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Beau Hossler made an 11-foot birdie putt on his final hole for a three-under 67 to give him a one-stroke lead midway through the Wyndham Championship.
That, though, may have been the least consequential development in the final event of the PGA Tour’s regular season.
Hossler has never won on the PGA Tour and needs nothing short of victory at Sedgefield Country Club to be among the top 70 in the FedEx Cup who advance to the post-season.
He was at 12-under 128 and led by one shot over Ben James, who had the 36-hole lead in the Canadian Open and finished out of the top 50, and Jordan Smith of England.
The first step was making the 36-hole cut, and there was plenty of drama. Keegan Bradley, who is at No.72 in the FedEx Cup, was well outside the projected cut until making birdie on three of his last six holes for a 67 to finish at three-under 137.
It came down to the final few groups. At one point, Christiaan Bezuidenhout had a 20-foot birdie putt and Ben Kohles had a 15-foot birdie putt on his final hole. Either one would have knocked out Bradley, Andrew Putnam (No.73) and Austin Smotherman (No.76).
Both missed, and those players are on the bubble eventually got a little breathing room when Davis Chatfield bogeyed his last hole to move the three-under number to a tie for 64th. The top 65 and ties make the cut.
Also getting in was Jordan Spieth at No.55, though he already is set for the post-season and is hopeful of making progress towards moving into the top 50 after the first playoff event and locking up all the $20 million signature events.
Among those missing out was former world No.1 Jason Day, who had reached the post-season 18 straight years.
The Australian was at No.75 in the FedEx Cup and was never under par at any point during the tournament, missing the cut by seven shots.
“It was a good streak obviously, but I would have loved to keep the streak going,” Day said. “You’re not going to keep everything going forever.
“Best to kind of take some time off, get my body sorted and try and come out next year and play well.”
More crushing than Day was Mac Meissner, who was No.71 in the FedEx Cup. He was one shot inside the projected cut at four under when he missed the 18th fairway, got it back to the fairway, hit wedge to just inside 45 feet and three-putted for double bogey to miss by one shot.
Australian Karl Vilips, No.128 in the standings, was looking for a big finish too but made 73 to miss the cut by one.
Brooks Koepka (No.86) shot a 66 but was tied for 21st. He can only advance if no more than three players finished ahead of him.
