ATLANTA – Beginning strokes will probably be launched at this week’s Tour Championship, bringing within the $40 million Eastlake Golf Membership.
It is again to the equal area, with all 30 golfers beginning with par even on Thursday.
Even the world’s No. 1 golfer Scotty Scheffler, who gained in half of his final 5 begins, together with final week’s BMW Championship.
Not like final 12 months, he’s not within the benefit this week when Schaeffler started his strokes twice earlier than the sector earlier than successful his first FedEx Cup.
“Of the 30 individuals, there’s an opportunity to win the FedEx Cup this 12 months, which is clearly so much completely different than the previous few years,” stated Masters winner Rory McIlroy. “So, it is a good looking slate for everybody and I believe it is an awesome alternative for a type of individuals who get the majority of the season and have the chance to win a giant award on the finish of the 12 months.”
In fact, they could need to defeat Schaeffler to do this.
Try the 30 golfers from the Tour Championship Area.
1. Scotty Scheffler
Given his latest type, Schaeffler turns into a favourite each time he tees it, till somebody cuts him off. Schaeffler, the five-time winner of this season, will change into the primary consecutive FedEx Cup champion and one among three golfers to gather a number of FedEx titles (Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have been the others). Datagolf.com offers Schaeffler a 31.4% probability to win once more this week.
2. Rory McIlroy
Final week, McIlroy returned to tour for the primary time in almost a month, ending twelfth on the BMW Championship at 3 beneath. He was the one three-time winner in East Lake in 2016, 2019 and 2022, ending within the prime 10 9 of his earlier 11 begins. If somebody might hold tempo with Schaeffler in East Lake, that is perhaps McIlroy.
The third LudvigÅberg
After a good season, the previous Texas Techstar was scorching simply in time for the FedEx Cup playoffs and the looming Ryder Cup. He got here in ninth and seventh place within the first two occasions of the FedEx Cup playoffs, respectively. Oberg completed sixteenth in his 2024 Tour Championship debut.
4. Tommy Fleetwood
The British golfer as soon as once more managed to win his first PGA Tour victory in Memphis, Tennessee, however was unable to shut his contract within the ultimate spherical. He completed third within the FedEx St. Jude Championship and fourth within the BMW Championship. Since its founding in 1987, it has by no means gained a tour championship for the primary time.
5. ViktorHovland
It was solely two years in the past that Hovland fled the sector for a five-shot victory within the Tour Championship. His profession appeared able to take off. He has since been enjoying along with his swing after successful solely as soon as this 12 months’s Valspar Championship. Hovland was tied to seventh place within the BMW Championship and third within the subject of method, so he may need figured it out once more.
6. Russell Henry
The previous College of Georgia star had a 9-under 62 card within the ultimate spherical of final season’s Tour Championship. That is the bottom rating for the week on a renovated course. It was sufficient for Henry to assist his second prime 5 end within the match, tied fourth. His ball strike and accuracy from the tee might make him a candidate once more.
7. Harris English
One other Georgia native who barks him this week, and his English is again on the tour championships for the primary time since 2021. English is having fun with one of the best season of PGA after present process surgical procedure to restore a torn lip at her proper hip in 2022.
8. Sam Burns
Burns completed fourth at 10 beneath within the BMW Championship. That is his finest end since dropping within the playoffs in opposition to Ryan Fox on the RBC Canada Open in early June. Burns is sixteenth within the Ryder Cup Factors rating, so maybe one other good efficiency this week is required to get a fighter probability on the captain’s decide. He completed within the final two prime 12 in East Lake, the place he thrives once more on Bermuda Inexperienced.
9. Collin Morikawa
This was an unforgettable season for Morikawa, who solely had two top-10 finishes since ending second place within the Arnold Palmer Invitational in early March. The 2-time main champion is eighth within the Ryder Cup standings, so he would possibly need to play effectively, ignoring questions on his type. He went beneath 22, over 72 holes on the 2024 Tour Championship.
10. Patrick Cantray
Given his 5-2-1 report on the Ryder Cup and his success on the President’s Cup, Cantray is one among his favourites to land one among Keegan Bradley’s six captain selections. One other highly effective present in East Lake will definitely assist his probabilities. The 2021 FedEx Cup champion completed seventeenth in final 12 months’s Tour Championship with a 7-under.
11. Justin Thomas
JT hasn’t completed within the prime 20 along with his final 4 begins on the tour, however returning to East Lake might assist him flip issues round. The 2017 FedEx Cup champions completed within the prime seven in every of their first seven begins at Eastlake. He ranked 14th after final 12 months’s renovation.
12. RobertMacintyre
The Scotland native was a rookie of the Ryder Cup in 2023, however he has change into one among Europe’s most expert golfers previously two years. He gained two excursions final season and was runner-up on the US Open and final week’s BMW Championship.
13. Harry Corridor
The English golfer, who performed in faculty at UNLV, has been one of many hottest gamers on the planet for the previous 4 months, ending within the prime 28 in every of his final 11 begins. He jumped from forty fifth within the FedEx Cup standings on the twenty sixth after ending sixth at BMW. The second gap gained on the tour on the stroke: Placing (.910) is pushing behind the European Rider Cup group.
