The First Tee at The BMW Championship (Conway Farms GC)

Once again, Ricky Fowler went out on Sunday and proved he is one of the most clutch players on tour. Henrick Stenson led the tournament wire to wire for the most part and the way he was playing, I didn't think anyone could catch him. But Stenson did something that Stenson rarely does, making critical mistakes on the back nine including some really bad swings that were very uncharacteristic. One of those mistakes included his caddie mis-clubbing him on the par 3 16th which resulted in Stenson dumping his tee shot into the hazard leading to a double bogey and providing Fowler with a perfect opportunity to take the lead. Just like the Players Championship, Fowler rose to the occasion, making long putt after long putt, one of which was a deep eagle putt on the par 5 2nd that set the tone for the day. On the way to his third win of the season, Fowler finished 2nd in Strokes Gained: Putting while leading the field in scrambling. I noted in my column last week just how important scrambling and putting was at TPC Boston, so it was no surprise that Fowler finished 1st and 2nd in those stats. While it may have looked like Stenson gave up the tournament, you have to give credit to Fowler. He was putting lights out and getting up and down from everywhere, and the cumulative effect of those stats really started to add up on Sunday afternoon. Fowler buried 11 putts from over 10ft on the season, the most of any winner on Tour in 2015. That is an impressive stat when you start to think back to the putting clinic's that Jordan Spieth and Jason Day put on en-route to major championship victories. For Stenson, it was his second consecutive runner up finish moving him into 4th on the Fed Ex Cup standings.

The field is cut down to 70 players this week with many of them vying for the final 30 spots in the Tour Championship.

To illustrate just how close the race for the Fed Ex Cup is, there are five different players who can take over the number-one spot after this week. Jason Day sits atop the list, with Jordan Spieth, Ricky Fowler, Henrick Stenson and Bubba Watson rounding out the top five. If any of the top five players win this week, they will take over the top spot.

For players a little further down the list, a spot in the top 30 is not yet clinched. For instance, Brandt Snedeker needs to finish in the top 65 (out of 70) players to clinch a spot at East Lake. JB Holmes, Matt Kuchar and Brooks Koepka can all punch their ticket to the Tour Championship with a top 45 finish. For Koepka, this would have seemed like a sure thing two weeks ago but he has missed the last two cuts and is really struggling with all facets of his game. With that said, if he were to win this week, he would move into the 3rd overall spot with an outside chance at winning the whole thing. That is how quickly things can change once you get past the second phase of the Fed Ex Cup Playoffs.

The 30th spot is currently occupied by Louis Oosthuizen. He can clinch that last spot with a top-eight finish this week.

David Lingmerth (31st), Harris English (32nd), Matt Jones (33rd), Kevin Na (34th), Justin Thomas (35th), Gary Woodland (36th) Ryan Moore (39th) and Ryan Palmer (40th) are all on the outside looking in as they approach the BMW Championship. If you were to look at these player's seasons, they have drastically different results yet due to the heavy weighting of the WGC and Fed Ex Cup events, they are only separated by one or two spots. In particular, Justin Thomas (as a rookie) has had a helluva season, racking up seven top 10s, fourteen top 25s while making 22 of 29 cuts. On the flipside, Gary Woodland has four top 10s, eight top 25s and made 14 of 23 cuts. Woodland made the finals of the WGC match play though, which accounted for a lot of points, and then finished 12^th this past weekend moving up eight critical spots. Matt Jones (WHO!) made the biggest leap of the week, moving up 24 spots from number-57 all the way to number-33.

This is the nature of the Fed Ex Cup Playoffs, and it is also what makes it so much fun to watch.

The BMW Championship was hosted by Cog Hill from 1991-2011 (2010 was played at Bellerive CC) before moving on to a rotating schedule. The last time the BMW was played at Conway Farms was in 2013, with Zach Johnson taking home the title. At around 7200 yards, the course fits a variety of skillsets, but there are several key stats to look for this week when building your DFS rosters.

Make sure you tune in tomorrow. I will be breaking down Conway Farms GC and taking a look at the critical holes and relevant player statistics that will determine the winner at the BMW Championship.