March 12, 2026, 5:02 a.m. ET
Collin Morikawa has had sense of timing this season on the PGA Tour.
The two-time main champion began 2025 with a missed lower on the Sony Open and a tie for 54th on the WM Phoenix Open. But since then, he’s completed seventh or greater in three consecutive begins in PGA Tour Signature occasions, starting with a victory on the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a tie for seventh on the Genesis Invitational and a solo fifth on the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Those had been chunks of 700, 176 and 300 FedEx Cup factors and it’s why Morikawa was capable of slide up three spots to take over the lead within the season-long factors standings over Jacob Bridgeman.
Also shifting up final week, with his victory on the Palmer Invitational, was Akshay Bhatia, who jumped from 16th to second.
Ricky Castillo, who gained the Puerto Rico Classic, earned 300 factors for the event reverse the API however he nonetheless jumped 29 spots from 52nd to 23rd.
Players Championship is another massive factors haul
This week’s Players Championship, which begins on March 12 on the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, affords 750 FedEx Cup factors to the winner and better totals by the leaderboard, so there needs to be extra motion this week.
After all, Morikawa’s lead over Bhatia is barely 38 factors. If Morikawa misses the lower, Bhatia might theoretically move him with a end of twenty ninth or higher.
Morikawa is up 59 factors over Bridgeman and 62 over Chris Gotterup.
Or Morikawa, who is the choose of many consultants to win the event, might merely solidify his maintain on the highest spot.
PGA Tour FedEx Cup leaders
Through the Arnold Palmer Invitational
- 1. Collin Morikawa 1182
- 2. Akshay Bhatia 1144
- 3. Jacob Bridgeman 1123
- 4. Chris Gotterup 1120
- 5. Scottie Scheffler 1079
- 6. Min Woo Lee 755
- 7. Jake Knapp 680
- 8. Nico Echavarria 664
- 9. Si Woo Kim 627
- 10. Ryan Gerard 623
- 11. Hideki Matsuyama 611
- 12. Cameron Young 573
- 13. Daniel Berger 570
- 14. Sepp Straka 522
- 15. Adam Scott 521
- 16. Justin Rose 520
- 17. Sahith Theegala 514
- 18. Tommy Fleetwood 502
- 19. Kurt Kitayama 489
- 20. Ryo Hisatsune 476
- 21. Rory McIlroy 460
- 22. Pierceson Coody 459
- 23. Ricky Castillo 451
- 24. Ludvig Åberg 410
- 25. Russell Henley 403
- 26. Shane Lowry 397
- 27. Rickie Fowler 334
- 28. Harry Hall 324
- 29. Aldrich Potgieter 308
- 30. Patrick Rodgers 307
Who made the largest FedEx Cup strikes final week?
- Ludvig Aberg, tie for 3rd at Palmer Invitational, up 64 spots (88th to 24th)
- Davis Thompson, 4th at Puerto Rico Open, up 52 spots (130th to 78th)
- Billy Horschel, tie for 13th at Palmer Invitational, up 46 spots (109th to 63rd)
- Lucas Glover, tie for twenty-fourth at Palmer Invitational, up 38 spots (157th to 119th)
- Daniel Berger, 2nd at Palmer Invitational, up 32 spots (45th to 13th)
