FedEx Cup: Players who made biggest moves after 3M Open
One event remains until the Top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings take on the playoffs. Let’s look at the standings after the 3M Open
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Only one tournament remains in the PGA Tour regular season—the Wyndham Championship. It will be their last chance to earn FedEx Cup points until after the playoffs.
The Wyndham Championship is not this week, though. Before the season finale will be the 2024 Paris Olympic Games; this week, Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark will represent the United States.
They will compete for Gold, Silver and Bronze beginning Thursday at Le Golf National, the 2018 Ryder Cup host.
The rest of the PGA Tour will get the week off, so let’s examine who the biggest movers were from the 3M Open week.
Reminder: FedEx Cup Playoff changes
Do not forget that the playoff field is no longer the Top 125 but the Top 70 players.
The Top 70 will take on TPC Southwind for the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis Aug 15- 18.
From there, the field will cut down to the Top 50. That group will play at Castle Pines Golf Course in Colorado for the BMW Championship Aug. 22-25. Finally, the field will go down to the Top 30 players who will play in Atlanta Aug. 28-Sept.1 at East Lake to compete in the Tour Championship.
Since 2019, the PGA Tour has implemented a stroke-based system for the Tour Championship. The FedEx Cup points leader begins the tournament at 10-under, and the strokes decrease.
2024 FedEx Cup standings (top 30)
Most of the Top 30 remains the same after the 3M Open Week. However, there was some movement towards the bottom end of the standings. Tony Finau and Akshay Bhatia flipped spots as he moved up to No. 14 and Bhatia to No. 15.
Past that, the changes do not start until No. 25 and beyond.
*as of July 29, 2024
1: Scottie Scheffler: 5,993
2: Xander Schauffele: 4,057
3: Rory McIlroy: 2,545
4: Collin Morikawa: 2,456
5: Wyndham Clark: 2,154
6: Ludvig Åberg: 2,092
7: Sahith Theegala: 1,945
8: Hideki Matsuyama: 1,899
9: Sungjae Im: 1,883
10: Shane Lowry: 1,867
11: Patrick Cantlay: 1,780
12: Byeong Hun An: 1,755
13: Russell Henley: 1,671
14: Tony Finau: 1,635 (UP 1)
15: Akshay Bhatia: 1,610 (DOWN 1)
16: Matthieu Pavon: 1,569
17: Robert MacIntyre: 1,535
18: Sepp Straka: 1,498
19: Justin Thomas: 1,445
20: Tom Hoge: 1,411
21: Brian Harman: 1,409
22: Christiaan Bezuidenhout: 1,370
23: Jason Day: 1,345
24: Davis Thompson: 1,333
25: Taylor Pendrith: 1,324 (UP 4)
26: Chris Kirk: 1,318 (DOWN 1)
27: Billy Horschel: 1,312 (DOWN 1)
28: Sam Burns: 1,265 (UP 2)
29: Corey Conners: 1,249 (DOWN 2)
30: Tommy Fleetwood: 1,223 (DOWN 2)
Taylor Pendrith finished solo fifth in Minnesota and made the highest jump inside the Top 30. Sam Burns was T12 last week and jumped up two spots.
Now, the rest of the FedEx Cup standings past the Top 30.
Movers in the FedEx Cup standings after the 3M Open
41: Cam Davis: 1,051 (UP 4)
59: Taylor Moore: 797 (UP 3)
64: Max Greyserman: 741 (UP 24)
67: Jhonattan Vegas: 680 (UP 82)
113: Matt Kuchar: 330 (UP 42)
Jhonattan Vegas’ win at the 3M Open pushed him inside the Top 70. Max Greyserman also made a massive jump for his runner-up placing. Matt Kuchar looks to keep his playoff streak alive and made a big jump 42 spots up the leaderboard. He will need a strong week at the Wyndham Championship.
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