With just two PGA Tour events left, the second FedExCup playoff tournament tees off Thursday in Maryland, as the BMW Championship brings together the top 50 golfers in the standings — and with them, plenty of intriguing storylines from the very first round.

Scottie Scheffler’s regular caddie, Ted Scott, is unavailable for the BMW Championship in Maryland. Will it matter?

Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler is going with a PGA Tour caddie for the BMW Championship in Owings Mills, Maryland, as his regular looper, Ted Scott, deals with a family emergency at home in Louisiana.

Scheffler, 29, is looking to put the finishing touches on another remarkable season that includes his third and fourth major wins at the PGA Championship and the Open Championship. He finished T33 at the BMW Championship last year in Colorado before winning the season-ending Tour Championship.

Scottie Scheffler will be without regular caddie Ted Scott this week for the BMW Championship, the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Scottie Scheffler praised players who make it to the Tour Championship without winning during the season, though he declined to mention any names.