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BMW Championship 2026: Top 50 players who qualified for second playoff event

PGA Tour highlights 2026: FedEx St. Jude Championship, final round
Extended highlights from the final round of the PGA Tour's 2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee.

We’re on to St. Louis. At least, 50 players are.

The FedExCup Playoffs will continue this week with the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in Missouri. The top 50 in points after the first playoff event, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, earned a spot in the field.

Qualifying for the second of three playoff tournaments is a huge deal as it guarantees players entry into the eight signature events in 2027. It also keeps alive their chances for competing in the $40 million Tour Championship (where even more goodies — like major exemptions — are on offer).


BMW CHAMPIONSHIP PURSE

The BMW has an official $20 million purse with $3.6 million going to the winner and no cut. Last place will earn at least $66,000.


BMW CHAMPIONSHIP BONUS

The PGA Tour will disperse a near $100 million bonus after the second playoff event. With FedExCup points carrying through the regular season and first playoff event, Scottie Scheffler has already secured first place. That will earn him a staggering $23 million bonus ($22 million up front, $1 million deferred).

But there is plenty to play for. Second place will be awarded $12 million (and $1 million deferred). It goes down to Nos. 41-50, who will pick up $50,000 cash and deferments over $225K. Even those who finished 51-125 will earn from $195,000 to $100,000.

Nearly $100 million will be paid out in bonus money after the BMW Championship. Here’s how it breaks down.

Here’s a look at the 50 players who are still alive in the chase for the FedExCup, where a champ will be crowned in two weeks at East Lake:

RANKPLAYER
1Scottie Scheffler
2Matt Fitzpatrick
3Cameron Young
4Si Woo Kim
5Wyndham Clark
6Sam Burns
7Chris Gotterup
8Tommy Fleetwood
9Collin Morikawa
10Ludvig Aberg
11Xander Schauffele
12Jacob Bridgeman
13Rory McIlroy
14Russell Henley
15Akshay Bhatia
16Hideki Matsuyama
17Ryan Gerard
18Min Woo Lee
19Kristoffer Reitan
20Alex Fitzpatrick
21J.J. Spaun
22Viktor Hovland
23Alex Smalley
24Justin Rose
25Ryan Fox
26Tom Kim
27Adam Scott
28Kurt Kitayama
29Bud Cauley
30Rickie Fowler
31Gary Woodland
32J.T. Poston
33Nicolai Hojgaard
34Alex Noren
35Jake Knapp
36Robert MacIntyre
37Aaron Rai
38Ben Griffin
39Sepp Straka
40Sungjae Im
41Michael Thorbjornsen
42Nico Echavarria
43Patrick Cantlay
44Justin Thomas
45Ryo Hisatsune
46Sahith Theegala
47Michael Brennan
48Eric Cole
49Maverick McNealy
50Matt McCarty
Here’s what you need to know as the first of three FedExCup Playoff events wraps up on Sunday in Memphis.