Nick Taylor beat Nico Echavarria in a playoff to seize the Sony Open on Sunday in Hawaii. Each gamers had been already into the subsequent two signature occasions, the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am and Genesis Invitational, through the Aon Subsequent 10, which was finalized for these two occasions on the finish of final fall.
Led by Maverick McNealy, Nos. 61-70 in final season’s remaining FedExCup factors standings punched their tickets to Pebble and Genesis. After these occasions, the PGA Tour will draw from the present FedExCup standings for its Subsequent 10, which shall be comprised of the highest 10 gamers in factors who didn’t crack the highest 50 final yr.
However there’s one other avenue into these subsequent two big-money tournaments: the Aon Swing 5.
The highest 5 point-getters from the Sony Open, this week’s American Categorical and subsequent week’s Farmers Insurance coverage Open shall be exempt into Pebble and Genesis as effectively.
Right here is the place issues stand after Sony:
1. J.J. Spaun
2. Patrick Fishburn
2. Adam Schenk
2. Jackson Suber
5. Harry Corridor
5. Lee Hodges
5. Paul Peterson
5. Jesper Svensson
“Happy with how I battled all day,” mentioned Spaun, who led Sony after 54 holes earlier than dropping to T-3. “Hung in there with Stephan [Jaeger, also T-3] and Nico and Nick placing the strain on. Sadly didn’t go my means there on the finish. You realize, it’s what it’s. Hopefully I exploit this momentum going into the remainder of the west coast.”
Webb Simpson, Alex Smalley and Gary Woodland are about 15 factors behind that tie for fifth.
