TOUR Championship field bios, FedExCup history, scenarios Bryson DeChambeau No. 1 (2,000 points) Wins: 3; the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, THE NORTHERN TRUST, Dell Technologies Championship Starts: 25 Top-10s: 9 Solo runner-up finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard moved him inside the top 20 for the first time this season Turned in back-to-back top-five finishes at the RBC Heritage (T3) and Wells Fargo Championship (4) Outlasted Kyle Stanley and Byeong Hun An on the second hole of sudden death to win the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide; jumped inside the top 10 in the standings Won THE NORTHERN TRUST and Dell Technologies Championship to become the sixth player to win back-to-back FedExCup Playoffs events and the first since Billy Horschel in 2014 Earned his fourth PGA TOUR win in his 70 th career start, the fewest by any player to get four wins since Rory McIlroy (50 th start) Best TOUR Championship finish: First appearance 2017 49 40 CUT (48) T30 (44) T33 (49) 2018 9 1 (1) 1 (1) T19 (1) #1 Bryson DeChambeau If he wins the TOUR Championship, he wins the FedExCup Has a reasonable chance of winning with a top-6 finish Can finish as low as a T29 and still have a mathematical chance of winning Justin Rose No. 2 (1,800 points) Wins: 2; World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions, Fort Worth Invitational Starts: 17 Top-10s: 10 Won his first start of the 2017-18 season, overcoming an eight-stroke final-round deficit to win the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions Returned to the top 10 in the standings following a solo third at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, where he led the field in birdies
Moved into the No. 2 position with his second win of the season at the Fort Worth Invitational, matching the highest previous position of his career Recorded his fourth consecutive top-10 finish with a runner-up result at The Open Championship, where he played the weekend with scores of 64-69 after opening with 72-73 Made a late charge on Sunday at the Dell Technologies Championship to move from No. 6 back into the coveted top five at No. 3 in the standings Best TOUR Championship finish: 2, 2012; T2, 2015 2007 16 21 T14 (22) CUT (23) T5 (16) T11 (16) 2008 114 76 2009 85 91 T41 (80) T54 (85) 2010 15 5 T15 (4) CUT (10) T21 (13) T15 (15) 2011 5 43 T6 (27) T68 (34) 1 (3) T20 (5) 2012 6 12 T46 (15) CUT (22) T16 (24) 2 (6) 2013 10 7 T2 (5) T16 (7) T33 (9) 6 (10) 2014 11 17 T30 (20) 35 (26) T4 (11) 2015 8 5 T16 (8) CUT (13) T13 (12) T2 (8) 2016 51 47 T31 (45) T57 (50) T24 (51) 2017 9 30 T10 (24) T10 (17) T2 (8) T10 (9) 2018 4 CUT (6) 2 (3) 2 (2) #2 Justin Rose If he wins the TOUR Championship, he wins the FedExCup Has a reasonable chance of winning with a top-3 finish Can finish as low as 9th and still have a mathematical chance of winning Tony Finau No. 3 (1,520 points) Best Finish: 2; Safeway Open, THE NORTHERN TRUST. T2; Genesis Open Starts: 27 Top-10s: 11 Finished runner-up to Brendan Steele at the season-opening Safeway Open Added his second runner-up result of the season with a T2 at the Genesis Open, where he held a share of the 18-hole lead Claimed top-10 finishes at the first three major championships: Masters (T10), U.S. Open (5), The Open Championship (T9) Claimed his first-ever top-10 finish in a World Golf Championships event with a T10 at the WGC- Bridgestone Invitational Added his third runner-up finish of the season at THE NORTHERN TRUST to propel him from No. 12 to No. 4 in the standings; Led the field in Stroked Gained: Tee to Green (12.562) and Around-the-Green (+7.800) at The Ridgewood Country Club Maintained his position inside the top five with a T4 the following week at the Dell Technologies Championship Best TOUR Championship finish: T7, 2017 2015 43 39 T16 (32) CUT (41) T47 (43) 2016 45 45 12 (37) T24 (38) T66 (45) 2017 19 26 T54 (35) T65 (39) T7 (24) T7 (19) 2018 12 2 (4) T4 (4) T8 (3)
#3 Tony Finau If he wins the TOUR Championship, he wins the FedExCup Has a reasonable chance of winning with a T2 place finish Can finish as low as a 2-way tie for 3 rd and still have a mathematical chance of winning Dustin Johnson No. 4 (1,296 points) Wins: 3; Sentry Tournament of Champions, FedEx St. Jude Classic, RBC Canadian Open Starts: 19 Top-10s: 11 After a T2 at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions to begin the season, captured the Sentry Tournament of Champions to win on the PGA TOUR for the 11 th consecutive year Added four more top-10 finishes before collecting a second victory at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in dominant fashion, including holing out from 169 yards on the final hole for an eagle Earned the top spot in the FedExCup standings the following week with a solo third in the U.S. Open, a position he held for five weeks Won the RBC Canadian Open for his third victory of the season, making it the third season in a row with three or more wins on his resume Ended the Regular Season as the FedExCup standings leader Best TOUR Championship finish: 5, 2013; T5, 2015 2008 134 117 MC (134) 2009 14 15 T15 (20) T4 (10) T30 (11) 27 (14) 2010 5 11 T9 (6) T57 (16) 1 (2) T22 (5) 2011 4 19 1 (1) T42 (2) T65 (2) T23 (4) 2012 8 26 T3 (8) T4 (6) T6 (7) T10 (8) 2013 13 16 CUT (22) T27 (23) T62 (30) 5 (13) 2014 30 6 DNP (14) DNP (22) DNP (30) DNP (30) 2015 7 7 T9 (6) T44 (8) T7 (7) T5 (7) 2016 2 2 T18 (3) T8 (3) 1 (1) T6 (3) 2017 4 4 1 T18 T33 T17 (4) 2018 1 T11 (2) T7 (2) T24 (4) #4 Dustin Johnson If he wins the TOUR Championship, he wins the FedExCup Has a reasonable chance of winning with a 2nd place finish Can finish as low as a 3-way tie for 2nd and still have a mathematical chance of winning Justin Thomas No. 5 (1,280 points) Wins: 3; THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES, The Honda Classic, World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational Starts: 22 Top-10s: 9 Won his second start of the season at the inaugural CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES where he defeated Marc Leishman in a sudden-death playoff to jump to No. 3 in the standings
Captured The Honda Classic in a playoff over Luke List to secure his second consecutive season with multiple wins and take control of the top spot in the FedExCup standings, which he held for eight weeks Finished second in the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship to Phil Mickelson and fourth in the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play in back-to-back starts Recorded his first win in a World Golf Championships event at the Bridgestone Invitational Apart from the first week of the season, never dropped below ninth in the FedExCup standings Best TOUR Championship finish: 2, 2017 2015 32 36 T16 (30) T56 (35) T13 (32) 2016 12 10 T10 (8) CUT (14) T32 (12) T6 (12) 2017 1 2 T6 (3) 1 (2) T47 (2) 2 (1) 2018 2 T8 (3) T24 (5) T12 (5) #5 Justin Thomas If he wins the TOUR Championship, he wins the FedExCup Can finish as low as a 2-way tie for 2 nd and still have a mathematical chance of winning Has a reasonable chance of winning with a 2 nd place finish Keegan Bradley No. 6 (1,120 points) Wins: 1; BMW Championship Starts: 26 Top-10s: 5 Shot a 5-under 67 on Sunday at the CIMB Classic to record a runner-up finish to Pat Perez, marking his best finish on TOUR since coming in 2 nd at the 2014 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard Posted his best result in eight starts at THE PLAYERS Championship, recording a final-round 66 to move up 19 spots on the leaderboard en route to a T7 finish En route to a fourth-place result at the RBC Canadian Open, become the first player since Derek Lamely (2011/CareerBuilder Challenge) to make five or more eagles in a stroke-play event on TOUR Earned his first TOUR win in six years (2012/WGC-Bridgestone Invitational) with a playoff win over Justin Rose at the BMW Championship Best TOUR Championship finish: T11, 2011 2011 20 5 CUT (14) CUT (19) T16 (20) T11 (20) 2012 21 8 CUT (13) T13 (12) T59 (14) T23 (21) 2013 18 10 T33 (11) T16 (11) T16 (16) T12 (18) 2014 33 23 T53 (29) T16 (28) W/D (33) 2015 60 62 CUT (71) T25 (63) T28 (60) 2016 103 106 T53 (103) 2017 47 46 T43 (47) T35 (48) T27 (47) 2018 49 T34 (47) T49 (52) 1 (6) #6 Keegan Bradley Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T2 or worse Can finish 2 nd and still have a mathematical chance of winning the FedExCup
Brooks Koepka No. 7 (960 points) Wins: 2; U.S. Open, PGA Championship Starts: 16 Top-10s: 6 Opened the 2017-18 Season with a T2 finish at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. After taking four months off with a wrist injury, posted a runner-up finish at the Fort Worth Invitational in May in only his fourth start back from injury Became the first repeat winner of the U.S. Open since Curtis Strange in 1989 with his win at Shinnecock Hills In his 100 th start on the PGA TOUR, became just the fifth player to win the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same year Sandwiched a solo fifth at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and a T8 at THE NORTHERN TRUST around his victory at the PGA Championship Best TOUR Championship finish: 6, 2017 2015 24 12 MC (16) MC (21) T49 (25) T18 (24) 2016 35 17 T70 (26) T57 (30) T32 (35) 2017 10 7 T49 (7) T18 (9) T12 (9) 6 (10) 2018 3 T8 (5) T12 (6) T19 (7) #7 Brooks Koepka Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes in a 3-way tie for 2nd or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T2 or worse Can Finish 2 nd and still have a mathematical chance of winning the FedExCup Bubba Watson No. 8 (800 points) Wins: 3; Genesis Open, World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play, Travelers Championship Starts: 23 Top-10s: 6 Recorded his 10 th career PGA TOUR win and first since the 2016 Genesis Open in his 279 th PGA TOUR start with a two-shot victory at the Genesis Open. It was Watson s third career victory at the Genesis Open Defeated Kevin Kisner 7 and 6 in the championship match at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play for his second win in four starts and second career WGC title Claimed his third Travelers Championship title with a three-shot victory in June for his third win of the season and 12 th of his career Began the final round six shots back of Paul Casey at the Travelers Championship but posted a finalround 63 for the come-from-behind victory Recorded a T7 at the Dell Technologies Championship to remain inside the top 10 of the FedExCup standings Best TOUR Championship finish: T5, 2012; T5 2015
