FedEx Cup Playoffs 2024: Who's in, who's out following Wyndham Championship

62nd: Min Woo Lee

Min Woo’s Instagram bio reads “Full-Time Chef, Part-Time Golfer.” One visit to his page and you will see hundreds of “Let him cook” comments: they are inescapable. 

But seriously, just take a look at this edit he posted prior to the Scottish Open.

All jokes aside, Min Woo's time is coming; it's just a matter of when. The Aussie was safely inside the top 70 heading into the week and had his sights set on the top 50. A missed cut led to an early exit, but a top-50 finish is still in the cards. If he can manage to squeeze his way in, it would be a massive boost for his budding career (both financially and to gain experience).

Sponsor exemptions have been frequently ridiculed by the golf media this year, with the tour receiving a ton of backlash. It is absurd that the “Chef” only played in one of eight signature events while Webb Simpson (world no. 257) gets the chance to tee it up in his place. If he had the opportunity to play in a couple more signature events, then he would surely be inside the top 50.

Min Woo seems rather unbothered by the politics, however.

“I know I’ve got to play better,” he exclaimed.

Let's see what he cooks up this week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

63rd: Jordan Spieth

It is strange to see Jordan Spieth so low in the FedEx Cup standings; even with his struggles in recent years, he has almost always found himself inside the top 30.

But that about sums up the current state of his game at the moment: strange.

"It’s been a frustrating year because it’s been maybe my best driving year ever, and then the clubs that I make the most impact into the ground with, which normally are my bread and butter, have been pretty off,” Spieth told reporters at his Wyndham Championship opening press conference.

His subpar approach play and putting struggles have limited his ability to contend for most of the 2024 season. And like Spieth said, that is not the norm.

Also strange is his nagging wrist injury, which he infamously reaggravated while lifting a toaster at home.

The injury has taken on a life of its own: it seems as though every other week its status changes.

At The Sentry earlier this year Spieth said, "It's good," when asked about his wrist. Yet at the RBC Heritage in April, Spieth described it as a "come and go thing."

At 63rd in the standings, Spieth is considering getting surgery in the offseason. Right now, however, he must gear up for the playoffs.

The 31-year-old is coming off of a missed cut last week and desperately needs to find some magic to finish inside the top 50.

“I like to think hopefully I have 10 to 15 years of prime and some of my best golf left,” he told reporters last week.

Golf is better when Jordan Spieth is at his best -- let's hope he's right.