Tiger Woods, the only two-time winner of the FedExCup, has all but assured himself a spot in this season’s Playoffs after his T5 finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. Woods is 35th in the FedExCup standings. He has 450 points after earning 105 for his performance last week. Last season, it took 365 points to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs. Woods has not competed in the FedExCup Playoffs since finishing second in 2013. He has finished in the top 15 in his past three starts, including a runner-up finish at the Valspar Championship. It was his best finish on TOUR since the first event of the 2013 FedExCup Playoffs. This is the first time since 2013 that he has had multiple top-10 finishes in the same season. Woods also rose to 105th in the Official World Golf Ranking, his best ranking since April 2015. He was 101st in the OWGR after finishing T17 in the 2015 Masters. Woods and Sam Burns are the only players inside the top 300 of the Official World Golf Ranking after starting 2018 outisde the top 600. Woods has risen 551 spots to No. 105. Burns has jumped from 881st to 276th. Arnold Palmer Invitational champion Rory McIlroy jumped more than 150 spots in the FedExCup to No. 24. McIlroy, the 2016 FedExCup champion, finished 58th in the standings in his FedExCup defense. Reigning FedExCup champion Justin Thomas continues to lead this season’s standings with 1,573 points. He’s 249 points ahead of No. 2 Patton Kizzire. They are the only players with multiple victories this season.
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