Did Rory McIlroy advance to the 2024 BMW Championship? FedEx St. Jude Championship finish explored

Rory McIlroy has advanced to the 2024 BMW Championship. The second of three playoffs that decide the FedEx winner will be held from August 22 to 25 at Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Mcllroy had an unimpressive showing at the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship, ending it tied for 68th at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. He scored 68, 73, 74, and 74 in the four rounds to finish with an aggregate score of 9-over 289.

Mcllroy received only 13 FedExCup points for finishing tied for 68th out of 70 players. However, given his good performances during the 2024 season, he is positioned fifth in the FedExCup standings with 2,559 points and thus advances to the BMW Championship.

Mcllroy has won two tournaments this year on the PGA Tour, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Shane Lowry. He has finished in the top 10 at six tournaments this year.

Meanwhile, several players ranked between 50 and 70 in the FedExCup standings made significant jumps to enter into the top 50 to advance into the BMW Championship, such as Viktor Hovland (57th to 16th), Nick Dunlap (68th to 48th) and Eric Cole (54th to 46th).

Other players who made notable jumps in the FedExCup standings after the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship include Sam Burns (29th to 18th), Denny McCarthy (45th to 30th), and Will Zalatoris (49th to 37th).

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Which players have advanced to the 2024 BMW Championship?

The top 50 players in FedExCup standings have made it to the 2024 BMW Championship. Scottie Scheffler tops the standings with 6,533 points while Keegan Bradley is last on the FedExCup standings with 1,096 points.

The 50 players to advance to the 2024 BMW Championship are as follows:

• 1: Scottie Scheffler - 6,533 points
• 2: Xander Schauffele - 5,037 points
• 3: Hideki Matsuyama - 3,899 points
• 4: Collin Morikawa - 2,596 points
• 5: Rory McIlroy - 2,559 points
• 6: Wyndham Clark - 2,504 points
• 7: Ludvig Åberg - 2,146 points
• 8: Sahith Theegala - 2,076 points
• 9: Patrick Cantlay - 2,017 points
• 10: Sungjae Im - 1,950 points
• 11: Shane Lowry - 1,895 points
• 12: Robert MacIntyre - 1,885 points
• 13: Akshay Bhatia - 1,847 points
• 14: Tony Finau - 1,843 points
• 15: Byeong Hun An - 1,835 points
• 16: Viktor Hovland - 1,834 points
• 17: Russell Henley - 1,777 points
• 18: Sam Burns - 1,685 points
• 19: Billy Horschel - 1,682 points
• 20: Matthieu Pavon - 1,608 points
• 21: Aaron Rai - 1,589 points
• 22: Justin Thomas - 1,551 points
• 23: Christiaan Bezuidenhout - 1,546 points
• 24: Sepp Straka - 1,516 points
• 25: Jason Day - 1,485 points
• 26: Davis Thompson - 1,465 points
• 27: Taylor Pendrith - 1,464 points
• 28: Tom Hoge - 1,450 points
• 29: Brian Harman - 1,446 points
• 30: Denny McCarthy - 1,365 points
• 31: Tommy Fleetwood - 1,362 points
• 32: Chris Kirk - 1,346 points
• 33: Corey Conners - 1,277 points
• 34: J.T. Poston - 1,273 points
• 35: Stephan Jaeger - 1,261 points
• 36: Matt Fitzpatrick - 1,258 points
• 37: Will Zalatoris - 1,256 points
• 38: Austin Eckroat - 1,253 points
• 39: Cameron Young - 1,245 points
• 40: Thomas Detry - 1,241 points
• 41: Adam Scott - 1,225 points
• 42: Adam Hadwin - 1,208 points
• 43: Max Homa - 1,206 points
• 44: Si Woo Kim - 1,195 points
• 45: Alex Noren - 1,173 points
• 46: Eric Cole - 1,132 points
• 47: Max Greyserman - 1,121 points
• 48: Nick Dunlap - 1,121 points
• 49: Cam Davis - 1,105 points
• 50: Keegan Bradley - 1,096 points