FedExCup: Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia to miss Tour Championship

By Ali Stafford

Monday 12 September 2016 15:00, UK

Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose are among the high-profile names to fail to qualify for the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship.

Out of the leading 70 players in the standings, 69 competed at the BMW Championship - the third of four FedExCup play-off events - with only the top 30 eligible to feature at East Lake later this month.

Dustin Johnson's three-shot win at Crooked Stick saw him rise from third to first, taking a 986-point advantage over Barclays champion Patrick Reed at the top of the standings.

A third consecutive top-five finish sees Adam Scott sit third ahead of world No 1 Jason Day, who pulled out mid-round through injury, with Paul Casey completing the top five after ending the week as runner-up.

Rory McIlroy and defending champion Jordan Spieth are the closest challengers in sixth and seventh spot, while Russell Knox, Emiliano Grillo and PGA Champion Jimmy Walker complete the top-10.

J.B Holmes holed a four-footer at the last to close a final-round 74 on to a top-30 place, pushing Fowler out of the Tour Championship field after the Ryder Cup hopeful ended the week over par.

Charl Schwartzel fired a bogey-free 64 on Sunday to move from 43rd to 30th and qualify for East Lake, while Ryan Palmer just missed out after failing to find the final-hole birdie required in his two-under 70.

Midway joint-leader Roberto Castro made the biggest move of the week, rising 32 places to 21st and securing his place in the season finale with a third-place finish in Indiana.

A tied-47th finish saw Sergio Garcia drop seven places and miss out on qualifying from the final event for the second year running, with Brooks Koepka also falling out of the top-30 despite a five-under 67 on Sunday.

Henrik Stenson missed the event to rest his knee injury and saw his PGA Tour season come to an end, while Ryder Cup colleague Rose fell one place from 50th to 51st to end a run of six consecutive Tour Championship appearances.

The remaining 30 players will now head to Atlanta, where any of the current top five in the standings will automatically claim the FedExCup title and secure the $10m bonus jackpot with a victory.

IN (previous week's ranking in brackets)

21 (53) Roberto Castro