The fight for a place in the FedEx Cup play-offs continues with this week's Wyndham Championship, which marks the PGA Tour's final regular season event.
Just the top 70 in the FedEx standings will qualify for the first play-off tournament, the St. Jude Championship, and there is sure to be plenty of movement around the bubble.
Rising American star Jackson Koivun, who broke his PGA Tour duck at the 3M Open last month, heads into the Wyndham occupying 70th position, with Mac Meissner in 71st place and Steven Fisk holding down 69th.
Defending Wyndham champion Cameron Young is aiming to join Sam Snead as the only players to have successfully defended this title - the latter won this event a record eight times.
Sedgefield Country Club has been host since 2008 and accuracy off the tee has proven to be more beneficial than power, with thick rough and tricky angles from tight tree lines punishing any wayward shots.
Wyndham Championship Tips Summary
Best Bet - Aaron Rai to win and each-way @ 35/1
Alternative Bet - Christiaan Bezuidenhout to win and each-way @ 70/1
Alternative Bet - Jordan Smith to win and each-way @ 60/1
Wyndham Championship Prediction
Best Bet: Aaron Rai to win and each way @ 35/1
Accuracy off the tee is the first point of call this week and Aaron Rai's game is built around being a solid tee-to-green player, evidenced by his ranking of second in driving accuracy and 16th in greens in regulation.
The Englishman has fond memories of Sedgefield CC, as he made his PGA Tour breakthrough at this course in the 2024 Wyndham Championship and then finished tied fifth on his title defence 12 months later.
Rai earned the biggest win of his career in May this year, when landing his first Major at the PGA Championship, before he then registered his best US Open result when tied 11th.
Missed cuts at the Scottish Open and the 154th Open Championship have stalled the 31-year-old's progress a little in recent weeks, but he has taken a break since that Royal Birkdale disappointment and will arrive in North Carolina refreshed.
Sitting 35th in the FedEx Cup standings, Rai is just outside the top 30 required to qualify for the Tour Championship and a victory this week would secure his place at East Lake.
Alternative Bet: Christiaan Bezuidenhout to win and each-way @ 70/1
Occupying 92nd place in the FedEx Cup standings, Christiaan Bezuidenhout needs a strong week to get into the top 70 and there have been positive signs in his game of late.
The South African was tied 12th at the John Deere Classic, tied 21st at the ISCO Championship and had a top 20 at the 3M Open, which suggests he is not far from putting it all together.
Bezuidenhout is reliable off the tee, ranking 34th in driving accuracy, while his position of third in total putting and 19th in strokes gained putting is evidence of how impressive he has been on the greens.
Another string to the 32-year-old's bow is his position of fifth in par-four scoring, an area that could prove crucial given there are 12 to navigate at Sedgefield.
Alternative Bet: Jordan Smith to win and each-way @ 60/1
Jordan Smith is 68th in the FedEx Cup rankings and he knows he needs a solid week to ensure he qualifies for next week's St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind.
The Englishman is making his Wyndham Championship debut but he looks to have the game to compete at Sedgefield, as he is 17th in strokes gained off the tee and fifth in greens in regulation.
Reliable from tee to green, the limiting club in Smith's bag is the putter, but there were positive signs at last week's Rocket Classic where he was ninth in strokes gained putting and there is the hope he can take that momentum into this event.
Key Tournament Stats
A score of -20 or better has been required to win this tournament in eight of the last 10 editions
The Wyndham Championship has been held at Sedgefield Country Club from 2008 onwards
Sedgefield CC is a par 70 measuring 7,131 yards, with 12 par-fours, two par-fives and four par-threes
The tournament record aggregate score is 258, held by Cameron Young (2025), J.T. Poston (2019) and Henrik Stenson (2017)
Jesper Parnevik holds the record to par score, shooting -23 when winning in 1999 at Forest Oaks
There has been just one play-off in the last 12 editions of the Wyndham Championship
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