The final 72 holes of the 2025 PGA Tour season will decide who takes home the final prize of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The 2025 Tour Championship once again serves as the postseason finale for the top 30 players on the PGA Tour,

Justin Rose met the occasion during the first leg of the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs, taking home not only the St. Jude Championship crown but a whopping $3.6 million winner's check as well. That same winner's prize was be on the line this week at the 2025 BMW Championship as part of a $20 million purse that will be divided amongst 48 of the top 50 players in the FedEx Cup standings after one player withdrew before the tournament and another before the fourth round began.

The biggest change is the elimination of the "starting strokes" format. Instituted in 2019, it gave FedEx Cup leaders in the season-long points race a head start in the Playoff finale, but in May it was quashed and the typical 72-hole stroke-play format was brought back. All 30 golfers in the field will start at level par.

Scottie Scheffler, the leader in the FedEx Cup standings heading into this week’s Tour Championship, holds a 3,769-point advantage over No. 2 Rory McIlroy after winning the BMW Championship on Sunday.

The 20th edition of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup season in 2026 will feature 35 official-money events, nine Signature Events and stops in five countries and 20 states. The Tour announced its schedule for next year two days before the 2025 FedEx Cup season ends with the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta,

The complete schedule for the 2026 PGA Tour season, including every major championship and the season-ending FedEx Cup playoffs.