With simply 4 occasions remaining within the FedExCup Fall, this week’s Zozo Championship presents gamers contained in the all-important top-125 bubble a giant alternative.
As a result of the Zozo is 78-player match, not each participant preventing across the bubble for his PGA Tour card is afforded the prospect to compete, and the occasion’s no-cut format signifies that these fortunate sufficient to earn their spot within the subject are assured FedExCup factors in the event that they full 4 rounds.
“I want the sphere was a bit greater for guys who’re attempting to maintain their playing cards,” stated one PGA Tour member across the bubble.
He’s not alone.
So, who’s in, and who’s out?
Let’s begin with these competing:
• Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Hideki Matsuyama are among the many 12 gamers who completed inside the highest 50 within the FedExCup this season and locked up exemptions into each signature occasion subsequent 12 months.
• There are additionally 15 Japanese gamers teeing it up who aren’t PGA Tour members and won’t earn official factors.
• Of these at present Nos. 101-125 in factors, 15 gamers in that group are within the subject as of Monday night, together with No. 118 Zac Blair (sponsor exemption) and No. 123 S.H. Kim, who was the final participant who certified by way of the highest 60 out there gamers in factors when the sphere was finalized final Friday.
• Sponsor exemptions Joel Dahmen (129) and Gary Woodland (137) are the one gamers exterior the highest 125 in factors within the subject.
Because the PGA Tour reimagined its fall schedule final 12 months, the Zozo has been the oddball among the many eight-tournament slate, which has been billed as the ultimate alternatives for gamers to safe absolutely exempt membership for the next season. Three of the primary 4 fall occasions, excluding solely final week’s Shriners Kids’s Open, have had subject cutoffs accommodate each full member.
Michael Kim, who’s No. 112 in factors after a T-5 in Las Vegas, is the highest-ranked participant within the present FedExCup who’s on the alternate listing.
“I wanted to participant higher,” stated Kim, who’s second alternate however didn’t journey to Japan.
The subsequent man out, although the fifth alternate, is No. 117 Jacob Bridgeman, adopted by:
119. Alex Smalley
120. Vince Whaley
121. Henrik Norlander
122. Hayden Springer
124. Matt Wallace
125. Joe Highsmith
126. Kevin Tway
127. Ale Tosti
128. Daniel Berger
130. Pierceson Coody
No. 132 Taylor Montgomery is the primary alternate after No. 115 Carson Younger changed Emiliano Grillo on Monday morning. Younger will start the week with a five-point lead on Bridgeman and 58-point benefit on Tway.
The PGA Tour takes every week off after Zozo earlier than ending off its fall with the World Extensive Expertise Championship in Cabo, Butterfield Bermuda Championship and RSM Basic.
