Golf: Jason Day survives PGA playoffs cut as fellow Aussies bow out
Lee's fall was the most pronounced having started inside the top-50 on the FedEx Cup standings before an opening six-over round at the St Jude Championship sent him tumbling down the leaderboard.
He played on his own in the final round, racing around the course in just more than two hours and carded his best round of the week.
But Lee failed to break par in any of his four rounds, finishing equal-last on the leaderboard at 10-over, a mammoth 25 shots short of Justin Rose, who took the title on the third playoff hole after a showdown with US Open champ JJ Spaun.
Lee fell seven spots to 57th on the rankings, with only the top 50 players progressing to the BMW Championship.
Min Woo Lee struggled in Memphis. Picture:That number includes Day who, despite falling seven places himself in Memphis where he finished tied for 56th, is still 44th on the standings.
Davis only just made the field for the St Jude Championship, coming in at 69th on the rankings with only the top 70 making the field, and failed to improve his position in Memphis.
The two-time PGA tour winner closed the event with a two-over par 72, finished 50th and his season is now over.
Lee and Davis's early exit means leaving millions of dollars on the table.
A top-10 finish at the season-ending Tour Championship comes with a $1.1m payday from a prize pool of close to $50m.
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