SILVIS (Ill.) – Each season, hundreds of golfers compete on the PGA Tour.
Only 70 of the 237 players who have earned money at official events in the 2022-23 season will be eligible to compete in the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which takes place in Memphis from August 10-13, down from the 125 players of previous years.
The John Deere classic at TPC Deere Run is the 38th regular season event on the PGA Tour’s schedule. This means that it’s crunch-time for players looking to move up the FedEx Cup rankings.
J.T., the defending champion, said: “It is that time of year when guys are pushing and pushing and trying to push more and more because there aren’t as many tournaments remaining.” Poston was ranked No. 85 in the standings when he entered this week. After two days, Poston is back in contention. “Each playoff event you get through and onto the next will be a big bonus, whether you’re going from Memphis BMW or BMW Atlanta.”
Adam Schenk, who is comfortably ranked 26th on the FedEx Cup Standings, said: “Now that it’s the final stretch of the season, it’s time to peak.” It’s crucial to reach your peak in Memphis and Chicago, because I believe they are worth four times as many points. The top 10 in either of these two events will get you into East Lake.”
The top 50 players in the standings following the St. Jude Championship will advance to the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club, outside Chicago, from August 17-20. Top 30 players after the BMW Championship will advance to season finale Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, August 24-27.
In March, the Tour announced that it would be making changes to the Tour’s 2024 eligibility. Players who did not finish in the top 70 in the final standings will have to compete to remain in the top 125 in order to qualify for exemption for all events on full fields in 2024.
It’s a different type of push at the end of the year. Poston added, “I don’t think desperation is a good word.” “I’m lucky enough to have won last year, and I know that I can work hard this fall in order to gain momentum for next year.
Many players have been impacted by the change in eligibility when planning their schedules for this year to carry over into next season. Some are still tweaking their plans. Poston had been looking forward to having a week of rest before the Wyndham championship and the playoffs. However, he has since added the 3M Open because, according to him, “I must make sure that I am in the playoffs.”
He said, “Yeah it’s different this year with the 70th place.” “Normally, being 85th, and the playoffs are 125, it’s obvious that you want to make a good push. But there would be less stress about whether I made the playoffs.”
Players like Poston, who is under pressure to perform well in the last few weeks of the season are not as stressed. Others like Jonas Blixt or Lucas Glover are in contention for the weekend and aren’t feeling any stress.
Blixt said that he had a lot of confidence in his game, but when he found something, he just went out to see what swung at it. That’s exactly what swung at it. Blixt shot a 9 under 62 on Thursday in the first round. “I’ve reached a point in my season when I’m not feeling any pressure and can just go out and hit it.”
Blixt was ranked No. Blixt, ranked No. Blixt was projected to jump all the way up to No. 70, after leading following the first round. The 39-year old Swede missed more cuts in the last three seasons than he made in those same years, following back surgery in 2019. His time in the wilderness of pro golf has given him an unique perspective on his standing and what it takes for him to compete. Lucas Glover is No. On Friday, 130 joined the Quad Cities mix with a 6-under-65.
He said, “I was playing so badly that I didn’t have the opportunity to even pay attention to my FedEx Cup ranking until now.” “But I am happy with my current trend after last week’s good performance and finally seeing some putts land.
The window for players to act like Glover is closing. Fast. Fast.
