The 2026 PGA Tour regular season concluded on Sunday with the end of the Wyndham Championship, with 70 players both earning spots in the FedEx Cup playoffs and locked up their PGA Tour cards and status for the 2027 season, which begins in the new calendar year after the FedEx Cup champion is crowned at the Tour Championship.
Only players finishing in the top 70 in FedEx Cup points retain their cards by getting into the FedEx Cup playoffs. Ranking on the money list doesn't matter.
One player, Michael Brennan (105th to 47th) gained entry to the playoffs through the Wyndham Championship, by virtue of winning the tournament.
The players who finish 71st and worse in the regular season standing are going to be able to earn their PGA Tour status for next season through the FedEx Cup Fall, which starts after the playoffs. The top 100 players in the standings at the end of the FedEx Cup Fall will retain their cards.
No longer will players ranked 126th through 200th be eligible for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, which is now just for Korn Ferry Tour players to determine the 20 PGA Tour cards given to season-long points earners.
All players who qualified for the playoffs are guaranteed access to every non-signature or non-designated event in 2027. Players who qualify for the BMW Championship earn entry into every signature or designated event next season.
Of course, players who have better status through wins in PGA Tour-sanctioned events retain that status.
Non-members who would have earned enough FedEx Cup points to qualify for the playoffs also earn membership for next season.
Players who are currently suspended by the PGA Tour have been removed from this list, per PGA Tour rules concerning eligibility.
70 PGA Tour players who kept cards, exempt status for 2026 season
| RANKING | PLAYER | POINTS |
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| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | 4123.333 |
| 2 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 3328.65 |
| 3 | Cameron Young | 3160.896 |
| 4 | Wyndham Clark | 2254.894 |
| 5 | Chris Gotterup | 2253.755 |
| 6 | Collin Morikawa | 2229.3 |
| 7 | Si Woo Kim | 2200.5 |
| 8 | Sam Burns | 2078.362 |
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| 9 | Tommy Fleetwood | 2045.767 |
| 10 | Ludvig Åberg | 1928.761 |
| 11 | Xander Schauffele | 1779.897 |
| 12 | Rory McIlroy | 1738.199 |
| 13 | Jacob Bridgeman | 1727.159 |
| 14 | Akshay Bhatia | 1723.081 |
| 15 | Russell Henley | 1706.272 |
| 16 | Ryan Gerard | 1495.952 |
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| 17 | Min Woo Lee | 1469.533 |
| 18 | Kristoffer Reitan | 1463.625 |
| 19 | Alex Fitzpatrick | 1407.231 |
| 20 | Hideki Matsuyama | 1399.268 |
| 21 | J.J. Spaun | 1387.342 |
| 22 | Ryan Fox | 1342.493 |
| 23 | Viktor Hovland | 1340.112 |
| 24 | Justin Rose | 1333.15 |
| 25 | Alex Smalley | 1330.709 |
| 26 | Tom Kim | 1244.14 |
| 27 | Gary Woodland | 1237.523 |
| 28 | Rickie Fowler | 1231.311 |
| 29 | Adam Scott | 1217.575 |
| 30 | J.T. Poston | 1193.39 |
| 31 | Robert MacIntyre | 1190.731 |
| 32 | Nicolai Højgaard | 1181.636 |
| 33 | Kurt Kitayama | 1161.463 |
| 34 | Bud Cauley | 1160.483 |
| 35 | Aaron Rai | 1138.035 |
| 36 | Ben Griffin | 1105.499 |
| 37 | Sepp Straka | 1095.7 |
| 38 | Michael Thorbjornsen | 1035.827 |
| 39 | Justin Thomas | 1012.458 |
| 40 | Jake Knapp | 994.875 |
| 41 | Nico Echavarria | 942.396 |
| 42 | Patrick Cantlay | 932.065 |
| 43 | Ryo Hisatsune | 895.606 |
| 44 | Sahith Theegala | 891.204 |
| 45 | Eric Cole | 865.302 |
| 46 | Alex Noren | 859.316 |
| 47 | Michael Brennan | 856.669 |
| 48 | Matt McCarty | 837.704 |
| 49 | Keith Mitchell | 811.435 |
| 50 | Maverick McNealy | 805.974 |
| 51 | Harris English | 778.923 |
| 52 | Max Homa | 767.387 |
| 53 | Sungjae Im | 764.48 |
| 54 | Jordan Spieth | 761.621 |
| 55 | Sam Stevens | 740.833 |
| 56 | Pierceson Coody | 738.621 |
| 57 | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | 736.84 |
| 58 | Harry Hall | 732.768 |
| 59 | Corey Conners | 714.78 |
| 60 | Daniel Berger | 709.158 |
| 61 | Michael Kim | 695.407 |
| 62 | Shane Lowry | 670.457 |
| 63 | Nick Taylor | 645.981 |
| 64 | Jordan Smith | 626.922 |
| 65 | Brian Harman | 608.988 |
| 66 | Patrick Rodgers | 600.244 |
| 67 | Aldrich Potgieter | 590.575 |
| 68 | Ricky Castillo | 589.987 |
| 69 | Matti Schmid | 582.471 |
| 70 | Jackson Koivun | 581.462 |
