Beau Hossler holds a one-shot lead at the halfway point of the Wyndham Championship, but the bigger story was the FedEx Cup cut line drama, which ended Jason Day’s remarkable 18-year playoff streak.
Only the Wyndham Championship remains before the PGA Tour locks in its FedEx Cup playoff field, and the fight for the top 70 spots is set to go down to the wire. Jason Day is among the players hovering right around the bubble, along with names like Keegan Bradley and Mac Meissner, as a huge shakeup looms heading into Sunday.
Michael Thorbjornsen closed with a flawless 63 to claim his first PGA Tour title at the final Rocket Classic, sealing his FedEx Cup playoff spot with a clutch 26-foot birdie on the last.
Jason Day has pulled out of the 3M Open with a back injury, his second withdrawal of the season, leaving his FedEx Cup playoff hopes in serious doubt with just three events remaining.
Fresh off a winning season on the PGA Tour in the United States, rising Australian golfer Karl Vilips will compete in this year’s men’s Australian Open at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in December.
Scheffler’s efforts at the Tour Championship earned him some $US2.6 million in prizemoney, but it would have been a lot more under the staggered-start format that had been used from 2019 to 2024.
World No.1 Scottie Scheffler is going to earn a whopping sum of cash (in the tens of millions) dollars at the end of this week by sitting on his couch. Here’s the exact amount.
The PGA Tour’s regular season finale may not carry the same drama as in years past, as the reconfigured autumn schedule now serves as the true last-chance saloon for tour cards. But what’s at stake this week at the Wyndham Championship is arguably more important than ever.
With 144 holes of golf remaining before the playoffs commence, here’s a look at some key players and what these next two weeks – and beyond – could mean to their ambitions and playing status.
World No.1 Scottie Scheffler put the bow on a magical season when he lifted the PGA Tour’s ultimate prize, the FedEx Cup for the first time at the Playoffs finale, the Tour Championship. His four-stroke triumph made it a grand total of seven victories in 2024 where he was also the gold medal winner at the Paris Olympic Games. This is his blog from East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta.
The previous two years Scheffler arrived as the top seed and exited as just another guy with deep pockets – and his hands were stuffed frustratingly to the bottom of them in dejection. This time, his hands cradled the huge FedEx Cup trophy.
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