Major championship season is over, but the golf season is far from finished.
The PGA Tour will crown a FedEx Cup champion in just a few short weeks, with the playoffs getting underway this week in Tennessee.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler and three-time winner Rory McIlroy will be among the stars battling it out for the title this month.
Here’s everything to know for the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs:
What is the FedEx Cup Playoffs?
The FedEx Cup Playoffs is a series of three tournaments to crown a 2025 season champion for the PGA Tour.
Players accumulate points throughout the season to determine seeding for the playoffs, with higher-ranked players being given an advantage to start each playoff tournament.
It starts with 70 players in the first tournament before being trimmed to 50 for the second and then 30 for the final. Tournaments are played similar to any other throughout the season with four rounds — but there are no cuts after the second rounds.
Rory McIlroy became the sixth all-time Grand Slam winner and claimed his first green jacket after winning the 2025 Masters.
FedEx Cup Playoffs schedule 2025
Here are the three tournaments for the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs:
- Aug. 7-10: FedEx St. Jude Championship – TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
- Aug. 14-17: BMW Championship – Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Maryland
- Aug. 21-24: Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
How to watch the FedEx Cup Playoffs
Every tournament in the FedEx Cup Playoffs will air on NBC and Golf Channel, with streaming on Peacock.
Who qualified for the FedEx Cup Playoffs?
The top 70 players in the FedExCup standings qualified for the St. Jude Championship. Only the top 50 after this tournament will advance to the second event, then 30 will advance from there to the final tournament.
Scheffler headlines the field, as he looks to repeat as FedEx Cup champion. McIlroy, despite sitting second in the standings, will sit out this weekend and aim to return for the BMW Championship.
Further down the board, there’s former champions Victor Hovland (2023), Patrick Cantlay (2021), Justin Rose (2018), Justin Thomas (2017) and Jordan Spieth (2015).
Here’s a look at all 70 golfers competing in the St. Jude Championship.
Scottie Scheffler won his first-ever PGA Championship on Sunday. The win is his third career major win.
FedEx Cup Playoffs standings update 2025
Scheffler has a sizable lead in the FedExCup standings entering the playoffs, and he’ll retain it with McIlroy not playing in Memphis. The 2025 PGA Championship and Open Championship winner has 4,806 points, well ahead of McIlroy in second place with 3,444. There’s another massive gap back to Sepp Straka in third (2,595) before the field tightens up.
Here’s a look at the top 10 entering the St. Jude Championship:
- Scottie Scheffler: 4,806
- Rory McIlroy: 3,444
- Sepp Straka: 2,595
- Russell Henley: 2,391
- Justin Thomas: 2,280
- Ben Griffin: 2,275
- Harris English: 2,232
- J.J. Spaun: 2,144
- Tommy Fleetwood: 1,783
- Keegan Bradley: 1,749
The full FedExCup standings can be found here.
FedEx Cup Playoffs purse and prize money
As the stakes get raised for the playoffs, so does the pay check.
Here’s the purse and prize money for the winner of the three FedEx Cup events in 2025:
| Tournament | Total prize purse | First-place payout |
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | $20 million | $3.6 million |
| BMW Championship | $20 million | $3.6 million |
| Tour Championship | $40 million | $10 million |