Playoff spots on the line at Wyndham Championship
Thirty weeks are done and just one week remains on the PGA Tour’s regular season. As it has for some time, the year ends at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina, where dreams can die with one missed putt or one errant swing or live on with a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs.
This is the one week of the year where there may be more attention paid to where a player sits on the FedEx Cup standings than on the leaderboard. That goes not only for fans but for the players as well.
Two years ago, Ben Griffin came to the Wyndham in 68th place, hoping to sneak into the playoffs which admitted the top 70. He didn’t help things when he missed the cut and had to wait two more days before his fate was determined.
“I just remember there being a lot of uncertainty,” said Griffin. “I remember there being three different flights booked on Sunday night [because I was] not really sure where I was going to go. If my season was done, if I was flying home, if I........
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