FedEx Cup Top 50: Which players will play in the BMW Championship 2024?
One tournament over, two more are pending in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Hideki Matsuyama was the winner at the TPC Southwind in the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship, which helped determine which 50 players will compete in the 2024 BMW Championship next week at Castle Pines Golf Club in Denver.
The field consists of the top 50 in the FedExCup Playoffs and the points listled by world number one Scottie Scheffler, followed by Xander Schauffele, who won both the US Open and the British Open this year. Matsuyama jumped five places with his victory in Memphis and is now in third place. Rory McIlroy dropped two places and is now in fifth place after finishing in a shared 68th place (out of 70).
BMW Championship field of participants 2024: Top 50 in the FedEx Cup
Before the BMW Championship, however, the question is more about who is out than who is in. All the other big names you would expect to see there will be therewith some notable exceptions (although these are not particularly surprising).
| Rank | player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler |
| 2 | Xander Schauffele |
| 3 | Hideki Matsuyama |
| 4 | Collin Morikawa |
| 5 | Rory McIlroy |
| 6 | Located in Clarksville, Wyndham Clark is 1 mi (1.6 km) from Clarks National Park and 1.1 mi (1.7 km) from Clarks National Park. |
| 7 | Ludwig Aberg |
| 8 | Sahith Theegala |
| 9 | Patrick Cantley |
| 10 | Sungjae Im |
| 11 | Shane Lowry |
| 12 | Robert MacIntyre |
| 13 | Akshay Bhatia |
| 14 | Tony Finau |
| 15 | Byeong-Hun-An |
| 16 | Viktor Hovland |
| 17 | Russell Henley |
| 18 | Sam Burns |
| 19 | Billy Hoerschel |
| 20 | Matthieu Pavon |
| 21 | Aaron Rai |
| 22 | Justin Thomas |
| 23 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout |
| 24 | Sepp Straka |
| 25 | Jason Day |
| 26 | Davis Thompson |
| 27 | Taylor Pendrith |
| 28 | Tom Hoge |
| 29 | Brian Harman |
| 30 | Denny McCarthy |
| 31 | Tommy Fleetwood |
| 32 | Chris Kirk |
| 33 | Cody Conners |
| 34 | JT Poston |
| 35 | Stephan Jaeger |
| 36 | Matt Fitzpatrick |
| 37 | Will Zalatoris |
| 38 | Austin Eckroat |
| 39 | Daniela Krueger |
| 40 | Thomas Detry |
| 41 | Adam Scott |
| 42 | Adam Hadwin |
| 43 | Max Hom |
| 44 | Kim Woo |
| 45 | Alex Noren |
| 46 | Eric Cole |
| 47 | Max Greyserman |
| 48 | Nick Dunlap |
| 49 | Danielle Davis |
| 50 | Keegan Bradley |
Which players will not be taking part in the BMW Championship 2024?
The then major winner Jordan Spieth has been struggling to find his best form for some time now, and his After finishing second to last at the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship, he finished 67th overallWith his season over, he is now expected to undergo surgery on his left wrist, which has been causing him problems for some time.
US Open winner 2013 Justin Rosewho reached T2 at the Open Championship in July, also missed out on participation with a bad weekend in Memphis That was costly. The English scored one over par 71 on Saturday and Sunday and finished the match in a tie for 22nd place, leaving him in 55th place in the FedEx Cup standings.
But it was Tom Kim who was eliminated in the most painful way. The South Korean started the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship in 43rd place, but fell to 51st place after finishing 50th in Tennessee.
Hovland and Dunlap secure places in the BMW Championship
On the other hand, Thanks to their outstanding performances, Viktor Hovland (T2) and Nick Dunlap (T5) made it into the top 50 just in time, and the Norwegian rose 41 places to 16th place. He won two consecutive FedEx Cup events in 2023, including the season-ending Tour Championship, but was in danger of not qualifying this year.
