Regardless of holding a share of the lead after the primary spherical of the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Thursday, Jordan Spieth did not have sufficient within the tank this weekend to push himself into the highest 50 of the FedEx Cup factors race.
As an alternative, Sungjae Im of South Korea was the one golfer to play his manner into the second leg of the PGA Tour’s three-week playoffs.
Regardless of a disappointing final-round 74 that took him out of rivalry for the victory Sunday at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Im tied for fifth (7 below par) and that was greater than sufficient to spice up him from 53rd in factors to fortieth. Solely the highest 50 gamers within the chase transfer on to the BMW Championship.
The one participant to surrender his spot was Keith Mitchell, who entered the week forty ninth total, tied for thirty fourth on the St. Jude at 1 below and fell two spots to 51st. Matt McCarty (T63, 7 over) slipped from forty eighth to the fiftieth and last qualifying spot.
Spieth, in the meantime, entered the week No. 54 within the standings and wanted a solo twenty third end simply to have a mathematical probability of advancing. He was in high quality place to realize that after opening the match with rounds of 65 and 69.
However a 2-over 72 Saturday and an even-par 70 Sunday impeded his progress, and he settled for a five-way tie for nineteenth at 4 below. He landed No. 52 in factors, the second out.
“I wanted to be virtually flawless (Sunday). When the wind was blowing, it is a exhausting golf course,” Spieth stated.
He was 2 below for his spherical by means of 10 holes however recorded three bogeys with one birdie from Nos. 11-15.
“(Saturday) actually set me again,” Spieth stated. “Felt like I stayed fairly calm, received off to the beginning I needed (Sunday). Then round that 11, 12, 13, 14 stretch, if you will get by means of there unscathed, you recognize you are taking a look at some alternatives on the opposite holes. I did fairly properly round these holes this week, however (Sunday) type of caught a pair that would have gone by some means and ended up mis-executing the pictures simply barely and did not get away of it.”
Spieth reiterated the boldness he had in the best way he was enjoying as his season got here to an unceremonious finish.
“In some methods I really feel like I am leaving some on the market, and in some methods it is a good factor as a result of like I discussed after the primary spherical, this would be the final time I end like this for some time,” Spieth stated.
“I am very, very assured in what’s coming. I simply ran out of steam and possibly made a pair dangerous choices over a few six-week stretch on what I used to be engaged on, and I simply did not fairly have sufficient time to make up for it.”
Different notable gamers who didn’t advance to the BMW Championship included Max Homa (No. 53), Harris English (No. 54), Corey Conners of Canada (No. 59), Shane Lowry of Eire (No. 62), Brian Harman (No. 65) and rising rookie Jackson Koivun (No. 67).
Beneath is the total record of the 50 gamers to qualify for the BMW. The highest 30 gamers in factors following that match qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship.
1. Scottie Scheffler
2. Matt Fitzpatrick
3. Cameron Younger
4. Si Woo Kim
5. Wyndham Clark
6. Sam Burns
7. Chris Gotterup
8. Tommy Fleetwood
9. Collin Morikawa
10. Ludvig Aberg
11. Xander Schauffele
12. Jacob Bridgeman
13. Rory McIlroy
14. Russell Henley
15. Akshay Bhatia
16. Hideki Matsuyama
17. Ryan Gerard
18. Min Woo Lee
19. Kristoffer Reitan
20. Alex Fitzpatrick
21. J.J. Spaun
22. Viktor Hovland
23. Alex Smalley
24. Justin Rose
25. Ryan Fox
26. Tom Kim
27. Adam Scott
28. Kurt Kitayama
29. Bud Cauley
30. Rickie Fowler
31. Gary Woodland
32. J.T. Poston
33. Nicolai Hojgaard
34. Alex Noren
35. Jake Knapp
36. Robert MacIntyre
37. Aaron Rai
38. Ben Griffin
39. Sepp Straka
40. Sungjae Im
41. Michael Thorbjornsen
42. Nico Echavarria
43. Patrick Cantlay
44. Justin Thomas
45. Ryo Hisatsune
46. Sahith Theegala
47. Michael Brennan
48. Eric Cole
49. Maverick McNealy
50. Matt McCarty
–Discipline Stage Media
