{"id":23323,"date":"2025-08-09T05:12:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/fedex-cup-playoffs-scheffler-seeks-back-to-back-title-and-ryder-cup-spot\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T05:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:12:34","slug":"fedex-cup-playoffs-scheffler-seeks-back-to-back-title-and-ryder-cup-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/golf\/fedex-cup-playoffs-scheffler-seeks-back-to-back-title-and-ryder-cup-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"FedEx Cup Playoffs: Scheffler Seeks Back-to-Back Title and Ryder Cup Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

PGA Tour Playoffs Begin at the FedEx St. Jude Championship<\/h2>\n\nThis Thursday marks the start of the exciting PGA Tour playoffs with the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee. This tournament is the first of three consecutive ones that will determine the FedEx Cup champion.\n\nThe competition will bring together almost all of the 70 best golfers in the season’s points ranking, who will seek to dethrone the world number one, Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler will try to become the first player to win the FedEx Cup consecutively at the Tour Championship, to be held in Atlanta from August 21 to 24.\n\n\n

It’s the time of year when everyone wants to be in their best shape and play their best.<\/p>Justin Thomas<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nDespite a hand injury at the beginning of the season, Scheffler has achieved four victories, including wins in major championships such as the PGA Championship and The Open.\n\n\n

\"Golfistas<\/figure>\n\n\nFedEx St. Jude Championship<\/strong>\n\nDates:<\/strong> Thursday to Sunday\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee<\/p>\n\n\nPrize:<\/strong> $20 million ($3.6 million for the winner)\n\nDefending Champion:<\/strong> Hideki Matsuyama\n\nThe top 70 golfers in the FedEx Cup points standings will meet at TPC Southwind for the first phase of the playoffs, with the exception of the Masters champion, Rory McIlroy, who will not participate in the tournament. McIlroy, who comfortably holds second place in the standings, has already secured his participation in the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship.\n\nMcIlroy mentioned that he would probably skip the first playoff event to reduce his schedule.\n\n\n

I finished, basically, in last place there last year, and I only moved up one spot in the playoff standings.<\/p>Rory McIlroy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe urgency is greater for golfers who are on the edge of the top 50, such as two-time major winner Xander Schauffele, and Tony Finau, who have reached the Tour Championship for eight consecutive seasons, the longest streaks on the circuit. Schauffele, who struggled with a rib injury early in the season, is ranked number 42 in the points standings, while Finau is number 60. Finau needs at least a tie for 20th to enter the top 50. Rickie Fowler (64th) needs at least a tie for 17th.\n\nOther golfers in the bubble to qualify for the BMW Championship include Harry Hall (#44), Akshay Bhatia (#45), Si Woo Kim (#46), Jake Knapp (#47), Jordan Spieth (#48), Wyndham Clark (#49), Min Woo Lee (#50), J.T. Poston (#51), Kurt Kitayama (#52), Bud Cauley (#53), Joe Highsmith (#54), and Aaron Rai (#55).\n\nGary Woodland (No. 72), Adam Scott (No. 90), Tom Kim (No. 94), Max Homa (No. 111), and Sahith Theegala (No. 146) were some of the most prominent names who missed the playoffs.\n\n\n

BMW Championship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dates:<\/strong> August 14-17<\/p>\n\n\nLocation:<\/strong> Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Maryland\n\nPrize:<\/strong> $20 million ($3.6 million for the winner)\n\nDefending Champion:<\/strong> Keegan Bradley\n\nThe top 50 golfers in the points standings after the FedEx St. Jude Championship will advance to the second phase of the playoffs and earn spots in each of the eight signature events in 2026.\n\nThe BMW Championship returns to Caves Valley Golf Club for the first time since 2021. On that occasion, Patrick Cantlay defeated Bryson DeChambeau in a dramatic six-hole sudden-death playoff. Cantlay made a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole in regulation to finish 27-under par and force the playoff; DeChambeau missed a 12-foot putt that would have given him the victory.\n\nIn the sixth playoff hole, Cantlay holed an 18-foot birdie putt to win and move up to number 1 in the FedEx Cup points standings. He also secured the sixth and final automatic spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team.\n\nCaves Valley Golf Club, which is located about 20 miles northwest of Baltimore, opened its doors in 1991. It hosted the 2002 U.S. Senior Open and the 2007 Palmer Cup. The course installed a SubAir system on its greens in recent years and lengthened hole number 1.\n\nSeven golfers finished 20-under or better four years ago; Sungjae Im finished third with 23-under and McIlroy was fourth with 22-under.\n\n\n

Tour Championship<\/h2>\n\n\nDates:<\/strong> August 21-24\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta<\/p>\n\n\nPrize:<\/strong> $40 million ($10 million for the winner)\n\nDefending Champion:<\/strong> Scottie Scheffler\n\nFor the first time since 2019, the PGA Tour will abandon its staggered-start format for the Tour Championship, which will be a traditional 72-hole stroke play tournament, with the top 30 golfers all starting at par.\n\nThe winner of the Tour Championship will earn $10 million, regardless of the golfer’s position in the points standings. The runner-up earns $5 million, third place receives $3.7 million, fourth takes home $3.2 million, and fifth walks away with $2.75 million. The last-place golfer in the Tour Championship collects $355,000.\n\nRenovations at TPC Southwind<\/strong>\n\nTPC Southwind underwent a massive renovation after last year’s tournament, with 18 new green complexes and tee boxes being resurfaced. There are also new chipping and putting practice areas.\n\nScheffler said TPC Southwind did a good job of maintaining its DNA and not making too many changes during the renovation.\n\n\n

The new greens right now are very firm. I think this is a golf course that has generally been quite popular on the circuit, so I appreciated that they didn’t come in when they renovated it and just completely changed the golf course. I think they had a really good base for a solid golf course where it’s important to hit the ball well. You have to hit it well at this place.<\/p>Scottie Scheffler<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nGolfers will once again face sweltering temperatures in the 90 degrees Fahrenheit for four days in Memphis.\n\nWhat’s at stake for the Ryder Cup?<\/strong>\n\nThe U.S. Ryder Cup team captain, Keegan Bradley, is tenth in the FedEx Cup points standings, so he will have a good opportunity to assess who is playing well and who is not during the three phases of the playoffs.\n\nThe top six golfers in the Ryder Cup point standings after the BMW Championship will automatically make the United States team. Bradley will make six captain’s picks after the Tour Championship.\n\nScheffler has already qualified for the US team by points, and Schauffele, the US Open winner, J.J. Spaun, Russell Henley, Bryson DeChambeau, and English are among the top six. Each of those five seems certain to be part of the team, regardless of where they finish in the points standings.\n\nThomas, who is seventh in Ryder Cup points, also seems to be in good form, although he is not taking any risks.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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