What seems like the longest season in professional sports is nearing completion for 2025.

Including this week’s John Deere Classic, there are just seven events left in the PGA Tour’s regular season before the three-event FedEx Cup playoffs begin. Two of those run concurrent to others so, in effect, a golfer has, at the most, five tournaments left.

While this part of the calendar doesn’t have an official or even unofficial name such as the West Coast Swing, it could go by the FedEx Final Frenzy. It’s the time when players realize they need to find another gear to make it into various levels of exemptions for next season.

This year, that frenzy has a more rabid feeling to it as the PGA Tour will hand out fewer exemptions than in past seasons. There are some big-name golfers on the outside of the various cut-off points who will need to play well to not only make the playoffs, but in some cases, retain their playing privileges on the tour.

Here’s how things break down:

Top 100

In past years, the top 125 finishers retained their exempt status for the following year. That’s dropped to just the best 100 for this year as the PGA Tour........

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