FedEx Cup Playoffs 2024: Who's in, who's out following Wyndham Championship
Sunday was the type of day that golf fans live for: From a 36-hole marathon to a back-nine collapse and a bizarre Monday finish -- the Wyndham Championship had it all.
There is a truly distinct feeling that illuminates when tour pros battle it out on a Sunday with their livelihoods at stake. With the new playoff format, drama has been a staple of the Wyndham in the past two years: It is the players' last chance to make a late-season playoff surge.
Only the top 70 players make the initial event in Memphis this week, and the top 50 are guaranteed a spot in the 2025 Signature Events.
Let's see which players shined, or faltered, at the conclusion of the Wyndham Championship.
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47th: Max Greyserman
Greyserman's 2024 Wyndham Championship was the epitome of brutality. Stepping up to the 14th tee, he had a four-stroke lead. On the 17th tee, he trailed by one.
Eagle-Quadruple Bogey-Birdie-Double Bogey. As CBS Sports' Kyle Porter would say, normal sport.
It was a bitter and gut-wrenching final stretch for the rookie, who would go on to lose by one to Aaron Rai. He has now finished solo second in the past two tour events.
"Played good enough to run away with it. Obviously stuff happens in golf that sometimes it's not meant to be," he said following the round.
Although his tragic finish is a tough pill to swallow, his solo second catapulted him inside the top 50 of the standings: from 64th to 47th. He will have a prime opportunity to secure his status in the 2025 signature events with a strong tournament in Memphis.
55th: Justin Rose
The Englishman locked his status inside the top 70 following a T2 at The Open. A made cut at the Wyndham would have inched him closer to the top 50, but the golf gods did him no favors.
To make the cut …
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Justin Rose narrowly misses a chip-in to finish on the cutline @WyndhamChamp. pic.twitter.com/GZSjCBEkNV
Still, Rose currently sits in 55th, so a solid finish could get him inside the BMW Championship cutline. His irons tend to run hot and cold -- the latter being the case last week -- so he will need his approach game to deliver down South.