Billy Horschel, Justin Thomas currently out

For PGA Tour players, being inside the top 50 of the FedEx Cup Standings now comes with more than a spot in the field at the BMW Championship.

The Tour’s board recently ratified a new approach for the Tour’s 2024 schedule that will see reduced fields in new designated events, as well as the removal of the 36-hole cut. Fields in designated events will contain between 70 and 78 players and be largely comprised of the top 50 players who qualify for the BMW Championship during the previous season’s FedEx Cup playoffs, adding some extra intrigue to the season-long race that was desperately needed.

Golfweek provided the first bubble watch to track top-50 movement after the Players Championship, the 20^th tournament of Tour’s 2022-23 schedule, and will continue to provide updates throughout the season. With major season just around the corner and the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play behind us, here’s a look at some players who are currently in and out of next year’s designated events.

FedEx Cup: Full standings here

Bubble watch

Check out the last 10 in and first 10 as the points stand after the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, where No. 40 Jordan Spieth (510 points) and No. 60 Sam Ryder (387) are separated by a little more than 100 points.

Biggest movers

Matt Wallace was the big mover of the week, jumping 63 spots into the top 50 after his win at the 2023 Corales Puntacana Championship, the event held opposite the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

The Tour’s last Match Play event for the foreseeable future saw Sam Burns move 44 spots inside the top 10 (8th) after his defeat of Cameron Young, 6 and 5, in the final match at Austin Country Club. Despite the loss, Young took home a whopping $2.2 million and climbed 50 spots to No. 33 on the FedEx Cup Standings.

J.J. Spaun played his way into the top 50 (48th) and moved 11 spots into the…