It’s time.
It’s time to crown the winner of the 2021-22 FedEx Cup. After his victory at the BMW Championship last week, Patrick Cantlay has vaulted from No. 7 in the FedEx Cup standings to No. 2, only behind Scottie Scheffler.
At this week’s Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, the leaderboard will be staggered. Players will start a certain amount of shots behind the world No. 1 depending on where they rank in the standings (the full leaderboard is detailed below).
Tuesday morning, Will Zalatoris, No. 3 in the FEC standings, withdrew from the event due to two herniated discs.
The last three FedEx Cup champions: Patrick Cantlay (2021), Dustin Johnson (2020) and Rory McIlroy (2019).
Let’s jump into our final preview of the 2021-22 campaign.
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Golf course
East Lake Golf Club | Par 70 | 7,346 yards
Key stats
- Strokes Gained: Approach
- Fairways in regulation
- Strokes Gained: Putting: Bermuda
Data Golf Information
Course Fit (compares golf courses based on the degree to which different golfer attributes — such as driving distance — to predict who performs well at each course – DataGolf): 1. TPC River Highlands, 2. TPC Twin Cities, 3. TPC Deere Run
Trending: 1. Rory McIlroy (last three starts: 3, MC, T-8), 2. Tony Finau (1, T-5, T-28), 3. Xander Schauffele (T-15, T-57, T-3)
Percent chance to win (based on course history, fit, trending, etc.): 1. Scottie Scheffler (34.8 percent), 2. Patrick Cantlay (14.6 percent), 3. Xander Schauffele (9.3 percent)
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Leaderboard
| Place | Player | Score |
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 10 under |
| 2 | Patrick Cantlay | 8 under |
| 3 | Will Zalatoris (has withdrawn from the event) | 7 under |
| 4 | Xander Schauffele | 6 under |
| 5 | Sam Burns | 5 under |
| 6-10 | Cameron Smith, Rory McIlroy, Tony Finau, Sepp Straka, Sungjae Im | 4 under |
| 11-15 | Jon Rahm, Scott Stallings, Justin Thomas, Cameron Young, Matt Fitzpatrick | 3 under |
| 16-20 | Max Homa, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth, Joaquin Niemann, Viktor Hovland | 2 under |
| 21-25 | Collin Morikawa, Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge, Corey Conners, Brian Harman | 1 under |
| 26-30 | K.H. Lee, J.T. Poston, Sahith Theegala, Adam Scott, Aaron Wise | Even par |
Odds
| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Scottie Scheffler | (+240) | Sungjae Im | (+3000) |
| Patrick Cantlay | (+400) | Matt Fitzpatrick | (+4000) |
| Xander Schauffele | (+750) | Cameron Young | (+5000) |
| Rory McIlroy | (+1200) | Jordan Spieth | (+7000) |
| Will Zalatoris (WD) | (+1200) | Viktor Hovland | (+7000) |
| Jon Rahm | (+1500) | Joaquin Niemann | (+7000) |
| Tony Finau | (+2000) | Collin Morikawa | (+8000) |
| Cameron Smith | (+2000) | Hideki Matsuyama | (+9000) |
| Sam Burns | (+2000) | Scott Stallings | (+10000) |
| Justin Thomas | (+3000) | Sepp Straka | (+10000) |
Xander Schauffele
Since 2017, the year Xander Schauffele won the Tour Championship as a rookie, he has not shot over par at East Lake (20 rounds, two 70s). He was the gross-scoring winner in 2020 and third in 2021.
You could say he likes Atlanta.
Bets to consider: Outright (+750), Outright without strokes (+1200), Top 5 (-110)
Rory McIlroy
Another man who loves East Lake. He tied for second at the Tour Championship in 2014 (before the staggered start was in place), won in 2016 (again, before the staggered start), was in the final group in 2018 before stumbling on Sunday and won again in 2019 (first year of staggered start, was 5 under to start the week).
Bets to consider: Outright (+1200), Top 5 (+130)
Jon Rahm
Something seemed to click for the Spaniard over the weekend at the BMW Championship. After opening the week with rounds of 73-70, Rahm fired a 65 on Saturday and 67 on Sunday. Last season, Rahm tied Kevin Na for the lowest gross score at East Lake.
Bets to consider: Outright (+1500), Outright without strokes (+750), Top 5 (+180)
