GREENSBORO (N.C.) — Shawn Stefani broke into tears. Chesson hadley celebrated with his now famous flying giraffe jump and Nick Taylor and wife enjoyed Frostys.
The Wyndham championship has been traditionally the last-chance saloon for the PGA Tour. It is the final event of the 44 regular season events that determine a place in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and a card to play the following year.
Stefani qualified for the playoffs by shooting a pair of 66s over the weekend at the 2016 Wyndham championship at Sedgefield. The standings show that Stefani is 123. He shed tears of happiness when Tom Alter, the PGA Tour’s Tom, broke the news to him. But two years later, a T-22 put him at the bottom of the standings. 127.
The Canadian Nick Taylor celebrated his 63-hole final round to qualify for the playoffs with Andie, by driving through Wendy’s drive-thru later that day.
Chesson hadley’s heroics in 2021, when he aced the 16th par 3 hole and shot 62 for a T-15 finish and ranked No. The FedEx Cup rankings saw him finish 125th, which secured his card for the next season. He also earned the last playoff spot. Justin Rose, who bogeyed his last hole and fell to No. 126.)
This week’s tournament is about who will be able to salvage their season and who’s bubble will burst on Sunday.
Some, like past champion J.T. Poston (No. Hideki Matsuyama, No. 56 and Poston (No. The 56 are merely vying to get into the top 50 in order to secure a spot in the Designated Events in 2024. This season, there’s a twist to the Sunday drama as only 70 of the FedEx Cup standings qualify for the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which will be held in Memphis.
Tour Card: Still time to earn it
This week, there is less pressure than in previous years to secure a card for next season. The fall schedule still gives players ranked 71-125 a chance to secure a card for the next season.
Since the FedEx Cup was introduced in 2007, two players have qualified to play in the playoffs every season.
- Matt Kuchar is the No. The 59th place finisher should be safe
- Adam Scott (No. Adam Scott (No.
Austin Eckroat, a rookie, enters this week’s competition at the No. 70.
Former world no. Justin Thomas, the world’s No. 1, has missed five cuts in his last seven starts. He enters this week ranked No. The 79th in the standings is in danger of missing out on the playoffs for first time in his life. The 2017 FedEx Cup winner has qualified for the Tour Championship each of the past seven seasons, and finished within the top-10 in the FedEx Cup Standings six consecutive years. However, he needs to earn a minimum 46 points to qualify for playoffs – if nobody in front of him does.
He said, “It has just been one of those seasons.” He hasn’t lost hope. Thomas must finish in the top 70 with a solo-18th, or higher. A 3-way T-4 is also required to make the list. Thomas said: “I’m going to give it my best shot to make this one of the most crazy endings in a PGA Tour Season.”
Veterans fight for a place
Scott, the former Masters champion and No. Shane Lowry, the 2019 British Open winner (No. No. 116). Players starting at No. 122-No. 163 teams in the standings for the entire season are mathematically still alive, but they only have one option: win.
Scott explained that when one is up against the wall, “there’s usually only one outcome.” It’s almost like qualifying for a tourney, except that this is a four-day qualification for me. This can sometimes be a great way to focus on the task at hand.
