FedExCup scenarios: Looking at each player at the BMW Championship

Sep. 8, 2010

LEMONT, Ill. -- Seventy players are in the field this week at the BMW Championship. Just 30 will move on to the final Playoffs event, THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, in two weeks.

And of those 30 survivors, just the top five will control their own destiny at East Lake. If any of the top five players wins at East Lake, he is guaranteed to win the FedExCup. Anybody outside the top five must hope for help.

Matt Kuchar is the only player guaranteed of making the top five after this week, although it's likely that Charley Hoffman will have a spot too, and Steve Stricker merely needs to finish ahead of five other players in this week's field.

Thirteen players are guaranteed top 30 spots, with another six likely headed to East Lake.

Here's a look at each player at Cog Hill this week and the finish each one needs in order to reach the top 30 and the top five for THE TOUR Championship:

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Current
rank
Player Likely finish needed
for Top 30
Likely finish needed
for Top 5
Worst possible rank
after BMW
1 Matt Kuchar Locked Locked 3
2 Charley Hoffman Locked Likely 6
3 Steve Stricker Locked 65th 8
4 Jason Day Locked 7th 11
5 Luke Donald Locked 4th 12
6 Martin Laird Locked 3rd 20
7 Ernie Els Locked 3rd 24
8 Hunter Mahan Locked 2nd 29
9 Geoff Ogilvy Locked 2nd 29
10 Justin Rose Locked 2nd 30
11 Jim Furyk Locked 2nd 30
12 Bubba Watson Locked 2nd 30
13 Ryan Palmer Locked 2nd 30
14 Phil Mickelson Likely 2nd 31
15 Adam Scott Likely 2nd 32
16 Dustin Johnson Likely 2nd 34
17 Zach Johnson Likely 2nd 41
18 Ben Crane Likely 2nd 42
19 Jeff Overton Likely 2nd 42
20 Retief Goosen 66th 2nd 45
21 Paul Casey 63rd 2nd 46
22 Tim Clark 63rd 2nd 46
23 Bo Van Pelt 59th Win 47
24 J.B. Holmes 51st Win 49
25 Rickie Fowler 48th Win 51
26 Kevin Streelman 48th Win 51
27 Robert Allenby 37th Win 57
28 Bill Haas 35th Win 57
29 Rory McIlroy 27th Win 62
30 Nick Watney 24th Win 64
31 Brandt Snedeker 23rd Win 64
32 Vaughn Taylor 21st Win 65
33 Camilo Villegas 17th Win 66
34 Anthony Kim 11th Win 70
35 Stewart Cink 11th Win 70
36 D.J. Trahan 10th Win 70
37 Charlie Wi 9th Win 70
38 John Senden 9th Win 70
39 Carl Pettersson 8th Win 70
40 Brendon de Jonge 8th Win 70
41 Kevin Na 8th Win 70
42 Heath Slocum 7th Win 70
43 Stuart Appleby 7th Win 70
44 Ian Poulter 7th Win 70
45 Rory Sabbatini 6th Win 70
46 Jason Bohn 6th Win 70
47 Brian Davis 6th Win 70
48 Tom Gillis 6th Win 70
49 Angel Cabrera 5th Win 70
50 Sean O'Hair 5th Win 70
51 Tiger Woods 5th Win 70
52 K.J. Choi 5th Win 70
53 Michael Sim 5th Win 70
54 Ricky Barnes 5th Win 70
55 Fredrik Jacobson 4th Win 70
56 Brian Gay 4th Win 70
57 Marc Leishman 4th Win 70
58 Ryan Moore 4th Win 70
59 Justin Leonard 4th Win 70
60 Bryce Molder 4th Win 70
61 Y.E. Yang 4th Win 70
62 Greg Chalmers 4th Win 70
63 Vijay Singh 4th Win 70
64 Matt Jones 4th Win 70
65 Jason Dufner 3rd Win 70
66 Tim Petrovic 3rd Win 70
67 David Tom 3rd Win 70
68 Andres Romero 3rd Win 70
69 Stephen Ames 3rd Win 70
70 Scott Verplank 3rd Win 70
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