We’ve reached the Wyndham Championship, the final week of the PGA Tour’s regular season.
While the task of keeping one’s job extends through the fall, the big storyline this week at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, is which players will qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs.
Entering Wyndham, every player from No. 1 Scottie Scheffler to No. 57 Stephan Jaeger are mathematically guaranteed to finish inside the top 70 in points come Sunday evening. Players outside of that still have work to do, some more than others.
For example, at No. 58 in points, Aaron Rai surely is safe through to next week’s playoff opener, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, but there is a rare, albeit unlikely, scenario that could keep him out. Rai only needs a solo 50th to qualify on his own.
No. 59 Mac Hughes is the only player ranked Nos. 58-96 not slated to tee it up at Wyndham. No. 97 Billy Horschel is still recovering from hip surgery. No. 110 Ale Tosti is the next highest-ranked player not already qualified for the postseason not playing Wyndham.
Matt Schmid is the current bubble boy, at No. 70 and just four points and change clear of fellow European and No. 71 Nicolai Hojgaard. Schmid is just behind No. 69 Ben An (595.434 points), but there is a bigger gap between An and No. 68 Patrick Rodgers (615.592 points).
Here is a quick look at Nos. 60-70:
60. Tony Finau
61. Rickie Fowler
62. Davis Riley
63. Kevin Yu
64. Erik van Rooyen
65. Nico Echavarria
66. Emiliano Grillo
67. Cam Davis
68. Patrick Rodgers
69. Ben An
70. Matti Schmid
Finau and Fowler can clinch without help with solo 23rd- and 12th-place finishes, respectively.
As for the players outside the top 70, here are the minimum finishes needed to qualify for the playoffs, though it could require better results:
RK
PLAYER
MIN FINISH
MIN PTS
71
Nicolai Hojgaard
2-way T-63
4.221
72
Keith Mitchell
2-way T-58
5.295
73
Chris Kirk
43rd
12.547
74
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
36th
19.504
75
Gary Woodland
27th
32.471
76
Kevin Roy
23rd
38.852
77
Alex Smalley
22nd
40.789
78
Davis Thompson
21st
42.979
79
Eric Cole
18th
48.354
80
William Mouw
11th
67.912
81
Ryo Hisatsune
3-way T-6
90.417
82
Rasmus Hojgaard
3-way T-4
114.799
83
Karl Vilips
4th
123.66
84
Matt McCarty
3-way T-3
139.385
85
Adam Scott
2-way T-3
149.068
86
Sami Valimaki
2-way T-3
152.288
87
Michael Thorbjornsen
2-way T-3
156.222
88
David Lipsky
2-way T-3
161.738
89
Tom Kim
3rd
169.088
90
Andrew Putnam
3rd
171.412
91
Danny Walker
3rd
183.249
92
Matt Wallace
3rd
185.44
93
Garrick Higgo
3rd
188.596
94
Taylor Moore
3rd
189.437
95
Vince Whaley
3-way T-2
192.94
96
Beau Hossler
3-way T-2
193.892
97
Billy Horschel*
3-way T-2
195.879
98
Mark Hubbard
3-way T-2
199.531
99
Max McGreevy
3-way T-2
203.262
100
Isaiah Salinda
2-way T-2
211.61
101
Joel Dahmen
2-way T-2
213.982
102
Lee Hodges
2-way T-2
216.982
103
Rico Hoey
2-way T-2
221.943
104
Austin Eckroat
2-way T-2
223.94
105
Jesper Svensson
2-way T-2
231.839
106
Max Homa
2-way T-2
243.121
107
Victor Perez
2-way T-2
243.173
108
Patrick Fishburn
2nd
251.301
109
Chan Kim
2nd
260.408
110
Alejandro Tosti*
2nd
261.167
111
Sam Ryder
2nd
270.186
112
Henrik Norlander
2nd
271.506
113
Jackson Suber
2nd
274.103
114
Chad Ramey
2nd
275.692
115
Harry Higgs
2nd
286.851
116
Thorbjorn Olesen
2nd
287.353
117
Justin Lower
2nd
289.924
118
Kris Ventura
2nd
290.169
119
Hayden Springer*
2nd
290.841
120
Zach Johnson
2nd
296.4
*Not playing Wyndham (Springer is currently fourth alternate)
Everyone else in the field below No. 120 needs a win to get into the playoffs. No. 176 Cristobal del Solar is the first player in the field who is already eliminated from the postseason.