FedEx Cup Playoffs all but finalised
Ryan Fox – leads the Australasians in FedEx Cup standings
FedEx Cup playoff participants have been all but determined following the completion of round three of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro in North Carolina.
Adam Scott needed a top-three finish this week if he was to finish inside the top 70 and advance to the first of the three playoffs in Memphis next week, but languishing in 36th place heading into tomorrow’s final round, his PGA Tour season appears over.
Scott has played seventeen events on the PGA Tour this season without a top ten finish, his best being when 12th at the US Open, and he will finish in around 87th place in the standings.
Of the other Australasians in this week’s field, Ryan Fox missed the cut, but his play earlier in the year, including his wins in Myrtle Beach and Canada, has him in 32nd place in the standings, and he will advance not only to Memphis but to the second of the playoff events in Maryland.
Fox will need to play well if he is to make the top 30 to advance to the Tour Championship, but either way, he has found his feet on the PGA Tour.
Cam Davis may well be the unlucky golfer this week in many respects. Davis shares 36th place in this week’s event with one round to play, but he has slipped from 67th to 72nd in the FedEx Cup standings and likely needs a good round tomorrow and a little help from others if he is to advance to Memphis.
Rookie Karl Vilips leads the Australasians this week in 21st place through 54 holes, but irrespective of what he does tomorrow, he will not advance despite a win earlier in the season.
Vilips is likely to finish around 80th in the standings, but a successful first season at this level all the same.
Aaron Baddeley made the cut this week but is well down in the standings, his status on the PGA Tour is again in Jeopardy.
So the likely line-up of Australasians in the opening FedEx Cup playoff in Memphis next week is Ryan Fox, Jason Day, Min Woo Lee and, possibly, Cam Davis.
