The Wyndham Championship may not be the glitziest stop on the PGA TOUR, but for middle-of-the-pack players it’s one of the most important events of the year, as it’s the last chance to earn FedEx Cup points to remain on the TOUR.
Players who finish in the Top 125 in the FedEx Cup points race will retain their fully exempt status for the 2022-23 season. Those players will also head to Memphis next week for the first round of the FedEx Cup Playoffs at the FedEx St. Jude.
But for the underdogs ranked Nos. 126-200 on the FedEx list, they’ll head to the Korn Ferry Tour Playoffs in two weeks. At these stops, they will be paired with the top 75 players on the Korn Ferry Tour in a three-week battle with 25 tour cards available. These cards will not be fully exempt and how high you finish will determine how many events you will be eligible to enter next season.
There are other ways of getting rid of and that rather long list is here. Stewart Cink enters the weekend as No. 125 on the FedEx Cup list, but even if he doesn’t stay in the Top 125, his place as one of the top 25 money winners in PGA TOUR history (18th all-time, $42,735. 681 ) means he can use a one-time exception as a member of that list to play next season. This also applies to players in the Top 50, and can be re-applied to players if they have already used the Top 25 exemption.
The best exceptions are for winners of a championship or Players Championship in the last five years. Then the regular PGA TOUR winners the last two seasons, as well as the current one, and then he starts to get a little tired. You want to be as high on the priority list as you can and the difference between being in the Top 125 and not is huge.
Here is the list of players ranked between 126-200 on the FedEx Cup points list and how their results at the Wyndham Championship will affect their position. The Top 65 and ties will make the cut, with the predicted cut at -1 as of now.
FedEx Cup Playoffs – PGA TOUR Exemption Status at the Wyndham Championship
| Player | FedEx Cup Place | Points | Made Cut? | Along the way? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | FedEx Cup Place | Points | Made Cut? | Along the way? |
| Charles Howell III | 110 | 400 | Tour LIV | |
| Grayson Sig | 111 | 397 | Along the way | |
| Ryan Palmer | 112 | 391 | No way | |
| James Hahn | 113 | 391 | -1 | Y |
| Nick Watney | 114 | 387 | +5 | Y |
| Jason Day | 115 | 385 | m | Y |
| Doug Gimme | 116 | 385 | m | Y |
| Scott Piercy | 117 | 384 | -1 | Y |
| Calum Taren | 118 | 378 | -3 | Y |
| Robert Streb | 119 | 370 | -2 | Finite |
| John Huh | 120 | 367 | -9 | Y |
| Ryan Bram | 121 | 359 | -4 | Y |
| Tyler Duncan | 122 | 355 | m | Y |
| Matthias Schwab | 123 | 353 | +4 | Y |
| Patton Kizzire | 124 | 351 | +1 | Y |
| Stuart Sink | 125 | 350 | -2 | Y |
| Webb Simpson | 126 | 346 | +1 | Y |
| Pat Perez | 127 | 345 | Tour LIV | |
| Lucas Glover | 128 | 343 | -4 | Finite |
| Kevin Twey | 129 | 335 | -4 | Finite |
| Nick Taylor | 130 | 332 | -2 | Finite |
| Chasen Hadley | 131 | 329 | -1 | Y |
| Kramer Hickok | 132 | 325 | -4 | Y |
| Rickie Fowler | 133 | 324 | m | Finite |
| Matt Wallace | 134 | 316 | m | Y |
| Austin Smotherman | 135 | 315 | -5 | Y |
| Paul Casey | 136 | 310 | Tour LIV | |
| Max McGreevy | 137 | 304 | -3 | Y |
| Danny Willett | 138 | 304 | +5 | Finite |
| Justin Lower | 139 | 296 | m | Y |
| Nick Hardy | 140 | 288 | +1 | Y |
| Cameron Champ | 141 | 288 | +1 | Y |
| Kelly Craft | 142 | 283 | -1 | Finite |
| Michael Gligich | 143 | 279 | -2 | Y |
| Francesco Molinari | 144 | 272 | No way | |
| Erik van Rooyen | 145 | 269 | No way | |
| Martin Trainer | 146 | 267 | -3 | Y |
| Doc Redman | 147 | 266 | -1 | Y |
| Brian Steward | 148 | 258 | -5 | Y |
| Harry Higgs | 149 | 257 | -2 | Y |
| Hank Lebioda | 150 | 241 | -1 | Y |
| Rory Sabatini | 151 | 240 | -2 | Y |
| Andrew Novak | 152 | 233 | m | Y |
| Zach Johnson | 153 | 230 | -3 | Y |
| Garrick Higgo | 154 | 229 | +3 | Y |
| Bryce Garnett | 155 | 228 | -3 | Y |
| Henrik Norlander | 156 | 226 | -1 | Y |
| Jonathan Byrd | 157 | 220 | -1 | Y |
| Austin Cook | 158 | 213 | +2 | Finite |
| Charlie Hoffman | 159 | 204 | m | Y |
| Bubba Watson | 160 | 199 | Tour LIV | |
| Ben Martin | 161 | 197 | +1 | Y |
| Bill Haas | 162 | 194 | +2 | Finite |
| Andrew Landry | 163 | 191 | +4 | |
| Ryan Armor | 164 | 186 | No way | |
| Satoshi Kodaira | 165 | 182 | -6 | Finite |
| Ian Poulter | 166 | 179 | Tour LIV | |
| Dylan W | 167 | 175 | +4 | Y |
| Chase Seifert | 168 | 173 | +3 | Y |
| Paul Barzon | 169 | 168 | +4 | Y |
| Cameron Percy | 170 | 165 | -5 | Y |
| Luke Donald | 171 | 164 | m | Y |
| Sung Kang | 172 | 163 | -1 | Y |
| Joseph Bramlett | 173 | 159 | -1 | Y |
| Scott Guczewski | 174 | 158 | +5 | Y |
| Seth Reeves | 175 | 152 | +1 | Y |
