Tuesday, December 24, 2024

FedExCup Fall begins in Napa, and here is every little thing you’ll want to know

The second version of the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Fall begins this week in Napa, California.

The title sponsor is a brand new one as Procore replaces Fortinet, however the venue, Silverado Resort and Spa, stays unchanged. Following the opener are seven occasions, six of that are returning. Solely the Black Desert Championship in Utah is new to the slate.

Right here is the complete event schedule:

• Sept. 12-15 – Procore Championship, Napa, California
• Oct. 3-6 – Sanderson Farms Championship, Jackson, Mississippi
• Oct. 10-13 – Black Desert Championship, Ivins Utah
• Oct. 17-20 – Shriners Kids’s Open, Las Vegas
• Oct. 24-27 – Zozo Championship, Chiba, Japan
• Nov. 7-10 – WWT Championship, Los Cabos, Mexico
• Nov. 14-17 – Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Southampton, Bermuda
• Nov. 21-24 – RSM Basic, St. Simons Island, Georgia

Winners of those fall occasions obtain 500 FedExCup factors, and all however the 78-player Zozo have full fields, that are open to any PGA Tour member within the precedence rating.

Whereas any top-50 finishers within the FedExCup this previous season can take part in fall occasions, any FedExCup factors they earn received’t matter. They’re already exempt into each signature occasion subsequent season and are merely enjoying for money and world-ranking factors.

Gamers who certified for the 70-man playoffs are assured totally exempt standing on Tour, although they’ll be amongst these preventing to complete within the Subsequent 10, which is comprised of Nos. 51-60 in FedExCup factors after the autumn and can include spots within the first two non-Sentry signature occasions of 2025, the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am and Genesis Invitational. Factors from this previous season carry over to this fall, so gamers received’t be beginning at zero.

Listed below are the gamers who sit Nos. 51-70 in factors coming into the autumn:

• 51. Tom Kim, 1,709
• 52. Mac Hughes, 1,048
• 53. Mav McNealy, 1,045
• 54. Patrick Rodgers, 1,032
• 55. Justin Rose, 1,021
• 56. Seamus Energy, 993
• 57. Harris English, 987
• 58. Nick Taylor, 985
• 59. Jake Knapp, 984
• 60. Min Woo Lee, 923
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• 61. Ben Griffin, 895
• 62. Erik van Rooyen, 893
• 63. Brendon Todd, 860
• 64. Taylor Moore, 818
• 65. Peter Malnati, 814
• 66. Jordan Spieth, 795
• 67. Emiliano Grillo, 765
• 68. Mark Hubbard, 755
• 69. Jhonattan Vegas, 739
• 70. Victor Perez, 708

This group consists of a number of winners from this 12 months: Taylor, Knapp, Malnati and Vegas. Additionally, Spieth has already declares that he won’t play till subsequent 12 months after present process left-wrist surgical procedure final month.

Then, in fact, there’s the battle of gamers attempting to maintain their jobs. The highest 125 after the autumn keep full membership for 2025 whereas Nos. 126-150 may have conditional standing, which if this 12 months taught us something, it’s that these gamers will battle to get begins. Final 12 months’s No. 126, Henrik Norlander, teed it up simply 14 instances this previous season, and whereas he didn’t play poorly (seven top-25s), he missed the playoffs by a mile and enters the autumn No. 129 in factors.

Right here is how the top-125 bubble at the moment seems:

• 120. Matt NeSmith, 293
• 121. Vince Whaley, 285
• 122. Kevin Tway, 285
• 123. Matti Schmid, 283
• 124. Hayden Springer, 283
• 125. Sam Ryder, 282
• 126. Carl Yuan, 273
• 127. Ale Tosti, 267
• 128. Alex Smalley, 257
• 129. Henrik Norlander, 256
• 130. Greyson Sigg, 254

There are a handful of gamers outdoors the highest 125 who’ve exemptions that reach past this 12 months. For instance, Michael Thorbjornsen turned professional this summer time and is No. 135 in factors, however due to ending No. 1 in PGA Tour College, he’s totally exempt by subsequent season.

Listed below are some notable names outdoors the highest 125, with asterisks indicating {that a} participant is already totally exempt by at the least subsequent season:

• 138. Daniel Berger
• 143. Zach Johnson
• 148. Garrick Higgo
• 149. Webb Simpson*
• 153. Gary Woodland*
• 154. Wesley Bryan
• 155. Thorbjorn Olesen
• 156. Ryan Brehm
• 158. Joe Highsmith
• 159. Parker Coody
• 160. Justin Suh
• 161. Nick Hardy*
• 162. Cameron Champ
• 164. Adrien Dumont de Chassart
• 169. Lanto Griffin
• 171. Stewart Cink#
• 190. Norman Xiong
• 194. Vincent Norrman*
• 196. Kevin Kisner#
• 203. Francesco Molinari*
• 206. Brandt Snedeker#
• 207. Will Gordon

#-potential profession cash exemption accessible


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