Medicals extensions in order of the 2021-22 PGA TOUR Priority Ranking ^ – If Ryan Moore or Briny Baird fails to meet the terms of his medical, he’ll be demoted to conditional status. • Kiradech Aphibarnrat … In the only start on his Minor Medical Extension, he missed the cut at the Fortinet Championship. He fell 341.155 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms, so he will play out of no worse than Category No. 26 of the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Joseph Bramlett … In the only start on his Minor Medical Extension, he finished in a five-way T42 at the Fortinet Championship. He fell 100.017 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms, so he will play out of no worse than Category No. 23 of the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Cameron Percy … In the only start on his Minor Medical Extension, he finished in a two-way T64 at the Fortinet Championship. He fell 36.197 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms, but he cleared the threshold for conditional status by 117.021 FedExCup points, so he will play out of no worse than Category No. 32 in the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Vincent Whaley … In the only start on his Minor Medical Extension, he missed the cut at the Fortinet Championship. He fell 67.409 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms, so he will play out of no worse than Category No. 26 of the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Kevin Stadler … In the last start on his Major Medical Extension, he missed the cut at the Sanderson Farms Championship. He fell 438.570 FedExCup points or $685,699 shy of fulfilling its terms and 303.045 FedExCup points short of securing conditional status. As a result, the Past Champion has been demoted to Category 35 in the Priority Ranking. • Jim Knous … In the last start on his medical extension in the Graduate Reshuffle, he finished in a five-way T57 at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. He fell 85.863 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms, but he cleared the threshold for conditional status by 1.684 FedExCup points, so he will play out of no worse than Category No. 32 in the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Danny Lee … In the second-to-last start on his Minor Medical Extension, he fulfilled its terms with a four-way T7 at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. As a result, he will play out of no worse than Category No. 22 in the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • David Hearn … In the last start on his Minor Medical Extension, he missed the cut at The RSM Classic. He fell 199.051 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms and 45.833 FedExCup points short of securing conditional status. As a result, the Veteran Member has been demoted to Category 34 in the Priority Ranking. • D.J. Trahan … In the last start on his Minor Medical Extension, he missed the cut at The RSM Classic. He fell 318.084 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms and 164.866 FedExCup points short of securing conditional status. As a result, the Past Champion has been demoted to Category 35 in the Priority Ranking. • Kevin Chappell … In the last start on his Major Medical Extension, he finished in a six-way T43 at the WM Phoenix Open. He fell 98.127 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms and 10.580 FedExCup points short of securing conditional status. As a result, the Past Champion has been demoted to Category 34 in the Priority Ranking. • Grayson Murray … In the last start on his medical extension in the Graduate Reshuffle, he missed the cut at The Honda Classic. He fell 315.111 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms and 161.893 FedExCup points short of conditional status. As a result, the Past Champion has been demoted to Category 34 in the Priority Ranking. • Ryan Brehm … In the only start on his Minor Medical Extension, he won the Puerto Rico Open. So, he will play out of no worse than Category No. 9 for the remainder of the season. • Wesley Bryan … In the last start on his Major Medical Extension, he finished in a four-way T62 at the Valspar Championship. He fell 91.054 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms and 3.507 FedExCup points short of conditional status. As a result, the Past Champion has been demoted to Category 34 in the Priority Ranking. • Kelly Kraft … In the last start on his Major Medical Extension, he missed the cut at the Valspar Championship. He fell 234.190 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms, so the Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduate will play out of no worse than Category 26 of the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Ryan Blaum … In the last start on his Non-exempt Medical Extension, he missed the cut at the Wells Fargo Championship. He fell 402.510 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms and 249.292 FedExCup points short of securing conditional status. As a result, he no longer has status on the PGA TOUR. • Seung-Yul Noh … In the last start on his Major Medical Extension, he missed the cut at the AT&T Byron Nelson. He fell 217.355 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms and 106.033 FedExCup points short of conditional status. As a result, the Past Champion has been demoted to Category 34 in the Priority Ranking. # – In the field at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday as of May 27. * – Because the FedExCup points structure was modified for the 2016-17 season, when golfers on medicals granted to time missed before the conversion earn FedExCup points in a tournament in 2021-22, they will be credited with the values distributed through the 2015-16 season. Thus, both “FedExCup points earned” and “FedExCup points remaining” for these golfers reflect the distribution through 2015-16 and not actual points earned that apply to their FedExCup ranking in the 2021-22 season.
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