Joel Dahmen is conscious of the newest PGA Tour alterations coming down the pipe; he simply figured he had extra time.
“Do I get a yr at 125, or do I am going to 100 subsequent yr?” Dahmen requested just a few reporters on Sunday afternoon after barely conserving his full PGA Tour card because the 124th-ranked participant within the remaining FedExCup standings.
Dahmen was then knowledgeable that in preparation for vital eligibility modifications in 2026, the PGA Tour will scale back the variety of members who preserve totally exempt membership to simply the highest 100 gamers in 2025.
“It goes to 100 subsequent yr? Are we confirmed on that?” Dahmen requested once more.
As heads nodded, Dahmen then quipped, “This board stuff; I believed I had one other yr of freedom.”
Becoming a member of Dahmen within the Nos. 101-125 zone this yr had been notables similar to No. 101 Rickie Fowler, No. 108 Nicolai Hojgaard, No. 109 Matt Kuchar and No. 125 Sam Ryder. Right here is the complete checklist:
101. Rickie Fowler
102. C.T. Pan
103. Vince Whaley
104. Michael Kim
105. Ok.H. Lee
106. Mac Meissner
107. Greyson Sigg
108. Nicolai Hojgaard
109. Matt Kuchar
110. Joe Highsmith
111. Brice Garnett
112. Chan Kim
113. Jacob Bridgeman
114. Matt McCarty
115. Ben Silverman
116. Chad Ramey
117. Nate Lashley
118. Ryan Fox
119. Chris Gotterup
120. Henrik Norlander
121. Alex Smalley
122. David Skinns
123. Sami Valimaki
124. Joel Dahmen
125. Sam Ryder
Clearly, gamers similar to Fowler, McCarty and Gotterup have winner’s exemptions to play off for not less than subsequent season. Different like Dahmen would’ve been resigned to conditional membership had the top-100 cutoff been in impact this yr.
Ten of the aforementioned gamers began the season out of the reorder class as both a DP World Tour or Korn Ferry Tour graduate, and solely Gotterup, as a winner, would’ve saved his card underneath the brand new guidelines.
Ryder is probably essentially the most fascinating case, as he not solely was the final participant to maintain his full card this yr, however he has now completed within the Nos. 101-125 six instances in his profession. That may be a document within the FedExCup period, forward of Scott Stallings and Vaughn Taylor, who every have 5 seasons ending in that vary.
