GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 05: Brooks Koepka of the United States plays his changeable successful the greenish broadside bunker connected the 5th spread during the Pro Am anterior to the Wyndham Championship 2026 astatine Sedgefield Country Club connected August 05, 2026 successful Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Caleb Bowlin/Getty Images)
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The Wyndham Championship marks the extremity of the regular play starring into the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and for 2 players, the tourney holds tremendous weight.
Recently turned master and assemblage phenom Jackson Kouvin needs to decorativeness 30th aliases amended this week to suffice for his first FedEx Cup Playoff series. Kouvin turned master pursuing the NCAA Championship and U.S. Open. His Auburn Tigers won the nationalist title astatine Omni La Costa.
Kouvin missed the trim astatine the John Deere Classic but has since shown fortitude and an unthinkable play game, winning the 3M Open and placing T-10 astatine the ISCO Championship and T-31 astatine the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
In an question and reply pinch Yahoo Sports, Kouvin discussed the unit of being connected the playoff bubble: “Yeah, I mean, I'll conscionable effort not to deliberation astir it excessively much. At the extremity of the day, it's an uncontrollable, and if I spell play well, I tin hopefully beryllium wrong of that apical 70.”
Kouvin is tied for 15th spot heading into the last information and sits successful 70th spot successful the FedEx Cup standings—the past man in. Mac Meissner sits successful 71st place, 12 FedEx Cup points down Kouvin. After Meissner missed the cut, Kouvin is guaranteed a playoff position.
Returning to the PGA Tour this year, awesome champion Brooks Koepka has a chance to make the playoffs successful his first play back.
“Yeah, I gotta play good this week. I consciousness for illustration I've ever done a beautiful bully job, for illustration back's against the wall, and done beautiful well,” Koepka said successful an question and reply published by Yahoo Sports. “And hopefully return that this week. I deliberation it'd be—it’s a bully opportunity to spell retired and spell play well.”
Koepka’s way into the FedEx Cup Playoffs seemed improbable aft withdrawing from the Rocket Mortgage Classic. He presently sits 86th successful FedEx Cup points. This is Koepka’s first tourney backmost since the Open Championship, wherever he tied for 28th.
His deficiency of information successful tournaments pursuing the arena whitethorn person been his downfall successful his effort to make the playoffs. He will request a solo fourth-place decorativeness astatine the Wyndham Championship, but that seems improbable aft a four-over-par 3rd information near him good extracurricular the leaders.
Timothy is simply a founding personnel of Break80 Golf and a contributing play and sports writer for Forbes pinch PGA Tour and LIV Golf media credentials. Timothy tin beryllium reached astatine [email protected] for inquiries aliases communicative leads.
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