Who's in? 30 players qualify for Tour Championship

 

[August 21, 2023]  Matt Fitzpatrick of England may not have come away with the BMW Championship trophy on Sunday, but his stellar week at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club did something perhaps more important: It assured him entry into next week's Tour Championship, where the FedEx Cup is on the line.

Fitzpatrick entered the week No. 40 in the FedEx Cup points standings and vaulted to No. 10 by tying for second at the BMW behind winner Viktor Hovland of Norway. Only the top 30 players after Sunday's action advanced to the season-ending Tour Championship.

Hovland, who fired a 61 that included a 7-under 28 for his back nine, moved from seventh to second in the standings. Scottie Scheffler -- the 54-hole co-leader with Fitzpatrick -- moved past Spaniard Jon Rahm into the top spot.

That means Scheffler will begin Thursday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta at 10 under par, with a two-stroke advantage over Hovland in the staggered-start format.

The last man into the field of 30 was Austria's Sepp Straka, and the first man out was Sahith Theegala. Both Straka and Theegala bogeyed their final holes on Sunday, but it came at a greater cost to Theegala, who began the week No. 31 in points and failed to surpass any of his peers. Straka tied for 37th place (2 over) at Sunday's tournament to drop from 24th to 30th in the points standings. Theegala tied for 15th place on Sunday with a round of 67 and 6-under total.

Rahm tied for 31st at the BMW, his second straight below-average week to open the three-week FedEx Cup playoffs. That dropped him from first to fourth for East Lake.

The full Tour Championship field of 30 and each player's starting scores are below:

1. Scottie Scheffler, 10 under

2. Viktor Hovland, 8 under

3. Rory McIlroy, 7 under

4. Jon Rahm, 6 under

5. Lucas Glover, 5 under

6. Max Homa, 4 under

7. Patrick Cantlay, 4 under

8. Brian Harman, 4 under

9. Wyndham Clark, 4 under

10. Matt Fitzpatrick, 4 under

11. Tommy Fleetwood, 3 under

12. Russell Henley, 3 under

13. Keegan Bradley, 3 under

14. Rickie Fowler, 3 under

15. Xander Schauffele, 3 under

16. Tom Kim, 2 under

17. Sungjae Im, 2 under

18. Tony Finau, 2 under

19. Corey Conners, 2 under

20. Si Woo Kim, 2 under

21. Taylor Moore, 1 under

22. Nick Taylor, 1 under

23. Adam Schenk, 1 under

24. Collin Morikawa, 1 under

25. Jason Day, 1 under

26. Sam Burns, even par

27. Emiliano Grillo, even par

28. Tyrrell Hatton, even par

29. Jordan Spieth, even par

30. Sepp Straka, even par

--Field Level Media

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