Scottie Scheffler moves to second behind Rory McIlroy

Scottie Scheffler was well in the thick of the PGA Tour’s season-long FedEx Cup points race this season, thanks to a string of consistent finishes among the top 10 and top 20. 

But he had to win a tournament, until he tied the 72-hole PGA Tour scoring record at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, at 31-under-par 253. 

The haul of 500 points sent Scheffler from fourth to second, where he trails only Rory McIlroy. Granted, it’s still a distant second, with McIlroy leading by 535 points. 

And with McIlroy playing in this week’s Truist Championship, a PGA Tour Signature event that offers 700 FedEx Cup points to the winner, and Scheffler opting to take a week off before the PGA Championship May 15-18, McIlroy’s lead could grow. 

But it’s a marathon, not a spring. Scheffler may not be winning in bunches like last year when he won four times before the PGA, but he’s got six top 10s in nine starts and hasn’t finished lower than a tie for 25^th. 

Since a tie for 20^th at The Players Championship, Scheffler has gone T2-4-T8-1. 

Who else moved up on FedEx Cup points list?

Only one player moved into the top 30 on the points list, the threshold at the end of the regular season and two playoff events to make the Tour Championship. Sam Stevens, with a final-round 64 for solo third, jumped from 45th to 30th.

PGA Tour FedEx Cup leaders through Byron Nelson  

• 1. Rory McIlroy 2,463 
• 2. Scottie Scheffler 1,928 
• 3. Justin Thomas 1,669 
• 4. Sepp Straka 1,429 
• 5. Russell Henley 1,404 
• 6. Andrew Novak 1,380 
• 7. Ludvig Åberg 1,278 
• 8. Corey Conners 1,235 
• 9. Maverick McNealy 1,190 
• 10. Collin Morikawa 1,170 
• 11. J.J. Spaun 1,090 
• 12. Justin Rose 1,038 
• 13. Brian Harman 1,020 
• 14. Sungjae Im 1,003 
• 15. Hideki Matsuyama 999 
• 16. Daniel Berger 950 
• 17. Shane Lowry 928 
• 18. Michael Kim 922 
• 19. Thomas Detry 919 
• 20. Nick Taylor 871 
• 21. Ben Griffin 845 
• 22. Lucas Glover 835 
• 23. Tom Hoge 828 
• 24. Tommy Fleetwood 813 
• 25. Min Woo Lee 764 
• 26. Harris English 761 
• 27. Patrick Cantlay 731 
• 28. Jason Day 716 
• 29. Viktor Hovland 701 
• 30. Sam Stevens 684 

Who made the biggest moves at CJ Cup Byron Nelson? 

• Erik van Rooyen, 77 spots (130^th to 53^rd), 2^nd 
• Cameron Champ, 39 spots (190^th to 161^st), tie for 15th 
• Takumi Kanaya, 39 spots (173^rd to 134^th), tie for 5^th 
• Kurt Kitiyama, 32 spots (158^th to 126^th), tie for 5^th 
• Will Gordon, 31 spots (147^th to 116^th) tie for 5^th