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 affords 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 subject, 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 time without work 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 influence 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 beneath.
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 subject through the last 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 Youngsters’s Open — TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nev.
Oct. 24-27: ZOZO Championship — Accordia Golf, Chiba, Japan
Nov. 7-10: World Huge Applied sciences Championship — El Cardonal at Diamante, Mexico
Nov. 14-17: Butterfield Bermuda Championship — Port Royal GC, Southampton, Bermuda
Nov. 21-24: RSM Basic — Sea Island Golf Membership, St. Simons Island, Georgia
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How To Watch Procure Championship (All Occasions 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
Despite the fact 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 12 months in the past. Theegala arrives in good type and because the favourite, hoping to observe in Max Homa’s footsteps by successful this event in back-to-back years. Homa, who received this occasion in 2021 and 2022, will even tee it up this week, wishing his recreation returns. Since lacking the lower 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 hitch him in Montreal in two weeks, a controversial determination that truly aligns with what Ryder Cup Captain Zach Johnson did a 12 months in the past. As a substitute of choosing Keegan Bradley, a participant who had a greater summer time, Johnson picked Justin Thomas, a match-play savant and a stalwart throughout the American locker room. One 12 months 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 large tilt towards 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 robust 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 nicely in each non-major for the reason that U.S. Open, together with his finest end being a T-7 in Memphis. He most lately completed in solo eighth at East Lake. But, Clark acquired super flack after his first spherical on the Olympics, during which 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 robust 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 subject embody Min Woo Lee, Corey Conners, and Hughes, who will symbolize the Internationals. Captain Mike Weir acquired a sponsor’s invite, that 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 likely one of the favorites this week, and rightfully so. The Florida State Seminole posted a runner-up end on the John Deere Basic, 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 time, he solely missed one lower: 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 nicely.
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 at present 116th within the FedEx Cup Fall rankings, in peril of falling out of the highest 125, one other important barometer for PGA Tour professionals over these subsequent few months. The highest 125 gamers earn full standing for the 2025 season, whereas gamers ranked 126th by a hundred and fiftieth within the last FedEx Cup Fall rankings obtain conditional standing. However these with conditional standing will likely be preventing for begins subsequent 12 months, an uphill battle no person needs to face, not to mention Dahmen.
Wesley Bryan can be within the subject, 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 subject this week. All of them may use a bevy of FedEx Cup factors to enhance their positioning. After which we’ve got Gary Woodland, the 2019 U.S. Open champion who overcame super adversity over the previous 12 months, 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 workers author for SB Nation’s Taking part in Via. Remember to take a look at @_PlayingThrough for extra golf protection. You possibly can observe him on Twitter @jack_milko as nicely.