FedExCup Playoffs Are Set: Scottie Scheffler Leads Top 70 Into PGA Tour Postseason

Michael Brennan crashes the playoff party with a Wyndham Championship victory, Jackson Koivun survives on the bubble, and golf’s biggest names now turn their attention to Memphis.

The PGA Tour regular season is officially over.

After one final Sunday of pressure, leaderboard watching and FedExCup math at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, the field for the 2026 FedExCup Playoffs has been decided.

Seventy players earned their way into the postseason. Now, the race for the FedExCup gets serious.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler enters the playoffs atop the FedExCup standings with 4,123 points. As a result, he will lead the field into Memphis for the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

The opening playoff event begins Thursday, August 13, at TPC Southwind. From there, the field will begin another elimination race toward the BMW Championship and, ultimately, the TOUR Championship at East Lake.

While Scheffler sits comfortably at the top, several players needed nearly every possible shot Sunday just to earn a postseason berth.

Michael Brennan Wins His Way Into the Playoffs

There may not have been a bigger winner during the final weekend of the regular season than Michael Brennan.

Brennan arrived at Sedgefield Country Club ranked No. 105 in FedExCup points. Therefore, simply playing well was never going to be enough.

He needed something extraordinary.

Instead, he delivered something even better.

The 24-year-old closed with a 6-under 64, including five consecutive birdies, to win the Wyndham Championship at 22-under 258. With the victory, Brennan jumped all the way from No. 105 to No. 47 in the FedExCup standings.

Suddenly, his season wasn’t over.

More importantly, Brennan had punched his ticket to Memphis.

The victory also continued an impressive trajectory. Brennan had already found himself in several Sunday opportunities this season, although he had not always been able to finish the job.

This time, however, there was no fade.

There was a trophy, a celebration and a place in the FedExCup Playoffs.

Brennan was also the only player who entered the Wyndham Championship outside the top 70 and finished the week inside the playoff line.

Meanwhile, Steven Fisk entered the tournament at No. 69 but missed the cut. Consequently, he fell to No. 71 and outside the postseason field.

Jackson Koivun Survives at No. 70

At the opposite end of the standings, Jackson Koivun spent Sunday fighting simply to survive.

The 21-year-old rookie entered the Wyndham ranked exactly 70th, which was the final qualifying position.

Koivun had already produced one of the more impressive rookie stories of the summer after winning the 3M Open just weeks after turning professional. Nevertheless, that victory did not guarantee him a playoff spot.

As Brennan surged up the standings, Koivun’s margin for error quickly disappeared.

A bogey on the 14th hole made the situation even more tense. At that point, another dropped shot could potentially end his postseason hopes.

Koivun responded with pars on Nos. 15, 16 and 17.

Then came the 18th.

Knowing the playoff line remained razor thin, Koivun crushed a 361-yard drive down the fairway. He followed with an approach onto the green and calmly two-putted for par.

That final par proved enormous.

Koivun finished in a nine-way tie for 29th and held the final playoff spot by just over eight FedExCup points ahead of Fisk.

In fact, one additional dropped shot could have knocked him outside the top 70.

That’s about as close as postseason qualification gets.

Scheffler Leads a Loaded Playoff Field

Although much of Sunday’s drama centered around the playoff bubble, the top of the standings features plenty of star power.

Scheffler leads the way, followed by Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Young.

Just behind them, Wyndham Clark, Chris Gotterup, Collin Morikawa, Si Woo Kim, Sam Burns, Tommy Fleetwood and Ludvig Åberg round out the top 10 heading into the postseason.

The list of major names continues from there.

Xander Schauffele, Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Jordan Spieth, Max Homa and Adam Scott are among the veterans who have earned another opportunity to chase the season-long championship.

At the same time, younger players such as Brennan and Koivun arrive with momentum and very little to lose.

The 70 Players Who Qualified for the 2026 FedExCup Playoffs

Here is the postseason field following the Wyndham Championship:

1. Scottie Scheffler
2. Matt Fitzpatrick
3. Cameron Young
4. Wyndham Clark
5. Chris Gotterup
6. Collin Morikawa
7. Si Woo Kim
8. Sam Burns
9. Tommy Fleetwood
10. Ludvig Åberg
11. Xander Schauffele
12. Rory McIlroy
13. Jacob Bridgeman
14. Akshay Bhatia
15. Russell Henley
16. Ryan Gerard
17. Min Woo Lee
18. Kristoffer Reitan
19. Alex Fitzpatrick
20. Hideki Matsuyama
21. J.J. Spaun
22. Ryan Fox
23. Viktor Hovland
24. Justin Rose
25. Alex Smalley
26. Tom Kim
27. Gary Woodland
28. Rickie Fowler
29. Adam Scott
30. J.T. Poston
31. Robert MacIntyre
32. Nicolai Højgaard
33. Kurt Kitayama
34. Bud Cauley
35. Aaron Rai
36. Ben Griffin
37. Sepp Straka
38. Michael Thorbjornsen
39. Justin Thomas
40. Jake Knapp
41. Nico Echavarria
42. Patrick Cantlay
43. Ryo Hisatsune
44. Sahith Theegala
45. Eric Cole
46. Alex Noren
47. Michael Brennan
48. Matt McCarty
49. Keith Mitchell
50. Maverick McNealy
51. Harris English
52. Max Homa
53. Sungjae Im
54. Jordan Spieth
55. Sam Stevens
56. Pierceson Coody
57. Sudarshan Yellamaraju
58. Harry Hall
59. Corey Conners
60. Daniel Berger
61. Michael Kim
62. Shane Lowry
63. Nick Taylor
64. Jordan Smith
65. Brian Harman
66. Patrick Rodgers
67. Aldrich Potgieter
68. Ricky Castillo
69. Matti Schmid
70. Jackson Koivun