14. Sepp Straka
Straca missed final week’s BMW Championship for personal private causes. He’s seventh within the Ryder Cup European Factors rating, with factors simply behind Eire’s Shane Rawley. Since Straca will not earn factors this week, he’ll possible need to resort to one among Luke Donald’s captain’s picks.
15. JJSpaun
The US Open winner has already competed within the US Ryder Cup group spot, so there’s little stress on him in his first begin at East Lake. Spaun ranks sixth within the tour on the Strokes. His earlier finest end within the FedEx Cup playoffs was thirty fourth in 2022.
16. Cameron Younger
After successful his first PGA Tour victory on the Wyndham Championship, Younger got here in fifth place within the FedEx St. Jude Championship and eleventh place within the BMW Championship. He is without doubt one of the tour leaders in driving distance and ranks within the prime 10 in placing, which might be Bradley’s appetizing Ryder Cup decide.
17. Ben Griffin
After tied the ninth and twelfth within the first two playoff occasions, Griffin is turning into more and more tough for Bradley to disregard. Griffin, who gained the tour twice this season, is in ninth place in Ryder Cup factors. That is his tour championship debut.
18. Maverick McNerry
One other American golfer making an attempt to draw Bradley’s consideration was when McNelley was tied as much as twenty eighth place, every in third solo within the first two playoff occasions. He actually had a robust argument to create a Ryder Cup group with seven prime 10 and 10 prime 25 at 23 begins on the tour. That is his first look on the Tour Championship.
19. Justin Rose
Rose, the 2018 FedEx Cup champion, ranked twenty fifth within the playoffs, however gained the FedEx St. Jude Championship and positioned thirtieth at BMW earlier than ending fourth. He secured his seventh Ryder Cup look in qualifying at factors.
20. Brian Herman
Herman was in a position to place twenty second and nineteenth within the first two playoff occasions, permitting him to bolster the case of making a Ryder Cup group with one other robust end. He’s clearly within the bubble as the previous Open Championship winner is twelfth in factors. His matchplay prowess and clutch putts are components in his favor.
twenty one. AkshayBhatia
After an inconsistent 2025 marketing campaign, Batia performed higher within the playoffs, ending sixth within the FedEx St. Jude Championship and twenty sixth in BMW. He completed twenty sixth at 3 beneath in his first Tour Championship final 12 months.
twenty two. CoreyConners
Connors is without doubt one of the finest iron gamers on the planet, however his sport has been very inconsistent nowadays. He completed fiftieth in Memphis and thirty ninth in Baltimore. He did not end within the prime 20 with 4 earlier begins within the Tour Championship.
twenty three. Keegan Bradley
Bradley shot 4 straight finishes outdoors the highest 30 by inserting seventeenth within the BMW Championship. The Ryder Cup captain is eleventh within the factors rating, and with different golfers like Younger and Griffin enjoying effectively, Bradley’s choice on whether or not to decide on himself on the captain’s decide is turning into more and more tough. He completed twenty first in East Lake final 12 months with 2.
twenty 4. SungjaeIm
Usually constant IM has endured up and down seasons, together with eight missed cuts with 26 begins and three top-10 begins. The Korean golfer is greater than able to placing issues collectively in East Lake, which completed runner-up in 2022 and completed seventh final season.
25. Hideki Matsuyama
Surprisingly, the 2021 Masters Champion has not gained the highest 10 since successful the Sentry within the tour’s season opening sport on January fifth. Matsuyama has 4 profession prime 10 within the Tour Championship, together with ninth place in 2024.
26. Shane Laurie
Even when Raleigh performs effectively for East Lake this week, he’s susceptible to dropping his place within the European Ryder Cup standings. Raleigh is sixth in factors and will get an automated spot along with his group. Nonetheless, he won’t obtain factors for the Tour Championship this week.
Denmark’s Rasmus Højgaard is simply 14 factors behind Lowry. If Højgaard finishes in 29 or extra ties this week at Betfred British Masters within the DP World Tour, he’ll bounce Straka and Lowry within the ultimate automated spot. Nonetheless, it seems that Laurie is assured if he would not qualify for one among Donald’s six captain selections in factors.
27. Chris Gotter Up
After a scorching stretch over the pond in July, he gained his second PGA Tour on the Scotland Open, ending third within the open. He’ll in all probability must do one thing particular this week to get again to the Ryder Cup combine.
28. Nick Taylor
For the reason that FedEx Cup debuted in 2007, that is the second time two Canadian golfers have created a subject of 30 within the Tour Championship. Connors and Taylor additionally arrived in East Lake in 2023.
29. AndrewNovak
Novak loved his breakout season this 12 months, however issues have been again eventually week’s BMW Championship. He completed forty eighth within the 20 overs, ending 35 strokes behind Schaeffler.
30. Jacob Bridgeman
The previous Clemson golfer misplaced virtually the cardboard as a PGA Tour rookie after ending 113th after the FedEx fall season. With 5 prime 10 and 9 prime 25 within the begin of 26, he climbed twenty seventh in factors to reach at East Lake.
