The last event of the PGA Tour season is done, ending in ecstasy and agony depending on your FedEx Cup ranking.
We’re through the RSM Classic which means another year is in the books and the top 125 players in the FedEx Cup points list have secured their playing rights for 2025.
How do you lose your PGA Tour card? Well, if you enter the final year of your exemption and continue to tumble down the FedEx Cup rankings by missing cuts and accruing bad finishes, this is how players get into bother.
The top 150 will earn 150 conditional cards, giving players limited access to PGA Tour events. Players with conditional status can still earn full exemptions through strong performances, but the top 125 is where you want to be.
The season finished with the RSM Classic and this concluded the FedEx Cup Fall. It consisted of eight events where players could not only secure status for next season but improve their positions in the priority ranking which can lead to additional playing opportunities. Only players ranked above 50 in the FedEx Cup rankings could earn points in the FedEx Cup Fall.
Joel Dahmen holed a short putt in the second round of the RSM Classic to make the cut, then holed a six-footer to card a 64 in the final round at Sea Island Golf Club to finish tied for 35th, which was enough to secure a card for next year.
By coming tied for 17th, Swede Henrik Norlander made a huge leap from 126th to 120th in the rankings to join Dahmen in the 2025 season. Zac Blair unfortunately went the other way. He missed the cut at the season finale meaning he fell three places to finishing in the agonising spot of 126th.
At the other end of the spectrum, Maverick McNealy made a superb birdie on the 72nd hole in Georgia to win his first PGA Tour title.
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Below are the players on either side of the top-125 bubble plus some notable others who finished below the mark.
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PGA Tour card: 2025 race finishes at RSM Classic
Henrik Norlander
FedEx Cup rank: 120
RSM Classic movement: Up six spots
Alex Smalley
FedEx Cup rank: 121
RSM Classic movement: Down two spots
David Skinns
FedEx Cup rank: 122
RSM Classic movement: Down two spots
Sami Valimaki
FedEx Cup rank: 123
RSM Classic movement: Down two spots
Joel Dahmen
FedEx Cup rank: 124
RSM Classic movement: Stayed in the same position
Sam Ryder
FedEx Cup rank: 125
RSM Classic movement: Down three spots
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Zac Blair
FedEx Cup rank: 126
RSM Classic movement: Down three spots
Hayden Springer
FedEx Cup rank: 127
RSM Classic movement: Up one spot
Wesley Bryan
FedEx Cup rank: 128
RSM Classic movement: Down three spots
Michael Thorbjornsen
FedEx Cup rank: 129
RSM Classic movement: Up nine spots
S.H Kim
FedEx Cup rank: 130
RSM Classic movement: Stayed in the same position
Notable others:
Taylor Montgomery – 138 (Status: Top 70 in 2022-23 FedExCup standings, thru 2024)
Gary Woodland – 140 (Status: US Open winner, thru 2025)
Ryan Moore – 151 (Status: Top 125 in 2022-23 FedExCup Fall standings, thru 2024)
Webb Simpson – 160 (Status: Players Championship winner, thru 2026)
Zach Johnson – 162 (Status: Top 50 in career money, thru 2024)
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So these are the players with a PGA Tour card: 2025 edition! Now follow NCG on X!
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