PGA Tour players who are on the bubble

The PGA Tour regular season is coming to an end Sunday, meaning the FedEx Cup playoffs begin next week.

The Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, will offer some PGA Tour players one last chance to improve their position or perhaps even make it into the field of 125 for the playoffs.

Since the points structure changed in 2009, an average of fewer than three players per year entered the final week of FedEx Cup regular season outside the top 125 in the standings and went on to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Some players also will look to crack the top 200 in the FedEx Cup Eligibility Points List to qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, which is set for September 1-4 at Victoria National Golf Club in Newburgh, Indiana.

Scottie Scheffler, who has four wins this season, leads the FedEx Cup standings by more than 1,000 points over second-place Cameron Smith. Tony Finau, who has won the past two weeks, is up to No. 7.

The three-event playoff series starts at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, next week, but many in the field at the Wyndham Championship this week will be angling to keep their seasons alive.

Here’s a closer look at some interesting names in the FedEx Cup points standings, including some who are in the field and others who need a big week to make the playoffs.

Austin Smotherman

Austin Smotherman watches his shot from the third tee during the first round of the Barbasol Championship golf tournament. (Photo: Jordan Prather/USA TODAY Sports)

Austin Smotherman is currently the last golfer in the FedEx Cup standings who would qualify for the playoffs if they started today. He’s in the field at the Wyndham Championship, where he is making his seventh straight start. In his rookie season on the PGA Tour, Smotherman has recorded one top-10 finish, coming in eighth at the Barracuda Championship.

He has made the cut in each of his past four events, but a promising start in Detroit at the Rocket Mortgage Classic went south on the weekend when Smotherman shot consecutive rounds over par. He’ll likely need to make the cut and have a strong finish to guarantee he’s playing in Memphis.

Chesson Hadley

Chesson Hadley tees for the first during Round 1 of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit on Thurs., July 28, 2022.

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