The 2024 PGA Tour season concluded with the FedEx Cup Fall, which gave players the opportunity to finish in the top 125 of the standings to secure full playing rights on the PGA Tour for the following term, among other incentives.
Some players took full advantage of the eight-tournament run, which began with the Procore Championship in September, and finished with the RSM Classic.
Here are 10 of the the biggest movers – up and down – and what it means for their prospects for the 2025 season.
Matt McCarty
Matt McCarty made a stunning introduction to his PGA Tour career
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Matt McCarty spent the majority of 2024 on the Korn Ferry Tour, where he finished top of the points list to earn his PGA Tour card. As a result, he didn’t even appear on the circuit this season until the second FedEx Cup fall event, the Sanderson Farms Championship.
That meant he didn’t feature in the standings until the Country Club of Jackson tournament, but he took full advantage of his opportunity, most notably with victory at the Black Desert Championship.
McCarty finished the season 114th in the standings to secure full playing rights for 2025, and a spot in the PGA Tour’s flagship event, The Players Championship.
Rafael Campos
Rafael’s win in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship secured him full playing privileges for the 2025 season
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At the start of the FedEx Cup Fall, the Puerto Rican was facing a battle to achieve conditional status on the PGA Tour, which is open to those finishing between 126th and 150th.
He began it just two places above that cut-off, in 148th, but just days after the birth of his first child, he won the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, which saw him climb well within the top 125, before he finished the season 82nd in the standings – a move of 66 places.
David Lipsky
David Lipsky has had a solid FedEx Cup Fall run
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After missed cuts in the three events before the FedEx Cup Fall, few would have expected Lipsky to be one of the biggest movers upwards, and he began the stage below the cut-off needed to attain conditional status, in 165th.
However, he got off to a great start, finishing runner-up in the Procore Championship before further top-10 finishes in the World Wide Technology Championship…
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