PGA Tour only takes top 100 starting in 2026. Who would have missed out had that rule started for 2025?

Keeping a Tour card will become more challenging next season.

At the conclusion of the 2024 season, the top 125 in the FedEx Cup points clinched status on the PGA Tour in 2025.

Sam Ryder nabbed the 125th and final spot, as he maintains his Tour card for next year.

Changes are a comin’, however, and starting with the 2026 season, that 125 number shrinks to the top 100.

As we play a little thought experiment here, and pretend the top 100 rule was in place for next year, Daniel Berger would be the 100th and final guy to keep his Tour card.

Just missing out? That would be the popular Rickie Fowler.

Here is the list of golfers who finished in Nos. 101 to 125 after the 2024 season:

Name Rank
Rickie Fowler 101
C.T. Pan 102
Vince Whaley 103
Michael Kim 104
K.H. Lee 105
Mac Meissner 106
Greyson Sigg 107
Nicolai Hojgaard 108
Matt Kuchar 109
Joe Highsmith 110
Brice Garnett 111
Chan Kim 112
Jacob Bridgeman 113
Matt McCarty 114
Ben Silverman 115
Chad Ramey 116
Nate Lashley 117
Ryan Fox 118
Chris Gotterup 119
Henrik Norlander 120
Alex Smalley 121
David Skinns 122
Sami Valimaki 123
Joel Dahmen 124
Sam Ryder 125

Clearly, keeping a Tour card will become more challenging next season, especially for those who don’t win an event, earning the coveted two-year exemption.