FedExCup Playoffs 2026: Your guide to golf’s $25 million finale
It might seem that golf is over for the year. The four majors have already occurred, we’re in an off year for the Ryder Cup, the PGA Tour is winding down. But there’s still plenty of golf to be played this year, including one of the biggest purses of the year, to be won at the FedExCup play-offs.
Over three weeks and three courses, the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Playoffs will whittle a 70-man field down to a single champion, and the winner walks away with $25 million in bonus money on top of that week’s prize fund. Here’s how to bet on all three legs, especially if you use bet365 refer a friend to bring your friends in on the action.
A guide to the FedExCup Playoffs
FedEx St. Jude Championship (13-16 August, TPC Southwind, Memphis)
TPC Southwind is a tight, tree-lined track where elite approach play separates the leaderboard, so ball-striking stats are worth more here than they are at most Tour stops.
Scottie Scheffler opens as the heavy favorite across most books, reflecting his dominant season, but with 70 players in the field there’s real value further down the board for anyone in form off the tee. This is also the widest field of the three events, so it’s the best spot on the calendar for a longer-odds outright or top-10 bet before the field tightens.
BMW Championship (20-23 August, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis)
With only the top 50 advancing, this leg carries a genuine cutline subplot alongside the tournament itself. Bellerive is a longer and more traditional parkland test, rewarding distance off the tee as much as precision.
Players hovering near the bubble sometimes play a shade more conservatively to protect their spot, which can shift how certain matchup and top-20 bets play out compared with a normal week.
Tour Championship (27-30 August, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta)
Since the staggered-strokes format was scrapped in 2025, every one of the 30 qualifiers now starts level, so this is a pure form contest rather than a mathematical exercise. That makes recent performance across the first two playoff legs the single best guide for outright and top-5 bets here, more so than where a player sits in the season-long standings.
With the smallest, sharpest field of the three, expect tighter odds and less value on the outright market, though top-5 and head-to-head markets often offer better prices.
Who are the FedExCup favorites?
Scottie Scheffler, as mentioned, remains the favorite for the entire tournament. He’s pretty clear of the field given his dominant season, but there’s still plenty of other golfers with their foot in the door.
Cameron Young and Jon Rahm are both among the favorites as well, the The Open winner Ryan Fox will be in contention, and Oklahoma State alum Rickie Fowler might be the hometown hero that Oklahoma natives can support.