Upon the conclusion of a regular season jam-packed with events and four tremendous major championships, the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs have arrived. Since the FedEx Cup Playoffs started in 2007, professional golf has never felt more tenuous and has likely never been more up in the air.
Now the headlines as the FedEx Cup Playoffs begin will actually come from a courtroom in Northern California, rather than the golf course, after the PGA Tour responded to a lawsuit by 11 LIV golfers. Three of those golfers -- Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones) -- are trying to play in this year's FedEx Cup Playoffs via temporary restraining order that will be ruled on by the time the festivities begin in Memphis at the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Thursday.
Taking on a new look from just a year ago, it is no longer The Northern Trust that will kick off the postseason, rather the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind ushers in the festivities. A long-standing host venue on the PGA Tour, this par 70 design will welcome the top 121 players to Memphis, Tennessee, this week.
While the first playoff event is typically reserved for the top 125 players, with four players on the sidelines, the field is whittled down that much more. Eyes are drawn to the top of the standings, where world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler sits at the top of the mountain. Enjoying a strong spring that saw him capture the Masters and three other victories, he has built a large lead over the likes of Cameron Smith, Sam Burns, Xander Schauffele and reigning FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay.