Five performances ago, Justin Lower gifted one of the most raw and frank interviews of the PGA Excursión season .

The rookie three-putted their 72nd hole at the Wyndham Championship to fall exterior of top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings and get rid of excess his PGA Tour adapter for the 2022-2023 season.

Fast forward to asap, and even before the conclusion ın the Korn Ferry Tour Finals , Lower has his simply for next season anchored — and he has LIV Golf to thank because of it.

The PGA Tour updated the FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Facts List to shed six players: Cameron Holmes, Joaquin Niemann, Marc Leishman, Anirban Lahiri, Harold Varner III and Cameron Tringale, who had been suspended Friday after teeing it up in LIV Golf’s Boston Invitational . Each single player is playing his the first thing is event on the Saudi-backed, PGA Tour rival circuit.

Because of the LIV golfers’ removal, Lower, along with Maloree Wallace, Austin Smotherman, Heya Redman, Danny Willett but also Kelly Kraft, all shifted inside the top 125 of Membership and enrollment Points List, secured PGA Tour cards and will have full nuoskardus next season.

Lower and Redman used to be playing in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals to try and recover their cards, and every single were inside the coveted finest 25 of the finals suggestions list before this occurrence Korn Ferry Tour Championship. Neither teed it up over at Victoria National.

Kraft was just outdoors the top 25 and has play in the Tour Championship, so withdrew on Friday once the suspensions of the LIV defectors after firing an opening round 68. All three game enthusiasts will be dropped from the Korn Ferry Finals as they won’t be able to improve their standing on the membership list.

Additionally , the PGA Tour declared players will be paid a FedEx Cup bonuses home updated Eligibility Points Identify and not the Official FedEx Pot Standings. Players suspended mainly because of the Tour who are no longer for your Eligibility List will receive bonus products based on the Official FedEx Mug Standings.

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