Planet Golf — 01 September 2020 by GW staff and news services
Player | Comment |
1. Dustin Johnson | Only player other than Tiger to take FedExCup lead into East Lake multiple times. |
2. Jon Rahm | Won on two of the four hardest courses this season: Muirfield Village and Olympia Fields. |
3. Justin Thomas | Trying to join Tiger and Rory as two-time FedExCup champs. |
4. Webb Simpson | This is his first multiple-win season since 2011, when he finished 2nd in the FedExCup. |
5. Collin Morikawa | Winning the FedExCup would be a perfect cap to an impressive first full season on TOUR. |
6. Daniel Berger | Finished 131st in 2019 FedExCup, but back at East Lake for first time since 2017. |
7. Harris English | Back at East Lake for first time in 5 years despite finishing 149th in last year’s FedExCup. |
8. Bryson DeChambeau | Has a win and 8 other top-10s, but had an MC and T50 in first two Playoffs events. |
9. Sungjae Im | Just 22 years old, but making his 2nd TOUR Championship appearance. |
10. Hideki Matsuyama | Streak of 7 straight seasons qualifying for East Lake is 2nd-longest on TOUR (with Patrick Reed). |
11. Brendon Todd | Still an outside shot at Player of the Year, if he can win TOUR Championship and FedExCup. |
12. Rory McIlroy | Trying to become only 3-time FedExCup champ, but will WD if his wife goes into labor. |
13. Patrick Reed | WGC-Mexico champion is making his 7th straight start at East Lake. |
14. Xander Schauffele | The 2017 TOUR Championship winner was runner-up in last year’s FedExCup. |
15. Sebastián Muñoz | Sanderson Farms champ was 153rd and 117th in his previous two FedExCup seasons. |
16. Lanto Griffin | Finished 171st in only previous FedExCup season, but had top-25s in half his starts this season. |
17. Scottie Scheffler | A 59. Fourth-place finishes at PGA and NORTHERN TRUST. Big year for 2019 KFT Player of the Year. |
18. Joaquin Niemann | Jumped from 31st to 18th in FedExCup with his T3 at the BMW. |
19. Tyrrell Hatton | Needed just 10 starts to make TOUR Championship, thanks to 8 top-25s (including Bay Hill win). |
20. Tony Finau | Final-round 65 at BMW locked up his 4th straight start at East Lake. |
21. Kevin Kisner | Has posted 5 straight top-25s – including two top-5s – to make 5th East Lake start in last 6 seasons. |
22. Abraham Ancer | Finished 190th and 60th in his first 2 FedExCup seasons; now has 2 straight East Lake appearances. |
23. Ryan Palmer | At 43, he’s the oldest player in the field by 7 years. |
24. Kevin Na | Making his 5th East Lake start in the last 7 years thanks to Shriners win. |
25. Marc Leishman | Making 4th straight TOUR Championship appearance after winning Farmers Insurance Open. |
26. Cameron Smith | Had two top-10s this season: win at Sony and T3 at CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES. |
27. Viktor Hovland | Puerto Rico Open champ has chance at Rookie of the Year if he can pass Scheffler. |
28. Mackenzie Hughes | Entered Playoffs at No. 52 in FedExCup, but finished T13 and T10 last two weeks. |
29. Cameron Champ | Won Safeway and was T10 at PGA as he displayed increased consistency this season. |
30. Billy Horschel | Former FedExCup champ was 50th in standings until runner-up at Wyndham. |