Wyndham Clark, Mackenzie Hughes opt out of Wyndham Championship 2025 ahead of FedEx Cup playoffs

Wyndham Clark has decided to opt out of the Wyndham Championship 2025 after securing a spot in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Besides him, Mackenzie Hughes and Jhonattan Vegas have also pulled out of the event.

The Wyndham Championship 2025 will be played from Thursday, July 31, to Sunday, August 3, at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. For the uninitiated, this will be the final PGA Tour event of this season ahead of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

On Monday, July 28, Clark, Hughes, and Vegas withdrew from the Wyndham Championship 2025. Earlier, Jeremy Paul also decided to opt out of this Sedgefield event. They have been replaced by Pierceson Coody, Trevor Cone, and Braden Thornberry. Chesson Hadley comes in as a sponsor exemption, while Stephen Franken, Austin Duncan, and Scotty Kennon have booked spots via Monday qualifiers.

Speaking of the FedEx Cup standings, Clark moved to 48th and qualified for the BMW Championship after a T12 finish at the 3M Open. Vegas is currently ranked 55th, while Hughes is 59th in the rankings. Jeremy Paul's hopes for the FedEx Cup are all but over, as he is 126th in the standings and isn't competing this week.

Here's a look at the current top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings:

Scottie Scheffler: 4,806
Rory McIlroy: 3,444
Sepp Straka: 2,595
Russell Henley: 2,391
Justin Thomas: 2,280
Harris English: 2,232
Ben Griffin: 2,212
J.J. Spaun: 2,144
Tommy Fleetwood: 1,783
Keegan Bradley: 1,749
Maverick McNealy: 1,672
Andrew Novak: 1,625
Corey Conners: 1,620
Ludvig Åberg: 1,559
Robert MacIntyre: 1,479
Shane Lowry: 1,438
Nick Taylor: 1,438
Collin Morikawa: 1,427
Brian Harman: 1,413
Chris Gotterup: 1,306
Patrick Cantlay: 1,275
Sam Burns: 1,266
Hideki Matsuyama: 1,265
Justin Rose: 1,220
Viktor Hovland: 1,210
Lucas Glover: 1,191
Sam Stevens: 1,182
Daniel Berger: 1,167
Ryan Gerard: 1,158
Sungjae Im: 1,142
Ryan Fox: 1,126
Brian Campbell: 1,104
Jacob Bridgeman: 1,095
Thomas Detry: 1,080
Michael Kim: 1,075
Jason Day: 1,070
Taylor Pendrith: 1,035
Tom Hoge: 1,026
Denny McCarthy: 971
Cameron Young: 964
Xander Schauffele: 953
Aldrich Potgieter: 941
Matt Fitzpatrick: 937
Akshay Bhatia: 909
Si Woo Kim: 882
Harry Hall: 877
Jake Knapp: 871
Wyndham Clark: 853
Min Woo Lee: 851
Jordan Spieth: 840
Bud Cauley: 831
Joe Highsmith: 828
Kurt Kitayama: 817
J.T. Poston: 787
Jhonattan Vegas: 783
Max Greyserman: 768
Stephan Jaeger: 726
Aaron Rai: 711
Mackenzie Hughes: 704
Tony Finau: 681
Rickie Fowler: 656
Davis Riley: 652
Kevin Yu: 645
Erik van Rooyen: 634
Nico Echavarria: 628
Emiliano Grillo: 628
Cam Davis: 616
Patrick Rodgers: 616
Byeong Hun An: 595
Matti Schmid: 595

Top-ranked players at the Wyndham Championship 2025 explored

The Wyndham Championship 2025 now features 21 of the top 50-ranked players in the OWGR. Here's a look at the top-ranked players at Sedgefield this week:

Keegan Bradley (7)
Hideki Matsuyama (12)
Robert MacIntyre (14)
Ben Griffin (17)
Sungjae Im (28)
Andrew Novak (31)
Ryan Fox (32)
Aaron Rai (35)
Max Greyserman (36)
Akshay Bhatia (38)
Kurt Kitayama (39)
Matt Fitzpatrick (40)
Thomas Detry (41)
Sam Stevens (43)
Cameron Young (44)
Adam Scott (45)
J.T. Poston (46)
Lucas Glover (47)
Tony Finau (48)
Denny McCarthy (49)
Ryan Gerard (50)

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