PGA Tour only takes top 100 starting in 2026. Who would have missed out had that rule started for 2025?

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Rickie Fowler chips onto the 18th green during the final round of the 2024 Zozo Championship at the Narashino Country Club. (Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP via Getty Images)

At the conclusion of the 2024 season, the top 125 in the FedEx Cup points clinched status on the PGA Tour in 2025.

Sam Ryder nabbed the 125th and final spot, as he maintains his Tour card for next year.

Changes are a comin’, however, and starting with the 2026 season, that 125 number shrinks to the top 100.

As we play a little thought experiment here, and pretend the top 100 rule was in place for next year, Daniel Berger would be the 100th and final guy to keep his Tour card.

Just missing out? That would be the popular Rickie Fowler.

Here is the list of golfers who finished in Nos. 101 to 125 after the 2024 season:

Name

Rank

Rickie Fowler

101

C.T. Pan

102

Vince Whaley

103

Michael Kim

104

K.H. Lee

105

Mac Meissner

106

Greyson Sigg

107

Nicolai Hojgaard

108

Matt Kuchar

109

Joe Highsmith

110

Brice Garnett

111

Chan Kim

112

Jacob Bridgeman

113

Matt McCarty

114

Ben Silverman

115

Chad Ramey

116

Nate Lashley

117

Ryan Fox

118

Chris Gotterup

119

Henrik Norlander

120

Alex Smalley

121

David Skinns

122

Sami Valimaki

123

Joel Dahmen

124

Sam Ryder

125

Clearly, keeping a Tour card will become more challenging next season, especially for those who don’t win an event, earning the coveted two-year exemption.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: PGA Tour only takes top 100 starting in 2026. Who would have missed out had that rule started for 2025?

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