PGA Tour FedEx Cup: The shake-up after the Palmer Invitational, heading into The Players

Sepp Straka is back in the saddle again, as the FedEx Cup points leader 

Straka’s tie for fifth on March 9 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational was good enough to regain the lead he had held since after AT&T Pebble Beach Invitational and before Ludvig Åberg took the lead by winning the Genesis Invitational. 

Åberg, who tied for 22^nd at Bay Hill, fell to third place and API winner Russell Henley went from 17^th to second with his victory and 700 points. 

The biggest mover of the week in the Palmer Invitational was Byeong Hun An, who tied for eighth and leapt 61 spots. 

Karl Vilips made the most rapid ascent of any PGA Tour player with his victory at the Puerto Rio Open. Even though it was for less than half of the points Henley got (300), Vilips went from 161s to 35^th on the points list and more importantly made the field for The Players Championship this week, where 750 points will be awarded to the winner. 

The Players starts on Thursday at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.

The PGA Tour offers 750 points to the winner of The Players and the four majors, the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and British Open. 

FedEx Cup points leaders 

Through Arnold Palmer Invitational and Puerto Rico Open 

• Sepp Straka 1,200 
• Russell Henley 1,194 
• Ludvig Åberg 1,018 
• Hideki Matsuyama 949 
• Collin Morikawa 916 
• Thomas Detry 843 
• Rory McIlroy 836 
• Michael Kim 823 
• Nick Taylor 807 
• Shane Lowry 703 
• Corey Conners 664 
• Maverick McNealy 664 
• Scottie Scheffler 635 
• Justin Thomas 617 
• J.J. Spaun 559 
• Sungjae Im 557 
• Harris English 553 
• Joe Highsmith 548 
• Keegan Bradley 517 
• Brian Campbell 514 
• Daniel Berger 513 
• Justin Rose 513 
• Patrick Rodgers 498 
• Jason Day 485 
• Patrick Cantlay 471 
• Denny McCarthy 445 
• Cam Davis 440 
• Sam Stevens 430
• Tony Finau 430 
• Lucas Glover 425 

Who made the biggest FedEx Cup moves? 

Five players who made the biggest jump last week 

• Karl Vilips, 126 spots, 161^st to 35^th (Won Puerto Rico Open) 
• Byeong Hun An, 61 spots, 126^th to 52^nd (tie for eighth at Arnold Palmer Invitational) 
• William Muow, 51 spots, 187^th to 136^th (tie for sixth at Puerto Rico Open) 
• Davis Riley, 45 spots, 175^th to 130^th (tie for sixth at Puerto Rico Open) 
• Steven Fisk, 43 spots, 133^rd to 88^th (tie for fourth at Puerto Rico Open) 

Players who dropped the most spots 

• Taylor Dickson, 17 spots, 189^th to 206^th (missed cut at Puerto Rico Open) 
• Bud Cauley, 16 spots, 112th to 128^th (missed cut at Puerto Rico Open) 
• Rafael Campos, 16 spots, 151^st to 167^th (missed cut at Arnold Palmer Invitational) 
• Peter Malnati, 16 spots, 156^th to 172^nd (did not play) 
• Zac Blair, 16 spots, 157^th to 173^rd (missed cut at Puerto Rico Open) 
• Patton Kizzire, 16 spots, 159^th to 175^th (did not play)