Getty Tiger Woods is battling Justin Rose in both the FedEx Cup and Tour Championship.
Tiger Woods is not only fighting Justin Rose for the Tour Championship but the overall FedEx Cup. Rose still leads Woods in the FedEx standings despite Woods making a strong push to win at East Lake. Woods needs Rose to finish tied for fifth or worse at the Tour Championship to have a chance at the FedEx Cup. Regardless of where Woods finishes in the FedEx leaderboard, a win at East Lake would end a five-year drought as Woods has not been victorious since 2013.
Figuring out who has a chance to win the FedEx Cup based on the Tour Championship is a bit complicated. The top five golfers in the standings control their own destiny, meaning a win at East Lake also secures the FedEx Cup. The majority of the field needs some help. Bryson DeChambeau headed into the Tour Championship as the leader but has dug himself a hole in the first two days.
There are two portions of scoring for the final FedEx Cup standings. Golfers are awarded points for their finish at the Tour Championship. The second portion is reseeded points based on where they are in the FedEx standings. The PGA Tour will simplify things for next year as the winner of the Tour Championship will also be the winner of the FedEx Cup. Sports Illustrated broke down how the scoring at East Lake will work starting in 2019.
One of the concerns is essentially handicapping the field for the FedEx Cup finale at East Lake. Instead of everyone starting the first round on the same score, the No. 1 seed starts at 10-under par, with the No. 2 player at 8 under, then 7 under, 6 under and 5 under. The next group of five players are at 4 under, all the way down until the final five players in the 30-man field are at even par.
The goal is to simplify things for fans so when you look at the leaderboard for the Tour Championship, you are looking at the final standings in real time.
”We now [in 2019] have a single leaderboard,” PGA Tour’s Chief Operations Officer Andy Pazder explained to Sports Illustrated. ”As play moves on through the week, we’re just looking at a scoreboard. So every viewer, every spectator and every player on the golf course will know precisely where they stand at any moment.”
For 2018, golf fans will still have to use their calculators to see where each golfer sits in the FedEx Cup standings. Here’s a breakdown of the PGA Tour’s projected FedEx Cup leaderboard after two rounds of the Tour Championship, standings heading into East Lake, the points awarded for the Tour Championship and the reseed points for the top positions in the standings.
FedEx Cup Standings Projections Heading into Final Round
| PLAYER | PROJECTED POINTS |
| 1. Justin Rose | 2780 |
| 2. Tiger Woods | 2219 |
| 3. Bryson DeChambeau | 2160 |
| 4. Tony Finau | 1887 |
| 5. Dustin Johnson | 1576 |
| 6. Justin Thomas | 1560 |
| 7. Rory McIlroy | 1252 |
| 8. Keegan Bradley | 1247 |
| 9. Brooks Koepka | 1099 |
| 10. Billy Horschel | 1007 |
| 11. Bubba Watson | 927 |
| 12. Jon Rahm | 660 |
| 13. Kyle Stanley | 651 |
| 14. Cameron Smith | 640 |
| 15. Webb Simpson | 612 |
| 16. Jason Day | 560 |
| 17. Xander Schauffele | 531 |
| 18. Paul Casey | 518 |
| 19. Francesco Molinari | 491 |
| 20. Aaron Wise | 486 |
| 21. Patrick Cantlay | 453 |
| 22. Tommy Fleetwood | 451 |
| 23. Phil Mickelson | 448 |
| 24. Patrick Reed | 432 |
| 25. Gary Woodland | 413 |
| 26. Rickie Fowler | 374 |
| 27. Hideki Matsuyama | 354 |
| 27. Kevin Na | 354 |
| 29. Marc Leishman | 316 |
| 30. Patton Kizzire | 307 |
FedEx Cup Standings Heading Into Tour Championship
| GOLFER | POINTS | POINTS BEHIND LEAD |
| 1. Bryson DeChambeau | 5,789 | – |
| 2. Justin Rose | 4,391 | 1,398 |
| 3. Tony Finau | 3,479 | 2,310 |
| 4. Dustin Johnson | 3,425 | 2,364 |
| 5. Justin Thomas | 3,327 | 2,462 |
| 6. Keegan Bradley | 2,979 | 2,810 |
| 7. Brooks Koepka | 2,723 | 3,066 |
| 8. Bubba Watson | 2,481 | 3,308 |
| 9. Billy Horschel | 2,260 | 3,529 |
| 10. Cameron Smith | 2,247 | 3,542 |
| 11. Webb Simpson | 2,228 | 3,561 |
| 12. Jason Day | 2,071 | 3,718 |
| 13. Francesco Molinari | 1,992 | 3,797 |
| 14. Phil Mickelson | 1,990 | 3,799 |
| 15. Patrick Reed | 1,933 | 3,856 |
| 16. Patrick Cantlay | 1,861 | 3,928 |
| 17. Rory McIlroy | 1,813 | 3,976 |
| 18. Xander Schauffele | 1,759 | 4,030 |
| 19. Tommy Fleetwood | 1,734 | 4,055 |
| 20. Tiger Woods | 1,722 | 4,067 |
| 21. Aaron Wise | 1,702 | 4,087 |
| 22. Kevin Na | 1,629 | 4,160 |
| 23. Rickie Fowler | 1,612 | 4,177 |
| 24. Jon Rahm | 1,610 | 4,179 |
| 25. Kyle Stanley | 1,564 | 4,225 |
| 26. Paul Casey | 1,499 | 4,290 |
| 27. Hideki Matsuyama | 1,491 | 4,298 |
| 28. Gary Woodland | 1,448 | 4,341 |
| 29. Marc Leishman | 1,444 | 4,345 |
| 30. Patton Kizzire | 1,432 | 4,357 |
FedEx Cup Tour Championship Points
| POSITION | POINTS |
| 1. | 2,000 |
| 2. | 1,200 |
| 3. | 760 |
| 4. | 540 |
| 5. | 440 |
| 6. | 400 |
| 7. | 360 |
| 8. | 340 |
| 9. | 320 |
| 10. | 300 |
| 11. | 280 |
| 12. | 260 |
| 13. | 240 |
| 14. | 228 |
| 15. | 220 |
| 16. | 212 |
| 17. | 204 |
| 18. | 196 |
| 19. | 188 |
| 20. | 180 |
| 21. | 172 |
| 22. | 164 |
| 23. | 156 |
| 24. | 148 |
| 25. | 142 |
| 26. | 136 |
| 27. | 130 |
| 28. | 124 |
| 29. | 118 |
| 30. | 112 |
FedEx Cup Reseed Points
| POSITION | RESEED POINTS |
| 1. | 2,000 |
| 2. | 1,800 |
| 3. | 1,600 |
| 4. | 1,440 |
| 5. | 1,280 |
| 6. | 1,120 |
| 7. | 960 |
| 8. | 800 |
| 9. | 640 |
| 10. | 480 |
| 11. | 384 |
| 12. | 368 |
| 13. | 352 |
| 14. | 336 |
| 15. | 314 |
| 16. | 293 |
| 17. | 272 |
| 18. | 251 |
| 19. | 231 |
| 20. | 219 |
| 21. | 206 |
| 22. | 194 |
| 23. | 182 |
| 24. | 170 |
| 25. | 161 |
| 26. | 151 |
| 27. | 142 |
| 28. | 133 |
| 29. | 124 |
| 30. | 115 |