For many, the PGA Tour season ends now – and these star names are done after missing the FedEx Cup Playoffs…
The battle to reach the FedEx Cup Playoffs is over.
Only the top 70 will make it into this week’s FedEx St Jude Championship – the first of the three Playoffs through August – meaning last week’s Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club represented the last chance for players to make moves up the order.
Germany’s Matti Schmid snuck in on the bubble in 70th, edging out Davis Thompson in 71st by five points, but before we get into the other big names who missed out, here’s a brief explainer on how the FedEx Cup works…
FedEx Cup format
It has changed several times since its inception in 2007, but here is how it’s set up for 2025.
The top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings after the Wyndham Championship will qualify for the first Playoff event, the FedEx St Jude Championship.
Of those 70, 20 will be cut and the top 50 will qualify for the second of the Playoffs at the BMW Championship.
From there, another 20 will be chopped and the top 30 will make their way to East Lake for the Tour Championship.
However, new for this year, the starting strokes model at the Tour Championship has been scrapped. That means, once again, all players will begin at even par, returning the season finale to a more traditional 72-hole stroke play event.
There will also be no complicated points system to follow. Instead, the winner after four rounds will claim the Tour Championship and be crowned the FedEx Cup champion.
9 big names missing the FedEx Cup Playoffs
So who will definitely not have a chance of making it to Atlanta this year? Let’s take a look…
72. Gary Woodland
If anyone deserved to make it, it’s former US Open champion Woodland, who has not long returned to the PGA Tour after having a brain tumor removed. He was 75th last week, and needed a top-25 at the Wyndham to stand a chance. He did his part, finishing T23, but other results didn’t go his way and he will just miss out.
73. Nicolai Hojgaard
After a fairly dismal 2025, a T4 at the Genesis Scottish Open and a T14 at The Open will have been a welcome boost for the elder Hojgaard twin. But a T55 at the Wyndham Championship ended his PGA Tour season.
75. Keith Mitchell
The best-dressed man on tour’s season has been cut short. He was 72nd going into the Wyndham and needing at the very least a top-50 finish. He missed the cut and dropped three places in the standings.
85. Rasmus Hojgaard
It has not been a great year for either of the Hojgaard twins. Rasmus – who was 82nd in the race for the Playoffs – to qualify, he needed a two-way tie for 4th at worst at Sedgefield. He finished T34.
90. Adam Scott
The Australian was influential in getting the FedEx Cup format changed, but he may not even get to experience it first hand. He went to Sedgefield in 85th, he left in 90th. Still, at least the major record is still going strong.
92. Matt Wallace
Wallace needed a second top-3 finish in a row to stand a chance of scraping into the top 70. In the end, a T27 was good showing but not enough. The Englishman will now concentrate on a final push for a spot in Luke Donald’s Ryder Cup team.
93. Joel Dahmen
Fresh off the shock split with longtime caddie Geno Bonnalie, Dahmen looked good at the Wyndham when he opened with a 61. But a Saturday 73 killed his chances and a tie for 15th wasn’t enough.
94. Tom Kim
Languishing down in 89th at the start of the week, the Presidents Cup star needed to find something from somewhere to prolong his season. Unfortunately, Kim had to withdraw following an opening-round 73.
111. Max Homa
Homa’s struggles have been well documented, so it should come as little surprise he was as low as 106th going into the week. The American, who was 7th in the world barely 18 months ago, needed a victory at the Wyndham. Instead, he missed the cut and dropped five spots.
Top 70 in the FedEx Cup standingsRANKNATIONALITYPLAYERPROJECTED TOTAL POINTS1USAScottie Scheffler4,805.972Northern IrelandRory McIlroy3,444.333AustriaSepp Straka2,595.314USARussell Henley2,390.885USAJustin Thomas2,279.916USABen Griffin2,274.917USAHarris English2,232.278USAJ.J. Spaun2,144.139EnglandTommy Fleetwood1,782.7910USAKeegan Bradley1,748.9711USAMaverick McNealy1,672.2112USAAndrew Novak1,624.6313CanadaCorey Conners1,619.9914SwedenLudvig Åberg1,558.5815ScotlandRobert MacIntyre1,488.2416USACameron Young1,464.4717Republic of IrelandShane Lowry1,438.2918CanadaNick Taylor1,437.9119USACollin Morikawa1,427.1620USABrian Harman1,412.6721JapanHideki Matsuyama1,308.9822USAChris Gotterup1,306.4623USAPatrick Cantlay1,275.2024USASam Burns1,266.3325EnglandJustin Rose1,219.8926NorwayViktor Hovland1,209.6127USALucas Glover1,190.6328USASam Stevens1,181.5029Republic of KoreaSungjae Im1,172.1530USADaniel Berger1,166.90TOP 30 QUALIFY FOR THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP31USARyan Gerard1,158.1032New ZealandRyan Fox1,126.2533USAJacob Bridgeman1,110.6134USABrian Campbell1,103.5435BelgiumThomas Detry1,080.3936USAMichael Kim1,079.6737AustraliaJason Day1,070.3138CanadaTaylor Pendrith1,034.8539USADenny McCarthy1,033.7240USATom Hoge1,026.1141EnglandMatt Fitzpatrick1,016.5942USAXander Schauffele953.35143South AfricaAldrich Potgieter94144EnglandHarry Hall929.30945USAAkshay Bhatia908.9946Republic of KoreaSi Woo Kim881.74947USAJake Knapp871.38648USAJordan Spieth864.63849USAWyndham Clark852.87350AustraliaMin Woo Lee851.223TOP 50 QUALIFY FOR THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP51USAJ.T. Poston849.64552USAKurt Kitayama841.55953USABud Cauley831.04554USAJoe Highsmith828.33355EnglandAaron Rai811.18956VenezuelaJhonattan Vegas782.73157USAMax Greyserman768.38758GermanyStephan Jaeger725.859CanadaMackenzie Hughes703.51260USATony Finau689.95361USAChris Kirk682.04962ColombiaNico Echavarria672.48163USAPatrick Rodgers667.59264USARickie Fowler665.12565USADavis Riley651.70566TaiwanKevin Yu644.62867ArgentinaEmiliano Grillo636.66968South AfricaErik van Rooyen634.44569AustraliaCam Davis625.33370GermanyMatti Schmid619.596
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