A rare week off for the PGA Tour will serve as the last chance for players to catch a breath ahead of the final three-tournament stretch of the FedEx Cup Fall. With playing privileges, status in signature events and jobs on the line, a wide array of players ranging from budding stars to former major champions will need to muster together their very best.
Expectations are relatively set at this stage of the season. Players such as Netflix star Joel Dahmen are hoping to keep full-time status on the PGA Tour. After enjoying a strong campaign in 2022, during which cameras were following his every move, the PGA Tour winner has since struggled with not only his newfound stardom but also his game. He finds himself firmly on the bubble heading into the last three weeks of the season at No. 124 in the FedEx Cup standings with only the top 125 maintaining a full-time PGA Tour card.
Moving up the rankings, there are plenty of PGA Tour winners from this past season such as Davis Riley, Peter Malnati, Harry Hall, Jhonattan Vegas, Patton Kizzire and Nico Echavarria who are secured for the next two seasons but not secured in the upcoming signature events. Nick Taylor also finds his name among this group of players but on the inside lane as he checks in at No. 57 in the FedEx Cup standings — just inside the top 60 which gains entry into the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Genesis Invitational.
Despite the constant movement in the standings and the number of various cut-off points, most players are more or less set in their position. For example, Rickie Fowler at No. 92 is firmly inside the top 125, which will grant him entry into the Players Championship next March. But he’s also far enough outside the top 60 where, without a win or a future sponsor’s exemption, he will likely be an omission from the first two signature events.
Below we’ll take a look at five players in precarious positions with three tournaments remaining in the 2024 PGA Tour season.
