This weekend's Tour Championship is more or less the biggest cash game involving 30 golfers in the history of the sport. The remaining 30 will divvy up just under $34 million between the $9 million Tour Championship purse and $25 million in bonus money still to be handed out for the season-long FedEx Cup. 

And the winner, if he takes both the tournament and the FedEx Cup, stands to earn $11.5 million, which is just silly money. We've already handicapped the Tour Championship itself, so it's time to take a look at who will win the FedEx Cup overall. Here are the nine players who have a real chance at $10 million (or more) this weekend.

1. Jordan Spieth (currently 1st in FedEx Cup): Spieth is the obvious favorite for both the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup. He's one of only five players who controls his own destiny. That is, if he wins the Tour Championship, he automatically wins the FedEx Cup. He has a history here (he won it in 2015), and he hasn't finished outside the top seven in his first three playoff events. I could see a little bit of Spieth vs. the field this weekend at East Lake. 

2. Justin Thomas (2nd): The case for Thomas is that he has owned the season, and he will likely end up as PGA Tour Player of the Year. The FedEx Cup would be a perfect capper to that. In his debut here last year, he finished T6. He and Spieth playing for $10 million on Sunday would be absolutely perfect. 

3. Dustin Johnson (3rd): Johnson probably should have won the FedEx Cup last year before Rory McIlroy swiped it from him at the very end. He's finished in the top six in each of the last two years here but only has one top 10 since the Canadian Open in July. Of course, it was a win. 

4. Jon Rahm (5th): For some reason, it feels like nobody is talking about Rahm coming into this weekend. He's had a preposterously good year and is making his debut at the Tour Championship this week. He has finished T3, T4 and T5 in his three playoff starts, and a T1 or T2 could get the job done this week for the FedEx Cup. 

5. Justin Rose (8th): The Englishman needs a decent amount of help this weekend from the top few players (Spieth has to finish third or worse, Thomas has to finish T2 or worse and D.J. has to finish second or worse). But Rose has been lights out at this course in past years. He finished T2 in 2015 and T4 in 2014 following a sixth-place finish in 2013 and a runner up in 2012. That's an amazing run, and he could come from out of nowhere to swipe the $10 million at East Lake.

6. Marc Leishman (4th): Nobody is playing better than Leishman, and he also controls his own destiny. His run has a bit of a "Billy Horschel in 2014" feel to it. Only Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas have beaten him in the last two events.

7. Rickie Fowler (6th): My pick throughout, and I'm not wavering. He doesn't have the greatest record at East Lake, but a win will probably get him the FedEx Cup even though he's not in the top five. If he wins, Spieth has to finish worse than solo second (T2 would even get it done). So Fowler sort of controls his own destiny. I'm betting the stats even out (he's No. 2 in strokes gained overall) and he gets his second win of the year in a massive spot.

8. Paul Casey (10th): This is where we start to go off script a little bit. I'm bypassing Hideki Matsuyama (who is not playing good golf) for Casey. He has finished in the top five in three of his last seven events and has three top fives in three appearances at the Tour Championship. He's a little like Fowler in that he's had a terrific season but lacks the wins to show for it. This would be a great week to start making up for that. He'll need quite a bit of help, though.

  • Spieth must finish fifth or worse
  • Thomas must finish in a 3-way tie for third or worse
  • Johnson must finish in a 3-way tie for second or worse
  • Leishman must finish T2 or worse
  • Rahm must finish second or worse

9. Matt Kuchar (12th): The runner up at The Open Championship will need even more help than Casey. We haven't seen anyone outside the top 11 win the FedEx Cup since Bill Haas did it at No. 25 in 2012. Kuchar will need a ton of help, but he finished T10 here in 2015.