Guide to the 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs

"Playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs?"

That's right, Jim Mora! It's playoff time!

The PGA TOUR's lengthy regular season has come to a close. Now, it's a sprint to determine the FedEx Cup champion. The three-week postseason starts Thursday in Memphis, moves to Colorado for the second leg, and then returns to the Southeast for the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Georgia.

Only 70 players remain with a chance to hoist the FedEx Cup and be crowned the season-long champion.

Here's all you need to know for this year's FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Current points list

1st: Scottie Scheffler
2nd: Xander Schauffele
3rd: Rory McIlroy
4th: Collin Morikawa
5th: Wyndham Clark
6th: Ludvig Aberg
7th: Sahith Theegala
8th: Hideki Matsuyama
9th: Sungjae Im
10th: Shane Lowry

See full standings here.

Schedule

FedEx St. Jude Championship

When: Aug. 15-18
Where: TPC Southwind, Memphis
Field: Top 70 in FedEx Cup
Defending champion: Lucas Glover

The TOUR's annual trip to Memphis is the playoff opener. Last year's tournament may be remembered more for winner Lucas Glover's sweat-soaked slacks than anything that happened on the course, even though his playoff victory over Patrick Cantlay was his second straight after he won the regular-season finale in Greensboro, North Carolina. Aaron Rai will attempt to pull off the Glover double this year.

Betting odds for this week's tournament are out, and, to know one's surprise, Scottie Scheffler is the heavy favorite, followed by Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy. The full set of odds can be found here.

BMW Championship

When: Aug. 22-25
Where: Castle Pines Golf Club, Colorado
Field: Top 50 in FedEx Cup
Defending champion: Viktor Hovland

After the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the top 50 in the FedEx Cup standings will head to Colorado - a state the PGA TOUR rarely visits - for the BMW Championship, formerly known as the Western Open.

Castle Pines Golf Club is a Jack Nicklaus design stretching to a whopping 8,130 yards. The elevation in Colorado will help players tackle the extreme length of the course, which should present TOUR pros with an interesting challenge as they'll have to navigate a new venue with unique playing conditions.

Viktor Hovland won last year's event at Olympia Fields, the first step to eventually winning the FedEx Cup. He clipped Scheffler and Matt Fitzpatrick by two shots.

TOUR Championship

When: Aug. 29-Sept. 1
Where: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta
Field: Top 30 in FedEx Cup
Defending champion: Viktor Hovland

The FedEx Cup Playoffs will be decided at East Lake, the home of the TOUR Championship since 2004.

The format remains unchanged, meaning the staggered-start leaderboard is back for another year. Whoever ranks first in the FedEx Cup standings after the BMW Championship will start the tournament at 10-under, a two-shot head start over second place.

Hovland entered the week last year two shots behind Scheffler but pulled away from the field, eventually winning by five. Hovland started the playoffs seventh in the standings, but wins in the final two events vaulted him to the top spot and a massive $18-million payday. That prize has increased to $25 million for 2024.

2024 FedEx Cup payouts

1st - $25 million
2nd - $12.5 million
3rd - $7.5 million
4th - $6 million
5th - $5 million
6th - $3.5 million
7th - $2.75 million
8th - $2.25 million
9th - $2 million
10th - $1.75 million

Past FedEx Cup winners

2023: Viktor Hovland
2022: Rory McIlroy
2021: Patrick Cantlay
2020: Dustin Johnson
2019: Rory McIlroy
2018: Justin Rose
2017: Justin Thomas
2016: Rory McIlroy
2015: Jordan Spieth
2014: Billy Horschel
2013: Henrik Stenson
2012: Brandt Snedeker