FedEx Cup Fall standings update: Kevin Yu into Next 10, Michael Thorbjornsen moves closer to top 125

The time to make a move is running out.

Another FedEx Cup Fall event is in the books, which means the race for the top 125 and Aon Next 10 is even tighter than before.

At the Sanderson Farms Championship, Kevin Yu picked up the first win of his PGA Tour career in a playoff, topping Beau Hossler with a birdie on the first playoff hole. With the win, he earned $1.368 million. The win also moved him to No. 60 in the FedEx Cup standings, which is significant for many reasons.

Any golfer who finishes Nos. 51-60 in the FedEx Cup standings will earn entry into the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Genesis Invitational, the first two signature events of 2025. Those who finished inside of the top 125 will earn their PGA Tour cards for 2025.

Here’s a look at the standings after the Sanderson Farms:

Aon Next 10 standings

Name Position Previous Points
Mackenzie Hughes 51 51 1,243
Tom Kim 52 52 1,079
Seamus Power 53 53 1,054
Patrick Rodgers 54 54 1,048
Maverick McNealy 55 55 1,044
Justin Rose 56 56 1,020
Harris English 57 57 987
Nick Taylor 58 58 985
Jake Knapp 59 59 983
Kevin Yu 60 96 969
Min Woo Lee 61 60 945
Ben Griffin 62 61 911
Erik van Rooyen 63 62 893
Brendon Todd 64 63 870
Taylor Moore 65 64 829

FedEx Cup top 125 standings

Name Position Previous Points
Vince Whaley 121 126 332
Kevin Tway 122 117 331
Joel Dahmen 123 118 326
Taylor Montgomery 124 119 325
Michael Kim 125 120 324
Michael Thorbjornsen 126 134 318
Pierceson Coody 127 121 313
Dylan Wu 128 122 312
Daniel Berger 129 141 310
Matt NeSmith 130 124 301

 

2024 Sanderson Farms Championship prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player in Mississippi

What a way to get PGA Tour win No. 1.

What a way to get PGA Tour win No. 1.

Kevin Yu, the 26-year-old who went to Arizona State, knocked off Beau Hossler in a playoff Sunday to capture the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson. Yu birdied the 72nd hole to tie the lead, then he stuffed his approach shot on the first playoff hole before burying the birdie putt to knock off Hossler and earn his first tour victory.

For his effort, Yu will take home $1.368 million, and he also moves into No. 60 in the FedEx Cup standings, the last spot in with six events left in the fall. Nos. 51-60 will each spots in two signature events in 2025, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational.

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Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship.

