Here are the 125 players who made it into the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs and where they stand

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Daniel Berger no longer needs to answer questions about how his back is feeling. The scorecard is telling the story. RELATED: Full leaderboard | Inside the Field: Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard Berger — playing what amounts to a home tournament for him, with his residence a 15-minute drive away in Jupiter — had a three-shot lead through two rounds of The Honda Classic, after a second consecutive round of 5-under 65 on Friday. “You get your mom’s cooking, you get to sleep in your own bed,” Berger said. “It’s pretty comfortable.” First-round leader Kurt Kitayama eagled the par-5 18th as darkness was closing in, finishing a round of 69 and ending the day tied for second at 7 under with Chris Kirk (68). Mark Hubbard (64) was another shot back at 6 under, as was Adam Svensson — who hit all 18 greens on his way to a 65 and finished with a par at 6:41 p.m., 22 minutes after sundown. “This course is crazy,” Hubbard said. “There’s so much trouble. Anything can happen on any given hole, so you really cannot get ahead of yourself.” Berger’s 10-under 130 tied the third-lowest score through 36 holes since The Honda Classic moved to PGA National in 2007; Aaron Wise was 12 under through two rounds last year, Rory McIlroy was 11 under at the midway point in 2014 and Brendon De Jonge was 10 under that same year. None of them went on to win. McIlroy lost in a playoff to Russell Henley, Wise shot 75-73 on the weekend to tie for 13th and De Jonge went 76-78 on the weekend to freefall all the way to a tie for 63rd. But PGA National just seems to suit Berger; he’s had a pair of top-five finishes here in six previous starts, including losing to Padraig Harrington in a Monday playoff in 2015. “Every tournament I play in I want to win,” Berger said. “But it would be especially nice to win here having so many friends and family here with me this week.” Berger had a five-birdie, zero-bogey opening round Thursday and was nearly as flawless Friday, with six birdies and a bogey. The only stroke he gave back was on the par-3 15th, his sixth hole of the day, when his tee ball landed in a bunker and he wound up missing a 15-foot par putt. It’s Berger’s first 36-hole lead in a PGA TOUR event since the Travelers Championship in August 2016. He is a four-time winner on TOUR, most recently at Pebble Beach in 2021. But the back issues that flared up in recent weeks kept him from playing Pebble this year and defending that title. He played the Phoenix Open two weeks ago, testing his back and declaring afterward that he would be good to play at PGA National — a place where he played a ton of junior golf — and get a home week at The Honda Classic. So far, so good. “It took actually longer than I thought it was to feel better,” Berger said. “Six, seven years ago I felt like I could have broken my ankle and 10 days later I would have been fine. But I’m getting older now and even at 28 I don’t feel the way I used to feel, shockingly, but that’s thousands and thousands of golf swings later, so it’s just part of the job.” Chase Seiffert (66) was in a group tied for sixth at 5 under. Seiffert was third here last year, missed making this year’s field by coming up short in a wild 16-for-1 playoff Tuesday, then got in anyway as first alternate when Tyler Duncan withdrew from the tournament. Seiffert didn’t play last week, also as first alternate — on the Korn Ferry Tour. “It was really a relief, a weight off my shoulders that I didn’t get through the playoff but was able to participate in the event,” Seiffert said. Among notables, Brooks Koepka (72) is even par through two rounds. Joaquin Niemann, last week’s winner at Genesis who was 4 under at one point Thursday, went into the water on his finishing hole and missed the cut by one shot, his 73 leaving him 3 over. The cut will be 2 over, and either 72 or 73 players will advance. Andrew Kozan’s fate is undetermined. He was the only player who didn’t finish the second round. Kozan was 2 over, right on the cut line, and was in the fairway on the par-5 18th about 250 yards from the green. He elected to not play his second shot because of the darkness and will resume Saturday at 6:50 a.m.

