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FedEx Cup Playoffs tracker: Who's in, who's out of top 30 for East Lake in Atlanta

NBC, Golf Channel, Peacock, ESPN+ are teaming up for Sunday coverage of the BMW Championship

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Golfweek
Updated Aug. 17, 2025, 6:26 p.m. ET

If you're not in the top 30 of the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs points standings, time has run out. At the conclusion of the final round Sunday at the 2025 BMW Championship 20 golfers were eliminated and the top 30 can now look forward to at East Lake for the 2025 Tour Championship.

Get a recap here of all the action on Sunday of the final round of the BMW Championship.

2025 BMW Championship leaderboard

See the final BMW leaderboard and the FedEx Cup Playoffs standings.

Top 30 is finalized for 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs at East Lake

Ludvig Aberg made the final stroke that decided the top 30 in the FedEx Cup Playoffs standings. It was a two-inch tap putt for a double-bogey 6 on the 18th hole. With that, all the points were calculated and confirmed and that put Akshay Bhatia into the 30th and final spot for the final playoff event. Had Aberg triple bogeyed the final hole, Bhatia would have been bumped to 31st and Michael Kim would've landed in the 30th spot.

Akshay Bhatia plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the 2025 BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club.

Here's the top 30 for the 2025 Tour Championship:

Pos.Golfer
1Scottie Scheffler
2Rory McIlroy
3J.J. Spaun
4Justin Rose
5Tommy Fleetwood
6Ben Griffin
7Russell Henley
8Sepp Straka
9Robert MacIntyre
10Maverick McNealy
11Harris English
12Justin Thomas
13Cameron Young
14Ludvig Aberg
15Andrew Novak
16Keegan Bradley
17Sam Burns
18Brian Harman
19Corey Conners
20Patrick Cantlay
21Collin Morikawa
22Viktor Hovland
23Hideki Matsuyama
24Shane Lowry
25Nick Taylor
26Harry Hall
27Jacob Bridgeman
28Sungjae Im
29Chris Gotterup
30Akshay Bhatia

Here are the 20 golfers who failed to advance:

Pos.Golfer
31Michael Kim
32Rickie Fowler
33Taylor Pendrith
34Matt Fitzpatrick
35Kurt Kitayama
36Lucas Glover
37Si Woo Kim
38Sam Stevens
39Ryan Gerard
40Denny McCarthy
41Jason Day
42Xander Schauffele
43Ryan Fox
44Thomas Detry
45Daniel Berger
46Brian Campbell
47Bud Cauley
48Tom Hoge
49J.T. Poston
50Jhonattan Vegas

Michael Kim bumped out of top 30 after a Viktor Hovland putt

Hovland, who won the 2023 Tour Championship, made a birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 69, his fourth straight round in the 60s this week. It put him into a tie for eighth and it moved him from 28th to 23rd in the FedEx Cup projected standings.

But it also damaged Michael Kim's Tour Championship hopes, knocking him to the first-spot-out at No. 31.

Kim later had some fun with that on X.

Leaders have two holes left. Here's the last 5 in/first 5 out

As of 5:28 p.m. ET here's a look at Nos. 26-35.

26. Jacob Bridgeman

27. Harry Hall

28. Sungjae Im

29. Chris Gotterup

30. Akshay Bhatia

31. Michael Kim

32. Taylor Pendrith

33. Rickie Fowler

34. Matt Fitzpatrick

35. Kurt Kitayama

Chris Gotterup driving to parents house to await standings

Gotterup, aiming for his first Tour Championship appearance, finished his final round a couple of hours ago and now with the leaders on the 15th hole and about an hour left of golf to take place, he finds himself in the 29th spot in the projected standings. Apparently he didn't want to wait around at Caves Valley to see if he would make the final event, so he decided he'd drive his parents house and find out the official standings later, according to NBC.

Rickie Fowler flirting with trouble on the back nine

Fowler bogeyed the 12th, birdied the 13th and bogeyed the 14th, making his projected standing precarious. But he made things worse on the par-4 15th hole after sailing the green and going into the trees and then needing a drop. He then faced a 35-foot putt for bogey and missed that so he took a double bogey 6. That horror show dropped him to 33rd in the standings.

Harry Halls climbs into 30th spot in FedEx Cup standings

Hall, viewed by many as a viable Ryder Cup pick by European team captain Luke Donald, started the BMW week No. 45 but at 3:44 p.m. ET, Hall was in the 30th and final spot for East Lake.

Rickie Fowler, meanwhile, keeps torching Caves Valley and is at 10 under and in solo fourth. That pace has vaulted him to No. 25 in the projected standings.

28. Sungjae Im

29. Michael Kim

30. Harry Hall

31. Chris Gotterup

32. Akshay Bhatia

33. Taylor Pendrith

Rickie Fowler moves back inside top 30 for East Lake

Fowler is on the prowl Sunday. After opening with a bogey, Fowler made birdie at Nos. 4, 5 and 7 to get to 8 under overall and into a tie for fifth. He is now currently 30th in the projected standings.

Who's near the bubble in the FedEx Cup Playoff standings heading into Sunday?

As the final group of Robert MacIntyre and Scottie Scheffler tee off for their final rounds, here's a look at the last three in/first three out as of 1:45 p.m. ET:

28. Akshay Bhatia

29. Sungjae Im

30. Chris Gotterup

31. Taylor Pendrith

32. Michael Kim

33. Rickie Fowler

Where to watch, stream, listen to BMW Championship 2025

This is the TV channel, streaming and radio schedule for the 2025 BMW Championship, with NBC, Golf Channel, Peacock, ESPN+ and PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM all teaming up for the coverage. All times listed are ET.

Final round, Sunday, August 17

  • 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., PGA Tour Live on ESPN+
  • 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM
  • 12 p.m. - 2 p.m., Golf Channel, NBC Sports App
  • 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., NBC, Peacock

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Who's leading the 2025 BMW after three days?

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre maintained his lead with a 2-under 68 on Saturday. But Scottie Scheffler drew a stroke closer, posting 67. MacIntyre drained a 41-foot birdie putt at the last to get to 16-under 194 and four better than the world No. 1. They will be paired together again on Sunday.

What is the prize money at the 2025 BMW Championship?

The BMW has a $20 million purse and a $3.6 million first-place prize. This will also be the final week for PGA Tour golfers to compile earnings for the official money list, as the Tour Championship payouts are considered "bonus" money.

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