2007 37 33 CUT (36) CUT (41) T18 (37) 2008 30 56 T12 (30) T44 (27) T28 (29) 30 (30) 2009 53 54 CUT (72) T32 (59) T15 (53) 2010 22 8 T31 (9) T37 (12) T50 (18) T17 (22) 2011 26 8 CUT (16) T16 (12) T53 (18) T23 (26) 2012 13 5 T10 (7) CUT (10) T12 (11) T5 (13) 2013 37 38 T13 (27) T67 (40) T24 (37) 2014 5 3 T30 (5) T29 (6) 2 (3) 14 (5) 2015 5 3 3 (3) T29 (5) T10 (5) T5 (5) 2016 21 24 T13 (19) CUT (27) T20 (24) T10 (21) 2017 75 111 T10 (72) T69 (75) 2018 7 T34 (7) T7 (7) T16 (8) #8 Bubba Watson Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes 3rd or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T2 or worse Billy Horschel No. 9 (640 points) Wins: 1; Zurich Classic of New Orleans with teammate Scott Piercy. Starts: 26 Top-10s: 5 After missing five cuts in six starts heading into the RBC Heritage, Horschel carded a T5 finish at Harbour Town Golf Links and moved from No. 160 to No. 111 in the FedExCup standings Followed up his T5 finish at RBC Heritage with a T11 finish at the Valero Texas Open and a victory at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans alongside teammate Scott Piercy. The duo shot a final-round 5- under 67 (Foursomes) to win by one stroke over Jason Dufner/Pat Perez at TPC Louisiana, giving Horschel his fifth PGA TOUR victory. The win gave him a huge boost in the FedExCup standings, from No. 100 to No. 33 In his first start at the Barbasol Championship, posted scores of 65-66-68-67 266 (-22) to finish T2 with Richy Werenski and Tom Lovelady Tied Cameron Smith for third place at THE NORTHERN TRUST, his best result in the FedExCup Playoffs since winning the TOUR Championship in 2014. The finish propelled him inside the top 20 in the standings (14) Best TOUR Championship finish: 1, 2014 2013 16 6 CUT (17) T70 (22) T18 (22) T7 (16) 2014 1 69 CUT (82) T2 (20) 1 (2) 1 (1) 2015 66 45 CUT (53) 72 (67) T32 (66) 2016 50 72 T13 (51) CUT (62) T10 (50) 2017 24 CUT (31) CUT (38) 62 (42) 2018 41 T3 (14) W/D (15) T3 (9) #9 Billy Horschel Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes in a 3-way tie for 3rd or worse
Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes in a 3-way tie for 2nd or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes T2 or worse Cameron Smith No. 10 (480 points) Best Finish: 3; The CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES, Dell Technologies Championship. T3; THE NORTHERN TRUST Starts: 23 Top-10s: 7 Opened the 2017-18 PGA TOUR Season with back-to-back, top-five finishes with a T5 at the CIMB Classic and solo-third at the CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES Added T5 finishes at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play and the Masters Tournament Opened the FedExCup Playoffs with a tie for third at THE NORTHERN TRUST to move inside the top 20 in the FedExCup standings Followed up his T3 with a solo-third at the Dell Technologies Championship to move inside the top 10 in the FedExCup standings through two Playoffs events Best TOUR Championship finish: First appearance Year Final Rank Began Playoffs Rk TNT Dell Tech BMW Tour Champ 2016 157 2017 46 40 CUT (44) CUT (56) T12 (46) 2018 51 T3 (16) 3 (8) T65 (10) #10 Cameron Smith Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes in a 3-way tie for 4th or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T3 or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes in a 3-way tie for 2nd or worse Dustin Johnson (No. 4) finishes in T2 or worse Justin Thomas (No. 5) finishes 2nd* or worse *Tie for the FedExCup Webb Simpson No. 11 (384 points) Wins: 1; THE PLAYERS Championship Starts: 25 Top-10s: 8 Has posted 14 top-25 finishes and eight top-10 finishes this season, missing only three cuts Won THE PLAYERS Championship by four strokes for his fifth career PGA TOUR title in his 250th start, cracking the top 10 in the standings (No.8). Was tied for the lead with five others at the end of first round before setting tournament records for largest 36-hole lead (5 strokes; previous: 4, Jason Day/2016) and 54-hole lead (7 strokes; previous: 5, Alex Cejka/2009). Never ranked worse than No. 12 in the standings for the remainder of the season Shot a final-round 62 at the Wyndham Championship where he earned his first professional victory in 2011 and just down the road from his alma mater Wake Forest to finish tied for second. This marked his sixth top-10 in his 10th start at the event and second consecutive top-five (T2/2018, 3rd/2017)
