Only the top 50 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings moved on to play in this week’s BMW Championship.

The 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.

Jordan 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.

Here’s a complete look at the FedEx Cup top 50 standings heading into the 2026 BMW Championship:

2026 FedEx Cup Top 50 standings heading into BMW Championship

1. Scottie Scheffler
2. Matt Fitzpatrick
3. Cameron Young
4. Si Woo Kim
5. Wyndham Clark
6. Sam Burns
7. Chris Gotterup
8. Tommy Fleetwood
9. Collin Morikawa
10. Ludvig Åberg
11. Xander Schaufele
12. Jacob Bridgeman
13. Rory McIlroy
14. Russell Henley
15. Akshay Bhatia
16. Hideki Matsuyama
17. Ryan Gerard
18. Min Woo Lee
19. Kristoffer Reitan
20. Alex Fitzpatrick
21. J.J. Spaun
22. Viktor Hovland
23. Alex Smalley
24. Justin Rose
25. Ryan Fox
26. Tom Kim
27. Adam Scott
28. Kurt Kitayama
29. Bud Cauley
30. Rickie Fowler
31. Gary Woodland
32. J.T. Poston
33. Nicolai Højgaard
34. Alex Noren
35. Jake Knapp
36. Robert MacIntyre
37. Aaron Rai
38. Ben Griffin
39. Sepp Straka
40. Sungjae Im
41. Michael Thorbjornsen
42. Nico Echavarria
43. Patrick Cantlay
44. Justin Thomas
45. Ryo Hisatsune
46. Sahith Theegala
47. Michael Brennan
48. Eric Cole
49. Maverick McNealy
50. Matt McCarty

Rory McIlroy FedEx Cup playoffs

Despite 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.