Lower than two weeks after Scottie Scheffler received the Tour Championship in Atlanta, the FedEx Cup Fall begins at this week’s Procure Championship, held on the Silverado Resort in Napa, California.
A collection of eight occasions, the FedEx Cup Fall provides loads of alternative for gamers who completed outdoors the highest 50 within the 2024 FedEx Cup rankings. Gamers ranked from 51st to sixtieth will comprise the ‘Aon Subsequent 10’ to open 2025, thus securing locations within the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am and the Genesis Invitational—the primary two Signature Occasions of the season. Factors don’t reset for individuals who completed outdoors of the highest 50, giving gamers like Tom Kim, who narrowly missed out on the BMW Championship in Colorado, a leg up over many others. Kim enters this week ranked 51st within the discipline, with a virtually 700-point lead over Canadian Mackenzie Hughes, who’s 52nd. Therefore, Kim will skip this week in Napa, opting to take extra day off between now and the Presidents Cup in Montreal in two weeks.
However one other issue on this determination is that, it doesn’t matter what occurs, Kim will nonetheless maintain the highest spot after this week in Napa. The winner receives 500 FedEx Cup factors, which considerably impression a participant’s trajectory for 2025, however that’s nonetheless not sufficient to dethrone Kim at 51st, the highest spot.
Each FedEx Cup Fall occasion will award 500 FedEx Cup factors to their champion because the schedule of those eight occasions follows under.
The Black Desert Championship in Utah is a brand new addition to the schedule, whereas the ZOZO Championship in Japan will function a restricted, 78-man discipline through the ultimate weekend in October. The opposite seven tournaments are full-field occasions, open to any PGA Tour member, even those that completed within the high 50- final season. That features those that made the highest 50—and thus certified for all eight Signature Occasions subsequent season. It’s simply that these gamers will obtain no FedEx Cup factors for his or her performances.
PGA Tour FedEx Cup Fall Schedule:
Sept. 12-15: Procore Championship — Silverado Resort, Napa, Calif.
Sept. 26-29: Presidents Cup — Royal Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Oct. 3-6: Sanderson Farms Championship — Nation Membership of Jackson, Jackson, Miss.
Oct. 10-13: Black Desert Championship — Black Desert Resort, Ivins, Utah
Oct. 17-20: Shriners Kids’s Open — TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nev.
Oct. 24-27: ZOZO Championship — Accordia Golf, Chiba, Japan
Nov. 7-10: World Vast Applied sciences Championship — El Cardonal at Diamante, Mexico
Nov. 14-17: Butterfield Bermuda Championship — Port Royal GC, Southampton, Bermuda
Nov. 21-24: RSM Traditional — Sea Island Golf Membership, St. Simons Island, Georgia
How To Watch Procure Championship (All Instances ET):
Thurs. Sept. 12: 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Fri. Sept. 13: 6-9:30 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Sat. Sept. 14: 6-9:30 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Solar. Sept. 15: 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Procure Championship Preview
Regardless that he completed third on the Tour Championship, California native Sahith Theegala returns to his residence state to defend his title from his first PGA Tour victory a yr in the past. Theegala arrives in good kind and because the favourite, hoping to observe in Max Homa’s footsteps by profitable this match in back-to-back years. Homa, who received this occasion in 2021 and 2022, may even tee it up this week, wishing his sport returns. Since lacking the minimize on the U.S. Open, Homa’s outcomes have been putrid, to say the least: T-61, T-70, T-43, 70, T-33.
But, Presidents Cup captain Jim Furyk picked Homa to affix him in Montreal in two weeks, a controversial determination that truly aligns with what Ryder Cup Captain Zach Johnson did a yr in the past. As a substitute of choosing Keegan Bradley, a participant who had a greater summer season, Johnson picked Justin Thomas, a match-play savant and a stalwart inside the American locker room. One yr later, Furyk picked Homa, not Thomas, who had lately outperformed Homa by a large margin. However, Homa will attempt to use this week to uplift his confidence earlier than the massive tilt in opposition to the Internationals in Canada. Thomas, in the meantime, is not going to play this week.
