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After 44 regular-season events and the first two FedEx Cup playoff stops, the 2021-22 PGA Tour season comes to its finale at this week's Tour Championship. The top 30 players on the FedEx Cup eligibility points list after last week's BMW Championship arrive at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta hoping to claim the season-long title, and its $18 million reward.

For the fourth year, the Tour Championship will be play in a staggered stroke-play format , based off the ranking heading into the tournament. Scottie Scheffler holds the top spot and will start Thursday's first round at 10 under par, with each of the other 29 players required to play catch-up to pass him.

Here is the updated FedEx Cup points list through the BMW Championship and where each player sits entering the first round of the Tour Championship. Players ranked 31st through 125th will also receive FedEx Cup bonus money. All eligible players ranked from 126 to 200 can compete in the Korn Ferry Tour Final Series, where 25 more PGA Tour cards will be up for grabs.

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RANK (LAST RANK): NAME, TOUR CHAMP START, POINTS

1 (2): Scottie Scheffler, -10, 4,205.98

2 (7): Patrick Cantlay, -8, 4,129.35

3 (1): Will Zalatoris, -7, 3,680.10

4 (6): Xander Schauffele, -6, 2,824.54

5 (4): Sam Burns, -5, 2,604.51

6 (3): Cameron Smith, -4, 2,547.57

7 (9): Rory McIlroy, -4, 2,413.88

8 (5): Tony Finau, -4, 2,375.70

9 (8): Sepp Straka, -4, 2,224.30

10 (11): Sungjae Im, -4, 2,200.50

11 (14): Jon Rahm, -3, 2,107.80

12 (46): Scott Stallings, -3, 2,051.78

13 (10): Justin Thomas, -3, 2,024.63

14 (13): Cameron Young, -3, 1,997.16

15 (12): Matt Fitzpatrick, -3, 1,979.51

16 (16): Max Homa, -2, 1,817.69

17 (15): Hideki Matsuyama, -2, 1,765.24

18 (17): Jordan Spieth, -2, 1,750.23

19 (19): Joaquin Niemann, -2, 1,750.11

20 (18): Viktor Hovland, -2, 1,535.39

21 (20): Collin Morikawa, -1, 1,481.01

22 (22): Billy Horschel, -1, 1,471.22

23 (21): Tom Hoge, -1, 1,459.42

24 (29): Corey Conners, -1, 1,454.30

25 (23): Brian Harman, -1, 1,411.71

26 (33): K.H. Lee, E, 1,406.40

27 (24): J.T. Poston, E, 1,367.54

28 (27): Sahith Theegala, E, 1,306.66

29 (45): Adam Scott, E, 1,299.18

30 (31): Aaron Wise, E, 1,240.80

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ELIMINATED AFTER THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP

