FedExCup bubble watch: Top-100 battle resumes in Utah

With four events remaining in the PGA Tour’s Fall FedExCup, players continue to battle for a spot in that coveted top 100.

Max Homa, who competes in this week’s Bank of Utah Championship, is currently the man at No. 100, although unlike many around him, Homa has job security thanks to previous wins. The same goes for two others close to the bubble: No. 96 Adam Scott and No. 102 Austin Eckroat, neither of whom will start this week.

So who will really sweat it out in the coming weeks? These are the players around the top-100 bubble who are not yet fully exempt for 2026:

91. Rico Hoey: Top 10s at Procore and Baycurrent have put him in the top 100. Putting together one of the crazier statistical seasons as he was second in strokes, won tee to green, but dead last in strokes, won putting.

93.Matt Wallace: His two-year exemption from winning the 2023 Corales Puntacana Championship is over after this season. He tied for third at 3M, sliding into the top 100, and his T-10 in Japan continued to solidify his spot in the low 90s.

95. Beau Hossler: Now 30 and in his eighth season on the PGA Tour, Hossler is looking for a top-100 points finish for the fifth straight season. However, he has only managed one top 10 finish this season.

97. Sami Valimaki: After a hot spring highlighted by his solo fourth-place finish in Houston, the big Finn has steadily dropped in points. He has not had a top-30 finish in seven consecutive events. He arrives in Utah, where his brother, Juuso, played for the NHL’s Utah Mammoth last season.

98.Patrick Fishburn: The 33-year-old BYU product, who finished No. 81 in points last season as a rookie, hasn’t missed a cut since June, and his T-8 at Wyndham put him in the top 100.

99. David Lipsky: The 37-year-old started last fall at No. 165 in points before using three top 10s, including a second at Procore, to jump all the way to No. 97. This fall he hasn’t finished better than T-48.

101. Isaiah Salinnda: He was ranked No. 48 after a third-place finish in Mexico in February, but has been in the top 10 just once since. That now puts him outside the top 100. He ranks at number 13 in strokes off the tee, but outside the top 145 in approach and putting.

103. Joel Dahmen: His T-35 finish at RSM allowed him to retain his full card last fall, and he’s back on the bubble thanks to nine MCs in his last 14 starts since a T-2 in the Dominican Republic.

104. Max McGreevy: The 30-year-old had to return to the Korn Ferry Tour last year before immediately regaining his PGA Tour card. He has a few T-4 showings this season, but no other top 10s.

105. Victor Perez: After easily finishing in the top 100 last season after earning his full card via the DP World Tour, the 33-year-old Frenchman has not scored better than number 92 in points all season. He finished in eleventh place at Sanderson, moving up five places before dropping one spot after failing to enter Japan.

106. Sam Ryder: In six of his previous seven seasons on the PGA Tour, Ryder finished between Nos. 101-125 in points, so he’s used to this position. The only problem now is that the top 125 no longer retains full status. Although he has missed just once in his last six starts, he still hasn’t posted a top-10 finish this season.

107. Andrew Putnam: One of those who fell out of the top 100 this fall, missing cuts in Napa and Jackson before a T-65 in the 78-man Baycurrent. He has retained his full card on the PGA Tour for eight consecutive seasons.

108. Lanto Griffin: The 37-year-old former PGA Tour winner medaled last December during the final stage of Q-School to stay out of the big tour. And after landing at No. 142 in points on the fall list, his solo third with Procore nearly put him into the top 100.

109. Lee Hodges: He played in all the major events last season before finishing No. 74 in points. He has slumped in recent months, although three finishes of T-11 or better in the first three months of the season gave him a nice early lead.