B.C.'s Adam Svensson Comes Up Just Short Of FedEx Cup Playoffs
By: Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf
(August 12, 2024) - A spirited playoff push by Surrey’s Adam Svensson fell just short at the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship.
Svensson entered the final regular-season event at No. 82 on the FedEx Cup points list and needed to move inside the top 70 to qualify for the lucrative three-event playoffs.
He came close with a tie for seventh finish that moved him to 75th, just short of where he needed to get. Fellow British Columbians Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor, both of Abbotsford, had no such worries about making the playoffs.
Hadwin entered the week 37th on the points list and after tying for 28th at the Wyndham that’s exactly where he remained. Hadwin is set up well for the playoffs, which begin with this week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis.
He is a virtual lock to remain inside the top 50 after that event and that will make him exempt for all of the lucrative 2025 Signature events.
Taylor has some work to do. He missed the cut by one shot at the Wyndam and fell two spots to 52nd on the points list.
He has to move up at least two spots at the St. Jude to clinch his spot into next year’s Signature events and to also qualify for the second playoff event, the BMW Championship in Castle Pines, Colo.
Svensson closed with a one-under 69 in Sunday’s final round to finish at 12-under par. That was six shots behind winner Aaron Rai of England. Svensson made $249,245.
Hadwin shot an even-par 70 in the final round and finished at nine-under par. He made $56,485.