Matt Fitzpatrick of England won’t have come away with the BMW Championship trophy on Sunday, however his stellar week at Olympia Fields (Unwell.) Nation Membership did one thing in all probability extra essential: It confident him access into subsequent week’s Excursion Championship, the place the FedEx Cup is at the line.
Fitzpatrick entered the week No. 40 within the FedEx Cup issues standings and vaulted to No. 10 through tying for 2nd on the BMW at the back of winner Viktor Hovland of Norway. Most effective the highest 30 gamers after Sunday’s motion complicated to the season-ending Excursion Championship.
Hovland, who fired a 61 that integrated a 7-under 28 for his again 9, moved from 7th to 2nd within the standings. Scottie Scheffler — the 54-hole co-leader with Fitzpatrick — moved previous Spaniard Jon Rahm into the highest spot.
That suggests Scheffler will start Thursday at East Lake Golfing Membership in Atlanta at 10 below par, with a two-stroke benefit over Hovland within the staggered-start layout.
The final guy into the sector of 30 used to be Austria’s Sepp Straka, and the primary guy out used to be Sahith Theegala. Each Straka and Theegala bogeyed their ultimate holes on Sunday, but it surely got here at a better price to Theegala, who started the week No. 31 in issues and did not surpass any of his friends. Straka tied for thirty seventh position (2 over) at Sunday’s match to drop from twenty fourth to thirtieth within the issues standings. Theegala tied for fifteenth position on Sunday with a spherical of 67 and 6-under general.
Rahm tied for thirty first on the BMW, his 2nd directly below-average week to open the three-week FedEx Cup playoffs. That dropped him from first to fourth for East Lake.
The total Excursion Championship box of 30 and each and every participant’s beginning ratings are beneath:
1. Scottie Scheffler, 10 below
2. Viktor Hovland, 8 below
3. Rory McIlroy, 7 below
4. Jon Rahm, 6 below
5. Lucas Glover, 5 below
6. Max Homa, 4 below
7. Patrick Cantlay, 4 below
8. Brian Harman, 4 below
9. Wyndham Clark, 4 below
10. Matt Fitzpatrick, 4 below
11. Tommy Fleetwood, 3 below
12. Russell Henley, 3 below
13. Keegan Bradley, 3 below
14. Rickie Fowler, 3 below
15. Xander Schauffele, 3 below
16. Tom Kim, 2 below
17. Sungjae Im, 2 below
18. Tony Finau, 2 below
19. Corey Conners, 2 below
20. Si Woo Kim, 2 below
21. Taylor Moore, 1 below
22. Nick Taylor, 1 below
23. Adam Schenk, 1 below
24. Collin Morikawa, 1 below
25. Jason Day, 1 below
26. Sam Burns, even par
27. Emiliano Grillo, even par
28. Tyrrell Hatton, even par
29. Jordan Spieth, even par
30. Sepp Straka, even par
—Box Degree Media
