There is a lot more than ‘just’ the $3.6million first prize at stake or the final fifty who have qualified for this week’s second FedExCup play-off event, the BMW Championship.
As well as determining the thirty players who will battle it for the $18million FedEx bonus at next week’s Tour Championship, the BMW also doubles as the final qualifying event for the US Ryder Cup team.
The top six on the American points list on Sunday evening will earn automatic spots for Rome, and USA captain Zach Johnson will announce his six wild cards the following day.
But while the Yanks are jockeying for position, it would not surprise me to see three Europeans among the main contenders at Olympia Fields.