Best TOUR Championship finish: 4, 2013 2009 62 85 8 (41) CUT (51) T61 (62) 2010 85 94 T36 (80) CUT (85) 2011 2 3 T10 (4) 1 (1) 5 (1) 22 (2) 2012 16 13 CUT (20) T18 (19) T51 (25) T5 (16) 2013 11 17 T15 (18) T53 (20) T24 (21) 4 (11) 2014 25 13 CUT (22) T9 (19) T53 (22) T23 (5) 2015 48 13 T30 (37) T44 (42) T64 (48) 2016 84 40 T48 (74) CUT (84) 2017 17 78 T6 (16) T75 (21) T9 (16) T13 (17) 2018 25 T28 (9) T49 (11) T6 (11) #11 Webb Simpson Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T6 or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes in a 3-way tie for 3rd or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes in a 3-way tie for 2nd or worse Dustin Johnson (No. 4) finishes in a T2 or worse Justin Thomas (No. 5) finishes T2 or worse Jason Day No. 12 (368 points) Wins: 2; Farmers Insurance Open, Wells Fargo Championship Starts: 19 Top-10s: 5 In the longest playoff in the 67-year history of the Farmers Insurance Open, Jason Day outlasted Alex Noren with a birdie on the sixth playoff hole for his first victory of the season and first since THE PLAYERS Championship in 2016 Followed up his victory in San Diego with a T2 finish at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Recorded his second victory of the season with a two-shot win at the Wells Fargo Championship for his 12 th career PGA TOUR title Followed up his victory in Charlotte with a T5 finish at THE PLAYERS Championship to maintain his second-place spot in the FedExCup standings Recorded six consecutive top-20 finishes before missing the cut at the Dell Technologies Championship, which was only his second missed cut of the season Best TOUR Championship finish: T4, 2014 Year Final Rank Began Playoffs TNT Dell Tech BMW TOUR Champ 2008 83 127 T31 (96) T50 (83) 2009 48 67 T12 (46) T19 (37) T59 (48) 2010 8 28 T5 (14) T2 (4) T54 (6) T17 (8) 2011 12 14 T13 (15) T3 (6) T49 (10) T6 (12) 2012 87 113 T24 (88) T51 (87) 2013 17 14 T25 (16) T13 (12) T4 (14) T14 (17) 2014 10 34 T2 (7) T7 (7) WD (10) T4 (10) 2015 3 2 1 (1) T12 (1) 1 (1) T10 (3) 2016 6 1 T4 (2) T15 (2) WD (4) WD (6) 2017 18 47 T6 (29) T25 (28) 4 (15) T17 (18 2018 6 T20 (8) CUT (10) T24 (12)
#12 Jason Day Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes in a 3-way tie for 6th or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes 4th or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes in a 3-way tie for 2nd or worse Dustin Johnson (No. 4) finishes T2 or worse Justin Thomas (No. 5) finishes T2 or worse Francesco Molinari No. 13 (352 points) Wins: 2; Quicken Loans National, The Open Championship Starts: 19 Top-10s: 5 Recorded a final-round 62 to win the Quicken Loans National by eight strokes over Ryan Armour for his first career PGA TOUR victory. Became the first Italian to win on TOUR since Toney Penna in 1947. Bettered previous tournament records for 72-hole score (259), 54-hole score (197; tied with Abraham Ancer after three rounds) and margin of victory (8). Moved inside the Top 50 in the FedExCup standings with the victory (No. 42) Just one week after his maiden TOUR victory, Molinari posted a T2 finish at the John Deere Classic in his first appearance at the event, as he was looking to become the first player to have his first two victories come in back-to-back starts since 2008 (Camilo Villegas/BMW Championship, TOUR Championship) Entered the final round of the Open Championship three strokes off the lead but carded the only bogeyfree final round (69) to card an 8-under total and win by two strokes over four players at 6-under. This victory marked his third win in six worldwide starts and the first major championship victory by an Italian player In the span of 21 days, Molinari moved from 123rd to 7th in the FedExCup standings Looking to win back-to-back major championships, posted scores of 68-67-68-67 270 (-10) at the PGA Championship to claim a share of sixth place with Thomas Pieters, Gary Woodland and defending champion Justin Thomas Best TOUR Championship finish: First appearance 2015 111 99 DNP 2016 111 105 CUT (111) 2017 21 31 CUT (36) T61 (42) T12 (37) 2018 8 CUT (13) T8 (13) T8 (13) #13 Francesco Molinari Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T7 or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes 4th or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes 3rd or worse Dustin Johnson (No. 4) finishes T2 or worse Justin Thomas (No. 5) finishes T2 or worse
Phil Mickelson No. 14 (336 points) Wins: 1; World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship Starts: 23 Top-10s: 6 Opened the 2017-18 PGA TOUR Season with a T3 finish at the Safeway Open Added three consecutive top-10s T5 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, T2 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and T6 at the Genesis Open before breaking through in his next start with a victory in Mexico Became the oldest player to ever win a World Golf Championships event with his win at the WGC- Mexico Championship with a par on the first playoff hole against Justin Thomas for his 43 rd career PGA TOUR victory and first since the Open Championship in 2013 Opened the FedExCup Playoffs with back-to-back top-15 finishes, including his best round of the season in the final round at the Dell Technologies Championship with a final-round 8-under 63 for a T12 finish Best TOUR Championship finish (in FedExCup era): 1, 2009 Year Final Rank Began Playoffs TNT Dell Tech BMW TOUR Champ 2007 3 4 T7 (5) 1 (1) DNP (3) 20 (3) 2008 7 3 T19 (4) T73 (8) T17 (9) T3 (7) 2009 2 6 T52 (10) T27 (12) T30 (14) 1 (2) 2010 13 4 CUT (10) T25 (14) T8 (10) T22 (13) 2011 15 6 T43 (11) T10 (10) T56 (13) 10 (15) 2012 5 14 T38 (17) T4 (9) T2 (4) T15 (5) 2013 9 4 T6 (3) T41 (6) T33 (8) T12 (9) 2014 68 45 78 (57) T45 (56) WD (68) 2015 61 51 T50 (52) T65 (61) T32 (61) 2016 16 8 T13 (10) CUT (15) T24 (13) 22 (16) 2017 34 49 T54 (58) T6 (36) T20 (34) 2018 10 T15 (10) T12 (9) T58 (14) #14 Phil Mickelson Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T8 or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T4 or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes 3rd or worse Dustin Johnson (No. 4) finishes T2 or worse Justin Thomas (No. 5) finishes T2 or worse Patrick Reed No. 15 (314 points) Wins: 1; Masters Tournament Starts: 25 Top-10s: 7 Finished T2 at the Valspar Championship at 9-under 275, one shot shy of champion Paul Casey to move from No. 98 to No. 33 in the FedExCup standings Shot a final-round 1-under 71 for a 15-under 273 total to win the Masters Tournament by one stroke over Rickie Fowler and earn his sixth PGA TOUR title and first major championship. With the win, he moved from No. 27 to No. 5 in the standings
