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 They have been replaced by Pierceson Coody, Trevor Cone, and Braden Thornberry.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:

1. Scottie Scheffler: 4,806
2. Rory McIlroy: 3,444
3. Sepp Straka: 2,595
4. Russell Henley: 2,391
5. Justin Thomas: 2,280
6. Harris English: 2,232
7. Ben Griffin: 2,212
8. J.J. Spaun: 2,144
9. Tommy Fleetwood: 1,783
10. Keegan Bradley: 1,749
11. Maverick McNealy: 1,672
12. Andrew Novak: 1,625
13. Corey Conners: 1,620
14. Ludvig Åberg: 1,559
15. Robert MacIntyre: 1,479
16. Shane Lowry: 1,438
17. Nick Taylor: 1,438
18. Collin Morikawa: 1,427
19. Brian Harman: 1,413
20. Chris Gotterup: 1,306
21. Patrick Cantlay: 1,275
22. Sam Burns: 1,266
23. Hideki Matsuyama: 1,265
24. Justin Rose: 1,220
25. Viktor Hovland: 1,210
26. Lucas Glover: 1,191
27. Sam Stevens: 1,182
28. Daniel Berger: 1,167
29. Ryan Gerard: 1,158
30. Sungjae Im: 1,142
31. Ryan Fox: 1,126
32. Brian Campbell: 1,104
33. Jacob Bridgeman: 1,095
34. Thomas Detry: 1,080
35. Michael Kim: 1,075
36. Jason Day: 1,070
37. Taylor Pendrith: 1,035
38. Tom Hoge: 1,026
39. Denny McCarthy: 971
40. Cameron Young: 964
41. Xander Schauffele: 953
42. Aldrich Potgieter: 941
43. Matt Fitzpatrick: 937
44. Akshay Bhatia: 909
45. Si Woo Kim: 882
46. Harry Hall: 877
47. Jake Knapp: 871
48. Wyndham Clark: 853
49. Min Woo Lee: 851
50. Jordan Spieth: 840
51. Bud Cauley: 831
52. Joe Highsmith: 828
53. Kurt Kitayama: 817
54. J.T. Poston: 787
55. Jhonattan Vegas: 783
56. Max Greyserman: 768
57. Stephan Jaeger: 726
58. Aaron Rai: 711
59. Mackenzie Hughes: 704
60. Tony Finau: 681
61. Rickie Fowler: 656
62. Davis Riley: 652
63. Kevin Yu: 645
64. Erik van Rooyen: 634
65. Nico Echavarria: 628
66. Emiliano Grillo: 628
67. Cam Davis: 616
68. Patrick Rodgers: 616
69. Byeong Hun An: 595
70. 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:

1. Keegan Bradley (7)
2. Hideki Matsuyama (12)
3. Robert MacIntyre (14)
4. Ben Griffin (17)
5. Sungjae Im (28)
6. Andrew Novak (31)
7. Ryan Fox (32)
8. Aaron Rai (35)
9. Max Greyserman (36)
10. Akshay Bhatia (38)
11. Kurt Kitayama (39)
12. Matt Fitzpatrick (40)
13. Thomas Detry (41)
14. Sam Stevens (43)
15. Cameron Young (44)
16. Adam Scott (45)
17. J.T. Poston (46)
18. Lucas Glover (47)
19. Tony Finau (48)
20. Denny McCarthy (49)
21. Ryan Gerard (50)

Edited by Shobhit Kukreti