Kurt Kitayama’s weekend birdie barrage at the 3M Open not only allowed him to clam the trophy at TPC Twin Cities but also vaulted him into the top 60 in the FedEx Cup playoff standings, likely assuring him of a spot in the first round of the playoffs at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
While Kitayama won’t spend this regular-season finale at the Wyndham Championship sweating his spot in the FedEx Cup standings, other players won’t be so lucky.
With only the top 70 making the playoffs now, several big names will enter the final week on the outside looking in, while others will arrive in Greensboro, N.C., hoping to bolster their position to make the second playoff event at the BMW Championship.
Here are some of the big names who are on the FedEx Cup bubble entering the regular-season finale:
On the outside looking in…
These six players all are outside the top 70 heading into the Wyndham.
Adam Scott
Scott finished T53 at the 3M Open and is now 85th in the standings. The Australian, who had a chance to win the U.S. Open a month ago, needs to contend at the Wyndham to extend his season. Scott has missed the playoffs only once in his career. A two-way tie for third place or better should get Scott into the top 70.
Tom Kim
A missed cut at the 3M bumped Kim down to 89th in the FedEx Cup standings. The 2022 Wyndham Championship winner will have to find something this week to make it to Memphis. Kim needs at least a solo third-place finish this week to make it to the FedEx St. Jude.
Max Homa
Homa has shown flashes of his old self this year, but the consistency has been lacking. After a T5 finish at the John Deere, Homa had a mediocre showing at the Barracuda Championship (T45) and settled for a T39 finish at TPC Twin Cities. Homa is 106 in the FedEx Cup standings and needs a big week to vault into the top 70.
Homa needs at least a two-way tie for second this week to get into the top 70 but could need a win depending on what other players ahead of him do.
Billy Horschel
Horschel hasn’t played since having hip surgery in May. His plan is to return for the FedEx Cup Fall slate. He currently ranks 97th and will not tee it up for at least another month.
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Gary Woodland
The 2019 U.S. Open champion finished T20 in Minnesota and is 75th in the standings. A solid week at the Wyndham should get Woodland back into the playoffs. Woodland has just one top-five finish this season.
Woodland needs at least a solo 27th-place finish this week to get into the top 70, although he could need to do better depending on what those in front of him do in Greensboro.
Joel Dahmen
Like Homa, Dahmen, who is No. 101, needs a top showing at the Wyndham to extend his season or else he’ll be headed to the FedEx Cup fall slate to try to keep his fully-exempt status for 2026.