Recorded his sixth consecutive top-10 on TOUR (a career best) with a solo-eighth finish at the Wells Fargo Championship Seeking to win the Masters and U.S. Open in the same season, began the final round with five birdies in his first seven holes en route to a 2-under 68 and a 4 th place finish behind champion Brooks Koepka. Earned his third top-15 finish in five U.S. Open starts (4th/2018, T13/2017, T14/2015) Best TOUR Championship finish: T13, 2017 2013 54 22 CUT (32) T70 (47) T59 (54) 2014 21 9 T9 (8) T74 (12) T53 (18) T19 (21) 2015 12 8 T62 (12) T4 (10) T28 (10) 27 (12) 2016 3 7 1 (1) T5 (1) T13 (2) T24 (3) 2017 22 38 T20 (33) T6 (22) 65 (23) T13 (22) 2018 10 T25 (12) T35 (13) T19 (15) #15 Patrick Reed Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T9 or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T4 or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes 3rd or worse Dustin Johnson (No. 4) finishes T2 or worse Justin Thomas (No. 5) finishes T2 or worse Patrick Cantlay No. 16 (293 points) Wins: 1; Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Starts: 22 Top-10s:7 In his second start of the 2017-18 PGA TOUR Season and just his 43 rd start on TOUR, Cantlay won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open over Whee Kim and Alex Cejka with a par on the second playoff hole. Moved to No. 3 in the FedExCup standings after the win and never ranked worse than No. 18 for the remainder of the regular season Held the 18- and 36-hole co-lead at the Genesis Open before finishing T4 Opened with birdies on four of his first eight holes to take the lead in the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, but played his last 10 holes in 3-over to finish fourth at 14-under, one shot short of the playoff Posted 70-71-70-70 at the 147th Open Championship at Carnoustie to finish T12 in his first Open appearance, one of six players to record four rounds of par or better Best TOUR Championship finish: T20, 2017 2017 29 77 T10 (50) T13 (41) T9 (29) T20 (29) 2018 14 T8 (11) T24 (12) T55 (16) #16 Patrick Cantlay Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T10 or worse
Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T4 or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes 3rd or worse Dustin Johnson (No. 4) finishes T2 or worse Justin Thomas (No. 5) finishes T2 or worse Rory McIlroy No. 17 (272 points) Wins: 1; Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard Starts: 17 Top-10s: 6 Entering the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard two shots off the lead, McIlroy birdied five of his last six holes en route to a bogey-free 64 and three-shot victory over Bryson DeChambeau. The victory propelled him from No. 178 to No. 24 in the FedExCup standings Earned his sixth top-10 in eight starts at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational with a T6 Collected back-to-back top-15 finishes in the last two FedExCup Playoffs events (T12/Dell Technologies Championship; 5/BMW Championship) Best TOUR Championship finish: 1, 2016 2010 36 21 T56 (28) T37 (29) T37 (36) 2012 2 3 T24 (4) 1 (1) 1 (1) T10 (2) 2013 50 49 T19 (3) T47 (41) T59 (50) 2014 3 1 T22 (2) T5 (2) T8 (4) T2 (3) 2015 15 9 DNP (15) T29 (17) T4 (11) T16 (11) 2016 1 36 T31 (38) 1 (4) T42 (6) 1 (1) 2017 44 T34 (43) CUT (51) T58 (58) 2018 21 DNP (28) T12 (24) 5 (17) #17 Rory McIlroy Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T11 or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes in a 3-way tie for 4th or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes T3 or worse Justin Thomas (No. 5) finishes T2 or worse Xander Schauffele No. 18 (251 points) Best Finish: T2; THE PLAYERS Championship, The Open Championship Starts: 26 Top-10s: 6 Collected first two top-10 finishes on the season with a T3 at CIMB Classic and T9 at the Genesis Open, respectively Recorded four under-par scores for the first time since the start of the season, finishing T2 at THE PLAYERS Championship and earning the best result among the 21 first-timers in the field