31 (37): Shane Lowry, 1,222.29

32 (40): Trey Mullinax, 1,181.10

33 (30): J.J. Spaun, 1,177.48

34 (25): Joohyung Kim, 1,153.59

35 (26): Davis Riley, 1,149.93

36 (35): Denny McCarthy, 1,110.68

37 (32): Maverick McNealy, 1,110.66

38 (28): Kevin Kisner, 1,094.74

39 (38): Keith Mitchell, 1,063.35

40 (48): Kurt Kitayama, 1,014.63

41 (34): Lucas Glover, 1,014.08

42 (36): Seamus Power, 1,006.48

43 (54): Lucas Herbert, 1,004.46

44 (43): Russell Henley, 1,002.41

45 (47): Andrew Putnam, 989.131

46 (67): Taylor Pendrith, 986.753

47 (39): Cameron Tringale, 974.473

48 (50): Tyrrell Hatton, 972.374

49 (41): Mito Pereira, 962.055

50 (60): Christiaan Bezuidenhout, 956.734

51 (42): Luke List, 956.62

52 (55): Emiliano Grillo, 948.333

53 (44): Keegan Bradley, 945.749

54 (49): Sebastián Muñoz, 900.608

55 (51): Cam Davis, 894.67

56 (52): Mackenzie Hughes, 841.479

57 (53): Si Woo Kim, 815.129

58 (68): Marc Leishman, 787.356

59 (64): Brendan Steele, 782.734

60 (57): Troy Merritt, 777.359

61 (59): Adam Hadwin, 777.013

62 (56): Tommy Fleetwood, 766.407

63 (58): Chez Reavie, 766.128

64 (63): Matt Kuchar, 763.997

65 (62): Taylor Moore, 747.614

66 (61): Chris Kirk, 725.319

67 (65): Harold Varner III, 717.077

68 (66): Alex Noren, 710.096

69 (69): Alex Smalley, 701.165

70 (70): Wyndham Clark, 661.997

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ELIMINATED AFTER THE FEDEX ST. JUDE CHAMPIONSHIP

71 (63): Anirban Lahiri, 642.125

72 (99): Lee Hodges, 636.839

73 (67): John Huh, 611.949

74 (68): Brendon Todd, 606.531

75 (73): Gary Woodland, 600.566

76 (74): Beau Hossler, 592.857

77 (69): Lanto Griffin, 592.114

78 (71): Brandon Wu, 586.079

79 (72): Matthew NeSmith, 575.991

80 (75): Chad Ramey, 567.789

81 (76): Adam Long, 563.622

82 (107): Dylan Frittelli, 554.179

83 (110): Ryan Palmer, 544.692

84 (85): David Lipsky, 542.539

85 (93): Adam Schenk, 542.044

86 (78): Daniel Berger, 528.939

87 (80): Joel Dahmen, 524.244

88 (88): Aaron Rai, 518.525

89 (91): Stephan Jaeger, 518.011

90 (81): Patrick Rodgers, 516.631

91 (82): Russell Knox, 514.094

92 (90): Adam Svensson, 510.51

93 (83): Kevin Streelman, 509.064

94 (84): Mark Hubbard, 507.807

95 (86): Peter Malnati, 500.658

96 (89): Danny Lee, 490.481

97 (103): Michael Thompson, 487.369

98 (95): Hayden Buckley, 474.182

99 (92): C.T. Pan, 472.605

100 (94): Justin Rose, 457.918

101 (100): Martin Laird, 441.853

102 (101): Sam Ryder, 438.983

103 (96): Vince Whaley, 438.098

104 (118): Tyler Duncan, 436.025

105 (97): Jhonattan Vegas, 427.643

106 (98): Nate Lashley, 426.516

107 (108): James Hahn, 417.967

108 (109): Greyson Sigg, 415.21

109 (112): Robert Streb, 412.545

110 (102): Scott Piercy, 410.307

111 (104): Callum Tarren, 404.962

112 (105): Max McGreevy, 404.357

113 (106): Chesson Hadley, 403.776

114 (111): Nick Watney, 387.434

115 (113): Jason Day, 384.805

116 (114): Doug Ghim, 384.687

117 (115): Stewart Cink, 376.103

118 (116): Kevin Tway, 361.331

119 (117): Ryan Brehm, 359.199

120 (119): Matthias Schwab, 352.546

121 (120): Patton Kizzire, 350.841

122 (122): Webb Simpson, 346.19

123 (125): Rickie Fowler, 339.797

124 (123): Nick Taylor, 333.548

125 (124): Kramer Hickok, 328.084

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OUT OF THE FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS

