Time is running out for players to secure status on the PGA Tour for next season.
The FedEx Cup Fall consists of seven Tour events – last week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship was the sixth – which provide players an opportunity to lock up or improve their positions in priority ranking and secure additional playing opportunities for the 2024 PGA Tour Season, which returns to a calendar-year schedule from January to August.
The top 125 in the FedEx Cup Fall standings through the RSM Classic next week will be exempt into all full-field events and the Players Championship next season.
Nos. 51-60 in the standings at the conclusion of the RSM Classic will qualify for two “Signature Events” in 2024 via The Next 10 (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The Genesis Invitational).
Here’s a closer look at who was up and who was down after the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Camilo Villegas celebrates looks a the trophy after winning the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on November 12, 2023 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Two weeks ago, Villegas was booked to go to second stage of Q-School. He entered last week’s World Wide Technology Championship at No. 223 in the FedEx Cup standings with 13.661 FedExCup points on the season. A T-2 in Mexico and a win in Bermuda and Villegas is suddenly exempt for the next two seasons. He collected 500 points and moved from No. 147 to No. 75 in the FedEx Cup standings.
Matti Schmid hits a tee shot on the tenth hole during the second round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on November 10, 2023 in Southampton, Bermuda. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Schmid closed in 67 to finish third in Bermuda. He earned his career-best finish in his 35th start. He had only one top-10 on the PGA Tour this season – in January at the American Express – but he’s finding his game just in the nick of time.
The 25-year-old German native has been trending in the right direction, with a final-round 63 in Las Vegas and then finished runner-up in the DP World Tour’s Andalucia Masters. He began the week at No. 148 in the FedEx Cup Fall Standings and moved to No. 120.
Carl Yuan of China plays his shot from the fifth tee during the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 08, 2023 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
Yuan has made the most of the fall portion of the schedule. He’s shot up from 151st at the end of the regular season to 125th in the standings. (He was No. 134 entering the week.)
After failing to record a single top-10 finish during the regular season, the 26-year-old native of China finished fourth in Bermuda. He also finished T-6 at the Sanderson Farms Championship last month. He’s heading into the RSM Classic as the Bubble Boy.
Ryan Moore of the United States plays his shot from the 15th tee during the second round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 06, 2023 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
With a T-5 in Bermuda, Moore, 40, earned his best finish since the 2021 John Deere Classic (T2) and moved from 140 to No. 128 in the FedExCup standings. The five-time Tour winner is scheduled to play at the RSM Classic this week.
Ryan Palmer smiles after playing his shot from the fifth tee during the second round of the AT&T Byron Nelson golf tournament. (Photo: Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports)
After recording only one top-10 finish all season, Palmer is warming up. He has back-to-back top-10 finishes, a T-5 in Mexico and most recently a T-8 in Bermuda. Two weeks ago, he ranked 155th in the FedEx Cup; he enters the RSM Classic at No. 131.
Maverick McNealy walks off of the first tee during the first round of the 2023 Valspar Championship. (Photo: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)
With three players moving to the right side of the top 125, three were bounced out. Henrik Norlander missed the cut and fell from No. 121 to No. 126. Maverick McNealy took the week off and dropped from No. 124 to No. 127. He’s playing next week but is eligible for a medical exemption after being sidelined with an injury for much of the season. C.T. Pan missed the cut in Bermuda and went from Bubble Boy to No. 129 and has work to do at Sea Island Resort this coming week.
Sam Ryder of the United States speaks with his caddie on the third green during the third round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson on October 07, 2023 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
Luke List climbed back inside the top next 10 with a T-20 finish in Bermuda. He improved three spots from No. 61 to No. 58. Stephan Jaeger, who is playing the RSM Classic, slipped on the wrong side of the cut off, dropping from No. 60 to No. 62. Ben Griffin moved up two spots from No. 56 to No. 54 and should be safe with one event left. Sam Ryder enters the final week of the FedEx Cup Fall as the bubble boy.
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