Shane Lowry will head straight from Paris to Greensboro, North Carolina, for this week’s Wyndham Championship.
Lowry is one in every of 18 Olympians within the discipline for the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale, and in terms of the FedExCup level standings, solely Sungjae Im (ninth) is ranked greater than the No. 10 Lowry.
With the highest 70 gamers in factors after the Wyndham advancing to the playoffs, Lowry is already assured to be taking part in not less than the primary two legs of the postseason, the FedEx St. Jude Invitational and BMW Championship. Nevertheless, his purpose is to make it to East Lake for the primary time, which is why he’s hoping to financial institution some further factors – and a few bonus money by way of the Comcast Enterprise Tour Prime 10 – at Sedgefield Nation Membership.
“I used to be making an attempt to make the choice over the past couple of weeks, as a result of if I don’t do as nicely within the The Open, I wasn’t going to go and chase it,” Lowry stated. “I don’t like chasing stuff. However I additionally hate the unknown. I prefer to know what I’m doing and plan the place I’m going. … I type of sat down with my coach and my crew final week and have been like, proper, what’s one of the best factor to do? I used to be like, look, there’s solely 4 weeks left within the FedExCup. I believe that is most likely going to be among the best probabilities I’ll ever have to really win the FedExCup, so each level may depend on the finish of the day as nicely, not just for Comcast, and if I could make 100 FedExCup factors subsequent week or extra, it’s definitely going to assist me alongside the best way.
“On the finish of the day, I’ve purpose in my head the place I need to be going into Atlanta and if I’m there, I believe I’ll have a shot of doing one thing cool.”
Becoming a member of Im and Lowry within the Wyndham discipline are 21 of the present FedExCup prime 50, a benchmark that after the FedEx St. Jude secures spots in all of subsequent yr’s signature occasions. That group contains Nos. 43-50: Keegan Bradley, Denny McCarthy, Will Zalatoris, Mac Hughes, Jake Knapp, Harris English, Austin Eckroat and Nick Taylor.
The highest 70 gamers within the FedExCup standings after the Wyndham Championship (August 8-11) qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs.
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Additionally, Nos. 51-54 are taking part in: Patrick Rodgers, Justin Rose, Aaron Rai and Eric Cole.
And as for the top-70 race, right here is who’s simply inside – and outdoors – that bubble:
65. Mark Hubbard
66. Nick Dunlap
67. Jhonattan Vegas
68. Emiliano Grillo
69. Seamus Energy
70. Brendon Todd
71. Victor Perez
72. Davis Riley
73. Andrew Putnam
74. Kurt Kitayama
75. Luke Listing
The 156-player discipline additionally options sponsor exemptions reminiscent of Florida State junior Luke Clanton and newly minted professional Michael Thorbjornsen.
Not within the discipline however on the alternate listing are six gamers who reshuffled to the underside of the reorder class again in April, together with Q-Faculty grad Raul Pereda and KFT grad Scott Gutschewski. Blaine Hale and Josh Teater, who have been among the many gamers who struggled to get begins early within the yr, wanted restricted sponsor invitations to realize entry into the coveted discipline.
