Some gamers have work to do to make sure themselves of a PGA Tour card come 2024.
With solely three occasions left within the FedEx Cup Fall, quite a few golfers should battle it out to stay inside the highest 125 within the FedEx Cup Standings to make sure they preserve their card for the 2024 season. The World Broad Know-how Championship, Butterfield Bermuda Championship and RSM Basic may very well be the distinction in somebody enjoying on the PGA Tour subsequent 12 months or shedding their card.
Loads of FedEx Cup factors stay up for grabs, and a win may even vault somebody into the 51-60 spot, which earns spots within the first two signature occasions of 2024 on the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am and Genesis Invitational.
Moreover, in a brand new change, gamers who end 126-200 within the FedEx Cup Standings can settle for full membership on the DP World Tour.
Right here’s a have a look at which PGA Tour execs have work to do to retain their card for the 2024 season.
(Observe: some golfers could also be beneath the highest 125 within the standings however are exempt due to profession achievements.)
Erik van Rooyen of South Africa walks off the third inexperienced in the course of the third spherical of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Nation Membership of Jackson on October 07, 2023 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photograph by Raj Mehta/Getty Pictures)
Because it stands, van Rooyen is the final man in with three occasions left, sitting at 125 within the standings. He performed within the first three fall occasions, ending T-30, T-16 and T-23. A pair extra performances like that can solidify his spot to retain his card subsequent 12 months.
Marty Dou traces up a putt on the tenth inexperienced in the course of the closing spherical of the AT&T Byron Nelson golf match. Obligatory Credit score: Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports activities
On the opposite facet of the coin is Dou, who completed fourth within the Korn Ferry Tour standings after the 2022 season and earned his Tour card for a second time. He has missed the reduce in two of his three fall begins and moved exterior of the highest 125 within the standings. To not lose his card a second time, he’ll want a robust end to the 12 months.
Cameron Champ of the USA performs his shot from the second tee in the course of the second spherical of the Fortinet Championship at Silverado Resort and Spa on September 15, 2023 in Napa, California. (Photograph by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Pictures)
The three-time PGA Tour winner has talked overtly about his psychological well being, and he was tied for the lead on the Shriners Youngsters’s Open after 36 holes in Las Vegas earlier than ending T-18. He additionally completed T-9 on the Sanderson Farms however sits 127th within the standings.
Jimmy Walker of the USA performs his shot from the fifteenth tee in the course of the first spherical of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Nation Membership on August 03, 2023 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photograph by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Pictures)
Walker took a one-time earnings exception to have standing this 12 months, and he sits 129th within the FedEx Cup Standings with three occasions remaining. He performed within the first three fall occasions, ending T-30, T-43 and MC. The 2016 PGA Championship winner will want three stable weeks down the stretch to maintain his standing.
Harry Higgs of the USA chips onto the third inexperienced in the course of the third spherical of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Nation Membership of Jackson on October 07, 2023 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photograph by Raj Mehta/Getty Pictures)
The fan-favorite Higgs has struggled for the reason that summer season. Sitting 137th within the standings, he has missed the reduce in six of his final seven begins, his one made weekend being a T-68 end on the Sanderson Farms.
Patton Kizzire of the USA walks on the ninth gap in the course of the closing spherical of the Shriners Youngsters’s Open at TPC Summerlin on October 15, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Pictures)
Kizzire, a two-time PGA Tour winner, can also be simply exterior the highest 125 at 130. He has missed the reduce in 14 of his 30 begins this season however has performed the weekend in two fall occasions.
Austin Smotherman watches his shot from the eleventh tee in the course of the first spherical of the Charles Schwab Problem golf match. Obligatory Credit score: Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports activities
Due to the FedEx Cup Standings updating final season after the departure of gamers defecting to LIV, Smotherman retained his Tour card ending a hundred and twenty fifth within the standings. He’s 132nd within the standings however has missed the reduce in 5 of his final seven begins.
Carl Yuan hits his second shot on the seventeenth gap in the course of the second spherical of the RBC Canadian Open at Oakdale Golf & Nation Membership on June 09, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photograph by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Pictures)
The highest finisher on the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour factors listing is 133rd within the FedEx Cup Standings with three occasions left. A T-6 on the Sanderson Farms Championship helped Yuan make a giant transfer up the standings, however extra work stays.
