Streeter LeckaGREENSBORO, NC – AUGUST 17: Johnson Wagner hits a tee shot on the sixth hole during the first round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on August 17, 2017 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)For the FedEx Cup bubble boys, the Wyndham Championship is a consequential event on the PGA Tour schedule. It serves as the final chance to find a way to get into the top 125, thus earning a spot at next week's Northern Trust, the first leg of the playoffs.
Johnson Wagner is the prime example of a bubble player, currently 141st in the FedEx Cup standings, 57 points back of Geoff Ogilvy, who is at 125th. Wagner, 37, is going to need a lot more than 57 points to secure a spot at the Northern Trust though, meaning he'll probably have to finish inside the top six to live to fight on.
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It's been a rough few years inside the ropes for Martin Piller. In his second career go-around on the PGA Tour in 2016, Piller failed to produce consistent results. He finished 162nd in the FedEx Cup, and was unable to do anything of merit at the Web.com Tour Finals, sealing the unsavory fate of another season in the minors. Most of this campaign was of similar tenor, missing the cut in 11 of 15 events.
However, the 31-year-old hit pay dirt at the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae in early August, shooting a final-round 64 for a one-shot victory. The W vaulted Piller up the season money list; with just two weeks left in the regular season, he sits 26th in earnings. If that standing caught your eye, it should: the top 25 earn their PGA Tour card for 2018. Given this plight, Piller must be sweating it out at this week's News Sentinel Open, right?
Not quite. While his aspiring brethren battle it out at Fox Den CC in Knoxville — an event Piller's won in the past — Martin ..