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There are six regular occasions, a significant championship and the Olympics till the FedEx Cup Playoffs are right here. Solely the High 70 get into the Aug. 15-18 FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Whereas there’s nonetheless loads of time to realize much-needed FedEx Cup factors, the clock is ticking for a few of these guys.
Final yr, the PGA Tour moved the playoff quantity from 125 to 70 for its first occasion. From there, solely the High 50 survive to play within the BMW Championship. To cap off the three-week playoff, the highest 30 make it to the Tour Championship in Atlanta, the place a FedEx Cup champion will emerge.
Let’s take a manner too early take a look at these on the surface wanting in that want a strong end to the common season to allow them to stay to battle one other day within the playoffs.
Notable PGA Tour Gamers outdoors the High 70
*as of July 1, 202
— Nicolai Højgaard (No.74)
— Justin Rose (No. 75)
— Keith Mitchell (No. 76)
— Nick Dunlap (No.87)
— Rickie Fowler (No. 93)
— Joel Dahmen (No. 103)
— Daniel Berger (No. 123)
— Webb Simpson (No. 131)
— Matt Kuchar (No. 140)
These are only a handful of gamers that can at present not make the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Rickie Fowler may miss the playoffs if he doesn’t go on a strong run within the subsequent few weeks. He has simply two High 25s on the season and has missed 5 cuts in 18 begins.
The previous Oklahoma State Cowboy completed T31 final week on the Rocket Mortgage Traditional. Fowler lastly bought his second High 25 on the Vacationers as he was T20.
His finest end got here on the RBC Heritage, a T18.
Nicolai Højgaard is one other title that’s apparently outdoors the High 70. He has a runner-up end, a high 10, and two high 25s. The previous Ryder Cup member has missed 5 cuts this season, although.
He has not accomplished a match contained in the High 20 because the Masters, the place he was T16. Since that week, Højgaard missed three cuts, and his finest end got here on the RBC Canadian Open in a T35.
Nevertheless, he’s nonetheless shut sufficient with a powerful stretch of golf and will see himself in Memphis for that first playoff occasion.
Justin Rose, who’s ranked No. 75, is one other who may make the playoffs.
It has not been the Englishman’s finest season, with only one High 10 and two High 25s. He did end T6 on the PGA Championship however missed the lower on the U.S. Open.
There may be a variety of golf left for gamers to earn FedEx Cup factors and a spot within the playoffs. Nonetheless, time isn’t on these golfers’ facet, as they want a momentum increase to push their manner into the High 70.
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