Sanderson Farms prize money payouts

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Kevin Yu -23 $1,368,000
2 Beau Hossler -23 $828,400
T3 Lucas Glover -22 $448,400
T3 Keith Mitchell -22 $448,400
T5 Alex Smalley -21 $293,550
T5 Bud Cauley -21 $293,550
7 Daniel Berger -20 $256,500
T8 Mackenzie Hughes -19 $222,300
T8 Hayden Springer -19 $222,300
T8 Michael Thorbjornsen -19 $222,300
T11 Emiliano Grillo -18 $163,020
T11 Patton Kizzire -18 $163,020
T11 Seamus Power -18 $163,020
T11 Ryan Fox -18 $163,020
T11 Jacob Bridgeman -18 $163,020
T16 Ben Kohles -17 $108,300
T16 Brandt Snedeker -17 $108,300
T16 Rickie Fowler -17 $108,300
T16 Matti Schmid -17 $108,300
T16 Vince Whaley -17 $108,300
T16 Eric Cole -17 $108,300
T16 Gary Woodland -17 $108,300
T23 Jhonattan Vegas -16 $68,020
T23 Ryan Hall -16 $68,020
T23 Andrew Novak -16 $68,020
T23 K.H. Lee -16 $68,020
T23 Stephan Jaeger -16 $68,020
T28 Justin Lower -15 $52,060
T28 Nick Hardy -15 $52,060
T28 Charley Hoffman -15 $52,060
T28 Nick Dunlap -15 $52,060
T28 Henrik Norlander -15 $52,060
T33 Chandler Phillips -14 $42,370
T33 Paul Barjon -14 $42,370
T33 Doug Ghim -14 $42,370
T33 Chan Kim -14 $42,370
T37 Wesley Bryan -13 $34,580
T37 David Skinns -13 $34,580
T37 Sam Stevens -13 $34,580
T37 Ben Griffin -13 $34,580
T37 Mac Meissner -13 $34,580
T42 Trey Mullinax -12 $26,220
T42 Trace Crowe -12 $26,220
T42 Austin Smotherman -12 $26,220
T42 Luke List -12 $26,220
T42 Taylor Moore -12 $26,220
T42 Kevin Streelman -12 $26,220
T48 Nicholas Lindheim -11 $19,272
T48 Matt NeSmith -11 $19,272
T48 Carson Young -11 $19,272
T48 Patrick Fishburn -11 $19,272
T48 Martin Laird -11 $19,272
T48 Lee Hodges -11 $19,272
T48 Will Gordon -11 $19,272
T55 Nate Lashley -10 $17,480
T55 Brandon Wu -10 $17,480
T55 Joe Highsmith -10 $17,480
T55 Adrien Dumont de Chassart -10 $17,480
T55 Chesson Hadley -10 $17,480
T55 Bill Haas -10 $17,480
T61 Callum Tarren -9 $16,872
T61 Roger Sloan -9 $16,872
T63 Brice Garnett -8 $16,340
T63 Mark Hubbard -8 $16,340
T63 Matt McCarty -8 $16,340
T63 Joseph Bramlett -8 $16,340
T63 Sami Valimaki -8 $16,340
68 Rico Hoey -2 $15,808

 

Can Yu believe it? Kevin Yu gets first PGA Tour win via playoff at Sanderson Farms Championship

What a way to get your first PGA Tour win.

Kevin Yu is a PGA Tour winner.

The 26-year-old from Chinese Taipei made a birdie on the 72nd hole to tie the lead, then he stuffed his approach on the par-4 18th on the first playoff hole, converted the birdie and knocked off Beau Hossler to get his first PGA Tour victory at the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship.

Hossler and Yu were tied at 23 under after 72 holes, but Hossler’s approach shot in the playoff forced him to hit a low hooking approach shot into the greenside bunker. He hit a brilliant sand shot to a couple feet, but Yu’s great approach himself let to a birdie and a PGA Tour victory.

This is the third straight year and fourth time in six events the Sanderson Farms has been decided by a playoff.

How 20-year-old Nick Dunlap went from Alabama to PGA Tour success in nine months

“I’m 20 years old and I’m living out my dream. I’m very grateful for that.”

JACKSON, Miss. — A white notepad with the words “ROLL TIDE” spelled out in Crimson red peeked out of the right back pocket of Nick Dunlap’s dark blue slacks Friday as he walked to turn in his scorecard at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

The pencil lead used to write the number “63” − Dunlap’s 6-under core − had barely stuck to the paper after the second round at The Country Club of Jackson.

That 6 under plus his 3 under showing during the first round Thursday equaled two more days of golf for the 20-year-old from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

“I’m playing better than I feel,” Dunlap said. “I haven’t played much golf lately.”

Before the Sanderson Farms, Dunlap hadn’t played in a tournament since Aug. 25 at the BMW Championship.

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That’s partly because the PGA Tour rookie traded his clubs for bows and arrows and fishing poles for most of September when he was hunting deer in Tennessee and trying to catch fish everywhere.

“I just went to the Alabama (football) game last week,” he said. “I’ll get to a majority of them this year.”

‘I love how hard the game is’

About that.

Dunlap lives in Tuscaloosa and played golf for the Crimson Tide until he turned pro at the beginning of this year.

