Medical extensions: 2020-21 PGA TOUR Priority Ranking

Medicals extensions in order of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Priority Ranking ^ – Qualified for conditional status if he fails to meet the terms on his medical. & – Grayson Murray is fully exempt as a 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduate, so he will play out of no worse than Category No. 27 in the Priority Ranking. However, if he meets the terms of his medical, he’ll remain in Category No. 22. % – Conditionally exempt in Category 32 of the Priority Ranking. However, if he meets the terms of his medical, he’ll be promoted to Category No. 22. • Tim Wilkinson ... In the only start on his Minor Medical Extension, he finished in an eight-way T36 at the Safeway Open. He fell 76.897 FedExCup points shy of earning a promotion, so he will play out of no worse than Category No. 27 in the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Branden Grace ... In the last start on his Minor Medical Extension, he missed the cut at the 2020 U.S. Open. He fell 114.684 FedExCup points shy of earning a promotion, so he will play out of no worse than Category No. 27 in the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Hudson Swafford ... In the second-to-last start on his Major Medical Extension, he won the 2020 Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship. As a result, he will play out of no worse than Category No. 9 in the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Vincent Whaley ... In the last start on his Minor Medical Extension, he finished in a five-way T28 at the 2020 Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship. He fell 107.634 FedExCup points shy of earnings a promotion, so he will play out of no worse than Category No. 27 in the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Nick Watney ... In the last start on his Minor Medical Extension, he missed the cut at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. He fell 14.101 FedExCup points shy of earning a promotion, so he will play out of no worse than Category No. 27 in the Priority Ranking for the remainder of the season. • Greg Chalmers ... In the last start on his Major Medical Extension, he finished in an eight-way T50 at the Vivint Houston Open. He fell 234.244 FedExCup points shy of fulfilling its terms and 122.922 FedExCup points short of securing conditional status. As a result, the Past Champion has been demoted to Category 34 in the Priority Ranking. NOTE: None are in the field at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. * – 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 2019-20, 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 2019-20 season.

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