Only the top 50 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings moved on to play in this week's BMW Championship.
\nThe field is now set and Scottie Scheffler will enter the second event of the 2026 FedEx Cup playoffs atop the standings after a dominating win in Memphis to start the PGA Tour's postseason. The top 30 after the conclusion of the final round at Bellerive Country Club outside St. Louis on Sunday, Aug. 23, will advance to the 2026 Tour Championship in Atlanta.
\nJordan Spieth, Max Homa, Keith Mitchell, Harris English, Shane Lowry, Corey Conners and Brian Harman were among the notable golfers not to move on after the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind. Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler lead the pack of golfers who will need to play well to keep their season alive, with Fowler currently occupying the No. 30 spot in the updated standings.
\nHere's a complete look at the FedEx Cup top 50 standings heading into the 2026 BMW Championship:
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\n2026 FedEx Cup Top 50 standings heading into BMW Championship
\n- Scottie Scheffler
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Cameron Young
- Si Woo Kim
- Wyndham Clark
- Sam Burns
- Chris Gotterup
- Tommy Fleetwood
- Collin Morikawa
- Ludvig Åberg
- Xander Schaufele
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Rory McIlroy
- Russell Henley
- Akshay Bhatia
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Ryan Gerard
- Min Woo Lee
- Kristoffer Reitan
- Alex Fitzpatrick
- J.J. Spaun
- Viktor Hovland
- Alex Smalley
- Justin Rose
- Ryan Fox
- Tom Kim
- Adam Scott
- Kurt Kitayama
- Bud Cauley
- Rickie Fowler
- Gary Woodland
- J.T. Poston
- Nicolai Højgaard
- Alex Noren
- Jake Knapp
- Robert MacIntyre
- Aaron Rai
- Ben Griffin
- Sepp Straka
- Sungjae Im
- Michael Thorbjornsen
- Nico Echavarria
- Patrick Cantlay
- Justin Thomas
- Ryo Hisatsune
- Sahith Theegala
- Michael Brennan
- Eric Cole
- Maverick McNealy
- Matt McCarty
Rory McIlroy FedEx Cup playoffs
\nDespite finishing in 66th place at the FedEx St. Jude Championship to begin the 2026 FedEx Cup playoffs, Rory McIlroy has already secured a spot in the season-ending Tour Championship by virtue of his performance earlier this year. He currently sits at No. 13 in the FedEx Cup standings ahead of the BMW Championship.
\nThis article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2026 FedEx Cup standings: Who made top 50 entering BMW Championship?