(06-26-2022, 04:06 PM)winflop Wrote:(06-26-2022, 12:40 PM)d4cohn Wrote:(06-26-2022, 12:16 PM)Hulk01 Wrote: Now two behind the leader, three other golfers ahead of him.
He's solo second now. He has a legitimate chance at Special Temporary Membership on PGA Tour for the rest of the year/the next 5-10 events. And if he would earn enough FedEx Cup Points if he had membership to finish T125 for the full season, he gets full exemption on the PGA Tour for next year (at which point I think he should go pro, as much as it would be great to see what he could do on next year's team).
If somehow he wins, he get a full two year exemption (on top of full membership through the rest of the year).
Special Temporary Membership is now earning enough points to finish in the Top 150. Finishing 4th today earned him 135 points. Last year, 150th place in the standings was 287, so he'd likely need to play and make the cut in at least another half-dozen events unless he has more top 10s. Could he do it? Absolutely, but it won't be easy
Yes, the drop from solo second to solo fourth in terms of potential points was big. The two guys that finished T2 got 245, which basically would have put him there on that tourney alone (plus he surely would have gotten some sort of invite/status to at least this week's event, which he could get even now with his solo 4th). If he had finished solo second as he was potentially tracking for before his back nine stumbles, he would have gotten the points on that event alone. Plus there are now at least 10+ guys at top of FedEx Cup standings who left the tour for LIV golf, so the thresholds for making 125, 150 this year are going to be a lot lower than last year.