RSM Classic Scenarios: Race for the top 100 ends on Sea Island

We’ve reached the final event of the 2025 PGA Tour fall season.

The RSM Classic, which begins Thursday at the Seaside and Plantation courses of Sea Island Golf Club on St. Simons Island, Georgia, is the last chance for players to secure their 2026 status.

New this year, only the top 100 in the FedExCup will retain fully exempt status for next season. However, Nos. 101-110 will still get plenty of starts and not be subject to realignments, while Nos. 111-125 is another conditional category and should get about the number of starts that the bottom third of this year’s realignment category saw.

As for the top 100 cutoff, there are several players around that bubble who are already fully exempt for 2026 – No. 93 William Mouw, No. 98 Michael Brennan, No. 100 Karl Vilips, No. 101 Max Homa, No. 106 Tom Kim and No. 107 Adam Scott. Homa, Kim and Scott are not in the RSM field.

Every player from No. 102 Matt Wallace to No. 203 Chesson Hadley can crack the top 100 with at least one win. Wallace requires a minimum finish of solo 43rd.

On the other side of number 100, numbers 84-87 skip RSM in points, having already secured their spot in the top 100. Any player up to number 94, Mark Hubbard, is also likely safe, as X’s suitability guru @robopz predicts that 600 FedExCup points will guarantee the top 100, while around 570 points will still get the job done. Going by that 600 projection, Hubbard can move on with a made cut (solo 78th), No. 95 Ryo Hisatsune needs a solo 46th, No. 96 Thorbjorn Olesen a solo 26th, No. 97 Danny Walker a solo 24th, and No. 99 Takumi Kanaya a two-way 16th.

Vilips and Brennan could obviously still have a role despite already being exempt for 2026, as they could fall out of the top 100 and bring in a previously non-exempt player.

Here’s a look at the minimum finishes players need to crack the top 100 of the RSM Classic:

*fully exempt until at least 2026 (excluding career fee exemptions)

Every other player, up to Hadley, requires a win. No. 204 Gordon Sargent is the first player in points to fail to crack the top 100, although the Vanderbilt graduate is fully exempt for 2026 through the PGA Tour University’s Accelerated program.