Where do Southern Nevada golfers stand as PGA Tour playoffs begin?
The PGA Tour playoffs begin this weekend, with the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings teeing it up in Memphis at the St. Jude Championship starting Thursday.
The top 50 move on to next week’s BMW Championship in Colorado. The top 30 then advance to the Tour Championship in Atlanta.
Just four Las Vegas-based players qualified for the postseason. The remainder will sit back and wait for the eight-tournament fall season to get inside the top 125 and secure their 2025 playing cards. Here’s a look at where the Southern Nevada players stand entering the playoffs:
No. 4 Collin Morikawa
Best finish: Second at Memorial.
The season’s highest-ranked player on tour without a win, thanks to five top-five finishes, including third at the Masters and fourth at the PGA Championship.
No. 59 Maverick McNealy
Best finish: Third at 3M.
Posted four top-10 finishes as he worked his way back from a labrum injury that sidelined him much of 2023.
No. 62 Min Woo Lee
Best finish: Second at Cognizant and Rocket Mortgage.
Two strong weeks got Lee into the playoffs during an otherwise inconsistent season.
No. 66 Seamus Power
Best finish: 12th at Heritage
The poster child for the current PGA Tour system. Power made the playoffs without a top-10 finish thanks to getting in all eight limited field signature events.
No. 73 Kurt Kitayama
Best finish: Sixth at 3M.
Also got into all the signature events, but his game never clicked, leaving him on the outside looking in.
No. 80 Charley Hoffman
Best finish: Playoff loss at Phoenix
The veteran added two more top-10s to secure his playing status for 2025.
No. 86 Harry Hall
Best finish: Win at ISCO
The only Las Vegas player with a win in 2024. It wasn’t enough to get him into the playoffs thanks to otherwise average results and no eligibility for signature events.
No. 91 Doug Ghim
Best finish: Eighth in Mexico
Five straight top-16 finishes early in the season put Ghim on solid footing.
No. 100 Rico Hoey
Best finish: Playoff loss at ISCO
Three top-10 finishes his final six events saved his rookie season after 10 missed cuts.
No. 114 Taylor Montgomery
Best finish: 11th at Players Championship
Shoulder issues have limited Montgomery to two starts since May.
No. 144 Ryan Moore
Best finish: Fifth at Valspar
The veteran will be fighting for his playing card in the fall thanks to 10 missed cuts.
No. 147 Joseph Bramlett
Best finish: 17th at Valspar
A mirror image of Moore with 10 missed cuts.
No. 160 Justin Suh
Best finish: 11th at Barracuda
A shockingly poor season with 14 missed cuts in 22 starts.
No. 163 David Lipsky
Best finish: Ninth at Charles Schwab
Almost identical to Suh, with 14 missed cuts and one withdrawal in 22 starts.
No. 188 Scott Piercy
Best finish: 28th at Zurich
Couldn’t capitalize on just 10 opportunities to play with limited status.
No. 190 Norman Xiong
Best finish: Ninth at Puerto Rico
Rookie season was derailed by a back injury after 11 starts. Hasn’t played since May.
No. 199 Nick Watney
Best finish: 11th at Zurich
Conditional status limited him to 10 starts that included eight missed cuts.
T-No. 231 Sangmoon Bae
Best finish: 61st in Puerto Rico
Made just one cut in his four starts.
Greg Robertson covers golf for the Review-Journal. Reach him at grobertson@reviewjournal.com.
