The playoffs are upon us and the first leg is this week at the typically steamy FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind. The top 70 in FedEx Cup points are playing for the $20 million purse with the winner taking home $3.6 million.

Well, the top 70? Actually, it’s the top 69 as No. 2 among the group who declined to play. Everyone else is here, starting with World No. 1 by a mile, Scottie Scheffler. Doesn’t seem like all that long ago when McIlroy was sitting on three PGA Tour wins for the year and Scheffler had none.

A little more than three months later and Scheffler is sitting on two more majors and four total wins to head into the playoffs on top. He last week for topping the regular season list. Hideki Matsuyama is the defending champion, looking to become the first to win back-

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