ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Sunday at Sea Island was supposed to be looked upon as doomsday for so many PGA Tour players who left the final event of the PGA Tour season without a full card.

This was the year the tour eliminated 25 cards, lowering the bar to No. 100 in the FedEx Cup standings to retain full status for 2026. The developmental Korn Ferry Tour offered only 20 cards to the big leagues, down from 30 cards the previous year. The fields will be smaller next year.

It just didn’t feel like the end, perhaps because the next chapter remains so uncertain.

Lee Hodges had a 10-foot birdie putt he missed on the final hole that would have moved him into the top 100. Ricky Castillo thought he got it done with a closing 62, only for Max McGreevy to make a 30-footer birdie putt on the

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