The PGA Tour’s playoffs will continue this week without some star power after several golfers’ seasons came to a close at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
The $20m tournament at TPC Southwind represented the first leg of the playoffs, with only the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings eligible.
Only the top 50 have advanced to this week’s BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Maryland.
Expect another bubble watch this weekend, as the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake will only have the top 30 players in the field.
Let’s take a look at some big names who crashed out early…
Jordan Spieth
Ranking: 54
The three-time major champion hasn’t had a poor season by any means.
He started his season in February after undergoing wrist surgery last August.
Spieth only missed two cuts (PGA Championship, Genesis Invitational) but struggled to find his best form.
He is without a victory since the 2023 RBC Heritage and will now need to rely on a bit of faith from US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley if he is to make another appearance in the biennial contest this September.
Wyndham Clark
Ranking: 56
The 2023 US Open champ entered the FedEx St. Jude Championship with a bit of confidence given his performance at the final men’s major of the year at Royal Portrush.
But rounds of 60-70-70-68 saw the American finish 38th in the 70-man field and drop to 56th in the standings.
Tony Finau
Ranking: 66
The big-American probably had too much to do last week, given he entered the tournament 60th in the standings.
Finau, 35, will likely turn to the FedEx Cup Fall to try and secure his spots in next year’s signature events.
Aaron Rai
Ranking: 53
The Englishman has had another steady season with only four missed cuts.
Yet the 30-year-old will be very frustrated, given he’s very much in the debate for a captain’s pick for the forthcoming Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black.
Min Woo Lee
Ranking: 57
Finally broke through on the PGA Tour this season with a win at the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
The Australian made a dreadful start last week, carding a six-over 76 and could never truly recover.
Still, he showed his peers that golf at the elite level doesn’t have to be slow, as he played his final round in two hours and 10 minutes.
Chris Kirk
Ranking: 51
The American was 34 points shy of securing his spot to the BMW Championship and is this year’s bubble boy.
FedEx Cup standings
Official Rank
Country
Player
Total points
1
USA
Scottie Scheffler
5,456
2
NIR
Rory McIlroy
3,444
3
USA
J.J. Spaun
3,344
4
ENG
Justin Rose
3,220
5
AUT
Sepp Straka
2,783
6
USA
Russell Henley
2,579
7
USA
Ben Griffin
2,555
8
ENG
Tommy Fleetwood
2,433
9
USA
Justin Thomas
2,395
10
USA
Harris English
2,269
11
USA
Andrew Novak
1,991
12
USA
Cameron Young
1,904
13
SWE
Ludvig Åberg
1,839
14
USA
Keegan Bradley
1,792
15
USA
Maverick McNealy
1,787
16
CAN
Corey Conners
1,651
17
USA
Collin Morikawa
1,573
18
USA
Brian Harman
1,559
19
USA
Patrick Cantlay
1,555
20
SCO
Robert MacIntyre
1,550
21
JPN
Hideki Matsuyama
1,497
22
CAN
Nick Taylor
1,481
23
IRL
Shane Lowry
1,458
24
USA
Sam Burns
1,381
25
KOR
Sungjae Im
1,360
26
USA
Chris Gotterup
1,331
27
USA
Jacob Bridgeman
1,299
28
NOR
Viktor Hovland
1,297
29
USA
Akshay Bhatia
1,276
30
USA
Lucas Glover
1,234
Top 30 Tour Championship
31
USA
Sam Stevens
1,207
32
USA
Ryan Gerard
1,202
33
USA
Daniel Berger
1,180
34
NZL
Ryan Fox
1,157
35
CAN
Taylor Pendrith
1,150
36
BEL
Thomas Detry
1,142
37
USA
Kurt Kitayama
1,122
38
USA
Denny McCarthy
1,121
39
USA
Brian Campbell
1,120
40
ENG
Matt Fitzpatrick
1,104
41
KOR
Si Woo Kim
1,102
42
USA
Michael Kim
1,100
43
USA
Xander Schauffele
1,099
44
AUS
Jason Day
1,093
45
ENG
Harry Hall
1,075
46
USA
Bud Cauley
1,051
47
USA
Tom Hoge
1,042
48
USA
Rickie Fowler
1,032
49
VEN
Jhonattan Vegas
1,003
50
USA
J.T. Poston
996
Top 50 BMW Championship
51
USA
Chris Kirk
962
52
RSA
Aldrich Potgieter
961
53
ENG
Aaron Rai
957
54
USA
Jordan Spieth
927
55
USA
Jake Knapp
889
56
USA
Wyndham Clark
875
57
AUS
Min Woo Lee
864
58
USA
Max Greyserman
855
59
USA
Joe Highsmith
843
60
GER
Stephan Jaeger
763
61
USA
Davis Riley
739
62
COL
Nico Echavarria
734
63
TPE
Kevin Yu
732
64
USA
Patrick Rodgers
730
65
CAN
Mackenzie Hughes
726
66
USA
Tony Finau
706
67
GER
Matti Schmid
682
68
ARG
Emiliano Grillo
668
69
AUS
Cam Davis
656
70
RSA
Erik van Rooyen
652
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