Planet Golf — 25 August 2022 by Bob Sherwin
Name | Details |
1. Scottie Scheffler | Masters champ regained the top spot with T3 at BMW. |
2. Patrick Cantlay | Won 2nd straight BMW as he seeks to become first to win consecutive FedExCups. |
3. Will Zalatoris | St. Jude champ dropped two spots after WD’ing from BMW with back injury. |
4. Xander Schauffele | Three wins and T3 at BMW have East Lake specialist Schauffele lurking. |
5. Sam Burns | Breakout season for former LSU star included 3 wins. |
6. Cameron Smith | The Open, PLAYERS champ missed BMW with hip injury. |
7. Rory McIlroy | The 2016, ’19 FedExCup champ is seeking to become FedExCup’s first 3-time winner. |
8. Tony Finau | Two wins and a T5 before BMW, where opening 77 was only round not in the 60s. |
9. Sepp Straka | Georgia alum making East Lake debut after Honda win, 2nd at FedEx St. Jude. |
10. Sungjae Im | Four seasons on TOUR. Four TOUR Championship appearances. |
11. Jon Rahm | Mexico Open winner has made East Lake in all six of his TOUR seasons. |
12. Scott Stallings | Stallings, 37, making East Lake debut after finishing 2nd at BMW. |
13. Justin Thomas | He won PGA and FedExCup in 2017. He’s PGA champ again this year as he seeks 2nd FedExCup. |
14. Cameron Young | Seven top-3 finishes are the reason he’s the Rookie of the Year front-runner. |
15. Matt Fitzpatrick | U.S. Open champ is making TOUR Championship debut after 10 top-10s in 19 starts. |
16. Max Homa | First multiple-win season. First TOUR Championship apperance and, likely, Presidents Cup debut upcoming. |
17. Hideki Matsuyama | Won in Hawaii, Japan to make 9th straight TOUR Championship. |
18. Jordan Spieth | The 2015 FedExCup champ won RBC Heritage and had two runners-up. |
19. Joaquin Niemann | The 23-year-old is playing his 3rd straight TOUR Championship after impressive win at Riviera. |
20. Viktor Hovland | Has won and made TOUR Championship in all three of his TOUR seasons. |
21. Collin Morikawa | In midst of first winless season but playing 3rd straight TOUR Championship after 8 top-10s. |
22. Billy Horschel | The 2014 FedExCup champ won Memorial to make 3rd straight TOUR Championship. |
23. Tom Hoge | The 33-year-old is making TOUR Championship debut after winning Pebble Beach for 1st victory. |
24. Corey Conners | Canadian playing East Lake for 3rd time in last 4 years thanks to 3 birdies on final 4 holes at BMW. |
25. Brian Harman | T6 at The Open, T3 at FedEx St. Jude to make first TOUR Championship since 2017. |
26. K.H. Lee | No. 31 last year took care of business with Sunday 65 at BMW Championship. |
27. J.T. Poston | Making East Lake debut after John Deere win, Travelers T2 in consecutive weeks. |
28. Sahith Theegala | Promising Pepperdine prospect came up clutch at BMW to finish rookie season at TOUR Championship. |
29. Adam Scott | Started Playoffs at 77th in FedExCup but finished T5 in first two Playoffs events to earn East Lake return. |
30. Aaron Wise | Returning to East Lake for first time since Rookie of the Year season in 2018. |