FedEx Cup Playoffs Begin: Here Are Three Players To Watch

The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs begin tomorrow at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, and while every player in the field is looking to advance, the stakes are particularly high for a few players.

From Jordan Spieth trying to find his form, to rookie Jackson Koivun looking to continue a remarkable first season, to Scottie Scheffler chasing another Player of the Year honor, there is plenty to watch as the playoffs get underway.

Jordan Spieth enters the playoffs ranked 54th in FedEx Cup points. While his spot in the playoffs was never really in question, his lack of top-10 finishes this season has been a concern.

Spieth’s best finishes came at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Valspar Championship, where he tied for 11th on both occasions.

“I feel better than my results have shown,” Speith said in YahooSports. “Just a mix of reasons why, but a really good opportunity this week to believe that, trust that. The more difficult the venue, it requires me to really dial in mentally a little bit more, which I think is going to be a good thing.”

“Then being able to handle whatever comes your way on a difficult major venue and kind of react a bit less. Should be a really good opportunity this week. Yeah, I feel like I have a lot of great golf in front of me. I feel like I’m way more optimistic than I’ve been at a lot of different points in my career,” Spieth continued.

“I’m quite frustrated with the results considering I know where my game is at.”

This will be Spieth’s 14th consecutive appearance in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. A tie for 25th or better would allow him to advance to the BMW Championship and move into the top 50, making him eligible for Signature Events.

Rookie Jackson Koivun enters the playoffs as the final player in the field after putting together a strong stretch of golf that included finishes at the Rocket Mortgage Classic and Wyndham Championship, as well as his win at the 3M Open.

Making the playoffs was hardly a guarantee for the young player earlier this summer.

“I mean, obviously I wanted to make the Playoffs, and I knew that was a far-fetched goal,” Koivun said in YardBarker.

“If I told myself back in June that I would be sitting at 70 and waiting it out in Greensboro, I think I’d be pretty happy,” he added.