The FedEx Cup Playoffs get underway Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee, as 69 of the PGA Tour's top 70 players will begin play at the 2025 St. Jude Championship. No. 2 in the standings, Rory McIlroy, is notably absent from the proceedings as he has decided to take a long-planned break the first week. McIlroy has no concerns about missing the Tour Championship, which no longer employs the starting strokes format, and his poor play in Memphis made St. Jude entirely skippable .

McIlroy will join the playoff party along with the rest of the top 50 outside Baltimore, Maryland, for the BMW Championship next week. He is also one of the select few who is completely secure in his position as a lock to be part of the top 30 in Atlanta at the Tour Championship in two weeks.

As play begins this week

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