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This week’s Wyndham Championships is the last event of the 2021-22 PGA Tour regular season, and it represents the final opportunity for several golfers to solidify their spots in the 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs, which begin next week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. For some, this week is even more important than making the playoffs because if they don’t play their way into the top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings, they will have to attend Korn Ferry Tour Finals to regain a card for the 2022-23 PGA Tour season.
This will be the last year of the current system. Next year, Nos. 71-125 will miss the FedEx Cup Playoffs and subsequently play a fall schedule for status on the PGA Tour in 2024. They will not play in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. However, that’s 12 months from now. This time around, there are some big names, former major winners and young potential stars going at it this week at Sedgefield Country Club for a spot next week in Memphis.
One interesting note off the top is that several players in this range are getting a built-in boost because golfers ahead of them who have transitioned to the LIV Golf League — like Dustin Johnson, Pat Perez, Brooks Koepka and others — are ineligible for the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Somebody like Stewart Cink is No. 125 on the overall list, but when you remove the LIV players, he jumps to No. 116. Let’s take a look at where some of those notable players stand and what they need to do to make the playoffs (you can view the full list at this link here).
116. Stewart Cink: The former Open winner has his card through the 2024 season because he won last season, and because of the LIV factor he’s not really in jeopardy of falling out of the top 125 (otherwise he would be right on the bubble at No. 125). Cink will almost certainly be in the playoffs next week in Memphis.
117. Webb Simpson: The newly named Presidents Cup assistant captain is in an even…
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