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Power rankings: Tour Championship

The PGA Tour season ends this week, with the FedEx Cup playoff champion decided at the conclusion of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

The top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings are in the field, all with a mathematical chance of winning the FedEx Cup. If any of the top five players in the standings — Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Adam Scott, Jason Day or Paul Casey — win the Tour Championship, then they win the FedEx Cup and its $10 million first-place prize.

Here are our top five players this week:

Dustin Johnson won the BMW Championship and leads the FedEx Cup standings. (Getty Images)
Dustin Johnson won the BMW Championship and leads the FedEx Cup standings. (Getty Images)

1. Dustin Johnson – The BMW Championship winner also happens to play pretty well at East Lake. He hasn’t won here, and he doesn’t necessarily have to do that this week to win the FedEx Cup.

2. Adam Scott – Scott could very easily be No. 1, playing excellent golf in the playoffs and having a solid East Lake record.

3. Rory McIlroy – McIlroy is playing well, obviously winning at TPC Boston. He seems to find a way to start well, then end poorly here. Maybe that changes.

4. Paul Casey – Casey has been in position to win each of the last two playoff events, and that’s probably a safe bet to continue here at East Lake.

5. Jason Day – Day would be ranked a little higher were he not a bit of an injury risk with what happened to his back at the BMW Championship.


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