Lowry (10; Dropped 1 spot)
10. Sungjae Im (9; Jumped up 1 spot)
9. Patrick Cantlay (11; Jumped up 2 spots)
8. Sahith Theegala (7; Dropped 1 spot)
7. Ludvig Åberg (6; Dropped 1 spot)
6. Wyndham Clark (5; Dropped 1 spot)
5. Rory McIlroy (3; Dropped 2 spots)
4. Collin Morikawa (4; No movement)
3. Hideki Matsuyama (8; Jumped up 5 spots)
2. Xander Schauffele (2; No movement)

1. Scottie Scheffler (1; No movement)

Hovland made the biggest jump from No. 57 to No. 16 in the standings, a whopping 41 spots. He went from being outside the cut for the BMW Championship to safely in the Tour Championship. Is he on the verge of doing something special? Is his game coming into form at just the right time?

Nick Dunlap did enough to get inside the Top 50 after finishing T5 alongside Sam Burns.

Denny McCarthy moved up 15 spots and is currently at that illustrious No. 30 spot.

Only five guys did not move in the FedEx Cup standings.

This week will be one of the most critical because only the Top 30 will advance to Atlanta.

Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. For more golf coverage, follow us @_PlayingThrough on all major social platforms. You can also follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @golf_girl_sl.