Schauffele s T2 finish at THE PLAYERS moved him from No. 53 to No. 31 in the FedExCup Standings Played in the final pairing at the 147 th Open Championship en route to a T2 finish, his third top-10 in just six major championship appearances (T5/2017 U.S. Open, T6/2018 U.S. Open, T2/2018 The Open) Best TOUR Championship finish: 1, 2017 2017 3 31 T17 (27) T53 (32) T20 (26) 1 (3) 2018 28 CUT (34) T49 (41) T3 (18) #18 Xander Schauffele Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T12 or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes 5th or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes T3 or worse Tommy Fleetwood No. 19 (231 points) Best Finish: 2; U.S. Open Starts: 18 Top-10s: 6 Earned fourth-place result in his debut at The Honda Classic Teamed with fellow Englishman Chris Paisley, shot a final-round 3-under 69 in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans to finish T4 in his tournament debut In his second start at THE PLAYERS, shot a 68 in each of the last two rounds to finish T7, while making 11 birdies and no bogeys on the par-5s at TPC Sawgrass Placed second at the U.S. Open at 2-over 282 with a final-round score of 63, one stroke behind champion Brooks Koepka. Final-round heroics moved him from T23 to second, marking the largest move up the leaderboard into runner-up finish history at the U.S. Open Finished T6 at the RBC Canadian Open in his first start at the event Best TOUR Championship finish: First appearance 2018 23 T20 (23) T24 (20) T8 (19) #19 Tommy Fleetwood Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes 3-way for 13th or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T5 or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes in a T3 or worse
Tiger Woods No. 20 (219 points) Best Finish: 2; PGA Championship, T2; Valspar Championship Starts: 17 Top-10s: 6 Hero World Challenge host finished T9 and 10 strokes behind champion Rickie Fowler in his first appearance in competition since withdrawing from the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on Feb. 2, 2017 In first official PGA TOUR start in over a year, carded rounds of 72-71-70-71 to finish T23 at the Farmers Insurance Open Finished T2 in his first start at the Valspar Championship, one shot shy of champion Paul Casey and posted four under-par scores in a tournament for the first time since 2013 (THE NORTHERN TRUST/T2). With the runner-up result, Woods catapulted from No. 132 to No. 43 in the FedExCup standings Finished solo-second at 14-under 266, two strokes behind winner Brooks Koepka at the PGA Championship, marking his 31 st runner-up finish on TOUR and first time taking solo-second since the 2009 TOUR Championship. Woods second runner-up finish of the season moved him from No. 47 to No. 20 in the FedExCup standings Best TOUR Championship finish: 1, 2007 2007 1 1 DNP T2 (3) 1 (1) 1 (1) 2009 1 1 T2 (1) T11 (2) 1 (1) 2 (1) 2010 42 112 T12 (65) T11 (51) T15 (42) 2012 3 1 T38 (3) 3 (3) T4 (2) T8 (3) 2013 2 1 T2 (1) T65 (2) T11 (1) T22 (2) 2018 20 T40 (25) T24 (25) T6 (20) #20 Tiger Woods Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T15 or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes 3-way for 5th or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes T3 or worse Aaron Wise No. 21 (206 points) Wins: 1; AT&T Byron Nelson Starts: 28 Top-10s: 4 Almost won his 25 th career start on the PGA TOUR with a T2 finish at the Wells Fargo Championship. His T2 finish moved him to No. 51 in the FedExCup standings Entered the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson tied with Marc Leishman at 17-under before closing with a 6-under 65 to win by three strokes to become the seventh first-time winner of the season His first career PGA TOUR victory came on his 26 th career start at the age of 21 years, 10 months, 29 days making him the youngest winner on TOUR since Si Woo Kim (21 days, 10 months, 16 days) won THE PLAYERS Championship in 2017
In his FedExCup Playoffs debut, posted four under-par scores to finish T5 at THE NORTHERN TRUST Best TOUR Championship finish: First appearance 2018 27 T5 (15) T69 (18) T16 (21) #21 Aaron Wise Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes 3-way for 16th or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes 3-way for 5th or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes T3 or worse Kevin Na No. 22 (194 points) Wins: 1; A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier Starts: 25 Top-10s: 4 Finished T2 at the Genesis Open with Tony Finau at 10-under, two back of winner Bubba Watson With four rounds in the 60s (66-65-69-68), finished T6 at the AT&T Byron Nelson, while posting two bogey-free rounds (rounds two and four) during the week at Trinity Forest Entering the final round trailing Harold Varner III and Kelly Kraft by one stroke, posted a 6-under 64 to win by a tournament-record five strokes at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, his second official PGA TOUR victory With his win at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, Na jumped from No. 58 to No. 18 in the FedExCup standings Best TOUR Championship finish: T16, 2015 2007 98 95 CUT (96) 69 (98) 2008 93 83 T32 (51) CUT (93) 2009 26 23 T24 (22) T11 (23) T8 (18) 30 (26) 2010 26 41 T36 (39) T33 (41) T3 (20) T17 (26) 2011 71 47 CUT (57) CUT (71) 2012 52 38 CUT (51) T69 (64) T26 (52) 2014 24 20 T9 (13) CUT (21) T46 (24) T19 (24) 2015 25 30 T20 (28) T60 (34) T10 (27) T16 (25) 2016 28 9 CUT (14) DNS (23) T20 (22) 29 (28) 2017 45 75 T29 (63) T6 (40) T53 (45) 2018 19 T15 (19) CUT (23) T12 (22) #22 Kevin Na Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T18 or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T6 or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes T3 or worse