126 (124): Matt Wallace, 315.82

127 (125): Austin Smotherman, 314.597

128 (128): Justin Lower, 311.472

129 (136): Doc Redman, 303.929

130 (127): Danny Willett, 303.5

131 (131): Kelly Kraft, 288.816

132 (129): Nick Hardy, 288.28

133 (130): Cameron Champ, 287.5

134 (137): Brian Stuard, 284.837

135 (132): Michael Gligic, 283.301

136 (138): Harry Higgs, 272.45

137 (133): Francesco Molinari, 272.347

138 (135): Martin Trainer, 270.293

139 (134): Erik van Rooyen, 268.764

140 (142): Zach Johnson, 245.515

141 (140): Rory Sabbatini, 243.723

142 (139): Hank Lebioda, 241.485

143 (158): Cameron Percy, 239.808

144 (145): Henrik Norlander, 234.9

145 (141): Andrew Novak, 233.341

146 (143): Garrick Higgo, 228.696

147 (144): Brice Garnett, 227.967

148 (146): Jonathan Byrd, 223.135

149 (147): Austin Cook, 212.938

150 (148): Charley Hoffman, 207.235

151 (149): Bubba Watson, 199.056

152 (150): Ben Martin, 196.8

153 (154): Satoshi Kodaira, 196.622

154 (151): Bill Haas, 194.007

155 (152): Andrew Landry, 191.25

156 (153): Ryan Armour, 186.287

157 (155): Dylan Wu, 175.228

158 (156): Chase Seiffert, 173.138

159 (159): Luke Donald, 169.854

160 (157): Paul Barjon, 168.257

161 (176): Richy Werenski, 163.345

162 (160): Sung Kang, 162.982

163 (161): Joseph Bramlett, 161.895

164 (167): Vaughn Taylor, 158.217

165 (162): Scott Gutschewski, 158.187

166 (163): Seth Reeves, 151.581

167 (164): Roger Sloan, 150.818

168 (169): Ben Kohles, 146.029

169 (165): Sean O'Hair, 145.542

170 (166): William McGirt, 144.179

171 (168): Brandt Snedeker, 140.732

172 (170): Kevin Chappell, 138.946

173 (171): Curtis Thompson, 135.85

174 (183): Ryan Moore, 129.657

175 (172): Seung-Yul Noh, 128.025

176 (173): Camilo Villegas, 126.887

177 (174): Jim Knous, 125.242

178 (197): Kiradech Aphibarnrat, 121.699

179 (175): Tyler McCumber, 113.05

180 (179): Scott Brown, 111.449

181 (177): Brandon Hagy, 105.9

182 (178): Tommy Gainey, 105.45

183 (186): Bo Hoag, 97.58

184 (180): Aaron Baddeley, 95.749

185 (181): David Skinns, 94.155

186 (182): Harris English, 91.427

187 (184): Brian Gay, 90.321

188 (185): Wesley Bryan, 90.056

189 (187): Michael Kim, 83.626

190 (188): Jimmy Walker, 82.903

191 (193): Jared Wolfe, 81.36

192 (189): Bronson Burgoon, 80.3

193 (190): Kyle Stanley, 80.232

194 (191): David Lingmerth, 80.069

195 (192): Robert Garrigus, 78.902

196 (194): Dawie van der Walt, 78.096

197 (195): Jim Herman, 76.468

198 (196): Grayson Murray, 70.302

199 (198): Bo Van Pelt, 69.038

200 (199): Jason Dufner, 58.757

201 (200): Jonas Blixt, 49.679

202 (201): Joshua Creel, 47.871

203 (202): Chris Stroud, 44.252

204 (205): Brett Drewitt, 42.317

205 (203): Mark Hensby, 39.611

206 (204): Ricky Barnes, 39.086

207 (206): Greg Chalmers, 32.112

208 (207): David Hearn, 28.215

209 (208): Fabián Gómez, 19.772

210 (209): D.A. Points, 12.805

211 (210): Padraig Harrington, 11.957

212 (211): Jim Furyk, 11.75

213 (212): Johnson Wagner, 11.7

214 (213): Tiger Woods, 11.333

215 (214): D.J. Trahan, 11.012

216 (215): Ben Crane, 10.189

217 (216): J.J. Henry, 9.306

218 (217): Derek Ernst, 9.213

219 (218): Sangmoon Bae, 8.567

220 (219): Arjun Atwal, 5.289

T-221 (T-220): Paul Goydos, 4.9

T-221 (T-220): George McNeill, 4.9

223 (222): Richard Johnson, 4.605

224 (223): John Merrick, 3.62

225 (224): Omar Uresti, 3.5

226 (225): Davis Love III, 3.4

227 (226): John Senden, 3.3

228 (227): Jay Haas, 2.75

229 (228): Brian Davis, 2.738

230 (229): Kevin Stadler, 2.489

231 (230): Ryuji Imada, 2.3

231 (231): Matt Every, 1.867

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Scottie Scheffler spent an extra night in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, which typically wouldn’t be such a drag if not for his wife Meredith being pregnant back home in Dallas and awaiting the couple’s first child later this month.

But Mother Nature had other plans, forcing Scheffler to return to Harbour Town Golf Links on Monday morning to play his final three holes of the 2024 RBC Heritage and wrap up his fourth PGA Tour title in his past five starts.

One week and one day after Scheffler slipped into the famed Green Jacket awarded to the Masters champ for the second time in three years, the 27-year-old Texan added another colorful jacket – this time in trademark Tartan – to his closet and became the first reigning Masters champion to win the RBC Heritage since Bernhard Langer in 1985.

Scheffler, who was 4-under through 15 holes in the final round and 20-under overall when play was suspended due to darkness on Sunday, made two pars and a finishing bogey and signed for a 3-under 68 on Monday, three shots better than Sahith Theegala (68) and four better than reigning U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark (65) and past FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay (68). Scheffler banked another $3.6 million to surpass $18 million in earnings this season – and it’s still April.

“I didn’t show up here just to have some sort of ceremony and have people tell me congratulations,” said Scheffler of avoiding a post-Masters victory hangover. “I came here with a purpose.”

