If you’re not in the top 30 of the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs points standings, time has run out. At the conclusion of the final round Sunday at the 2025 BMW Championship 20 golfers were eliminated and the top 30 can now look forward to at East Lake for the 2025 Tour Championship.
Get a recap here of all the action on Sunday of the final round of the BMW Championship.
2025 BMW Championship leaderboard
See the final BMW leaderboard and the FedEx Cup Playoffs standings.
Top 30 is finalized for 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs at East Lake
Ludvig Aberg made the final stroke that decided the top 30 in the FedEx Cup Playoffs standings. It was a two-inch tap putt for a double-bogey 6 on the 18th hole. With that, all the points were calculated and confirmed and that put Akshay Bhatia into the 30th and final spot for the final playoff event. Had Aberg triple bogeyed the final hole, Bhatia would have been bumped to 31st and Michael Kim would’ve landed in the 30th spot.
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Here’s the top 30 for the 2025 Tour Championship:
Pos.Golfer1Scottie Scheffler2Rory McIlroy3J.J. Spaun4Justin Rose5Tommy Fleetwood6Ben Griffin7Russell Henley8Sepp Straka9Robert MacIntyre10Maverick McNealy11Harris English12Justin Thomas13Cameron Young14Ludvig Aberg15Andrew Novak16Keegan Bradley17Sam Burns18Brian Harman19Corey Conners20Patrick Cantlay21Collin Morikawa22Viktor Hovland23Hideki Matsuyama24Shane Lowry25Nick Taylor26Harry Hall27Jacob Bridgeman28Sungjae Im29Chris Gotterup30Akshay Bhatia
Here are the 20 golfers who failed to advance:
Pos.Golfer31Michael Kim32Rickie Fowler33Taylor Pendrith34Matt Fitzpatrick35Kurt Kitayama36Lucas Glover37Si Woo Kim38Sam Stevens39Ryan Gerard40Denny McCarthy41Jason Day42Xander Schauffele43Ryan Fox44Thomas Detry45Daniel Berger46Brian Campbell47Bud Cauley48Tom Hoge49J.T. Poston50Jhonattan Vegas
Michael Kim bumped out of top 30 after a Viktor Hovland putt
Hovland, who won the 2023 Tour Championship, made a birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 69, his fourth straight round in the 60s this week. It put him into a tie for eighth and it moved him from 28th to 23rd in the FedEx Cup projected standings.
But it also damaged Michael Kim’s Tour Championship hopes, knocking him to the first-spot-out at No. 31.
Kim later had some fun with that on X.
Leaders have two holes left. Here’s the last 5 in/first 5 out
As of 5:28 p.m. ET here’s a look at Nos. 26-35.
26. Jacob Bridgeman
27. Harry Hall
28. Sungjae Im
29. Chris Gotterup
30. Akshay Bhatia
31. Michael Kim
32. Taylor Pendrith
33. Rickie Fowler
34. Matt Fitzpatrick
35. Kurt Kitayama
Chris Gotterup driving to parents house to await standings
Gotterup, aiming for his first Tour Championship appearance, finished his final round a couple of hours ago and now with the leaders on the 15th hole and about an hour left of golf to take place, he finds himself in the 29th spot in the projected standings. Apparently he didn’t want to wait around at Caves Valley to see if he would make the final event, so he decided he’d drive his parents house and find out the official standings later, according to NBC.
Rickie Fowler flirting with trouble on the back nine
Fowler bogeyed the 12th, birdied the 13th and bogeyed the 14th, making his projected standing precarious. But he made things worse on the par-4 15th hole after sailing the green and going into the trees and then needing a drop. He then faced a 35-foot putt for bogey and missed that so he took a double bogey 6. That horror show dropped him to 33rd in the standings.
Harry Halls climbs into 30th spot in FedEx Cup standings
Hall, viewed by many as a viable Ryder Cup pick by European team captain Luke Donald, started the BMW week No. 45 but at 3:44 p.m. ET, Hall was in the 30th and final spot for East Lake.
Rickie Fowler, meanwhile, keeps torching Caves Valley and is at 10 under and in solo fourth. That pace has vaulted him to No. 25 in the projected standings.
28. Sungjae Im
29. Michael Kim
30. Harry Hall
31. Chris Gotterup
32. Akshay Bhatia
33. Taylor Pendrith
Rickie Fowler moves back inside top 30 for East Lake
Fowler is on the prowl Sunday. After opening with a bogey, Fowler made birdie at Nos. 4, 5 and 7 to get to 8 under overall and into a tie for fifth. He is now currently 30th in the projected standings.
Who’s near the bubble in the FedEx Cup Playoff standings heading into Sunday?
As the final group of Robert MacIntyre and Scottie Scheffler tee off for their final rounds, here’s a look at the last three in/first three out as of 1:45 p.m. ET:
28. Akshay Bhatia
29. Sungjae Im
30. Chris Gotterup
31. Taylor Pendrith
32. Michael Kim
33. Rickie Fowler
Where to watch, stream, listen to BMW Championship 2025
This is the TV channel, streaming and radio schedule for the 2025 BMW Championship, with NBC, Golf Channel, Peacock, ESPN+ and PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM all teaming up for the coverage. All times listed are ET.
Final round, Sunday, August 17
- 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., PGA Tour Live on ESPN+
- 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM
- 12 p.m. – 2 p.m., Golf Channel, NBC Sports App
- 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., NBC, Peacock
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Watch Golf Channel for free on FuboWho’s leading the 2025 BMW after three days?
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre maintained his lead with a 2-under 68 on Saturday. But Scottie Scheffler drew a stroke closer, posting 67. MacIntyre drained a 41-foot birdie putt at the last to get to 16-under 194 and four better than the world No. 1. They will be paired together again on Sunday.
What is the prize money at the 2025 BMW Championship?
The BMW has a $20 million purse and a $3.6 million first-place prize. This will also be the final week for PGA Tour golfers to compile earnings for the official money list, as the Tour Championship payouts are considered “bonus” money.
