This week's FedEx St. Jude Championship kicks off the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs and only the top 70 players from the 2025 season have qualified. Rory McIlroy decided to take a pass on the event at TPC Southwind in Memphis this week, so only 69 golfers will actually be teeing it up. Sunday night, the top 50 will then advance to the BMW Championship.

Since its inception in 2007, the FedEx Cup Playoffs have marked the end of the golf season with an emphatic exclamation. The series of tournaments offers fans a sense of finality to the sport each year while simultaneously rewarding golfers who have been playing well.

The bubble drama that peaked on Sunday afternoon is over, the top 70 are set and, starting Thursday, the FedEx Cup Playoffs begin in Memphis. For a nice primer on how the three-event series works, go here,