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USA Today
03-08-2025
- USA Today
FedEx Cup Playoffs live tracker: Who's in, who's out of the top 70 for the postseason
It's Sunday at the 2025 Wyndham Championship and just 18 holes are left to determine who will hoist the trophy and get a large amount of money transferred to his bank account. But wait, there's more. Sunday is the day when we learn who the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoff participants will be, with just the top 70 in the standings advancing to the three-tournament postseason. Stay with this page all day Sunday during the final round for Golfweek's FedEx Cup Playoffs live tracker. Who's near the top-70 cutoff for the 2025 FedEx Cup Playoffs? Matti Schmid started the week as the "bubble boy", holding on to that 70th spot. Ahead of his final round, he's sitting at No. 67. After 54 holes in Greensboro, Gary Woodland is now in that No. 70 position with 18 holes to go. How do the FedEx Cup projected standings work? The PGA Tour's projected standings are sted throughout the final round as golfers record their birdies, pars, bogeys and more, which them moves them up or down the leaderboard as well as the standings. Once the tournament is complete Sunday evening, the top 70 will be set and the field will be finalized ofr the FedEx St. Jude Championship. One player in that top 70 who won't head to Memphis is Rory McIlroy, sitting in the No. 2 spot, who was not on the commit list that came out last Friday. What happens to those outside the top 70? Everyone outside the top 70 will have the next three weeks off but all is not lost. Golfers who finish No. 71 through No. 100 will retain full status for the 2026 season. Golfers who finish No. 101 to No. 125 will have conditional status, but it's worth noting that spots 100 through 125 are not finalized until after the seven-tournament FedEx Cup Fall series as well as the RSM Classic, held in November. How does the FedEx Cup Playoffs work? According to the PGA Tour: The top 70 in the FedExCup standings at the conclusion of the Wyndham Championship will earn their way into the first event of the FedExCup Playoffs, the FedEx St. Jude Championship. From there, the top 50 in the standings will compete at the BMW Championship, and then just the top 30 will tee it up at the Tour Championship, where all players will start the tournament at even par. The best performer over the course of four rounds at the Tour Championship will win the FedExCup.
Yahoo
03-08-2025
- Yahoo
FedEx Cup bubble: Here's who's in, who's out after three rounds at the Wyndham Championship
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The drama is building at the 2025 Wyndham Championship in the tournament within the tournament – namely who will secure a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs, which begin next week at the first of three events at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. Matti Schmid began the week as the "bubble boy" at No. 70 and is projected to jump five spots after posting 8-under 202, which is T-13. His plan for the final round? "Just go out there and try to do my best. It would mean a lot to get into the Playoffs, but I think I would have plenty more chances to do that, but it's a goal of mine to get through for sure," he said. Only the top 70 advance and with one round to go, here's who is in and who's out with 18 holes left in the PGA Tour regular season. Who's in? Chris Kirk Kirk has made the biggest move this week. He is projected to improve from No. 73 to No. 59. He shot 67 and jumped to a three-way tie for third at 12-under 198. Davis Thompson Thompson started the week in 78th place and has vaulted 10 spots to No. 68. He sits T-7 but is less than 5 points on the right side of the cutoff so he's still in a precarious position and will need a solid round on Sunday to book his ticket to Memphis. Gary Woodland Woodland shot even-par 70 and enters the final round T-9 at 9-under 201. He's the 'bubble boy,' and is less than a point – 0.180 to be exact – ahead of No. 71 so he's got work still to do. What will the pressure be like in the final round? 'To be honest with you, not crazy. I know my game's in a good spot. I know if I go out and play like I can, I'll be fine and I'll rely on that,' he said. 'I've been on the bubble on Tour a lot over my career. Some of those were for top-30 and that was probably a little bit easier fighting to get into playoffs.' Woodland got emotional talking about what making the playoffs would mean to him when interviewed on CBS by Amanda Balionis but was more stoic with the press. 'I haven't had really a big opportunity to try to get in the Playoffs the last three or four years, so I'll enjoy tomorrow,' he said. Who's out? Erik Van Rooyen The South African started the week at No. 64 but he withdrew citing a back injury. He's currently No. 71 but my the slimmest of margins so there's a good chance he will hang on to a spot. Expect him to be hitting refresh a bunch on the PGA Tour leaderboard app on Sunday. Cam Davis The Aussie started the week at No. 67 but has been bumped to No. 72. He's currently T-36 so he can still help his chances on Sunday and sits less than 4 points out of the top 70. Ben An The South Korean entered the week at No. 69 but missed the cut this week. He's in 74th place and his chances of sneaking into the top 70 are slim to none. Hanging on by a thread Patrick Rodgers The Indiana native, who started the week at No. 68, birdied nine of his final 15 holes and five of his last six to make the 36-hole cut, snapping a streak of six straight missed cuts. His 63 earned him a weekend tee time. He shot 71 on Saturday and sits T-29 but he's still six points on the right side of the cutline and has improved one spot to No. 67. Emiliano Grillo The Argentine started the week at No. 66 and despite surviving the cut has slipped three places in the season-long standings. He's at 4-under and T-48 heading into the final round and is less than 1 point ahead of No. 70. Down but not out (yet) Nicolai Hojgaard The Dane started the week at No. 71 in the FedEx Cup and has dropped to No. 73. He survived the cut on the number and shot 1-under 69 on Saturday. He sits at 4-under 206 and T-48. He's 36 points back so he'll need a low one on Sunday to have a chance. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: FedEx Cup standings update after third round of Wyndham Championship
