We have just one event left to decide the 2025 FedEx Cup winner as the PGA Tour’s top 30 players head to East Lake for the Tour Championship.
There’s no starting strokes this week in a straight-up format where whoever shoots the lowest score for 72 holes comes out with the trophy, and the $10m winner’s check.
Scottie Scheffler is favorite to win back-to-back FedEx Cups against a field including the likes of Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Aberg and Justin Thomas – but which big names haven’t managed to qualify?
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We take a look at the notable players to be eliminated after the BMW Championship, where the top 50 was reduced to 30…
Rickie Fowler: 32nd
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The six-time PGA Tour winner jumped up into the top 50 last week after a brilliant T6 finish at the FedEx St Jude Championship but he was unable to make it into the top 30.
His T7 finish at the BMW Championship moved him up from 48th to 32nd in the season-long standings but it wasn’t quite enough.
It means Fowler misses out on East Lake for the second successive year. He also now looks certain to miss out on Ryder Cup Team USA.
Matt Fitzpatrick: 34th
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Fitzpatrick agonisingly missed out on East Lake, too, despite a strong end to the season.
After no top-10s in his first ten starts, he ended the campaign with five top-10s in his final nine events – but it still left him outside of the top 30.
The Englishman is not yet qualified for the Ryder Cup team so may head back to Europe to try and impress Luke Donald. He looks likely to be picked for Bethpage Black either way.
Jason Day: 41st
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Day’s T23 finish at the BMW Championship was not good enough to see him climb inside the top 30.
It means he misses East Lake for the second consecutive year.
The Australian managed four top-10s in 16 starts this year on the PGA Tour to end the season in 41st position.
Xander Schauffele: 42nd
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Schauffele’s 2025 started in difficult circumstances after he took time off for a rib injury and he has not managed to play his best golf following his two Major wins in 2024.
It means that the Californian misses the Tour Championship for the first time in his career due to his 42nd-place finish in the FedEx Cup.
He will likely next play at the Procore Championship, which is set to be a tune-up for Keegan Bradley’s Team USA.
Ryan Fox: 43rd
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The New Zealander will not be playing at East Lake despite winning twice on the PGA Tour this year, at the Myrtle Beach Classic and RBC Canadian Open.
Fox is playing his second PGA Tour season and finished 107th last year so his 43rd place finish in 2025 marks the best campaign of his career to date with almost $4m won.
FedEx Cup standings1. Scottie Scheffler2. Rory McIlroy3. JJ Spaun4. Justin Rose5. Tommy Fleetwood6. Ben Griffin7. Russell Henley8. Sepp Straka9. Robert MacIntyre10. Maverick McNealy11. Harris English12. Justin Thomas13. Cameron Young14. Ludvig Aberg15. Andrew Novak16. Keegan Bradley17. Sam Burns18. Brian Harman19. Corey Conners20. Patrick Cantlay21. Collin Morikawa22. Viktor Hovland23. Hideki Matsuyama24. Shane Lowry25. Nick Taylor26. Harry Hall27. Jacob Bridgeman28. Sungjae Im29. Chris Gotterup30. Akshay Bhatia———————————————31. Michael Kim32. Rickie Fowler33. Taylor Pendrith34. Matt Fitzpatrick35. Kurt Kitayama36. Lucas Glover37. Si Woo Kim38. Sam Stevens39. Ryan Gerard40. Denny McCarthy41. Jason Day42. Xander Schauffele43. Ryan Fox44. Thomas Detry45. Daniel Berger46. Brian Campbell47. Bud Cauley48. Tom Hoge49. JT Poston50. Jhonattan Vegas
