Who qualified for the BMW Championship 2023? FedEx Cup Playoffs rankings after FedEx St. Jude Championship explored

The first round of the PGA Tour playoffs ended on Sunday as Lucas Glover lifted the FedEx St. Jude Championship trophy. The in-form golfer landed his second back-to-back victory by beating the likes of Patrick Cantlay, Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood. With this Glover moved up to fourth on the FedEx Cup standings.

The FedEx Cup Playoffs will continue on Thursday with the BMW Championship. As per the playoffs’ rules, the top 50 golfers in the total 70 from the FedEx St. Jude Championship will proceed. While the 50 travel to the Olympia Fields Country Club outside of Chicago, Illinois from Memphis, the remaining 20 will be flying back home.

While several big names made it to the next stage, some like Matt Kuchar, Mackenzie Hughes and Nick Hardy, among others failed to qualify for the BMW Championship.

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Who qualified for the BMW Championship 2023?

Here are the top 50 in the FedEx Cup Standings after the FedEx St. Jude Championship (with FedEx Cup points):

1: Jon Rahm - 3,386
2: Scottie Scheffler - 3,238
3: Rory McIlroy - 2,954
4: Lucas Glover - 2,885
5: Patrick Cantlay - 2,643
6: Max Homa - 2,451
7: Viktor Hovland - 2,024
8: Wyndham Clark - 1,957
9: Brian Harman - 1,919
10: Tommy Fleetwood - 1,834
11: Keegan Bradley - 1,818
12: Rickie Fowler - 1,752
13: Tony Finau - 1,672
14: Taylor Moore - 1,633
15: Russell Henley - 1,618
16: Nick Taylor - 1,593
17: Si Woo Kim - 1,572
18: Tom Kim - 1,552
19: Xander Schauffele - 1,536
20: Adam Schenk - 1,536
21: Jason Day - 1,531
22: Collin Morikawa - 1,476
23: Emiliano Grillo - 1,443
24: Sepp Straka - 1,431
25: Corey Conners - 1,426
26: Tyrrell Hatton - 1,425
27: Jordan Spieth - 1,422
28: Sungjae Im - 1,420
29: Chris Kirk - 1,361
30: Sam Burns - 1,361
31: Sahith Theegala - 1,294
32: Justin Rose - 1,256
33: Kurt Kitayama - 1,242
34: Denny McCarthy - 1,192
35: Seamus Power - 1,147
36: Lee Hodges - 1,144
37: Adam Hadwin - 1,108
38: Byeong Hun An - 1,107
39: Adam Svensson - 1,080
40: Matt Fitzpatrick - 1,063
41: Andrew Putnam - 1,048
42: Eric Cole - 1,042
43: J.T. Poston - 1,037
44: Brendon Todd - 1,017
45: Cam Davis - 1,008
46: Cameron Young - 981
47: Hideki Matsuyama - 942
48: Tom Hoge - 941
49: Harris English - 940
50: Patrick Rodgers - 939

The second stage of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the BMW Championship 2023 will tee off on Thursday, August 17. The event will see the 50 golfers compete against each other for the $20 million prize purse and a spot on the Tour Championship, taking place a week later.

More details on the BMW Championship will be updated soon.