Adam Scott will need a hot result at this week’s regular season-ending Wyndham Championship in North Carolina if he wants to keep a 17-year FedEx Cup playoffs streak alive.
Australia’s Ian Baker-Finch already had a reputation for being one of the world’s nicest people, but his farewell message to retiring CBS analyst Nick Faldo took his ‘Mr Nice Guy’ persona to a whole new level.
There were plenty of wild scenarios playing out on the last day of the Wyndham Championship, and many had climactic finishes, like Justin Lower’s devastating three-putt on the 18th green that cost him his PGA Tour card for next season.
Featuring a pair of former world No.1s, Major winners, cash cows and Ryder Cup stalwarts, here are six surprising names on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup bubble heading into this week.
The 25-year-old former Australian Open champion finished T-15 at the Wyndham Championship to secure a position alongside his countrymen at the Northern Trust this week.
For the week Herman was third in strokes gained/putting, picking up more than six shots on the field. In all, he made 444 feet of putts over the four rounds.
Only the top 125 players on the FedEx Cup points list after this week’s Wyndham Championship will qualify for the Playoff tournaments, which begin next week at the Northern Trust event.
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