One important wrinkle remains. Daniel Berger, ranked No. 60, did not enter the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Therefore, the opening playoff event is expected to feature 69 competitors rather than the full group of 70 qualifiers.

Under the playoff rules, an eligible player who does not compete is not replaced by an alternate.

How the 2026 FedExCup Playoffs Work

The postseason is essentially a three-tournament sprint.

More importantly, the field gets smaller after each stage.

The road begins with the FedEx St. Jude Championship, scheduled for August 13-16 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee.

The event carries a $20 million purse, while the winner receives 750 FedExCup points.

After Memphis, only the top 50 in the FedExCup standings advance.

Those players then move on to the BMW Championship, which will be played August 20-23 at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.

Once again, the stakes will be significant. The BMW Championship also features a $20 million purse and awards 750 FedExCup points to the winner.

Following the BMW Championship, the field gets cut for the final time.

Only the top 30 advance to the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, where the FedExCup champion will eventually be crowned.

2026 FedExCup Playoff Road

FedEx St. Jude Championship
August 13-16
TPC Southwind — Memphis, Tennessee
Top 70 eligible

↓

BMW Championship
August 20-23
Bellerive Country Club — St. Louis, Missouri
Top 50 advance

↓

TOUR Championship
East Lake Golf Club — Atlanta, Georgia
Top 30 advance

↓

FedExCup Champion

Unlike earlier versions of the TOUR Championship format, all 30 qualifiers now begin the season finale at even par rather than using the previous staggered Starting Strokes system.

As a result, whoever posts the lowest score at East Lake will leave as the FedExCup champion.

The Stakes Are Enormous

The playoffs aren’t simply about winning another golf tournament.

Instead, they influence positioning, status, money and future access.

Players will compete for a share of nearly $100 million in FedExCup bonus money. In addition, the 30 players reaching East Lake will compete for a $40 million TOUR Championship purse, with the FedExCup champion earning $10 million.

However, the financial rewards are only part of the equation.

Making the top 50 is particularly important because those players secure valuable status and access to the PGA Tour’s Signature Events for the following season.

Therefore, a golfer sitting around No. 45 isn’t simply trying to win in Memphis.

He is also trying to protect his entire 2027 schedule.

The Players to Watch

Naturally, Scheffler will receive the most attention.

He enters the postseason with the No. 1 ranking and more FedExCup points than anyone else. Still, the playoff structure creates opportunities for major movement because 750 points are available to the winner of each of the first two playoff tournaments.

Matt Fitzpatrick and Cameron Young are positioned immediately behind him.

Meanwhile, Morikawa, Schauffele, McIlroy, Fleetwood and Åberg give the postseason another group of established contenders capable of making a run.

Farther down the standings, the pressure becomes very different.

Spieth enters from No. 54. Consequently, Memphis immediately becomes critical if he wants to climb into the top 50 and reach the BMW Championship.

Koivun has even less breathing room.

He begins the postseason at No. 70, so simply reaching the playoffs was only the first battle.

Brennan, meanwhile, may be the most fascinating wildcard in the entire field.

Only days ago, the idea of Brennan playing postseason golf required a nearly perfect scenario.

Instead of merely sneaking through, however, he won.

Now he sits at No. 47 and enters Memphis carrying the kind of momentum that can quickly change a playoff race.

Three Weeks to Decide a Season

The PGA Tour spent months determining which 70 players would reach this point.

Now everything accelerates.

First, 70 becomes 50.

Then, 50 becomes 30.

Finally, one player leaves Atlanta as the FedExCup champion.

For Scheffler, the playoffs represent an opportunity to put an exclamation point on an already elite season.

For players such as Spieth and McNealy, Memphis is about surviving long enough to reach St. Louis.

Brennan arrives with a completely different story. Only days earlier, his season appeared close to ending. Now, he heads to Memphis as a tournament champion with another opportunity in front of him.

Koivun’s path was even tighter.

One pressure-packed par on the 18th hole at Sedgefield was enough to keep his season alive.

The regular season is finished.

Now, the FedExCup Playoffs begin.

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