ST. LOUIS — It’s Wyndham Clark’s tournament to lose Sunday as the reigning U.S. Open champ carries a five-shot lead over the field at Bellerive.
That doesn’t mean there’s any shortage of drama at the BMW Championship, where as many as three players could see themselves get bounced from the Tour Championship field.
Those names are Bud Cauley, Kurt Kitayama, and Rickie Fowler — who entered the week ranked Nos. 28 through 30 in FedExCup points.
Cauley is done with his final round, in with a 1-over 281. He’ll finish outside the top 40 at the BMW and is currently projected well outside the top 30 in the FEC standings.
Fowler, who bogeyed his final hole Sunday to finish at 1 under, is also projected to fall outside the top 30.
The most stressful afternoon will be for Kitayama.
He sits No. 31 in the projections, one spot behind Robert MacIntyre for last man in the field. MacIntyre, who withdrew from last week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship after an opening-round 82, is currently playing his back nine and inside the tournament’s top 10.
Kitayama is done at Bellerive, posting three straight sub-70 rounds (all 68s) to finish his tournament at 4 under. He was mistake free through 13 holes Sunday but bogeyed the 14th and 16th holes.
Sungjae Im began the day projected at No. 30 in points. He was the only player to play his way from the outside into the BMW field, but made three early bogeys in the final round.
In addition to MacIntrye, the other two contenders to play spoiler are Patrick Cantlay and Gary Woodland — both of who sit inside the top 5 on the BMW Championship leaderboard and seem primed to steal the spots previously set for Cauley and Fowler.
The top 30 players will qualify for the PGA Tour’s playoff finale. Here’s how those around the cut line are faring at Bellerive.