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Rory McIlroy didn't lift much except for a few pints back in Northern Ireland last week when he took a trip home to Holywood to show off the green jacket he earned for winning the Masters the week before.
He didn't have to. McIlroy maintained his huge lead on the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup points list, with Justin Thomas picking up 700 for winning the Tour's Signature event, the RBC Heritage, and moving into second.
McIlroy leads Thomas by 764 points and with Thomas not playing in this week's Zurich Classic, McIlroy will increase his lead just by making the cut with teammate Shane Lowry. It could be a lot more: they're the defending champions and are the only team in the field at TPC Louisiana in which both players are among the top 15 in the world (McIlroy is second, Lowry is 13th).
Not possible. The players on the winning team get 400 FedEx Cup points each and the highest-ranked player in the field is Sepp Straka (playing with Brice Garnett) at fifth. If Straka and Garnett win, Straka can move into second place behind McIlroy, at best.
Only one other top 10 player in this week's point list is in the Zurich Classic, field, No. 9 Collin Morikawa, who's playing with Kurt Kitiyama. The highest Morikawa can climb with a victory is third.
(Through RBC Heritage and Corales Puntacana Championship)
Mackenzie Hughes, 52 spots (93rd to 41st), tie for third
Chris Kirk, 20 spots (132nd to 112th), tie for 18th
J.T. Poston, 17 spots (70th to 53rd), tie for 11th
Andrew Novak, 17 spots (32nd to 15th), second
Si Woo Kim, 16 spots (60th to 44th), tie for eighth
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: PGA Tour FedEx Cup: Rory McIlroy can increase lead at Zurich Classic
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He didn't have to. McIlroy maintained his huge lead on the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup points list, with Justin Thomas picking up 700 for winning the Tour's Signature event, the RBC Heritage, and moving into second.
McIlroy leads Thomas by 764 points and with Thomas not playing in this week's Zurich Classic, McIlroy will increase his lead just by making the cut with teammate Shane Lowry. It could be a lot more: they're the defending champions and are the only team in the field at TPC Louisiana in which both players are among the top 15 in the world (McIlroy is second, Lowry is 13th).
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Can anyone catch Rory McIlroy this week?
Not possible. The players on the winning team get 400 FedEx Cup points each and the highest-ranked player in the field is Sepp Straka (playing with Brice Garnett) at fifth. If Straka and Garnett win, Straka can move into second place behind McIlroy, at best.
Only one other top 10 player in this week's point list is in the Zurich Classic, field, No. 9 Collin Morikawa, who's playing with Kurt Kitiyama. The highest Morikawa can climb with a victory is third.
PGA Tour FedEx Cup points leaders
(Through RBC Heritage and Corales Puntacana Championship)
- 1. Rory McIlroy 2,433
- 2. Justin Thomas 1,669
- 3. Scottie Scheffler 1,428
- 4. Russell Henley 1,404
- 5. Sepp Straka 1,398
- 6. Ludvig Åberg 1,278
- 7. Corey Conners 1,235
- 8. Maverick McNealy 1,190
- 9. Collin Morikawa 1,170
- 10. J.J. Spaun 1,090
- 11. Justin Rose 1,038
- 12. Brian Harman 1,020
- 13. Hideki Matsuyama 999
- 14. Sungjae Im 982
- 15. Andrew Novak 980
- 16. Daniel Berger 950
- 17. Michael Kim 922
- 18. Thomas Detry 915
- 19. Shane Lowry 898
- 20. Nick Taylor 841
- 21. Lucas Glover 835
- 22. Tom Hoge 826
- 23. Tommy Fleetwood 813
- 24. Min Woo Lee 764
- 25. Harris English 761
- 26. Patrick Cantlay 731
- 27. Jason Day 716
- 28. Viktor Hovland 701
- 29. Akshay Bhatia 681
- 30. Joe Highsmith 638
Who made the biggest moves at RBC Heritage?
Mackenzie Hughes, 52 spots (93rd to 41st), tie for third
Chris Kirk, 20 spots (132nd to 112th), tie for 18th
J.T. Poston, 17 spots (70th to 53rd), tie for 11th
Andrew Novak, 17 spots (32nd to 15th), second
Si Woo Kim, 16 spots (60th to 44th), tie for eighth
Who made the biggest moves at Corales Puntacana Championship?
- Garrick Higgo, 99 spots (163rd to 64th), won
- Michael Thorbjornsen, 42 spots (168th to 126th), tie for second
- Jeremy Paul, 37 spots (130th to 93rd), tie for second
- Ben Martin, 24 spots (180th to 156th), tie for ninth
- Vince Whaley, 19 spots (144th to 125th), tie for seventh
Who made the biggest drops?
- Thorbjorn Olsesen, 13 spots (122nd to 135th), did not play
- Camilo Villegas, 13 spots (123rd to 136th), did not play
- Karl Vilips, 11 spots (59th to 70th) tie for 59th at RBC Heritage
- Francesco Molinari, 11 spots (178th to 189th), did not play
- Chandler Phillips, 11 spots (126th to 137th), missed cut at Corales
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: PGA Tour FedEx Cup: Rory McIlroy can increase lead at Zurich Classic
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