Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii – After a thrilling playoff win over Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm clinched his fifth PGA TOUR title and second of the season at the BMW Championship, the second FedExCup Playoff event. The win marked the first time Rahm has won multiple tournaments in a season (the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide).
Rahm’s win at the BMW Championship marked his first FedExCup Playoff win and led him to number 2 on the FedExCup chart ahead of this week’s final Playoff event, the 2020 TOUR Championship. In three previous appearances at The Plantation Course in Kapalua, Rahm has scored three top-10s, including a second place in 2018 and a tenth place at the 2020 event.
The FedExCup Playoffs conclude this week at the TOUR Championship, where the top 30 players will compete for the FedExCup title as PGA TOUR Champions of the Season. The top 30 FedExCup players who arrived in East Lake can subsequently participate in the Sentry Tournament of Champions 2021; an additional qualification category for the 2021 event only following changes to the professional golf calendar made by the PGA TOUR due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Those players who are in the FedExCup top 30 without a win this year and are eligible to play in the 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions include Harris English, Hideki Matsuyama, Brendon Todd, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Sebastián Muñoz, Lanto Griffin, Scottie Scheffler , Joaquín Niemann, Tony Finau, Kevin Kisner, Abraham Ancer, Ryan Palmer, Kevin Na, Mackenzie Hughes, Cameron Champ and Billy Horschel.
Currently, 19 players have qualified for the 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions thanks to their PGA TOUR wins this year, including four rookies. The event returns to The Plantation Course in Kapalua from January 6-10, 2021.
For more information on the Sentry Tournament of Champions, please visit SentryTournamentOfChampions.com. Fans are encouraged to follow Sentry Tournament of Champions Facebook, Twitter is Instagram.
