2021 The Northern Trust field: Players, rankings
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2021 The Northern Trust field: Players, rankings

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The 2021 The Northern Trust field is set with the with the conclusion of the Wyndham Championship, which determined the 125 players who qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs.

The Northern Trust field is headlined by Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy. This is the first event of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffs, with the top 70 in points after The Northern Trust moving on to the next leg of the three-event series, the BMW Championship near Chicago.

Three players -- Roger Sloan, Scotty Piercy and Chesson Hadley -- played their way into the top 125 at the Wyndham Championship.

Players skipping the event -- Louis Oosthuizen in this case -- are not replaced in the field.

We do not have Monday open qualifiers for this event, played at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J.

The field will be playing for a $9.5 million purse, with 42 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.

2021 The Northern Trust field

Top 50 players in 2021 The Northern Trust field

  • 1. Jon Rahm
  • 2. Dustin Johnson
  • 3. Collin Morikawa
  • 4. Xander Schauffele
  • 5. Justin Thomas
  • 6. Bryson DeChambeau
  • 8. Brooks Koepka
  • 9. Patrick Cantlay
  • 10. Harris English
  • 11. Abraham Ancer
  • 12. Jordan Spieth
  • 13. Rory McIlroy
  • 14. Viktor Hovland
  • 15. Tyrrell Hatton
  • 16. Patrick Reed
  • 17. Hideki Matsuyama
  • 18. Daniel Berger
  • 19. Webb Simpson
  • 20. Scottie Scheffler
  • 21. Paul Casey
  • 22. Tony Finau
  • 23. Matt Fitzpatrick
  • 24. Jason Kokrak
  • 25. Sam Burns
  • 26. Billy Horschel
  • 27. Joaquin Niemann
  • 28. Cameron Smith
  • 30. Sungjae Im
  • 31. Lee Westwood
  • 32. Phil Mickelson
  • 33. Ryan Palmer
  • 34. Corey Conners
  • 36. Kevin Na
  • 37. Marc Leishman
  • 38. Matthew Wolff
  • 39. Shane Lowry
  • 40. Max Homa
  • 41. Brian Harman
  • 42. Garrick Higgo
  • 43. Adam Scott
  • 44. Stewart Cink
  • 46. Ian Poulter

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