With just two PGA Tour events left, the second FedExCup playoff tournament tees off Thursday in Maryland, as the BMW Championship brings together the top 50 golfers in the standings — and with them, plenty of intriguing storylines from the very first round.

Rory McIlroy will take his first steps on Thursday towards chasing the largest prize fund of the PGA Tour season when lining out for a second successive week with world number one Scottie Scheffler as playing partner.

THE Major season and those glorious sunny days and long summer nights in Portrush are now just distant dots in the rearview mirror, but plenty of golf’s big prizes – particularly on this side of the Atlantic – have still to be handed out before the curtain comes down on the 2025 campaign.