He decided to do that after his victory at the American Express in January, when he became the first amateur to win a PGA Tour tournament in 33 years. Besides that, the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur champ and 2023 U.S. Amateur champ was ranked No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

He’d pretty much hit his college ceiling.

“I’m 20 years old and I’m living out my dream,” he said. “I’m very grateful for that.”

It’s a dream that goes back farther than Dunlap’s memory.

“My parents could tell you, but I don’t remember,” he said with a chuckle.

Dunlap’s high school diploma is from the International Virtual Learning Academy, an online accredited K-12 school that allows for flexibility in students’ schedules.

Being homeschooled meant Dunlap could make time to play in golf tournaments.

“Golf is a very expensive game. I learned that quickly,” he said.

Now he’s making that money back, in spades.

The Sanderson Farms is Dunlap’s 23rd event of the season. He’s won twice. He’s finished in the top 10 four times. He’s made 15 cuts. Going into this tournament, he’d earned $2,878,325.

“I work as hard as I can,” Dunlap said. “Sometimes maybe a little too much. I love seeing results. I love how hard the game is, and it always humbles you when you think you got it.”

Nick Dunlap of Tuscaloosa, Ala., reads the green before putting on the 18th during the third round of the Sanderson Farms Championship at the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Miss.

When Alabama turns to Auburn for football help

Once upon a time, the kid from Tuscaloosa, the one who loves everything Alabama, turned to a former Auburn football player for some tips.

Dunlap was 10 when he met Al Del Greco, who spent 17 seasons making money with his foot as a placekicker with the Green Bay Packers, St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals and Houston Oilers/Tennessee Oilers/Tennessee Titans.

Del Greco also spent four seasons kicking for the Tigers.

Del Greco helped young Dunlap refine his kicking game ahead of the NFL’s Punt, Pass and Kick competition at what is now Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

“It was pretty cool,” said Dunlap, who, two years later shot a 59 in a Birmingham, Alabama, junior tournament. “It was kind of an out-of-body experience. I never really expected myself to do anything like that.”

Just like he never really expected to be standing in some of the places he has stood this year.

2024 Sanderson Farms Championship Sunday final round tee times, pairings and how to watch

The winner this week gets $1.368 million.

After the first 54 holes of the PGA Tour’s 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi, Keith Mitchell holds a one-shot lead at 20 under over Beau Hossler. While Mitchell’s only Tour win came back at the 2019 Honda Classic, Hossler is still looking for his first.

Kevin Yu is alone in third at 18 under. Bud Cauley, Lucas Glover and Jacob Bridgeman are tied for fourth at 16 under, four back of Mitchell.

The purse at the Sanderson Farms Championship is $7.6 million with $1.368 million going to the winner. Luke List is the defending champion.

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Here are the tee times and TV and streaming information for the final round of the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship. All times listed are CT.

Sunday tee times

How to watch, listen

You can watch the Sanderson Farms Championship on Golf Channel free on Fubo. All times ET.

Sunday, Oct. 6

Golf Channel: 3:30-6:30 p.m.

Sirius XM: 2-6:30 p.m.

Watch: While co-leading the Sanderson Farms Championship, Keith Mitchell asked a fan for college football scores

Mitchell was catching up on the Bulldogs.

When you go to a school like the University of Georgia, college football becomes part of who you are.

Just ask Keith Mitchell.

Mitchell, 32, went to school in Athens and is a huge Bulldog fan, as are fellow PGA Tour players Kevin Kisner, Harris English and Brian Harman.

After a 67 on Thursday and 64 on Friday, Michell was 5 under during the third round on Saturday and tied for the lead through 15 holes at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi.

The one thing going against him, however, was the fact that Georgia was taking on Auburn during his round.

On one of The Country Club of Jackson’s tee boxes, Mitchell asked a fan if he was looking at college football scores. After the fan said yes, Mitchell immediately asked for an update on the Georgia game (plus a check-in with Alabama).

