Rickie Fowler final month on the Open Championship.
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4 PGA Tour winners from this 12 months.
A member of final 12 months’s successful Ryder Cup workforce.
Considered one of golf’s hottest gamers.
Because the PGA Tour’s common season got here to an finish on Sunday, these have been among the many notable professionals to not transfer on to its three-week postseason. This week’s Wyndham Championship marked gamers’ final shot to make a cut-off set on the prime 70 within the season-long factors standings, making for a frantic week — which was made much more so after storms washed out Thursday’s first spherical and gamers have been pressured to play no less than 36 holes on Sunday.
What’s subsequent for the Tour? For the 70 who advance, they may play in subsequent week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship, and the highest 50 within the standings after that occasion will transfer on to the next week’s BMW Championship, together with securing spots in subsequent 12 months’s Signature Occasions. The highest 30 within the standings after the BMW will then play within the Tour Championship that begins on Aug. 29.
And for these not within the prime 70? They’ll probably play within the Tour’s fall occasions, the place they’ll hope to enhance their standing and hope to remain within the prime 125, the cut-off for conserving full enjoying privileges.
However they gained’t play for the subsequent three weeks. With that, listed here are a dozen shocking gamers who didn’t make the PGA Tour playoffs. (Notably, one, Matt Kuchar, will end his 72nd gap on the Wyndham on Monday morning, however his destiny has been decided. To indicate that play is constant, we’ve marked the gamers’ positions with “projected to complete.”)
12 shocking gamers who failed Sunday to make the PGA Tour playoffs
Davis Riley (projected to complete 71st in standings) — Riley gained the Charles Schwab Problem and he finishes because the bubble professional. However, forward of this week, the win was one among simply two prime 25s for him.
Andrew Putnam (projected to complete 72nd in standings) — The second bubble professional. He performed properly this 12 months, however missed six cuts in 21 occasions getting into this week.
Lucas Glover (projected to complete 77th in standings) — Round this time final 12 months, he gained the Wyndham and FedEx St. Jude in back-to-back weeks. This season? Right here’s how he assessed issues earlier within the week: “I simply haven’t put a lot collectively this 12 months. I hit it good for every week, not make something, after which the subsequent week, it might appear to be the alternative.”
Nicolai Hojgaard (projected to complete 81st in standings) — He was a part of final 12 months’s successful Ryder Cup workforce. However he completed within the prime 25 solely twice getting into the week.
Harry Corridor (projected to complete 86th in standings) — Corridor gained the ISCO Championship, performed the identical week because the Genesis Scottish Open. Lacking 4 cuts in his first eight occasions was expensive.
Brice Garnett (projected to complete 87th in standings) — Garnett gained the Puerto Rico Open, performed the identical week because the Arnold Palmer Invitational. However he had solely two different prime 25s coming into this week, with one among them coming within the Zurich Basic, a workforce occasion.
Chris Gotterup (projected to complete 94th in standings) — Gotterup gained the Myrtle Seashore Basic, performed the identical week because the Wells Fargo Championship. However he missed as many cuts as he made coming into this week — 10 apiece.
Matt Kuchar bizarrely stops spherical on 72nd gap, upends Tour occasion’s end
Matt Kuchar (projected to complete 103rd in standings) — Kuchar had been the one participant to make the playoffs in each season because the FedEx Cup started in 2007. However this 12 months, getting into this week, he missed 11 cuts in 19 occasions.
Rickie Fowler (projected to complete 106th in standings) — Fowler returned to kind final 12 months, successful the Rocket Mortgage Basic and making the Ryder Cup workforce. However this 12 months, one among golf’s hottest gamers had simply two prime 25s in 20 occasions getting into this week.
Webb Simpson (projected to complete 149th in standings) — Simpson, the 2012 U.S. Open winner, had one prime 25 in 12 occasions getting into this week.
Gary Woodland (projected to complete 153rd in standings) — Woodland, the 2019 U.S. Open winner, returned this 12 months after lacking time on account of a mind tumor.
Tiger Woods (projected to complete 220th in standings) — Nonetheless no less than just a little shocking the 15-time main winner gained’t make the postseason. However he performed in solely 5 occasions.