USA Today
30-07-2025
- USA Today
From junior events to the PGA Tour, Ben Griffin and Ryan Gerard share a special bond
Wednesday steak night has become a tradition unlike any other for PGA Tour pro Ryan Gerard and caddie Alex Ritthamel. It began early this season when Ritthamel, who caddies for Ben Griffin, stayed at Gerard's home during the Cognizant Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. 'Ever since that event, either Ben or I has basically finished top-10 every week that we've done it, so we kind of kept it going just out of superstition,' Gerard said. That includes in New Orleans, where Griffin tasted victory on the PGA Tour for the first time in the team event with Andrew Novak, and Dallas, where he won individually. Just two weeks ago, it was Gerard's turn to notch his maiden Tour title. Not too shabby for teammates at University of North Carolina who are enjoying two of the most notable breakout seasons this year. 'I think I'd like a little credit for making Alex well fed,' Gerard said. Who picks up the tab for dinner is determined by who makes more money in a given week. Each time Griffin won, Ritthamel ended up digging into his back pocket for his wallet to pay for dinner. It almost happened a third time at the Memorial but Scottie Scheffler is a force to be reckoned with and successfully defended his title. 'I was a little bit bummed at Memorial this year when you didn't close the deal,' Gerard told Griffin, 'because I made like $4,000 more than him that week, so then I was on the hook for dinner the next week. Yeah, you know, try and win Memorial next year.' But Gerard happily will buy Griffin's dinner for his wise counsel as Gerard debated flying to Northern Ireland, where he was second alternate for the British Open at Royal Portrush. Griffin told him that he already was in the Barracuda Championship, which was held in Truckee, California, and to go there and win the thing. Gerard did just that and so Griffin is waiting for Gerard to give him his cut of his winnings. 'Just 50 percent of his earnings is all,' Griffin joked. 'I've been looking on Zelle and Wells Fargo and Merrill accounts, nothing's hit yet.' 'If he's so inclined, I will treat him to dinner on a Wednesday night of his choosing,' Gerard promised. These two friends, who were raised little more than an hour apart from each other, first played a junior event together at University of North Carolina's Finley Golf Course when Gerard was 9 or 10, Griffin about 12. They became fast friends, even if Griffin gave him a hard time when Gerard was a freshman at UNC. 'When you get out here and you have like one of your best friends playing practice rounds with you all the time and kind of rooting for you, it was awesome seeing him win multiple times early this year, and inspirational,' Gerard said. 'I can't let him get too far ahead of me in the win column so we've got to rein it in here a little bit. Just to see what he's done all season has been awesome and I hope he continues doing it, and if he continues doing it, I'm going to keep on his heels pushing him.' Griffin took a job selling insurance for a short time before resuming his pro golf aspirations. Gerard witnessed how hard Griffin worked on 100 degree days in the summer to get ready for Q-School. 'It wasn't just a fluke. Like he wanted it from the first moment that I met him, and he got to a point where I feel like it got difficult and there were a lot of decisions that he had to make. "But for him to go out and earn it, really, really dig his heels in and make sure that he wasn't going to let anyone stand in the way of him and his dream when he got his second opportunity,' Gerard said. 'Second chances are rare and when you get them you want to take advantage of them as you can.' Gerard can relate. When he got his latest chance to be in the trophy hunt, he recalled advice from UNC men's basketball coach Roy Williams, who texts Gerard every couple of weeks with words of encouragement. That included reminding him that legendary Tarheels men's basketball coach Dean Smith made it to four Final Fours before he finally got to cut down the nets. Gerard kept his cool to the end in claiming his first Tour title at the Barracuda. 'It's something that you work your entire life for. You never want to get ahead of yourself. You never want to feel like you put the cart before the horse and you let it slip away from you,' he said. 'But walking up knowing that you were going to win a PGA Tour event and I've spent hours and hours and hours on driving ranges and putting greens and golf courses and on airplanes since I was 5, 6 years old with a goal to win, kind of seeing all those moments kind of flash before you to end up culminating in a really special goal with a lot of people that have helped me along the way, it was pretty special.' Worthy of a Wednesday night steak dinner.
