Scenarios for Wyndham Rewards Top 10

The Wyndham Rewards Top 10 reaches its conclusion this week at the Wyndham Championship. Thanks to last week’s win in Memphis, Brooks Koepka has locked up first place and the $2 million payoff. Rory McIlroy (No. 2) and Matt Kuchar (No. 3) also have their spots secured, while the next five players are guaranteed some sort of payoff from the $10 million total purse.  Still, there are plenty of scenarios possible this week at Sedgefield, with eight players currently outside the top 10 who could play their way into the bonus pool. In addition, Paul Casey – who’ll start this week eighth in the standings – will look to move up to a bigger payoff. Meanwhile, Jon Rahm (ninth) and Justin Rose (10th) are not in the field and both could be bumped out of the top 10 depending on the final leaderboard. Here’s a look at some of the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 scenarios entering this week: PAUL CASEY (8th) – With a win and the 500 FedExCup points, he could move up as high as fourth in the standings. There are scenarios in which he could drop in the standings, especially if he misses the cut, but he would not drop outside the top 10. WEBB SIMPSON (13th) – He starts 104 points outside of 10th place, so a solo fifth (110 points) or better could move him inside the top 10, depending on who finishes ahead of him. For instance, if Charles Howell III wins and Chez Reavie finishes solo second, both players would have more points than Simpson and move past him inside the top 10, even if Simpson finishes solo third. He projects to fifth with a victory. CHEZ REAVIE (14th) – He starts 123 points outside of 10th place, so a solo fourth (135 points) or better could move him inside the top 10, depending on who finishes ahead of him. For instance, if Howell wins and Reavie and Simpson share second, Howell and Simpson would move inside the top 10 but Reavie would not. He projects to fifth with a victory. CHARLES HOWELL III (17th) – He starts 178 points outside of 10th place, so a solo third (190 points) or better could move him inside the top 10, depending on who finishes ahead of him. For instance, if Simpson wins and Reavie and Howell finish T2, Simpson and Reavie would move inside the top 10 but Howell would not. Projects to sixth with a win. SUNGJAE IM (25th) – He starts 407 points outside of 10th place, so a victory (500 points) could move him inside the top 10, depending on who finishes behind him. For instance, if Im wins and Simpson and Reavie finish T2, then Simpson and Reavie would have more points than Im. SCOTT PIERCY (26th) – He starts 417 points outside of 10th place, so a victory (500 points) could move him inside the top 10, depending on who finishes behind him. HIDEKI MATSUYAMA (29th) – He starts 454 points outside of 10th place, so a victory (500 points) could move him inside the top 10, depending on who finishes behind him. LUCAS GLOVER (30th) — He starts 479 points outside of 10th place, so a victory (500 points) could move him to 10th, depending on who finishes behind him. COREY CONNERS (31st) – He starts 495 points outside of 10th place, so a victory (500 points) could move him to 10th, depending on who finishes behind him. Once play begins Thursday at Wyndham, our FedExCup projections will provide live updates for the Wyndham Reward Top 10 and the rest of the FedExCup standings. Click here to follow along.

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