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It was a record-tying showdown between Harris English and Kramer Hickok at the Travelers Championship on Sunday. Their eight-hole playoff tied the PGA TOUR record for the longest sudden-death playoff ever completed on the TOUR. After they tied with pars on the first seven playoff holes, English ended it with a 5-foot birdie putt to earn his second win of the season. In light of that record, let’s take a look at the longest playoffs in PGA TOUR history. Only the 11-hole playoff in the 1949 Motor City Open, which ended with co-champions after it was too dark to continue, was longer than Sunday’s affair. 1949 Motor City Open (11 holes): Lloyd Mangrum and Cary Middlecoff declared co-winners by mutual agreement due to darkness The previous year’s Motor City Open went to a playoff between Ben Hogan and Dutch Harrison. No one was eager to repeat another 18-hole affair the following year. Thus, the tournament used a “sudden-death” format in 1949. That playoff lasted almost as long as the one between Harrison and Hogan. Mangrum and Middlecoff, who won the U.S. Open a week earlier, tied 11 holes before they were declared co-champions due to darkness. The two were all but inseparable on the final day. They started the day tied at 9-under 204 and both shot 69 in the final round. Mangrum had a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole that would have given him the title. He missed, and so the playoff began after the players were given the opportunity to take a “brief rest,” according to a newspaper report. Mangrum had another great opportunity to win on the 11th extra hole. Middlecoff’s approach sailed 40 feet right of the flag and into the rough. Mangrum’s approach settled 9 feet from the flag. Middlecoff chipped within inches before Mangrum missed his birdie opportunity. “This playoff takes the cake,” Mangrum said. 2012 Mayakoba Golf Classic (8 holes): John Huh defeated Robert Allenby. It took eight straight pars for Huh to win his first PGA TOUR title. Huh was just 21 years old and making his fifth PGA TOUR start. He made 3 at the par-3 10th hole, tapping in from 2 feet after Allenby hit into a hazard and missed a 15-foot par putt. It was the fourth time the pair had played the 10th hole in the playoff. Allenby had a two-shot lead on the final hole but made double-bogey to fall into a playoff. 1983 Phoenix Open (8 holes): Bob Gilder defeated Rex Caldwell, Johnny Miller and Mark O’Meara Caldwell was runner-up in three consecutive tournaments in early 1983. That included a loss in an eight-hole playoff at the Phoenix Open. Gilder won with a birdie on the eighth extra hole. It was the second straight week where Caldwell lost in extra holes. “I’m happy I won one, but I’m glad it’s over,” Gilder said. “It was a battle all the way. It wasn’t any fun.” Caldwell, who was seeking his first TOUR title, earned his spot in the playoff with a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation. Mark O’Meara and Johnny Miller dropped out of the playoff on the second extra hole after Gilder and Caldwell made birdie. The national television broadcast went off the air after the fifth extra hole. Gilder ended it six holes later with a 7-foot birdie putt. It was Gilder’s lone playoff in his PGA TOUR career and the sixth, and final, win of his career. His first and last wins came in the Phoenix Open, in 1976 and 1983. Caldwell, who’d been on the TOUR nine years, left the green without speaking to Gilder and did not speak to the media, according to a newspaper report. He earned his lone PGA TOUR win later in 1983, beating Lee Trevino by a stroke in Abilene, Texas, in September. 1981 Quad Cities Open (8 holes): Dave Barr defeated Woody Blackburn, Frank Conner, Dan Halldorson and Victor Regalado After finishing his final round of the Quad Cities Open, Barr packed up his shoes, had a beer and a couple of soft drinks. He was two shots behind Regalado, who was 12 under par. “A playoff was in the back of my mind, but I really didn’t expect it,” Barr said. Regalado bogeyed 17 before missing a 3-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to open the door for a five-man playoff. Eight holes later, Barr won by holing a 3-footer of his own to win over Woody Blackburn. Regalado, Halldorson and Conner were all eliminated on the first extra hole. 1978 Greater Milwaukee Open (8 holes): Lee Elder defeated Lee Trevino Trevino forced the playoff with an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation. “I thought, ‘Not again,’” said Elder, who lost to Trevino in a playoff in Hartford, Connecticut, six years earlier. “He did pretty much the same thing in 1972 when he sank a 15- or 20-footer on the last hole.” The putter left Trevino in extra holes, however. He missed 5-foot birdie putts on the second and fourth playoff holes and a 9-footer on the seventh. On the eighth playoff hole, Trevino blasted out of the sand to within 6 feet. He missed the par putt and Elder two-putted from 12 feet for the win. “I’m sure Lee tried as hard as he could, but I believe that if he hadn’t been in a hurry to meet his wife in Chicago and catch a plane for England for the British Open, it could have been a different story,” Elder said. “I think the fact that Lee came here and played as hard as he did when he planned to go to England right after ward says something about what kind of man he is.” 1965 Azalea Open Invitational (8 holes): Dick Hart defeated Phil Rodgers. Hart entered the Azalea Open only two minutes before the deadline. It earned him his first PGA TOUR win, and in a record-setting playoff. Both Hart and Rodgers missed the green on the eighth playoff hole and Hart, 28, won by getting up-and-down. Hart forced the playoff with a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation. He also eagled the 15th after holing a 40-yard wedge shot.

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