Which Big Names Are Out Of FedEx Cup Playoffs Before BMW Championship

Jordan Spieth at The Players Championship

Jordan Spieth had a mixed second round to miss the cut

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published 19 August 2024

The FedEx Cup Playoffs began in dramatic style last week with Hideki Matsuyama winning the FedEx St Jude Championship by two shots after almost blowing a five-stroke advantage at TPC Southwind.

While there was plenty of interest at the top end of the event leaderboard, 70 players were also battling it out to gain employment next week as well - with only the top-50 in the FedEx Cup standings progressing to the BMW Championship.

Every birdie and bogey changed the fate of not only the golfer involved, but also several players around them as the likes of Nick Dunlap moved around 25 places in the space of one hole down the back nine on Sunday.

While the two-time PGA Tour winner survived one more week to reach the top-50, several big names and winners on tour this season saw their Playoff campaigns come to an end at the first hurdle.

Here are just a handful of big names to miss out on the BMW Championship and Tour Championship.

Which Big Names Have Been Eliminated From The FedEx Cup Playoffs?

Jordan Spieth (67th)

Jordan Spieth of the United States looks on from the second tee during the first round of the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club

Spieth managed just three top-10s in 2024 and a best result of third at The Sentry - ultimately ending 67th in the FedEx Cup standings. He also missed the cut in seven of his 22 starts as a disappointing campaign finally came to a merciful ending.

The three-time Major winner revealed he had been battling a troublesome wrist issue for some time, however, and plans to have surgery ASAP before returning either later in the year or early in 2025.

Min Woo Lee (60th)

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A bonafide fans favorite, Lee finished as a runner-up in two PGA Tour events this term (Cognizant Classic and Rocket Mortgage Classic) while also scoring eight top-25s from 17 appearances.

Yet, the Australian couldn't find the result he needed at TPC Southwind - T22 left him 173 points adrift of 50th - and he ended the season 60th. He is likely to tee it up in a handful more DP World Tour events before the turn of the year, though, so 'Dr Chipinski' will leave his clinic open for a little while longer.

Justin Rose (55th)

Justin Rose reading a putt using AimPoint

Rose was 75 points away from featuring at the BMW Championship this week after a T22 finish at TPC Southwind.

The Englishman enjoyed or endured something of a feast or famine campaign, with his results in Majors reflecting his PGA Tour season overall, in a way. Having missed the cut at The Masters and US Open, Rose was T6 at the PGA Championship and a narrow runner-up at The Open.

Otherwise, he had one top-10 and missed five more cuts from 19 appearances in total, leaving him to focus on the remainder of the DP World Tour term.

Tom Kim (51st)

Tom Kim of South Korea smiles on the fourth tee during the Pro-Am prior to the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club on July 10, 2024 in North Berwick, Scotland.

17 points. That's all Tom Kim missed the FedEx Cup top-50 by after the dust had settled on the FedEx St Jude Championship. His T50 finish was extremely disappointing to a player who almost bested good friend Scottie Scheffler at the Memorial Tournament, only to lose in a playoff.

While Kim only missed four cuts from 23 starts, he did also only register one further top-10 as a plethora of so-so weeks populated his 2024 season.

FedEx Cup Standings

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Position	Player	FedEx Cup Points
1	Scottie Scheffler	6,533
2	Xander Schauffele	5,037
3	Hideki Matsuyama	3,899
4	Collin Morikawa	2,596
5	Rory McIlroy	2,559
6	Wyndham Clark	2,504
7	Ludvig Aberg	2,146
8	Sahith Theegala	2,076
9	Patrick Cantlay	2,017
10	Sungjae Im	1,950
11	Shane Lowry	1,895
12	Robert MacIntyre	1,885
13	Akshay Bhatia	1,847
14	Tony Finau	1,843
15	Byeong Hun An	1,835
16	Viktor Hovland	1,834
17	Russell Henley	1,777
18	Sam Burns	1,685
19	Billy Horschel	1,682
20	Matthieu Pavon	1,608
21	Aaron Rai	1,589
22	Justin Thomas	1,551
23	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	1,546
24	Sepp Straka	1,516
25	Jason Day	1,485
26	Davis Thompson	1,465
27	Taylor Pendrith	1,464
28	Tom Hoge	1,450
29	Brian Harman	1,446
30	Denny McCarthy	1,365
CUT-OFF	TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP CUT-OFF	TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP CUT-OFF
31	Tommy Fleetwood	1,362
32	Chris Kirk	1,346
33	Corey Conners	1,277
34	J.T. Poston	1,273
35	Stephan Jaeger	1,261
36	Matt Fitzpatrick	1,258
37	Will Zalatoris	1,256
38	Austin Eckroat	1,253
39	Cameron Young	1,245
40	Thomas Detry	1,241
41	Adam Scott	1,225
42	Adam Hadwin	1,208
43	Max Homa	1,206
44	Si Woo Kim	1,195
45	Alex Noren	1,173
46	Eric Cole	1,132
47	Max Greyserman	1,121
48	Nick Dunlap	1,121
49	Cam Davis	1,105
50	Keegan Bradley	1,096
CUT-OFF	BMW CHAMPIONSHIP CUT-OFF	BMW CHAMPIONSHIP CUT-OFF
51	Tom Kim	1,079
52	Mackenzie Hughes	1,048
53	Maverick McNealy	1,045
54	Patrick Rodgers	1,032
55	Justin Rose	1,021
56	Seamus Power	993
57	Harris English	984
58	Nick Taylor	985
59	Jake Knapp	984
60	Min Woo Lee	923
61	Ben Griffin	895
62	Erik van Rooyen	893
63	Brendon Todd	860
64	Taylor Moore	818
65	Peter Malnati	814
66	Jordan Spieth	795
67	Emiliano Grillo	765
68	Mark Hubbard	755
69	Jhonattan Vegas	739
70	Victor Perez	708

Jonny Leighfield is our Staff News Writer who joined Golf Monthly just in time for the 2023 Solheim Cup and Ryder Cup. He graduated from the University of Brighton with a degree in Sport Journalism in 2017 and spent almost five years as the sole sports reporter at his local newspaper. During his time with Golf Monthly, Jonny has interviewed several stars of the game, including Robert MacIntyre, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, and Joaquin Niemann. An improving golfer himself, Jonny enjoys learning as much about the game as he can and recently reached his Handicap goal of 18 for the first time. He attended both the 150th and 151st Open Championships and dreams of attending The Masters one day.