Scottie Sheffler has won the first week for the FedExCup Playoffs in a canter. After starting the final round level with good friend San Burns, he gapped the field, winning by a phenomenal eight shots. His eight-stroke margin is the largest by any player on TOUR since Scheffler won the 2025 CJ CUP Byron Nelson by eight and he becomes the fifth player in the last 40 years to record multiple wins of 8+ strokes on TOUR, joining Tiger Woods (10), Ernie Els (2), Dustin Johnson (2) and Rory McIlroy (2).
Final Leaderboard
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Pos. |
Player |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
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1 |
Scottie Scheffler |
68 |
61 |
68 |
66 |
263 (-17) |
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2 |
Si Woo Kim |
70 |
68 |
65 |
68 |
271 (-9) |
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T3 |
Alex Noren |
71 |
66 |
66 |
69 |
272 (-8) |
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T3 |
Sam Burns |
67 |
70 |
62 |
68 |
272 (-8) |
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T5 |
Wyndham Clark |
69 |
66 |
70 |
68 |
273 (-7) |
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T5 |
Sungjae Im |
66 |
66 |
67 |
74 |
273 (-7) |
Since the start of the 2024 season, Scheffler leads all players with 15 PGA TOUR titles (next best: 6, Rory McIlroy). He led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting with a career-best +8.92 and he led all players with 23 total birdies (next best: 21, Tom Kim).
Scheffler becomes the 36th player to reach 21 career wins on the PGA TOUR and he sits T32 (for the time being) on the all-time wins list in PGA TOUR history, joining Davis Love III, Willie MacFarlane, Lanny Wadkins, and Craig Wood.
In terms of history, Scottie is right up there!
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Youngest players to reach 21 career wins on TOUR (since 1970) |
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Player |
Age |
21st Win |
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Tiger Woods |
24 years, 6 months, 23 days |
2000 Open Championship |
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Jack Nicklaus |
27 years, 1 day |
1967 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am |
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Scottie Scheffler |
30 years, 1 month, 26 days |
2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship |
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Tom Watson |
30 years, 7 months, 16 days |
1980 Sentry |
Si Woo Kim (2nd/-9) finished runner-up for the third time this season (others: Farmers Insurance Open, CJ CUP Byron Nelson), earning his 11th top-10 finish on TOUR this year, thesecond most by any player only behind Scheffler’s 12. Kim climbs to No. 4 in the FedExCup standings and is the only player inside the top five without a win this season.
Alex Noren (T3/-8 notched his best finish of the season and moves from 46th to 34th in the FedExCup standings.
Playing in the final group with Scheffler, Sam Burns (T3/-8) carded a final-round 73 to register top-three finishes in three of of his last four starts (2nd/U.S. Open, T12/Travelers Championship, 3rd/The Open Championship, T3/FedEx St. Jude Championship)
Justin Rose (-6) finishes T39 in his attempt to defend his 2025 FedEx St. Jude Championship title.
FEDEX St. JUDE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD
FedExCup Playoffs:
Following the conclusion of the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the top 50 players in the FedExCup standings qualify for next week’s BMW Championship (Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri) and also qualify for all 2027 Signature Events.
31 of the top 50 players from the 2025 FedExCup standings are inside the top 50 again this year.
Sungjae Im is the only player to move inside the top 50 of the FedExCup standings after entering the week outside the bubble.
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Top 50 FedExCup following FedEx St. Jude Championship |
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FedExCup |
Player |
Finish |
YTD Points |
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46 |
Sahith Theegala |
67th |
898 |
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47 |
Michael Brennan |
T42 |
875 |
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48 |
Eric Cole |
T58 |
875 |
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49 |
Maverick McNealy |
T19 |
863 |
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50 |
Matt McCarty |
T63 |
845 |
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Top 50 qualified for BMW Championship |
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51 |
Keith Mitchell |
T34 |
838 |
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52 |
Jordan Spieth |
T19 |
818 |
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53 |
Max Homa |
T24 |
811 |
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54 |
Harris English |
T42 |
798 |
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55 |
Pierceson Coody |
T19 |
795 |
Only two Australians made it to the first round of the FedExCup Playoffs – Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee. Adam Scott finished T12 (-5) at St Jude, while Min woo Lee finished T55 (+4). Mon woo Lee is currently 18th in the standings and heads to next week’s BMW Championship that hosts the Top 50. Adam Scott joins him in 27th spot.