published: Nov 24, 2024

updated: Nov 25, 2024

Major champions Woodland, Simpson and Johnson lose full PGA Tour cards for 2025

Matt Chivers

Some of the names that finished outside of the top 125 in the FedEx Cup rankings might surprise you…

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.

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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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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About the author

Matt Chivers

Matt has been playing golf since the age of 13 and was largely inspired to take up the game by countless family members who played golf during his childhood.

Matt is a member at Royal Cinque Ports in Deal playing off a 5 handicap, just a pitching wedge away from his hometown of Dover where he went to school and grew up. He has previously been a member at Etchinghill and Walmer and Kingsdown in Kent.

Having studied history at the University of Liverpool, Matt went on to pass his NCTJ Exams in Manchester a year later to fulfil his lifelong ambition of becoming a journalist. He picked up work experience along the way at places such as the Racing Post, the Independent, Sportsbeat and the Lancashire Evening Post.

Matt joined NCG in February 2023 and is the website’s main source of tour news, features and opinion. He has reported live from events such as the Masters, The Open, the Ryder Cup and The Players Championship, having also interviewed and spoken to many of the biggest names in the sport.

Consuming tour golf on what is a 24/7 basis, you can come to Matt for informed views on the game and the latest updates on the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour and LIV Golf.

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