We’ve reached the final event of the 2025 PGA Tour fall season.
The RSM Classic, which begins Thursday at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside and Plantation courses in St. Simons Island, Georgia, is the last chance for players to secure their status for 2026.
New this year: Only the top 100 in the FedExCup will retain fully exempt status for next season. However, Nos. 101-110 will still receive ample starts and not be subject to reshuffles, while Nos. 111-125 is another conditional category and should get about the number of starts that the bottom third of this year’s reorder category saw.
As it pertains to the top 100 cutoff, there are several players around that bubble who are already fully exempt for 2026 – No. 93 William Mouw, No. 98 Michael Brennan, No. 100 Karl Vilips, No. 101 Max Homa, No. 106 Tom Kim and No. 107 Adam Scott. Homa, Kim and Scott are not in the RSM field.
Every player from No. 102 Matt Wallace to No. 203 Chesson Hadley can crack the top 100 with at least a win. Wallace requires a minimum finish of solo 43rd.
On the other end of No. 100, Nos. 84-87 in points are skipping RSM, having already locked up their spot inside the top 100. Every player down to No. 94 Mark Hubbard is likely safe, too, as X’s resident eligibility guru @robopz predicts 600 FedExCup points guarantees top 100 while around 570 points should still get the job done. Going off that 600 projection, Hubbard can clinch with a made cut (solo 78th), No. 95 Ryo Hisatsune needs a solo 46th, No. 96 Thorbjorn Olesen a solo 26th, No. 97 Danny Walker a solo 24th and No. 99 Takumi Kanaya a two-way 16th.
Vilips and Brennan could obviously still factor despite already being exempt for 2026, as they could drop out of the top 100 and allow a previously non-exempt player to move in.
Here is a look at the minimum finishes required for players to move inside the top 100 at the RSM Classic:
*fully exempt through at least 2026 (doesn’t include career-money exemptions)
RANK
PLAYER
POINTS
FROM 100
MIN FINISH
102
Matt Wallace
528.239
12.747
Solo 43rd
103
Beau Hossler
527.954
13.032
Two-way 42nd
104
Isaiah Salinda
505.503
35.483
Solo 25th
105
David Lipsky
500.111
40.875
Solo 22nd
108
Victor Perez
479.423
61.563
Two-way 12th
109
Patrick Fishburn
477.695
63.291
Solo 12th
110
Pierceson Coody
476.887
64.099
Solo 12th
111
Jesper Svensson
475.757
65.229
Two-way 11th
113
Matt Kuchar
460.454
80.532
Two-way 8th
114
Justin Lower
453.383
87.603
Solo 7th
115
Taylor Moore
453.209
87.777
Solo 7th
116
Kris Ventura
452.802
88.184
Solo 7th
117
Joel Dahmen
449.147
91.839
Two-way 6th
118
Austin Eckroat*
448.656
92.33
EXEMPT
119
Andrew Putnam
443.984
97.002
Solo 6th
120
Sam Ryder
438.457
102.529
Two-way 5th
121
Jackson Suber
436.493
104.493
Two-way 5th
122
Lee Hodges
430.014
110.972
Three-way 4th
123
Lanto Griffin
424.21
116.776
Two-way 4th
124
Frankie Capan III
411.278
129.708
Solo 4th
125
Doug Ghim
411.174
129.812
Solo 4th
126
Brandt Snedeker
410.651
130.335
Solo 4th
128
Carson Young
401.026
139.96
Three-way 3rd
129
Seamus Power
398.744
142.242
Three-way 3rd
130
Hayden Springer
383.683
157.303
Three-way 3rd
131
Chan Kim
374.802
166.184
Solo 3rd
132
Harry Higgs
373.695
167.291
Solo 3rd
134
Jeremy Paul
347.928
193.058
Three-way 2nd
135
Ricky Castillo
347.262
193.724
Three-way 2nd
137
Taylor Montgomery
331.492
209.494
Two-way 2nd
138
Adam Hadwin
328.28
212.706
Two-way 2nd
139
Henrik Norlander
327.29
213.696
Two-way 2nd
140
Zach Johnson
322.029
218.957
Two-way 2nd
141
Noah Goodwin
314.023
226.963
Two-way 2nd
142
Ben Silverman
313.5
227.486
Two-way 2nd
143
Greyson Sigg
311.193
229.793
Two-way 2nd
144
Paul Peterson
305.074
235.912
Two-way 2nd
145
Sahith Theegala*
294.928
246.058
EXEMPT
146
Cameron Champ
279.923
261.063
Solo 2nd
147
Ben Kohles
276.766
264.22
Solo 2nd
148
David Skinns
272.744
268.242
Solo 2nd
149
Will Gordon
257.385
283.601
Solo 2nd
151
Camilo Villegas
246.301
294.685
Solo 2nd
152
Thomas Rosenmuller
246.17
294.816
Solo 2nd
Every other player, down to Hadley, requires a win. No. 204 Gordon Sargent is the first player in points who can’t crack the top 100, though the Vanderbilt grad is fully exempt for 2026 via PGA Tour University’s Accelerated program.