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2024 Sanderson Farms Championship Saturday third round tee times, pairings and how to watch

The winner this week gets $1.368 million.

We’re at the halfway point of the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship.

The event got a boost Friday when the title sponsor, who had said this would be the final year of its contract, announced it’s coming back for 2025.

He finished last but 71-year-old Reed Hughes provided some inspiration for many this week.

For some, coming to Mississippi is like seeing family again.

As for the leaders after 36 holes, Beau Hossler shot 65-64 to get to 15 under and hold a one-shot lead over Daniel Berger. Berger’s 65-65 start has him bogey-free through 36 holes for the first time in his career.

More: ‘Thrilled’ Beau Hossler has stress-free Friday en route to Sanderson Farms Championship 36-hole lead

The purse at the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship is $7.6 million with $1.368 million going to the winner. Luke List is the defending champion.

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Here are the tee times and TV and streaming information for the third round of the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship. All times listed are CT.

Saturday tee times

How to watch, listen

You can watch the Sanderson Farms Championship on Golf Channel free on Fubo. All times ET.

Saturday, Oct. 5

Golf Channel: 4-7 p.m.

Sirius XM: 2-7 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 6

Golf Channel: 3:30-6:30 p.m.

Sirius XM: 2-6:30 p.m.

‘Thrilled’ Beau Hossler has stress-free Friday en route to Sanderson Farms Championship 36-hole lead

Hossler had seven birdies and an eagle Friday after making six birdies Thursday.

JACKSON, Mississippi — David Skinns woke up Friday morning atop the leaderboard at the Sanderson Farms Championship after shooting a course record 12-under par 60 on Thursday.

He’ll wake up Saturday in a three-way for third place at 13-under − two shots behind leader Beau Hossler, who shot an 8-under 64, and one shot behind Daniel Berger.

“I’m thrilled,” said Hossler, who had seven birdies and an eagle Friday after making six birdies Thursday. “Just feel like I made it relatively stress-free. Certainly a few holes I had to grind a little bit.

“All in all, ball’s been in the fairway or close and on the green or close, and I’ve putted pretty well. I’ve read the greens pretty well from seven to 20 feet.”

Hossler has two more days to try to make sure his name is the one on the $1.37 million check that goes to the winner.

Not that he’s not used to pressure and success.

Hossler twice qualified for the U.S. Open as a teenager, including in 2012 when he finished tied for 29th and held the lead halfway through the second round.

Berger, along with many others, though, would like to make sure Hossler’s doesn’t get the tournament’s top spoils.

“I’m just trying to have some fun and enjoy myself,” said Berger, who has 14 birdies − seven each round − and zero bogeys. “Seems to be working so far. My dad was out here earlier with me this week, so just felt kind of like a normal week at home.

“That’s usually when I play my best.”

Paul Skrbina is a sports enterprise reporter for the USA Today Network. Reach him at pskrbina@gannett.com and on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) @paulskrbina.

2024 Sanderson Farms Championship Friday tee times, PGA Tour pairings and how to watch

The purse at the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship is $7.6 million with $1.368 million going to the winner.

The first round of the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship is in the books, and David Skinns had a day to remember.

The 42-year-old from England shot 12-under 60 in the opening round at The Country Club of Jackson, and he hardly missed a birdie attempt on the final hole that would’ve made him the 15th player in PGA Tour history to shoot a sub-60 round.

Skinns has a three-shot lead over Tour rookie Michael Thorbjornsen. Ben Griffin, the 54-hole co-leader from 2023, and Gary Woodland are T-3 at 8 under. There’s a large pack at 7 under, including Mackenzie Hughes, Patton Kizzire and Daniel Berger.

The purse at the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship is $7.6 million with $1.368 million going to the winner. Luke List is the defending champion.

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From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round of the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship. All times listed are CT.

Friday tee times

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. You can also watch the Sanderson Farms Championship on Golf Channel free on Fubo. All times ET.