CBS Sports roving reporter Colt Knost, who grew up with Scheffler following him around Dallas’s Royal Oaks Golf Club, already has one of the best nicknames in golf: The Big Gravy. But he may have earned another one – Knost-radamus – for a prediction seemingly as accurate as those of the 16 th century French astrologer Nostradamus. In February 2022, when Scheffler won his first Tour title at the WM Phoenix Open, Knost proclaimed him to be “a worldbeater,” and added, “Now that he’s got that first one, I think the floodgates are going to open for him.”

Scheffler’s latest triumph is his 10 th career title, the first player to win that many times (or more) in three seasons since Dustin Johnson did so between 2015-16 and 2017-18. There’s no indication that this flood of success for the world No. 1 will stop any time soon. Did Knost imagine Scheffler would dominate on the PGA Tour? “I really did,” he said. “He never plays badly and he’s one of the most competitive people I’ve ever met. He will never just go through the motions.”

Theegala, who recalled playing against Scheffler for the first time in the Starburst Junior Golf Classic at Waco, Texas, didn’t remember ever beating Scheffler, who is a year older than him, in a single junior tournament. Competing with Scheffler, who leads the Tour in 30 statistical categories this season, hasn’t gotten any easier lately. “It’s pretty epic,” Theegala said of Scheffler, who has shot even par or better in all 40 rounds this season and became the first player to win four times in five starts since Tiger Woods in 2007-08. “I was talking to Carl, my caddie, walking to 15 tee box. I was like, I grew up watching the end of Tiger, got to see Rory, DJ, Jordan, like all these guys kind of dominate for a period of time, and I was like, we could be in the midst of something really, really special.”

Some observers suggested that Scheffler would skip the RBC Heritage but Scheffler said he never wavered in his commitment to the tournament. After winning the Masters, Scheffler flew home to Dallas to be with Meredith and didn’t show up to Hilton Head until Tuesday. He played only a nine-hole practice round on Wednesday and spotted much of the field a head start, shanking a bunker shot at his third hole in the first round, making double bogey and needing two late birdies to post 69. He trailed by six and complained of fatigue. But after recharging his batteries, he didn’t make a single bogey or worse until the 72nd hole of the tournament, and even in that case Scheffler said he was counting that one as a par as he played the smart shots with a comfortable lead. He stormed back with a 65 on Friday and was lurking three back before reminding everyone who is boss with a bogey-free 63 to claim a one-stroke lead.

Are you kidding me?! 💥 Scottie Scheffler is doing Scottie Scheffler things. @RBC_Heritage pic.twitter.com/by9vn6dplU — Golf on CBS ⛳ (@GolfonCBS) April 21, 2024

In the final round, Scheffler laid down the hammer early, chipping in at the par-5 second hole from 53 feet for eagle. His bump-and-run, executed to perfection, marked his 11 th hole-out of the season. He tacked on a birdie at the par-5 fifth and strung together six consecutive pars before the horn blew. When play resumed he wedged to 6 feet for another birdie at 13. When he made his lone blunder, pull-hooking a 4-iron into the water due to mud on his ball at the par-5 15th, he took a penalty drop and carved a beautiful shot to 11 feet. Darkness had fallen and he could’ve wait until Monday to strike the par putt but he opted to play on and sank it for good measure. While that snapped a streak of 53 consecutive holes without recording a score of more than a four on his card, dating to the 15 th hole in his first round, he pumped his fist with glee for keeping a clean card (to that point).

“I felt like I was due for one to drop,” said Scheffler, whose closing bogey gave him a winning total 19-under 265. “So I figured might as well hit it now.”

Clark mounted an early charge, making an eagle and six birdies in his first 11 holes to inch within a stroke of the lead. But his effort to run down Scheffler was spoiled at the 12 th hole when Clark tried to punch between trees. His ball struck one of them squarely and ricocheted out of bounds. He made double bogey.

“It was kind of fun for a little bit,” said Clark, who improved to a career-best ranking of No. 3 in the world. “Seemed like maybe we had a chance to do something crazy.”

Only Mother Nature could prolong Scheffler’s victory another day. Play was suspended due to inclement weather at 4:28 p.m. ET, for two hours and 32 minutes. The delay meant they ran out of daylight.

But on Monday, Scheffler capped off winning for the fourth time this year, all of them Signature events. He finished tied for second in the only tournament he did not win during his scorching run. For the week, he topped the field of 69 in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee, SG: Tee to Green, SG: Approach the Green and scrambling.

“We’re watching greatness right now,” CBS’s Jim Nantz said. “It doesn’t happen all the time, but it sure is fun when you find yourself witnessing something like this.

