Brooks Koepka. Mike Ehrmann

By Ryan Herrington
Players suspended by the PGA Tour for playing in LIV Golf events are now officially ineligible for the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan informed players in a memo that the tour’s policy board had approved the creation of a “eligibility points list” for the upcoming Playoffs that removes all players suspended for competing in LIV events. It’s the top 125 players from this list who qualify for the upcoming FedEx St Jude Championship and who will retain their tour membership for the 2022-23 season.

“While the new list will not take the place of the official FedEx Cup points list, it will provide clarity for players and fans alike in regard to tournament eligibility,” the memo notes. The eligibility list ensures suspended tour members “do not negatively impact other players’ tournament eligibility, positioning on the priority rankings or eligibility to compete in the FedEx Cup playoffs”.

The memo, sent out ahead of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, the penultimate regular-season event on the 2021-22 schedule, shows that the No. 125 player on the eligibility list is Stephan Jaeger, who ranks No. 133 on the regular-season points list. Webb Simpson, No. 125 on the official FedEx Cup list, is No. 117 on the eligibility list. Eight players inside the top 125 of the official FedEx Cup — Talor Gooch, Abraham Ancer, Matt Jones, Brooks Koepka, Carlos Ortiz, Pat Perez, Hudson Swafford and Matthew Wolff — do not appear on the eligibility list. Two additionally players, Jason Kokrak and Charles Howell III, inside the top 125 are scheduled to play in this week’s LIV Golf event in New Jersey. Presumably, they will be dropped from the eligibility list next week if they do play at Trump Bedminster.

The memo states: “We have taken steps to ensure that at the conclusion of the FedEx Cup regular season and FedEx Cup playoffs, any suspended players will not negatively impact bonus money distributions to you. You will be awarded bonus money based on your final position on the FedEx Cup playoffs and eligibility points list; suspended members will be awarded bonus money based on their final position on the official FedEx Cup points list.”

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