The FedEx Cup playoffs begin this week at TPC Boston with the Northern Trust.
An exceptionally strong field this week includes all of the top 12 players in the Golfweek/Sagarin Professional Rankings and 19 of the top 20.
The Northern Trust field is broken down below according to each player’s ranking in the Golfweek/Sagarin and in the OWGR. In addition to those rankings, we’ve added another column this week. Each player’s heat index number is their ranking just in events played since the Tour restarted the season in June.
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For the 2019-20 season, the average ranking of the winner heading into the week in which they won has been 79.03 in the Golfweek/Sagarins and 102.52 in the OWGR.
| Player | GW/Sagarin | OWGR | Heat Index |
| Rory McIlroy | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Jon Rahm | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Xander Schauffele | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Justin Thomas | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| Collin Morikawa | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Daniel Berger | 8 | 18 | 5 |
| Tiger Woods | 9 | 16 | 18 |
| Webb Simpson | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| Harris English | 11 | 113 | 9 |
| Abraham Ancer | 12 | 25 | 3 |
| Gary Woodland | 14 | 22 | 27 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 15 | 20 | 21 |
| Patrick Reed | 16 | 9 | 22 |
| Tony Finau | 17 | 15 | 17 |
| Adam Hadwin | 18 | 60 | 26 |
| Dustin Johnson | 19 | 4 | 34 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 20 | 27 | 80 |
| Billy Horschel | 21 | 30 | 23 |
| Viktor Hovland | 22 | 32 | 6 |
| Sungjae Im | 23 | 24 | 77 |
| Mark Hubbard | 24 | 133 | 14 |
| Joel Dahmen | 25 | 59 | 51 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 27 | 14 | 56 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 28 | 45 | 100 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 29 | 13 | 119 |
| Adam Scott | 30 | 11 | N/R |
| Jason Day | 31 | 34 | 37 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 32 | 26 | 61 |
| Matt Kuchar | 34 | 23 | 60 |
| Cameron Tringale | 35 | 184 | 133 |
| Talor Gooch | 36 | 141 | 108 |
| Scott Stallings | 37 | 200 | 20 |
| Cameron Champ | 38 | 70 | 36 |
| Brian Harman | 39 | 138 | 87 |
| Doc Redman | 40 | 94 | 42 |
| Paul Casey | 42 | 19 | 99 |
| Ian Poulter | 43 | 56 | 30 |
| Kevin Na | 44 | 31 | 49 |
| Ryan Palmer | 45 | 36 | 102 |
| Bud Cauley | 46 | 130 | 93 |
| Adam Long | 47 | 73 | 70 |
| Jordan Spieth | 49 | 63 | 47 |
| Zach Johnson | 50 | 180 | 35 |
| Denny McCarthy | 51 | 172 | 103 |
| Dylan Frittelli | 52 | 96 | 63 |
| Brendon Todd | 53 | 42 | 76 |
| Harold Varner III | 54 | 104 | 68 |
| Marc Leishman | 55 | 21 | 184 |
| Brendan Steele | 56 | 98 | 33 |
| Lanto Griffin | 59 | 78 | 134 |
| Pat Perez | 60 | 155 | 52 |
| Matt Jones | 61 | 89 | 121 |
| Matthew Wolff | 62 | 37 | 62 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 64 | 188 | 94 |
| Kevin Kisner | 66 | 33 | 58 |
| Sam Burns | 67 | 162 | 43 |
| Richy Werenski | 68 | 132 | 45 |
| Joaquin Niemann | 69 | 69 | 54 |
| Rickie Fowler | 70 | 35 | 131 |
| Shane Lowry | 72 | 28 | 97 |
| Brooks Koepka | 73 | 7 | 96 |
| Alex Noren | 75 | 116 | 75 |
| Phil Mickelson | 76 | 52 | 40 |
| Carlos Ortiz | 77 | 143 | 196 |
| Byeong Hun An | 78 | 55 | 156 |
| Max Homa | 80 | 71 | 182 |
| Nick Taylor | 81 | 112 | 186 |
| Henrik Norlander | 82 | 147 | 16 |
| Corey Conners | 83 | 68 | 78 |
| Chez Reavie | 84 | 38 | 69 |
| Russell Henley | 86 | 153 | 67 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 90 | 92 | 118 |
| J.T. Poston | 91 | 66 | 164 |
| Maverick McNealy | 92 | 176 | 193 |
| Tyler Duncan | 93 | 158 | 31 |
| Si Woo Kim | 94 | 86 | 44 |
| Keegan Bradley | 97 | 84 | 105 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 99 | 64 | 191 |
| Justin Rose | 100 | 17 | 146 |
| Luke List | 101 | 126 | 82 |
| Brian Stuard | 104 | 145 | 127 |
| Charles Howell III | 105 | 82 | 154 |
| Kevin Streelman | 107 | 48 | 46 |
| Adam Schenk | 109 | 204 | 86 |
| Bubba Watson | 114 | 65 | 149 |
| Ryan Moore | 115 | 123 | 187 |
| Tom Hoge | 116 | 135 | 205 |
| Danny Lee | 117 | 114 | 234 |
| Troy Merritt | 121 | 127 | 141 |
| Sebastián Muñoz | 122 | 109 | 208 |
| Lucas Glover | 123 | 93 | 83 |
| Mackenzie Hughes | 125 | 74 | 24 |
| Cameron Davis | 130 | 203 | 174 |
| Cameron Smith | 136 | 53 | 228 |
| Tom Lewis | 137 | 51 | 66 |
| Matthew NeSmith | 138 | 199 | 256 |
| Brice Garnett | 140 | 219 | 209 |
| Bo Hoag | 142 | 278 | 177 |
| Scott Piercy | 144 | 124 | 287 |
| Jason Kokrak | 146 | 67 | 170 |
| Xinjun Zhang | 147 | 131 | 259 |
| Harry Higgs | 150 | 148 | 366 |
| Michael Thompson | 156 | 107 | 91 |
| Charley Hoffman | 166 | 154 | 225 |
| Sung Kang | 168 | 62 | 313 |
| Sepp Straka | 175 | 144 | 72 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 178 | 140 | 168 |
| Andrew Landry | 186 | 118 | 152 |
| Nate Lashley | 195 | 95 | 327 |
| Graeme McDowell | 200 | 58 | 321 |
| Sam Ryder | 213 | 212 | 275 |
| Ryan Armour | 223 | 173 | 114 |
| Kyoung-Hoon Lee | 236 | 224 | 292 |
| Zac Blair | 239 | 230 | 339 |
| Keith Mitchell | 243 | 115 | 306 |
| Beau Hossler | 248 | 249 | 504 |
| Robby Shelton | 259 | 166 | 369 |
| Wyndham Clark | 265 | 181 | 364 |
| Brian Gay | 278 | 267 | 387 |
| Scott Harrington | 295 | 238 | 398 |
| Jim Herman | 298 | 91 | 130 |
| Scott Brown | 303 | 174 | 309 |
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