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The final three-week stretch of the FedEx Cup season is here.

Many of the best golfers in the world will not only have to deal with grueling heat and humidity at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, and the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta, but also elevation at the BMW Championship outside Denver in between.

«You want to be peaking at certain times of the year, and this is definitely one of the times of the year where you want to be peaking,» Patrick Cantlay said.

Everyone in the 70-man field is chasing world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler and two-time major winner Xander Schauffele, like they have done throughout the 2024 season.

Here's a look at the playoff tournaments and formats and what's at stake over the next three weeks:

FedEx St. Jude Championship
When: Thursday-Sunday
Where: TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee
Purse: $20 million ($3.6 million to winner)
Defending champion: Lucas Glover

The top 70 players in the FedEx Cup points standings are back at TPC Southwind for the first leg of the playoffs. Last year, Glover defeated Cantlay in a playoff at the FedEx St. Jude Championship for his second straight win. Glover won't be around this year to defend his title; he missed the playoffs after finishing 77th with 596 points this year.

Also missing the playoffs: No. 71 Davis Riley (647), No. 72 Andrew Putnam (625), No. 73 Kurt Kitayama (603), No. 81 Nicolai Hojgaard (532) and No. 107 Rickie Fowler (374).

Matt Kuchar, who was the only player to make every playoff since 2007, had his streak end when he finished 104th with 382 points.

Scheffler's dominance this season continued when he came from behind to win a gold medal at the Olympics in Paris. With 5,993 points, he has a nearly 2,000-point