Nantz’s NFL broadcast partner, former Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo, who played in the Invited Celebrity Classic on PGA Tour Champions last week, estimated he’s played around 500 rounds with Scheffler and said he’s never failed to break 70.

“Which is insane,” said Romo who played with him the week before the Masters at Brook Hollow, a Dallas club. “I have not seen a guy hit a golf ball like this since Tiger back in the 2000s when I played with him, the way he was striking the ball, the compression, the trajectory, the spin rate. It was impressive, and I was like, ‘He ain’t losing that tournament.’ ”

No one stopped him at the RBC Heritage either. Could Scheffler be on his way to a season for the record books? That may depend whether history repeats itself — all 10 of his wins have come in the months of February, March and April. So, time will tell if Scheffler can continue to dominate when the calendar flips to May – just don’t bet against the floodgates closing any time soon.

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PGA Tour merger: How 2023 golfer rankings compare with LIV tour standings

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LIV golfers Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson have been hard to miss near the top of major tournament leaderboards this year – especially with Koepka collecting his fifth major at the PGA Championship .

But what about all the other players who left the PGA for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tou r in past months?

With the surprise announcement Tuesday morning of the merger of the two tours' business operations, here's a look at the top 52 players of each tour in 2023.

52? Yes, that's how many players are ranked currently on the LIV site so leaving out Kieran Vincent and Wade Ormsby seemed a bit odd. With a much deeper pool of players competing for the FedExCup , the PGA list leaves out notable players such as Hideki Matsuyama and Justin Thomas – just to name a few.

In the PGA, Jon Rahm (3,042 points) and Scottie Scheffler are running away from the pack with Max Homa, Viktor Hovland and Tony Finau rounding out the top five.

On the LIV tour, Talor Gooch (96 points), Branden Grace, Koepka and Cameron Smith (83) hold the top four slots with Peter Uihlein in fifth.

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The terms of the agreement are not fully finalized and are scheduled to be completed in the coming months.

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PGA Tour Event Disrupted by Alligator Casually Walking Across Tee Box

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The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is used to having a special four-legged friend show up from time. to time on the course.

The guest, an alligator, halted play at the 17th hole during Thursday's first round. The groups of Bronson Burgoon and Jhonattan Vegas, along with Paul Barjon and Samuel Stevens, had to wait at the tee box for the alligator to cross in front of them before they could tee off. The animal didn't stop them from taking a few practice swings, though.

This isn't the first time an alligator has showed up at the Zurich Classic. The PGA Tour commentators reminded viewers that the tournament was used to a three-legged alligator gracing the course fittingly named "Tripod."

Now on the tee, from New Orleans, Louisiana ... A GATOR 🐊 pic.twitter.com/N8wEJh1pQ1 — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 25, 2024

The alligator walked across the tee box without causing any issues with any golfers or fans. But it definitely took its sweet time to walk across.

Both golfing duos ended up paring the 17th hole despite the distraction.

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Charlie Woods looks to earn a spot at this year's U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. (Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)

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Charlie Woods’ road to Pinehurst begins Thursday.

Woods, the son of 82-time TOUR winner Tiger Woods, will compete in an 18-hole U.S. Open local qualifier Thursday at The Legacy Golf & Tennis Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The younger Woods is slated to tee off at 8:18 a.m. ET Thursday.

The road to the U.S. Open features 109 local qualifying sites across April and May, leading to 13 Final Qualifying sites in late May and early June. Final Qualifying is known as Golf's Longest Day, requiring competitors to navigate 36 holes to earn a tee time at the season’s third major championship.

To be eligible for qualifying, a player must have a Handicap Index not exceeding 0.4 or be a professional.

The elder Woods is a three-time U.S. Open champion, but he has yet to win at Pinehurst No. 2. Tiger Woods finished T3 at Pinehurst in 1999, two strokes back of winner Payne Stewart, and he placed solo second at the venerable venue in 2005, two back of Michael Campbell. He didn’t compete at Pinehurst in 2014.

Earlier this spring, Charlie Woods competed in a pre-qualifier for the TOUR’s Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, his first foray at attempting to qualify for a TOUR-sanctioned event. The younger Woods shot 86 that day but will look to apply learnings in Thursday’s U.S. Open local qualifier.

Tiger and Charlie Woods have paired together in the last four PNC Championships, the two-player team event contested each December that utilizes a scramble format. Team Woods finished runner-up in 2021 but has yet to win the event.

Other notables in the field at Woods' site include Cameron Kuchar (son of Matt), Sunny Kim, Garrett Willis, Reed Greyserman (brother of Max), Austin Lemieux (son of Mario) and Michael Buttacavoli.