Wyndham Clark is the one different American who will play in each Napa and Montreal. Clark arrives on the Procure Championship after a powerful season regardless of his shortcomings within the majors. He posted eight high 10s, which included his historic win at Pebble Seashore and a pair of runner-ups at TPC Sawgrass and Bay Hill. He performed properly in each non-major because the U.S. Open, along with his greatest end being a T-7 in Memphis. He most lately completed in solo eighth at East Lake. But, Clark acquired great flack after his first spherical on the Olympics, wherein he carded a gap spherical 4-over 75. However he silenced the naysayers by capturing 15-under over the ultimate 54 holes, matched by solely Scheffler, who took residence gold. Many golf followers criticized Clark for his poor play in majors, which is warranted. But, he nonetheless put collectively a powerful season, regardless of his solely profession main top-10 being his victory on the Los Angeles Nation Membership in 2023.
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Different notables on this week’s discipline embody Min Woo Lee, Corey Conners, and Hughes, who will characterize the Internationals. Captain Mike Weir acquired a sponsor’s invite, which means he’ll play this week, too. As will worldwide vice captain Camilo Villegas, who received a FedEx Cup Fall occasion a season in the past in Bermuda. Furyk’s high two assistants, Stewart Cink and Kevin Kisner, will play this week, too.
Different sponsor exemptions embody star collegiate gamers Luke Clanton and Ben James. Regardless of retaining newbie standing, Clanton is among the favorites this week, and rightfully so. The Florida State Seminole posted a runner-up end on the John Deere Traditional, and his most up-to-date PGA Tour begin got here on the Wyndham Championship, the place he tied for fifth. Of his six begins on tour this summer season, he solely missed one minimize: the 3M Open in Minnesota. Neal Shipley, who was the low newbie at Augusta Nationwide and the U.S. Open however has since turned skilled, accepted an invitation as properly.
As for non-Presidents Cup members and non-sponsor invitees, Joel Dahmen will look to make some headway in the direction of the 2025 season by handing over a stable efficiency in Napa. Dahmen is presently 116th within the FedEx Cup Fall rankings, at risk of falling out of the highest 125, one other important barometer for PGA Tour execs over these subsequent few months. The highest 125 gamers earn full standing for the 2025 season, whereas gamers ranked 126th by way of one hundred and fiftieth within the ultimate FedEx Cup Fall rankings obtain conditional standing. However these with conditional standing can be preventing for begins subsequent yr, an uphill battle no one desires to face, not to mention Dahmen.
Wesley Bryan can be within the discipline, as are Eric Cole, Charley Hoffman, and Tom Hoge, among the best ball strikers on the PGA Tour. Beau Hossler, Matt Kuchar, Keith Mitchell, and PGA Tour Coverage Board Member Webb Simpson are 4 different family names within the discipline this week. All of them might use a bevy of FedEx Cup factors to enhance their positioning. After which we have now Gary Woodland, the 2019 U.S. Open champion who overcame great adversity over the previous yr, teeing it up this week, too.
Procure Championship Odds
Listed here are the newest odds for gamers to win the Procure Championship, offered by FanDuel:
Sahith Theegala +1110
Wyndham Clark +1200
Corey Conners +1400
Luke Clanton +1600
Max Homa +2000
Min Woo Lee +2200
Maverick McNealy +2200
Keith Mitchell +3000
J.J. Spaun +4000
Brendon Todd +4000
Eric Cole +4000
Harris English +4000
Tom Hoge +4000
Patrick Rodgers +4000
Beau Hossler +5000
Mackenzie Hughes +5500
Doug Ghim +5500
Jhonattan Vegas +5500
Chan Kim +5500
Adam Svensson +5500
Mac Meissner +5500
Sam Stevens +5500
Matt Kuchar +6000
Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By. Make sure to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You may observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as properly.
