From 70 to 50. The PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Playoffs rolls on to Week 2 of the postseason and now just 50 golfers remain.
The second leg of the playoffs takes the Tour to Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis for the BMW Championship, the lone playoff event to be played at a different venue each season. The postseason started with 70 golfers and only Sungjae Im, who finished T-5 and surged from No. 53 at the start of the week, to No. 40, did enough at the FedEx St. Jude Championship to get through to the next week. And if Im moved up, that means someone also had to move down, and Keith Mitchell was the odd-man out.
Maverick McNealy entered the week as the "Bubble Boy," and he did just enough to hang on, shooting 1-under 69 on Sunday and finishing T-19. He advanced at No. 49.
"Much happier trip not going to the airport and just driving a car up the river," McNealy said. "I think the top 50 number is probably the most important number on the PGA Tour right now. I'm excited to get to St. Louis and just take a Hail Mary swing to see if I can get into the Tour Championship, which is the goal every year."
The last man to qualify for the BMW was Matt McCarty, who finished 50th, less than 8 points ahead of Mitchell.
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The second leg of the playoffs takes the Tour to Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis for the BMW Championship, the lone playoff event to be played at a different venue each season. The postseason started with 70 golfers and only Sungjae Im, who finished T-5 and surged from No. 53 at the start of the week, to No. 40, did enough at the FedEx St. Jude Championship to get through to the next week. And if Im moved up, that means someone also had to move down, and Keith Mitchell was the odd-man out.
Maverick McNealy entered the week as the "Bubble Boy," and he did just enough to hang on, shooting 1-under 69 on Sunday and finishing T-19. He advanced at No. 49.
"Much happier trip not going to the airport and just driving a car up the river," McNealy said. "I think the top 50 number is probably the most important number on the PGA Tour right now. I'm excited to get to St. Louis and just take a Hail Mary swing to see if I can get into the Tour Championship, which is the goal every year."
The last man to qualify for the BMW was Matt McCarty, who finished 50th, less than 8 points ahead of Mitchell.
#tour #postseason
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