With risers come fallers, and the PGA Tour had plenty of both throughout its 2025 campaign. Relatively unheralded players like Ben Griffin and J.J. Spaun made their upward moves in the world of golf, while others made their way down the ladder amid poor play and untimely injuries.

Of course, this is all relative depending on the player and his résumé. Major champions are held to a different standard than second-year PGA Tour members. Former FedEx Cup champions are expected to compete year in and year out for the season-long crown, but when they are early exits from majors on a consistent basis, that raises a red flag (or three).

All of this to say, when a player reaches a mountaintop, often times the only place one can go is down. Not all the players listed below returned to base camp or

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