The PGA Tour's season race takes place this week at East Lake Golf Club, where the final of the FedEx Cup, the Tour Championship, will be held.
Last week, number 50 Keegan Bradley went from last place to the top when he won the BMW Championship and secured a place in the top 30.
It's the final playoff event of the season and there's so much money at stake. The winner of the Tour Championship will receive $25 million in bonus money, an increase of $7 million from 2023.
The runner-up will receive $12.5 million. Third place will receive $7.5 million. And the craziest part is that the top 12 finishers will receive a seven-figure check.
There was activity among the top 30 players: four players dropped out and four new ones took their place.
Let's take a look at the new top 30 who will play in Atlanta this week. After looking at the official list, we'll discuss who was eliminated and who took their place.
The top 30 of the FedEx Cup reach the Tour Championship
(marks their previous status)
30. Justin Thomas (22; dropped 8 places)
29. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (23; lost 6 places)
28. Aaron Rai (21; dropped 7 places)
27. Tom Hoge (28; 1 place good)
26. Chris Kirk (32; gained 6 places)
25. Taylor Pendrith (27; gained 2 places)
24. Matthieu Pavon (20; dropped 4 places)
23. Sepp Straka (24; 1 place better)
22. Tommy Fleetwood (32; gained 10 places)
21. Billy Horschel (19; dropped 2 places)
20. Robert MacIntyre (12; dropped 8 places)
19. Akshay Bhatia (13; dropped 6 places)
18. Russell Henley (17; dropped 1 place)
17. Viktor Hovland (16; lost 1 place)
16. Byeong Hun An (15; dropped 1 place)
15. Tony Finau (14; dropped 1 place)
14. Adam Scott (41; gained 27 places)
13. Shane Lowry (11; dropped 2 places)
12. Sahith Theegala (8; lost 4 places)
11. Sungjae Im (10; dropped 1 place)
10. Patrick Cantlay (9; dropped 1 place)
9. Sam Burns (18; gained 9 places)
8. Wyndham Clark (7; lost 2 places)
7. Collin Morikawa (4th; dropped to 3rd place)
6. Rory McIlroy (5; dropped 1 place)
5. Ludvig Åberg (7; improved by 2 places)
4. Keegan Bradley (50; gained 46 places)
3. Hideki Matsuyama (3; no movement)
2. Xander Schauffele (2; No movement)
- Scottie Scheffler (1; no movement)
The first three showed no movement, but three boys made great progress.
Bradley jumped 46 places to sit 4th overall, but he also caused many to drop back to make room for himself.
Adam Scott finished second in the BMW Championship alongside Sam Burns and Ludvig Åberg. Scott moved up 27 places in the top 30 and Burns moved up nine places in the rankings.
Åberg dropped from 7th place to 5th place.
Who has fallen out of the FedEx Cup top 30 rankings?
Four players fell out of the top 30 to make way for Chris Kirk, Tommy Fleetwood, Bradley and Scott.
The four players who will not compete in Atlanta are Brian Harman at No. 31, Jason Day at No. 33, Davis Thompson at No. 34 and Denny McCarthy at No. 35.
Harman finished 25th at the BMW Championship. Day finished T-33, Thompson T-41 and McCarthy T-26. Those finishes weren't enough points to keep these guys in the finish.
This year is the second year in a row that McCarthy has narrowly missed out on making the top 30.
The top 30 of the 2024 Tour Championship is full of young and experienced talent, and they're competing for big money. Not to mention, they all want to be the guy who calls himself a FedEx Cup champion.
Savannah Leigh Richardson is the golf editor at SB Nations Playing Through. For more golf coverage, follow us @_Playthrough on all major social platforms. You can also follow her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @golf_girl_sl.
