For all the jockeying for position over 72 holes at Olympia Fields Country Club, for all the drama as players moved in and out of the top 30 in the FedEx Cup points standings, only one player – Matt Fitzpatrick – was able to play his way into the Tour Championship.
Davis had his sights set on making the top 50 since the PGA Tour announced in March that reaching that status will exempt players into the more lucrative $US20 million ‘signature’ events in 2024.
Since its inauguration in 2007, only 13 golfers have managed to get their hands on the glittering, season-long FedEx Cup trophy – out of a possible 2,709 across the past 16 seasons.Â
Finishing in the top 50 opens up a different world, one that guarantees access to bigger purses, smaller fields, and more points in the FedEx Cup and world rankings.
If the Wyndham Championship winds up being Justin Thomas’ final tournament of the 2022-2023 PGA Tour season, the man quite literally went down swinging.
With baby No.5 only a month away, Jason Day says he’d love to make September even more special by becoming the first Australian to win the PGA Tour’s season-long FedEx Cup.
Through two days Scott has missed just six greens, and he’s made the most of said opportunities, rolling in putt after putt to gain a whopping 3.7 strokes over the field on the dancefloors.
As 70 players jockey for position in the penultimate FedEx Cup Playoffs event, nobody but Justin Thomas has played a competitive round on the host course.
[PHOTO: Andy Lyons] The PGA Tour/FedEx Cup bubble is a steady source of high drama, from the Wyndham Championship through the Tour Championship. At this week’s FedEx St Jude Championship, the top 125 players at the end of the regular season fought it out to finishing inside the top 70 and keep their playoff experience Read more…
Cameron Smith was trending on social media after being slapped with a penalty by the PGA Tour in the moments leading up to his final round tee time at the FedEx St Jude Championship.