Rickie Fowler No. 23 (182 points) Best Finish: 2; OHL Classic at Mayakoba, Masters Tournament Starts: 19 Top-10s: 5 Birdied two of his last three holes at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba to fire a final-round 67 and finish in second place, one shot back from Patton Kizzire Finished T4 in his second start of the season at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, marking his second top-four in two starts Finished runner-up at the Masters, one stroke behind Patrick Reed, for his best result at the event. The second-place finish moved Fowler from No. 31 to No. 13 in the FedExCup standings Fowler did not play in the first two events of the FedExCup Playoffs due to an oblique injury Best TOUR Championship finish: 8, 2014 2010 32 19 T36 (22) T41 (25) T45 (32) 2011 43 27 T52 (31) T52 (37) 48 (43) 2012 28 18 T24 (19) T74 (24) T41 (27) T23 (28) 2013 38 40 T9 (23) CUT (36) T39 (38) 2014 9 15 T9 (11) T23 (10) T4 (9) 8 (9) 2015 4 14 CUT (22) 1 (3) T4 (3) T12 (4) 2016 31 28 T7 (16) T46 (22) 59 (31) 2017 7 5 T20 (6) T13 (6) T2 (6) T26 (7) 2018 17 DNP (22) DNP (26) T8 (23) #23 Rickie Fowler Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes 3-way for 19th or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T6 or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes T3 or worse Jon Rahm No. 24 (170 points) Wins: 1; CareerBuilder Challenge Starts: 19 Top-10s: 5 Recorded a runner-up finish at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in his first career start at the winners-only event, which moved him to No. 18 in the FedExCup standings In first career playoff on the PGA TOUR at the CareerBuilder Challenge, defeated Andrew Landry with a birdie on the fourth extra hole (18 th hole) to capture second career victory on TOUR. The win moved Rahm to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings and No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking
Finished fourth in the Masters Tournament at 11-under after a final-round 3-under 69, his best performance in a major championship Shot a final-round 68 for a T5 at the Fort Worth Invitational, his second top five in two starts at the event (T5/2018, T2/2017) Best TOUR Championship finish: T7, 2017 2017 5 6 T3 (5) T4 (5) T5 (5) T7 (5) 2018 13 CUT (17) T43 (19) T24 (24) #24 Jon Rahm Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T21 or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes in a 3-way tie for 6th or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes 2-way T3* or worse *Tie for FedExCup Kyle Stanley No. 25 (161 points) Best Finish: 2; World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational; T2, the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Starts: 25 Top-10s: 5 Finished T5 at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions for his best-career finish to date in a WGC event Made the cut for the sixth time in as many starts at the Sony Open in Hawaii, finishing T10 Won three of his final five holes (Nos. 14, 16 and 17) to defeat Sergio Garcia in the round of 16 at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play Tied for second at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, falling in a three-man playoff won by Bryson DeChambeau Opened with a 63 en route to a solo-second at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and recorded his third top five at a WGC event during the season (T5/WGC-HSBC Champions, T5/WGC-Match Play, 2 nd /WGC-Bridgestone Invitational) Best TOUR Championship finish: T20, 2017 2011 34 48 T24 (39) T10 (30) T22 (34) 2012 31 22 CUT (30) T42 (30) T34 (31) 2013 77 64 T50 (66) CUT (77) 2016 116 116 T74 (116) 2017 24 17 T25 (19) T25 (19) T47 (22) T20 (24) 2018 18 T28 (21) T12 (16) T45 (25) #25 Kyle Stanley
Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes T22 or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes 7th or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes in a 3-way tie for 3rd worse Dustin Johnson (No. 4) finishes in a 3-way tie for 2 nd or worse Paul Casey No. 26 (151 points) Wins: 1; Valspar Championship Starts: 19 Top-10s: 5 Opened the CIMB Classic with a five-over 77, but was able to finish T5 in his season debut After opening with a 5-under 67 at Pebble Beach Golf Links, closed with three rounds of 70 to finish T8 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Shot a final-round 65 and won the Valspar Championship by one stroke over Patrick Reed and Tiger Woods. Recorded his second career PGA TOUR victory in his 227 th start at the age of 40 years, 7 months, 18 days. Victory at Valspar Championship moved Casey from No. 39 to No. 8 in the FedExCup standings Best TOUR Championship finish: 4 (2016) 2008 77 90 T7 (44) CUT (77) 2010 6 27 T12 (23) T25 (21) 2 (5) T4 (6) 2014 95 118 T22 (85) 2015 13 19 T39 (21) W/D (24) T23 (22) T5 (13) 2016 5 68 T31 (59) 2 (10) 2 (5) 4 (5) 2017 11 18 5 (12) T4 (8) T33 (10) 5 (11) 2018 16 T60 (20) T21 (17) W/D (26) #26 Paul Casey Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes 3-way for 23rd or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T7 or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes in a 3-way tie for 3rd or worse Brooks Koepka (No. 7) finishes T2 or worse Hideki Matsuyama No. 27 (142 points) Best Finish: T4; Sentry Tournament of Champions, Dell Technologies Championship Starts: 20 Top-10s: 3 In his season debut, finished T5 at the CIMB Classic, with his third-round 63 matching the low round of the tournament
