PGA Tour FedEx Cup update: Did Sepp Straka's Truist victory close him in on Rory McIlroy?
PGA Tour FedEx Cup update: Did Sepp Straka's Truist victory close him in on Rory McIlroy?
Sepp Straka has held the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup points lead twice this season.
The first time was after a victory at the American Express and a tie for seventh at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which enabled him to overtake the first leader of the season, Hideki Matsuyama.
After Ludvig Åberg knocked Straka into second place by winning the Genesis Invitational, Straka came back to regain the lead with a tie for fifth place at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Rory McIlroy then shot up to No. 1 with his victory in The Players Championship, and Straka dipped as low as fifth a month ago. Now, he's inching back towards the top after his victory in the Truist Championship on May 11, at the Philadelphia Cricket Club Wissahickon Course.
Straka was rock-solid down the stretch in holding off Shane Lowry to win the PGA Tour Signature Event and the chunk of 700 FedEx Cup points that went with it. That enabled him to rise from fourth to second and he's 521 points behind leader Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy tied for seventh to add 187 points and has a lead of 521 points over Straka. But there could be a new leader, based on what happens at the PGA Championship this week at Quail Hollow, since there will be 700 points offered up to the winner.
Who else moved up on the FedEx Cup points list?
Shane Lowry jumped from 17th to eighth with his tie for second. Tommy Fleetwood tied for fourth to go from 24th to 13th. And Jacob Bridgeman's tie for fourth with Fleetwood resulted in a jump of 12 spots to 21st.
Here were some other big moves, both in the Truist Championship and the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic:
Ryan Fox, 76 spots (138th to 62nd), won in Myrtle Beach
Harry Higgs, 51 spots (163rd to 112th), tie for second in Myrtle Beach
Rickie Fowler, 28 spots (125th to 97th) tie for 15th at Truist
Cameron Young, 26 spots (81st to 55th) tie for seventh at Truist
Keith Mitchell, 24 spots (71st to 47th) tie for seventh at Truist
PGA Tour FedEx Cup points through Truist Championship
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