Patton Kizzire’s first victory in six years was huge for a lot of causes. Amongst them: Kizzire not solely locked up a two-year winner’s exemption on the PGA Tour, however he additionally earned himself a spot in The Sentry, subsequent yr’s first signature occasion, whereas gaining essential floor on spots in every of the 2 following signature tournaments.
Kizzire jumped from No. 132 in factors to No. 70, which has him simply 10 spots out of the Aon Subsequent 10, which will likely be finalized on the finish of the FedExCup Fall and include exemptions into the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am and Genesis Invitational. No gamers moved into the Nos. 51-60 vary in Napa, although Mac Hughes did go Tom Kim for No. 51 and has a large hole between he and No. 61 (268 factors).
Kizzire barely completed inside the highest 125 in factors final season and made 18 begins this season previous to the FedExCup Playoffs, which he didn’t qualify for. None of these begins had been signature occasions.
David Lipsky, the runner-up to Kizzire on Sunday on the Procore Championship, additionally rocketed up the factors checklist, from No. 163 to No. 101. He’s 147 factors forward of No. 126, too, so he’s acquired fairly the cushion with seven occasions left within the fall.
The following fall match is the Oct. 3-6 Sanderson Farms Championship.
Here’s a have a look at the present Subsequent 10 and Prime 125 races:
NEXT 10 WATCH
51. Mac Hughes, 1,163
52. Tom Kim, 1,079
53. Patrick Rodgers, 1,048
54. Mav McNealy, 1,045
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, 945
—
61. Ben Griffin, -50
62. Erik van Rooyen, -52
63. Brendon Todd, -74
64. Taylor Moore, -127
65. Peter Malnati, -131
125 WATCH
120. Michael Kim, 325
121. Pierceson Coody, 313
122. Dylan Wu, 313
123. Jacob Bridgeman, 308
124. Matt NeSmith, 293
125. Matti Schmid, 289
—
126. Vince Whaley, -4
127. Hayden Springer, -6
128. Sam Ryder, -7
129. Carl Yuan, -16
130. Alejandro Tosti, -22