At 11-under-par 277, finished T5 at the Hero World Challenge Finished T4 at the Sentry Tournament of Champions; his third top-four finish in three starts at The Plantation Course at Kapalua Shared first-round lead at the Memorial Tournament with Abraham Ancer and Joaquin Niemann after opening with 7-under 65 en route to a T13 result Tied his best finish of the season with a T4 at the Dell Technologies Championship, which moved him from No. 58 to No. 28 in FedExCup Standings Best TOUR Championship finish: 5, 2016 2014 28 22 T30 (24) T57 (30) T20 (28) 22 (28) 2015 16 20 T13 (14) T25 (16) T7 (15) T12 (16) 2016 13 12 CUT (17) T15 (16) T24 (17) 5 (13) 2017 8 1 CUT (4) T23 (4) T47 (7) T26 (8) 2018 76 T15 (58) T4 (28) 15 (27) #27 Hideki Matsuyama Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes 25th* or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes 3-way for 7th or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) in a 3-way tie for 3rd or worse Brooks Koepka (No. 7) finishes T2 or worse *Tie for FedExCup Gary Woodland No. 28 (133 points) Wins: 1; Waste Management Phoenix Open Starts: 26 Top-10s: 3 Stood at just 6-under through 60 holes of the Sony Open in Hawaii, but played his final 12 holes in 8- under to finish T7 Collected his third TOUR victory via a playoff at the Waste Management Phoenix Open when he began the final round trailing by three strokes but closed with a 7-under 64 to enter a playoff with Chez Reavie. Proceeded to make par on the first extra hole, No. 18, for the win. Win at Waste Management Phoenix Open propelled him from No. 38 to No. 5 in the FedExCup standings Best TOUR Championship finish: T9, 2014 2011 17 10 T13 (10) T25 (11) T16 (11) T13 (17) 2013 23 60 T2 (10) T41 (14) T18 (17) T22 (23) 2014 22 32 T13 (30) T29 (29) T23 (29) T9 (22) 2015 41 32 CUT (44) T12 (36) T60 (41) 2016 20 42 T4 (24) T15 (21) T24 (20) T10 (20) 2017 28 26 CUT (34) T18 (29) T27 (28) 19 (28) 2018 33 T48 (37) T24 (30) T12 (28)
#28 Gary Woodland Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes 2-way T26* or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T8 or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes in a 3-way tie for 3rd or worse Brooks Koepka (No. 7) finishes T2 or worse *Tie for FedExCup Marc Leishman No. 29 (124 points) Best Finish: 2; THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES, AT&T Byron Nelson Starts: 24 Top-10s: 6 Shot a final-round 70 to force a playoff with Justin Thomas at his first start of the season at THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES and finished runner-up Finished T7 at the Sentry Tournament of Champions after holding the lead following the first and second rounds Shot middle rounds of 69 to finish T8 at the Farmers Insurance Open, which marked his third top-10 of the season Ended the AT&T Byron Nelson at 20-under 264 to finish runner-up, three strokes behind champion Aaron Wise. The second-place finish moved him from No. 33 to No. 14 in the FedExCup standings Best TOUR Championship finish: T24, 2017 2009 20 78 CUT (93) T15 (67) T2 (16) T28 2010 44 48 T36 (48) T61 (57) T11 (44) 2011 65 87 T32 (70) T42 (65) T42 (65) 2012 46 28 CUT (36) T42 (37) T65 (46) 2013 59 65 71 (76) T16 (58) T39 (59) 2014 58 26 CUT (36) T65 (47) T53 (58) 2015 72 50 CUT (61) CUT (72) 2016 68 54 CUT (71) T46 (70) T52 (68) 2017 6 14 CUT (20) 3 (7) 1 (4) T24 (6) 2018 22 T34 (24) T21 (22) T41 (29) #29 Marc Leishman Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes 28th* or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes 3-way for 8th or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) finishes in a 3-way 3 rd or worse Dustin Johnson (No. 4) finishes 3rd or worse Brooks Koepka (No. 7) finishes T2 or worse *Tie for FedExCup
Patton Kizzire No. 30 (115 points) Wins: 2; OHL Classic at Mayakoba, Sony Open in Hawaii Starts: 28 Top-10s: 4 At the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, made eight birdies en route to a final-round 7-under 64 and T4 finish (just one stroke shy of a three-man playoff won by Patrick Cantlay) Shot a career-low 9-under 62 at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba followed with scores of 70-66 in rounds two and three, respectively to maintain at least a share of the lead. In the final round, fired a bogey-free 4-under 67 to claim his first career TOUR victory by a stroke over Fowler at 19-under 265 The victory at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba moved Kizzire from No. 30 to No.1 in the FedExCup standings In first playoff on the PGA TOUR, defeated James Hahn at the Sony Open in Hawaii with a par-3 on the sixth extra hole, which moved him back into the FedExCup lead from No. 3 in the standings Best TOUR Championship finish: First appearance 2016 82 58 CUT (72) CUT (82) 2017 99 87 CUT (97) CUT (99) 2018 15 T60 (18) T71 (21) T61 (30) #30 Patton Kizzire Bryson DeChambeau (No. 1) finishes 2-way T29* or worse Justin Rose (No. 2) finishes T9 or worse Tony Finau (No. 3) in a 3-way tie for 3rd or worse Dustin Johnson (No. 4) finishes 3rd or worse Brooks Koepka (No. 7) finishes T2 or worse *Tie for FedExCup