If this is how things play out over the next two weeks of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, we can expect some great matches.
Hideki Matsuyama was riding high and appearing to be in the lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Sunday when it happened moments later: He went bogey, par, bogey, double bogey over four holes at TPC Southwind and suddenly found himself one stroke behind Viktor Hovland.
But the Japanese star birdied the final two holes to win by two strokes, finishing with an even-par 70 for a total score of 17-under 263. Xander Schauffele and Hovland tied for second. Scottie Scheffler was fourth.
Matsuyama won his first FedEx Cup Playoff title, taking home $3.6 million out of a total prize pool of $20 million.
He currently sits in third place behind Schaeffler and Schauffele heading into the BMW Championship in Castle Pines, Colorado.
But the top 50 is just as important as the winners, because players within that magic mark will qualify for every major PGA Tour event in 2025. Nick Dunlap entered the week in 67th place but finished tied for fifth with Sam Burns and has risen 17 places to 48th. Eric Cole improved eight places to finish 46th, while Tom Kim dropped from 43rd to 51st and Mackenzie Hughes dropped from 48th to 52nd. Their seasons are over.
Hovlan is the defending FedExCup champion and was ranked pretty low, 57th, before the week began, but after a 66-66 weekend, he’s now in 16th place and in strong position to defend his title.
Here’s a complete rundown of what each player won this week:
Winner: Hideki Matsuyama, -17/263, $3.6 million
T-2: Xander Schauffele, -15/265, $1.76 million
T-2: Viktor Hovland, -15/265, $1.76 million
4: Scottie Scheffler, -14/266, $960,000
T-5: Sam Burns, -13/267, $760,000
T-5: Nick Dunlap, -13/267, $760,000
T-7: Wyndham Clark, -12/268, $645,000
T-7: Robert McIntyre -12/268, $645,000
9: Denny McCarthy, -11/269, $580,000
T-10: Billy Horschel, -10/270, $520,000
T-10: Seamus Power, -10/270, $520,000
T-12: Maverick McNeely, -9/271, $405,000
T-12Patrick Cantlay, -9/271, $405,000
T-12: Akshay Bhatia, -9/271, $405,000
T-12: Will Zalatoris, -9/271, $405,000
T-16: Aaron Lai, -8/272, $330,000
T-16: Tony Finau, -8/272, $330,000
T-18: Eric Cole, -7/275, $270,000
T-18Austin Eckroth, -7/275, $270,000
T-18: Adam Scott, -7/275, $270,000
T-18Matt Fitzpatrick, -7/275, $270,000
T-22: Min Woo Lee, -6/274, $175,500
T-22: Collin Morikawa, -6/274, $175,500
T-22Taylor Pendris, -6/274, $175,500
T-22: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, -6/274, $175,500
T-22Brendon Todd, -6/274, $175,500
T-22: Jason Day, -6/274, $175,500
T-22: Tommy Fleetwood, -6/274, $175,500
T-22: Justin Rose, -6/274, $175,500
T-30: Russell Henry, -5/275, $130,000
T-30: Justin Thomas, -5/275, $130,000
T-30: Alex Noren, -5/275, $130,000
T-33: Max Glaserman, -4/276, $103,428.57
T-33: Davis Thompson, -4/276, $103,428.57
T-33Patrick Rogers -4/276, $103,428.57
T-33Emiliano Grillo -4/276, $103,428.57
T-33: Ahn Byung-hun, -4/276, $103,428.57
T-33: J.T. Poston, -4/276, $103,428.57
T-33: Eric van Rooyen, -4/276, $103,428.57
T-40: Cam Davis, -3/277, $76,000
T-40By: Ludwig Aberg -3/277, $76,000
T-40: Lim Seong-jae, -3/277, $76,000
T-40: Stefan Jaeger, -3/277, $76,000
T-40: Jonathan Vegas, -3/277, $76,000
T-40Victor Pérez, -3/277, $76,000
T-46: Thomas Detry, -2/278, $56,700
T-46: Tom Hogue, -2/278, $56,700
T-46: Mathieu Pavone, -2/278, $56,700
T-46: Sahith Teegala, -2/278, $56,700
T-50: Si Woo Kim, -1/279, $47,250
T-50Brian Harman, -1/279, $47,250
T-50: Adam Hadwin, -1/279, $47,250
T-50: Corey Connors, -1/279, $47,250
T-50: Tom Kim, -1/279, $47,250
T-50: Shane Lowry, -1/279, $47,250
T-50: Ben Griffin, -1/279, $47,250
T-50Chris Kirk, -1/279, $47,250
58: Mackenzie Hughes, E/280, $44,800
T-59: Keegan Bradley, +1/281, $44,200
T-59: Peter Malnati, +1/281, $44,200
T-61: Cameron Young, +2/282, $43,000
T-61By: Mark Hubbard +2/282, $43,000
T-61: Sepp Straka, +2/282, $43,000
T-61: Harris English, +2/282, $43,000
65: Nick Taylor, +3/283, $42,000
66: Taylor Moore, +4/284, $41,600
67: Jake Knapp, +6/286, $41,200
T-68: Jordan Spieth, +9/289, $40,600
T-68: Rory McIlroy, +9/289, $40,600
70: Max Homa, +11/291, $40,000
