With just two weeks left in the 2025 PGA Tour season, the second event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs will bring 49 of the top 50 players to Caves Valley just outside Baltimore for the 2025 BMW Championship. Sepp Straka, ranked No. 5 in the FedEx Cup standings, is the lone exception as he was forced to withdraw Monday due to a private family matter with the hopes of returning for the Tour Championship next week.
Rory McIlroy, ranked No. 2, is making his playoff debut after skipping the FedEx St. Jude Championship last week. He will look to assert himself as the chief threat to Scottie Scheffler's dominance. Scheffler is locked into the No. 1 spot with a $5 million payday that'll come his way after this week -- awarded for being atop the standings going into the Tour Championship -- and ad