What do players on the FedEx Cup bubble need to do to make the top 30? - ESPN

The PGA Tour is returning to Colorado for the first time in a decade this week for the BMW Championship, the penultimate event of the FedEx Cup season.

The top 50 golfers in the FedEx Cup points standings will battle the elevation at Castle Pines Golf Club outside Denver. Castle Pines measures about 8,130 yards — the longest course in PGA Tour history — but it will play more like 7,300 after elevation adjustments.

The PGA Tour last visited Castle Pines for the final version of The International, a modified Stableford scoring event, in 2006.

«It's a longer walk, I'll tell you that,» said Patrick Cantlay, a two-time BMW Championship winner. «There's going to be some tired caddies at the end of this week with the uphill and the downhill and the 8,100 yards. The ball is going farther, but we've got to walk all that way.»

The top 30 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings after Sunday's final round will advance to next week's Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, where the winner will collect a whopping $25 million of $100 million in FedEx Cup bonuses. The top 30 golfers will also earn two-year exemptions on the PGA Tour and access to the four major championships in 2025.

World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler can remain atop the points standings (and start the Tour Championship with a two-stroke lead over everyone else) if he finishes solo fourth or better in the BMW Championship. Xander Schauffele, who picked up his first two major championship titles at the PGA Championship and The Open, can overtake Scheffler if he wins and Scheffler finishes in a two-way tie for fourth or worse, according to the PGA Tour.

«Fortunately, I had a good regular season, so I'm in position to not relax but I can play conservative and