Friday, Oct. 4

Golf Channel: 4-7:30 p.m

Sirius XM: 1-7 p.m

ESPN+: 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m

Saturday, Oct. 5

Golf Channel: 4-7 p.m

Sirius XM: 2-7 p.m

Sunday, Oct. 6

Golf Channel: 3:30-6:30 p.m

Sirius XM: 2-6:30 p.m

Skin(n)s game: David Skinns breaks Sanderson Farms Championship course record with 60

What a round from David Skinns.

About the only putt David Skinns missed all day was his penultimate one.

Skinns, who was a birdie away from becoming the third PGA Tour player to shoot 59 in 2024, had 9 feet for yet another circle on his final hole during the opening round of the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship.

The putt started at the right edge of the cup, and on the pristine greens of The Country Club of Jackson started breaking left, but it didn’t stop. The putt missed just left of the hole, and with that missed his chance at adding his name to an exclusive club in professional golf.

“It’s hard not to be a little bit disappointed because how many 9-footers are you going to get to shoot 59?” Skinns said. “I’m sure I’m not going to get many. Tough not to be a little bit disappointed, but I really want to just look back on how kind of in control mentally I felt, how I kept attacking. Wasn’t really thinking about the future at all, which is kind of the thing I’m going to take away from today.”

All is not lost for Skinns, however. The 42-year-old from England shot 12-under 60 on Thursday during the opening round of the Sanderson Farms, setting a new 18-hole scoring record with a stellar performance approaching the greens and on the putting surfaces. As poor as he was off the tee (Skinns hit only 5 of 14 fairways), he gained nearly five strokes on the field approaching the green, and once he got on the putting surfaces, he hardly missed any, gaining nearly four strokes while making 134 feet of putts on only 21 putts.

 

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Skinns made twice as many birdies (12) as he did pars Thursday, and he holds a three-shot lead over PGA Tour rookie Michael Thorbjornsen after the morning wave. He said soft greens and light winds helped contribute to the numerous low scores from the morning wave, but Skinns’ score stands above them all.

He started on the back nine and birdied his first two holes. After a pair of pars, he proceeded to birdie four straight before making the turn in 6-under 30. Once on the front nine, he had another string of four consecutive circles from Nos. 2-5 and added two more on Nos. 7-8.

Then came the miss on the closing par-4 ninth. Nevertheless, it’s a 60 for Skinns, who remains searching for his first PGA Tour victory.

“A bit of a dream, really,” Skinns said of his stellar performance. “Those are the ones that you turn around and you’re 7 under, you’re like, ‘wow, I didn’t feel like I did too much.’

“Great to see a couple go in that maybe some days don’t. Just kind of catapulted, and I was able to keep the momentum going, which is what I was most pleased about, and I never really thought about the score too much, just where I was going to hit the next shot.”

Skinns’ season has had its ups and downs. He has a T-4 at The Cognizant Classic and a T-7 at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, but he also has missed 10 cuts in 21 starts.

Coming into the Sanderson Farms, he missed the weekend in three of his past five starts, though he did finish T-44 at the Procore Championship, the opening event of the FedEx Cup Fall.

Yet on Thursday, Skinns had his sights set on 59. If he would’ve made the putt, he would’ve become the 15th player to shoot sub-60 in PGA Tour history. He said it’s the first time in his professional career he has had a legit shot at adding his name to the exclusive club.

“I think on the Korn Ferry Tour, I’ve had a couple going where it’s kind of entered the back of my head,” Skinns said, “but that’s the closest I’ve got as a pro, for sure.”

If Skinns got to hit the putt again, he says he’d likely aim a cup outside the hole instead of a ball.

But it’s not a putt he’s going to dwell on.

“That’s kind of this golf course. Sometimes the grain is a little different to what you think,” Skinns said. “Just so happened that that was for a 59. But there were a lot out there that I got right, so I’m going to focus on the ones that I got right.”