The 2022/23 PGA Tour season is drawing to a close with the three-tournament FedEx Cup Playoffs getting underway with the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
There are some notable absentees from the field of 70 who will tee it up at TPC Southwind, though. Here are some of the biggest names missing out on this year’s FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Justin Thomas
Justin Thomas missed out on the FedEx Playoffs by a shot
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After being out of sorts for much of the season, Thomas went into the Wyndham Championship knowing he needed a strong finish to have a chance of reaching the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Before the tournament, he insisted “I’m really not playing that poorly” and that view was given credence by a decent performance at Sedgefield Country Club that saw him finish T12.
Unfortunately for the two-time PGA Champion, it wasn’t enough for him to make the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings needed to see him into the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Agonisingly, Thomas finished 71st, missing out by a single shot.
With that opportunity denied him, Thomas now faces a wait to see if he has done enough to convince Zach Johnson that he’s worth a place in his US Ryder Cup team for the upcoming match at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club.
Adam Scott
Adam Scott’s run of appearances in the FedEx Cup Playoffs has come to an end
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Former World No.1 Scott fared even better than Thomas at the Wyndham Championship, finishing T7. Despite his best finish since May’s T5 at the Wells Fargo Championship, though, the Australian misses out on the FedEx Cup Playoffs after finishing 72nd in the standings.
That condemns Scott to his first absence from the Playoffs since 2015, but, as the tournament drew to a close, he attempted to draw a silver lining from the likelihood of that run coming to an end, saying: “If it does end, I think it’s a good thing. I think it gives me a good chance to have a look at what I need to do differently to be more competitive in whatever competition I’m playing in.”
Before the Wyndham Championship, Scott said: “One better round of golf this year and I’d find myself well inside the FedExCup line at the moment at…
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