Who is in the field for the 2026 FedEx St. Jude Championship?
The first FedEx Cup playoff event of 2026 runs 13 to 16 August at TPC Southwind in Memphis with 69 players, after Daniel Berger qualified and is not playing. Only 50 advance to the BMW Championship.
The 2026 FedEx Cup playoffs open on Thursday. The FedEx St. Jude Championship runs from 13 to 16 August at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, with a 20 million dollar purse and 750 FedEx Cup points to the winner, per The Golf News Net's field report and the tournament's official guide.
The field is built for 70 players, the top 70 in the season-long FedEx Cup standings. It will start with 69. Daniel Berger qualified and is not in the field, per Yahoo Sports and Heavy, so nobody moves up to replace him and the tournament plays one man short.
Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young headline the entry list, per The Golf News Net.
Fifty players advance to the following week's BMW Championship, and thirty reach the Tour Championship after that. A player ranked in the sixties needs the round of his season in the one week the season cannot be extended.
The field was settled two days ago. The Wyndham Championship closed the regular season on Sunday 9 August and finalised the top 70, per The Golf News Net, which is how 69 names ended up on this entry list.
Sources: The Golf News Net (field, rankings, finalised top 70); Yahoo Sports and Heavy (Berger absence); Memphis Travel tournament guide (venue, format); Wikipedia, 2026 FedEx Cup Playoffs (structure, advancement numbers).