Collin Morikawa grabs FedEx Cup lead with another Signature performance

Collin Morikawa has had a good sense of timing this season on the PGA Tour.

The two-time major champion started 2025 with a missed cut at the Sony Open and a tie for 54^th at the WM Phoenix Open. But since then, he’s finished seventh or higher in three consecutive starts in PGA Tour Signature events, beginning with a victory at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a tie for seventh at the Genesis Invitational and a solo fifth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Those were chunks of 700, 176 and 300 FedEx Cup points and it’s why Morikawa was able to slide up three spots to take over the lead in the season-long points standings over Jacob Bridgeman.

Also moving up last week, with his victory at the Palmer Invitational, was Akshay Bhatia, who jumped from 16^th to second.

Ricky Castillo, who won the Puerto Rico Classic, earned 300 points for the tournament opposite the API but he still jumped 29 spots from 52^nd to 23^rd.

Players Championship is another big points haul

This week’s Players Championship, which begins on March 12 at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, offers 750 FedEx Cup points to the winner and higher totals through the leaderboard, so there should be more movement this week.

After all, Morikawa’s lead over Bhatia is only 38 points. If Morikawa misses the cut, Bhatia could theoretically pass him with a finish of 29th or better.

Morikawa is up 59 points over Bridgeman and 62 over Chris Gotterup.

Or Morikawa, who is the pick of many experts to win the tournament, could simply solidify his hold on the top 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 biggest FedEx Cup moves last week?

Ludvig Aberg, tie for 3^rd at Palmer Invitational, up 64 spots (88^th to 24^th)
Davis Thompson, 4^th at Puerto Rico Open, up 52 spots (130^th to 78^th)
Billy Horschel, tie for 13^th at Palmer Invitational, up 46 spots (109^th to 63^rd)
Lucas Glover, tie for 24^th at Palmer Invitational, up 38 spots (157^th to 119^th)
Daniel Berger, 2^nd at Palmer Invitational, up 32 spots (45^th to 13^th)