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Just one event stays within the PGA Tour common season—the Wyndham Championship. It will likely be their final probability to earn FedEx Cup factors till after the playoffs.
The Wyndham Championship is just not this week, although. Earlier than the season finale would be the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games; this week, Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark will signify the US.
They’ll compete for Gold, Silver and Bronze starting Thursday at Le Golf Nationwide, the 2018 Ryder Cup host.
The remainder of the PGA Tour will get the week off, so let’s look at who the most important movers had been from the 3M Open week.
Reminder: FedEx Cup Playoff modifications
Don’t forget that the playoff subject is now not the Prime 125 however the Prime 70 gamers.
The Prime 70 will tackle TPC Southwind for the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis Aug 15- 18.
From there, the sector will lower right down to the Prime 50. That group will play at Citadel Pines Golf Course in Colorado for the BMW Championship Aug. 22-25. Lastly, the sector will go right down to the Prime 30 gamers who will play in Atlanta Aug. 28-Sept.1 at East Lake to compete within the Tour Championship.
Since 2019, the PGA Tour has applied a stroke-based system for the Tour Championship. The FedEx Cup factors chief begins the event at 10-under, and the strokes lower.
2024 FedEx Cup standings (high 30)
A lot of the Prime 30 stays the identical after the 3M Open Week. Nevertheless, there was some motion in the direction of the underside finish of the standings. Tony Finau and Akshay Bhatia flipped spots as he moved as much as No. 14 and Bhatia to No. 15.
Previous that, the modifications don’t begin till No. 25 and past.
*as of July 29, 2024
1: Scottie Scheffler: 5,993
2: Xander Schauffele: 4,057
3: Rory McIlroy: 2,545
4: Collin Morikawa: 2,456
5: Wyndham Clark: 2,154
6: Ludvig Åberg: 2,092
7: Sahith Theegala: 1,945
8: Hideki Matsuyama: 1,899
9: Sungjae Im: 1,883
10: Shane Lowry: 1,867
11: Patrick Cantlay: 1,780
12: Byeong Hun An: 1,755
13: Russell Henley: 1,671
14: Tony Finau: 1,635 (UP 1)
15: Akshay Bhatia: 1,610 (DOWN 1)
16: Matthieu Pavon: 1,569
17: Robert MacIntyre: 1,535
18: Sepp Straka: 1,498
19: Justin Thomas: 1,445
20: Tom Hoge: 1,411
21: Brian Harman: 1,409
22: Christiaan Bezuidenhout: 1,370
23: Jason Day: 1,345
24: Davis Thompson: 1,333
25: Taylor Pendrith: 1,324 (UP 4)
26: Chris Kirk: 1,318 (DOWN 1)
27: Billy Horschel: 1,312 (DOWN 1)
28: Sam Burns: 1,265 (UP 2)
29: Corey Conners: 1,249 (DOWN 2)
30: Tommy Fleetwood: 1,223 (DOWN 2)
Taylor Pendrith completed solo fifth in Minnesota and made the very best leap contained in the Prime 30. Sam Burns was T12 final week and jumped up two spots.
Now, the remainder of the FedEx Cup standings previous the Prime 30.
Movers within the FedEx Cup standings after the 3M Open
41: Cam Davis: 1,051 (UP 4)
59: Taylor Moore: 797 (UP 3)
64: Max Greyserman: 741 (UP 24)
67: Jhonattan Vegas: 680 (UP 82)
113: Matt Kuchar: 330 (UP 42)
Jhonattan Vegas’ win on the 3M Open pushed him contained in the Prime 70. Max Greyserman additionally made a large leap for his runner-up inserting. Matt Kuchar seems to maintain his playoff streak alive and made an enormous leap 42 spots up the leaderboard. He’ll want a powerful week on the Wyndham Championship.
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