FedEx Cup 2026: Three Events Left and 70 Spots on the Line

Mac Meissner sits 70th in the FedEx Cup standings with 515 points. Johnny Keefer is 71st with 499, Jason Day 72nd with 495 and Keegan Bradley 73rd with 489. Three regular-season events remain, only the top 70 reach the playoffs, and a 26-point gap is all that separates a postseason berth from an early offseason.

The Open Championship is over, the majors are done, and what is left is the least glamorous and most consequential stretch of the PGA Tour calendar. It starts Thursday at the 3M Open.

How the Race Works

Three events remain before the postseason: the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities this week, the Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club from July 30, and the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield from August 6. The playoffs then open at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind on August 13.

The cuts come in three stages. Top 70 after Wyndham advance to St. Jude, top 50 move on to the BMW Championship, and top 30 reach the TOUR Championship. For the players listed above, only the first number matters.

The Bubble

The names outside the line are the story. Keegan Bradley, a Ryder Cup captain, sits 73rd and 26 points out of a playoff berth. Brian Harman, an Open champion, is 74th at 475. Tom Hoge is 75th at 473.

Further back the situation is worse. Brooks Koepka is 82nd, Tony Finau 83rd, Denny McCarthy 97th, Davis Thompson 99th and Billy Horschel 101st. Those players need results, not points nudges.

Inside the number but not remotely safe: Jordan Spieth at 55th, Shane Lowry 56th, Sungjae Im 57th and Corey Conners 58th. A missed cut in each of three weeks can move a player 15 spots at this stage of the season.

The Top of the Board

Scottie Scheffler leads the FedEx Cup with 3,823 points, roughly 500 clear of Matt Fitzpatrick at 3,329. Cameron Young is third at 3,086 after his runner-up finish at Royal Birkdale.

Scheffler's position is the oddity of the 2026 season. He is number one in the standings without a major and with a single win, the American Express in January. The four majors went to Rory McIlroy at the Masters, Aaron Rai at the PGA, Wyndham Clark at the U.S. Open and Ryan Fox at The Open. Scheffler has nine top-five finishes and four runner-up results, including playoff losses at the RBC Heritage and the Travelers.

Behind the top three it is tight: Clark at 2,255 and Chris Gotterup at 2,254 are separated by a single point, with Collin Morikawa at 2,229, Si Woo Kim 2,188, Sam Burns 2,078, Tommy Fleetwood 2,046 and Ludvig Aberg 1,929.

Betting Impact: Why the Bubble Prices Are the Value

Scheffler is making his 3M Open debut and opened at +270 on DraftKings' July 19 field page, continuing his habit of playing the week after a major. Kurt Kitayama, the defending champion, is +1900, with Maverick McNealy +2100, Hideki Matsuyama and Keith Mitchell both +2500, Jake Knapp +2700 and Jackson Koivun +2800.

Note that Ryan Fox withdrew after winning the claret jug, so any stale price on him is dead.

The more interesting market is the bubble. Jason Day is +5800, Mac Meissner +5200, Johnny Keefer +5700, Brian Harman +7400 and Tom Hoge +17500. These are players with a concrete, measurable reason to be at TPC Twin Cities in late July, and motivation is the one variable a field-strength model does not capture. Only eight of the world's top 50 are in the field, which is exactly the condition under which a motivated bubble player converts.

The structural read for the next three weeks: back players who need points against players who do not. Scheffler at +270 in a weak field is a fair price on talent, but he has already locked everything he can lock. Bradley, Day and Harman are playing for their seasons.

What to Watch Next

Watch the 70 line more than the leaderboard. Every point Meissner adds this week raises the bar for the four players chasing him, and with only three events left the math compounds quickly.

The secondary thread is Player of the Year. Scheffler is chasing a fifth straight award but is not the favorite, with Fitzpatrick's three wins, Cameron Young's two plus a Birkdale runner-up, Gotterup's three and Clark's major all in the argument. Young's week at The Open may have quietly moved him to the front of that line.

Chad AI tracks every outright, matchup and make-the-cut market inside the StatSniper app. The Chad picks hub has the daily board and the sports picks hub has the model's read on the golf slate. For how the majors closed out, see our Open Championship final-round recap. Full standings are at the PGA Tour.

FAQ

How many players make the FedEx Cup playoffs? The top 70 in the standings after the Wyndham Championship advance to the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The field then cuts to the top 50 for the BMW Championship and the top 30 for the TOUR Championship.

How many events are left in the 2026 regular season? Three: the 3M Open (July 23-26), the Rocket Classic (July 30-August 2) and the Wyndham Championship (August 6-9).

Is Keegan Bradley going to make the FedEx Cup playoffs? He is 73rd with 489 points, 26 points outside the top 70, so he controls his own fate with three events left. Jason Day (72nd) and Brian Harman (74th) are in the same range.

Who leads the 2026 FedEx Cup standings? Scottie Scheffler with 3,823 points, ahead of Matt Fitzpatrick (3,329) and Cameron Young (3,086), despite Scheffler winning only once in 2026.

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