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PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs: Updated Points Standings Heading Into the BMW Championship After Tony Finau’s Huge Win at the Northern Trust

It took five days and a 73rd hole, but the first leg of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs is finally in the books. On a wild Monday at the Northern Trust at Liberty National, Tony Finau picked up the biggest win of his career by running down world No. 1 Jon Rahm before besting 54-hole co-leader Cameron Smith in a sudden-death playoff. With the victory, Finau now leads the FedEx Cup points standings as he and 69 others now look ahead to the BMW Championship.
Tony Finau won the first leg of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs in dramatic fashion
It’s been more than five years since Finau earned his first PGA Tour victory in Puerto Rico and the golf world has been waiting ever since for him to break through with a second. He’s come close so many times only to fall short. But that was not the case on Monday at Liberty National.
Entering the final round of the Northern Trust, the first leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs, Finau trailed Rahm and Smith by two strokes. But he quickly found himself tied at the top after making birdie on two of his first four holes. However, after failing to escape a bunker on the par-5 eighth from a plugged lie, he again was down two after making bogey. But he stayed within himself and went on a phenomenal run on the back nine.
Beginning on No. 12, Finau played three holes in 5-under, highlighted by an eagle at the 13th, and finished with a 6-under round of 65. Meanwhile, Rahm, who was cruising for most of the day, fell apart on the back and finished two shots back at 18-under. Smith shot a solid 67 and also finished at 20-under for the week, setting up a sudden-death playoff with Finau.
That playoff, which began on the 18th, didn’t last long as Smith hit his tee shot into the penalty area, effectively ending the tournament right there. Finau made an easy par and that was that. After 1,975 days and 39 top-10 finishes, the 31-year-old claimed his second PGA Tour title and vaulted into the top spot of the FedEx Cup standings.
What the FedEx Cup standings look like heading into the BMW Championship

With his victory at the Northern Trust, Finau, who entered the first leg of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup Playoffs in 23rd place with 1,348 points, earned 2,000 points and now sits atop the points standings. Here’s how the FedEx Cup standings look heading into the BMW Championship, which begins Thursday at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland.
- Tony Finau: 3,348
- Jon Rahm: 2,763
- Cameron Smith: 2,739
- Patrick Cantlay: 2,302
- Justin Thomas: 2,218
- Collin Morikawa: 2,171
- Jordan Spieth: 2,151
- Harris English: 2,118
- Bryson DeChambeau: 1,989
- Abraham Ancer: 1,941
- Louis Oosthuizen: 1,877
- Sam Burns: 1,874
- Xander Schauffele: 1,819
- Viktor Hovland: 1,763
- Brooks Koepka: 1,641
- Hideki Matsuyama: 1,641
- Jason Kokrak: 1,631
- Kevin Na: 1,628
- Stewart Cink: 1,598
- Corey Conners: 1,532
- Joaquin Niemann: 1,523
- Dustin Johnson: 1,510
- Daniel Berger: 1,464
- Scottie Scheffler: 1,456
- Sungjae Im: 1,381
- Patrick Reed: 1,381
- Billy Horschel: 1,371
- Rory McIlroy: 1,338
- Charley Hoffman: 1,280
- Max Homa: 1,252
- Kevin Kisner: 1,200
- Keegan Bradley: 1,187
- Si Woo Kim: 1,187
- Cameron Tringale: 1,139
- Marc Leishman: 1,135
- Cam Davis: 1,131
- K.H. Lee: 1,096
- Carlos Ortiz: 1,076
- Brian Harman: 1,062
- Hudson Swafford: 1,049
- Lucas Glover: 1,044
- Matt Jones: 1,033
- Alex Noren: 1,027
- Sergio Garcia: 1,020
- Erik van Rooyen: 1,008
- Lee Westwood: 988
- Shane Lowry: 973
- Tom Hoge: 962
- Cameron Champ: 960
- Russell Henley: 959
- Branden Grace: 955
- Webb Simpson: 952
- Maverick McNealy: 951
- Paul Casey: 947
- Emiliano Grillo: 920
- Harold Varner III: 919
- Robert Streb: 906
- Aaron Wise: 894
- Sebastian Munoz: 893
- Chris Kirk: 874
- Jhonattan Vegas: 866
- Charl Schwartzel: 857
- Keith Mitchell: 852
- Kevin Streelman: 852
- Mackenzie Hughes: 840
- Patton Kizzire: 822
- Talor Gooch: 818
- Ryan Palmer: 812
- Harry Higgs: 810
- Phil Mickelson: 791
The top 30 advance to the Tour Championship
As a reminder, the top 30 in the FedEx Cup standings following the BMW Championship will advance to the Tour Championship, which will once again be held at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
As it’s been the last two years, the final event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs will be contested using a staggered-stroke format. The No. 1 player in the standings at the conclusion of the BMW Championship will start the tournament at 10-under and each of the other 29 players will start a predetermined amount of strokes behind. Here’s how that breaks down.
- No. 1: 10-under
- No. 2: 8-under
- No. 3: 7-under
- No. 4: 6-under
- No. 5: 5-under
- Nos. 6-10: 4-under
- Nos. 11-15: 3-under
- Nos. 16-20: 2-under
- Nos. 21-25: 1-under
- Nos. 25-30: Even par
Stats courtesy of PGATour.com
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