FedEx Cup Playoffs Begin: Here Are Three Players To Watch

LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 24: Scottie Scheffler of the United States \\during the 3rd information of The American Express 2026 astatine Nicklaus Tournament Course connected January 24, 2026 successful La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

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The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs statesman tomorrow astatine TPC Southwind successful Memphis, Tennessee, and while each subordinate successful the section is looking to advance, the stakes are peculiarly precocious for a fewer players.

From Jordan Spieth trying to find his form, to rookie Jackson Koivun looking to proceed a singular first season, to Scottie Scheffler chasing different Player of the Year honor, location is plentifulness to watch arsenic the playoffs get underway.

Jordan Spieth: Searching for His First Top 10

Jordan Spieth enters the playoffs classed 54th successful FedEx Cup points. While his spot successful the playoffs was ne'er really successful question, his deficiency of top-10 finishes this play has been a concern.

Spieth’s champion finishes came astatine the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Valspar Championship, wherever he tied for 11th connected some occasions.

“I consciousness amended than my results person shown,” Speith said successful YahooSports. “Just a operation of reasons why, but a really bully opportunity this week to judge that, spot that. The much difficult the venue, it requires maine to really dial successful mentally a small spot more, which I deliberation is going to beryllium a bully thing.”

“Then being capable to grip immoderate comes your measurement connected a difficult awesome venue and benignant of respond a spot less. Should beryllium a really bully opportunity this week. Yeah, I consciousness for illustration I person a batch of awesome play successful beforehand of me. I consciousness for illustration I’m measurement much optimistic than I’ve been astatine a batch of different points successful my career,” Spieth continued.

“I’m rather disappointment pinch the results considering I cognize wherever my crippled is at.”

This will beryllium Spieth’s 14th consecutive quality successful the FedEx Cup Playoffs. A necktie for 25th aliases amended would let him to beforehand to the BMW Championship and move into the apical 50, making him eligible for Signature Events.

Jackson Koivun: The Last Man In

Rookie Jackson Koivun enters the playoffs arsenic the last subordinate successful the section aft putting together a beardown agelong of play that included finishes astatine the Rocket Mortgage Classic and Wyndham Championship, arsenic good arsenic his triumph astatine the 3M Open.

Making the playoffs was hardly a guarantee for the young subordinate earlier this summer.

“I mean, evidently I wanted to make the Playoffs, and I knew that was a far-fetched goal,” Koivun said successful YardBarker.

“If I told myself backmost successful June that I would beryllium sitting astatine 70 and waiting it retired successful Greensboro, I deliberation I’d beryllium beautiful happy,” he added.

“It’s beautiful cool. Obviously, whenever you’re successful the grounds books pinch Tiger, it’s a bully sanction to get acquainted with. Not rather location yet, truthful conscionable sewage to hold it out,” Koivun said.

Now, the rookie has different situation up of him. Koivun will request a seventh-place decorativeness aliases amended to beforehand to the BMW Championship.

Scottie Scheffler: When Will He Win Again?

Scottie Scheffler enters the playoffs arsenic the FedEx Cup points leader, astir 800 points up of second-place Matt Fitzpatrick.

Scheffler surely hasn't struggled to find consistency this season. The World No. 1 has 11 top-10 finishes, but he has only 1 victory, coming astatine the American Express.

He has besides suffered 2 losses successful extra-hole playoffs, leaving the mobility of erstwhile his adjacent triumph will come.

“Busy three-week stretch,” Scheffler said to yourNEWS. “I’m excited. I person 3 tournaments, 3 bully starts to benignant of extremity the year. Definitely excited to get this week going. I had a mates of bully weeks of remainder astatine home, and I’m looking guardant to getting this week started.”

Scheffler's lead successful the FedEx Cup standings intends he doesn't needfully request a triumph this week to stay successful power of the playoff race. But different triumph could beryllium important for a different reason.

A beardown playoff run, and peculiarly a win, could spell a agelong measurement toward helping Scheffler unafraid different Player of the Year honor.