After only three players held the lead on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup points list through the first 14 tournaments of the 2026 season, the last eight weeks had matched that.
Except two of them, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 3 Cameron Young are locked into a two-way battle since Scheffler finished second and Young tied for third at the Masters.
Young took over first place on the points list after the Masters and Scheffler was second. Scheffler knocked Young out of first with a second at the RBC Heritage a week later, then took a hiatus while Matt Fitzpatrick ascended to first with a victory, along with his brother Alex, at the Zurich Classic.
Another second for Scheffler at the Cadillac Championship and Young’s victory put them first and second that week. Young regained the lead at the Truist Championship, held on at the PGA, but is now in second again to Scheffler, after sitting out last week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson, while Scheffler was solo third.
Scheffler will hold on after Schwab Challenge
Scheffler’s lead isn’t much, just 270 points. But there won’t be a flip-flop this week because neither player is in the field for the Charles Schwab Challenge at the Colonial National Country Club in Fort Worth.
Also idle will be No. 3 Fitzpatrick. None of the eight players among the top 30 on the points list in the field at Colonial can catch Scheffler, Young or Fitzpatrick with a victory (worth 500 points).
The highest-ranked player in the Schwab field is No. 6 Ludvig Åberg. If he wins, he can climb as high as fourth.
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This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young swap FedEx Cup points lead a third time
Reporting by Garry Smits, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union / Florida Times-Union
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