This article is part of our The Reshuffle List series.
The time between the third and fourth reshuffle was brief -- only four events with two, the Masters and World Golf Championships-Cadillac Match Play Championship -- featuring zero Reshuffle List players. So with only two more reshuffles remaining in the 2014-2015 PGA Tour season and only four months left in the regular season, the pressure is on for those Reshuffle List players looking to better their playoff position and those who are fighting just to keep a card. Here are the results from the fourth reshuffle:
Top 4 -(all have clinched their cards for the 2015-2016 PGA Tour season)
1. Daniel Berger - 796.850 FedEx Cup points
2. Sean O'Hair - 616.627
3. Justin Thomas - 579.398
4. John Peterson - 470.120
These golfers are absolutely in the driver seat, now able to go after the FedEx Cup Playoffs and wins instead of worrying about playing privileges for next year. Berger and Thomas have gotten the most publicity, with Berger, the Honda Classic loser 21st in the FedEx Cup standings, and Thomas, who nearly won both the Sony Open and Humana Challenge, 43rd in the standings. Berger is 24th in strokes gained-tee to green and 27th in strokes gained-total while Thomas is 21st in driving distance and 28th in scoring average.
On the Cusp
5. Tony Finau - 431.100 FedEx Cup Points
6. Hudson Swafford - 421.300
7. 0Zac Blair - 416.684
It took 438 points to clinch a PGA Tour card last season, and with the addition of the
The time between the third and fourth reshuffle was brief -- only four events with two, the Masters and World Golf Championships-Cadillac Match Play Championship -- featuring zero Reshuffle List players. So with only two more reshuffles remaining in the 2014-2015 PGA Tour season and only four months left in the regular season, the pressure is on for those Reshuffle List players looking to better their playoff position and those who are fighting just to keep a card. Here are the results from the fourth reshuffle:
Top 4 -(all have clinched their cards for the 2015-2016 PGA Tour season)
1. Daniel Berger - 796.850 FedEx Cup points
2. Sean O'Hair - 616.627
3. Justin Thomas - 579.398
4. John Peterson - 470.120
These golfers are absolutely in the driver seat, now able to go after the FedEx Cup Playoffs and wins instead of worrying about playing privileges for next year. Berger and Thomas have gotten the most publicity, with Berger, the Honda Classic loser 21st in the FedEx Cup standings, and Thomas, who nearly won both the Sony Open and Humana Challenge, 43rd in the standings. Berger is 24th in strokes gained-tee to green and 27th in strokes gained-total while Thomas is 21st in driving distance and 28th in scoring average.
On the Cusp
5. Tony Finau - 431.100 FedEx Cup Points
6. Hudson Swafford - 421.300
7. 0Zac Blair - 416.684
It took 438 points to clinch a PGA Tour card last season, and with the addition of the Barbasol Championship, that number could tick a bit higher. Of the players listed above, Swafford made a bit of a move in the last reshuffle period, jumping four spots on the back of finishes of T44 at the RBC Heritage and T12 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Swafford finished T3 in greens in regulation in New Orleans, hitting 83 percent of the putting surfaces.
On the flipside is Finau, who missed the cut at both Harbour Town and New Orleans and has seen his season come to a screeching halt. He hasn't finished in the top 25 since a T24 at the Farmers Insurance Open in February. What's the problem? Take the Zurich Classic for example. Finau lost more than seven strokes to the field, with four coming from tee to green on a week where he only hit 50 percent of the fairways.
Bottom 5 - (Mostly) Non-Medical:
45. Tyrone Van Aswegen - 9.430 FedEx Cup Points
46. Zack Sucher - 0.940
47. Patrick Cantlay - 0.880
48. Bud Cauley - 0.000
49. Richard Sterne - 0.000
Cauley and Sterne continue to be the only players on The Nothing Men List, as Cauley rehabs from his shoulder injury and Sterne continues to miss cuts on the PGA Tour, this time at his two starts during this reshuffle period, the RBC Heritage and Zurich Classic.
Biggest Gainers
Jim Herman, +10 spots - Herman moved up 10 spots on the Reshuffle List to 10th on the back of a T4 finish in New Orleans, accompanied by a T57 at Hilton Head. He's about 100 points away from clinching his PGA Tour card for the 2015-2016 season, and with a game that has him ranked first in greens in regulation (73%), Herman is prime to make a run at his first PGA Tour victory.
Jason Gore, +10 spots - Gore, the fan favorite who has gone back and forth between the PGA and Web.com Tours in recent years, finished T12 at the Zurich Classic, his only start during the most recent reshuffle period. Gore is 31st on the Reshuffle List, which means an inconsistent schedule and pressure to play well every time he tees it up. He's made 12 starts this year but only has one top-25 finish -- New Orleans -- with six missed cuts and one withdrawal being the headlines. He ranks 142nd in greens in regulation, 163rd in strokes gained-tee to green and 104th in strokes gained-putting, showing that all facets of his game have not been firing on all cylinders.
Biggest Losers
Partially because the reshuffle period was so short, no one lost more than five spots. That player that did fall five spots was Jon Curran, who fell from 13th to 18th on the Reshuffle List but with 310 FedEx Cup points, is still just one solid finish away from clinching a card for next season.
