FedEx Cup BMW Championship

The second leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs begins Thursday at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington,

Delaware, at the BMW Championship. That means only the top-70 players from

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the PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings qualified and are shooting for the season-long prize, the FedEx Cup.

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Only 68 players will tee it up, and from there, only the top 30 in the standings advance

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to the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The winner of the FedEx Cup

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Playoffs will take home $18 million and the FedEx Cup. Cameron Smith,

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No. 3 in the FedEx Cup standings and into next week’s field,

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, won’t tee it up at the BMW Championship, withdrawing Monday.

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