The Road to Atlanta begins this week.
The field of 125 golfers has been set. The FedEx Cup playoff begin with the first of four events that culminate in the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club next month.
The 125-player field will compete in the Northern Trust in Paramus, N.J. this week. The field will be cut to 100 players for the Dell Technologies Championship in Boston. That field will be cut to 70 players for the BMW Championship in Philadelphia. From there, the final 30 will play the Tour Championship with the event title and FedEx Cup championship on the line. Oh, and not to mention the $10 million first-place prize for the playoff winner.
The Tour Championship will be played at East Lake from Sept. 19-23.
Dustin Johnson enters as the FedEx Cup points leader. He is followed by defending FedEx Cup champion Justin Thomas, U.S. Open and PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka, Justin Rose and Bubba Watson. The top five in the points standings control their fate, meaning a Tour Championship win means a FedEx Cup championship.
Tiger Woods currently sits in 20th place, meaning he could make play in his first Tour Championship since 2013. Jordan Spieth, currently 43rd, must jump 13 golfers in the playoffs to advance to East Lake.
Here are the FedEx Cup points standings headed into the playoffs:
1. Dustin Johnson 2,717
2. Justin Thomas 2,634
3. Brooks Koepka 2,012
4. Justin Rose 1,991
5. Bubba Watson 1,879
6. Jason Day 1,771
7. Webb Simpson 1,710
8. Francesco Molinari 1,682
9. Bryson DeChambeau 1,617
10. Patrick Reed 1,555
11. Phil Mickelson 1,546
12. Tony Finau 1,509
13. Jon Rahm 1,430
14. Patrick Cantlay 1,388
15. Patton Kizzire 1,386
16. Paul Casey 1,319
17. Rickie Fowler 1,302
18. Kyle Stanley 1,198
19. Kevin Na 1,183
20. Tiger Woods 1,162
21. Rory McIlroy 1,154
22. Marc Leishman 1,148
23. Tommy Fleetwood 1,130
24. Chesson Hadley 1,122
25. Pat Perez 1,116
26. Andrew Landry 1,116
27. Aaron Wise 1,086
28. Xander Schauffele 1,081
29. Luke List 1,080
30. Brandt Snedeker 1,077
31. Austin Cook 1,060
32. Brian Harman 1,056
33. Gary Woodland 1,044
34. Ian Poulter 1,030
35. Andrew Putnam 1,026
36. Chez Reavie 1,020
37. Ryan Armour 1,006
38. Brendan Steele 998
39. Alex Noren 989
40. Kevin Kisner 971
41. Billy Horschel 960
42. Beau Hossler 957
43. Jordan Spieth 945
44. Byeong Hun An 913
45. Emiliano Grillo 901
46. Si Woo Kim 893
47. Charles Howell III 885
48. Brian Gay 880
49. Keegan Bradley 872
50. Henrik Stenson 868
51. J.J. Spaun 849
52. Zach Johnson 839
53. Cameron Smith 821
54. Scott Piercy 802
55. Ryan Moore 795
56. Rafa Cabrera Bello 784
57. Whee Kim 764
58. Stewart Cink 758
59. Chris Kirk 756
60. Ted Potter, Jr. 744
61. Jimmy Walker 719
62. Jason Kokrak 700
63. C.T. Pan 693
64. Matt Kuchar 679
65. Joel Dahmen 676
66. Michael Kim 675
67. Kevin Streelman 673
68. Keith Mitchell 659
69. J.B. Holmes 640
70. Adam Hadwin 638
71. Brice Garnett 634
72. Kelly Kraft 627
73. Adam Scott 623
74. Louis Oosthuizen 620
75. Troy Merritt 616
76. Hideki Matsuyama 607
77. Satoshi Kodaira 600
78. Kevin Chappell 597
79. James Hahn 596
80. Tom Hoge 594
81. Peter Uihlein 593
82. Branden Grace 590
83. Abraham Ancer 589
84. Russell Knox 585
85. Kevin Tway 577
86. Jamie Lovemark 576
87. Ollie Schniederjans 573
88. Russell Henley 569
89. Daniel Berger 565
90. Jason Dufner 557
91. Anirban Lahiri 555
92. Tyrrell Hatton 550
93. Patrick Rodgers 541
94. Brandon Harkins 528
95. Trey Mullinax 528
96. Charl Schwartzel 528
97. Rory Sabbatini 521
98. Charley Hoffman 515
99. Alex Cejka 502
100. Ryan Palmer 500
101. Richy Werenski 498
102. Nick Watney 491
103. Danny Lee 481
104. Sung Kang 480
105. John Huh 480
106. Harold Varner III 474
107. Scott Stallings 470
108. Tyler Duncan 457
109. William McGirt 449
110. J.T. Poston 448
111. Bronson Burgoon 446
112. Vaughn Taylor 445
113. Martin Laird 443
114. Sam Ryder 442
115. Grayson Murray 438
116. Ryan Blaum 433
117. Scott Brown 422
118. Brian Stuard 421
119. Nick Taylor 420
120. Sam Saunders 420
121. Sean O'Hair 417
122. Bud Cauley 405
123. Jhonattan Vegas 394
124. Harris English 383
125. Seamus Power 377
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