Bubble watch: These golfers are hovering around the line to make season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship
The penultimate event on the PGA Tour Champions 2024 schedule is this week at the Simmons Bank Championship in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Following last week, which started with 72 golfers, there are now 54 still standing at Pleasant Valley Country Club for a 54-hole tournament that starts Friday.
The top of the points race has been holding steady, with Ernie Els checking in at No. 1, followed by Steven Alker, Stephen Ames, Richard Green and K.J. Choi. Els and Ames lead in the wins category in 2024 with three each while Paul Broadhurst (No. 8) and Padraig Harrington (No. 11) are tied at two wins apiece.
On Sunday, the field will be whittled down one last time, to just the top 36 golfers, who will then get a week off before heading to Phoenix Country Club for the season finale.
While hoisting the trophy this week is the goal for everyone, a slew of new golfers are competing in the tournament within the tournament to make the field for Phoenix.
Two golfers, Tim O'Neal (55th to 13th) and David Bransdon (56th to 35th) not only jumped into this week's field by virtue of how they played last week, but they both shot into the top 36.
But it's crunch time for many others.
Last five in
32. Miguel Angel Jimenez
33. Rod Pampling
34. Vijay Singh
35. David Bransdon
36. Scott Dunlap
First five out
37. Charlie Wi
38. Steve Allan
39. David Toms
40. Cameron Percy
41. Paul Stankowski
Notables still outside the top 36
No. 43 Kenny Perry
No. 46 Billy Andrade
No. 49 Justin Leonard
Notables whose season ended last week
No. 55 Chris DiMarco
No. 59 Angel Cabrera
No. 61 David Duval
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Bubble watch: These golfers are hovering around the line to make season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship
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