RSM Classic scenarios: Race for the top 100 concludes at Sea Island

We’ve reached the final event of the 2025 PGA Tour fall season.

The RSM Classic, which begins Thursday at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside and Plantation courses in St. Simons Island, Georgia, is the last chance for players to secure their status for 2026.

New this year: Only the top 100 in the FedExCup will retain fully exempt status for next season. However, Nos. 101-110 will still receive ample starts and not be subject to reshuffles, while Nos. 111-125 is another conditional category and should get about the number of starts that the bottom third of this year’s reorder category saw.

As it pertains to the top 100 cutoff, there are several players around that bubble who are already fully exempt for 2026 – No. 93 William Mouw, No. 98 Michael Brennan, No. 100 Karl Vilips, No. 101 Max Homa, No. 106 Tom Kim and No. 107 Adam Scott. Homa, Kim and Scott are not in the RSM field.

Every player from No. 102 Matt Wallace to No. 203 Chesson Hadley can crack the top 100 with at least a win. Wallace requires a minimum finish of solo 43rd.

On the other end of No. 100, Nos. 84-87 in points are skipping RSM, having already locked up their spot inside the top 100. Every player down to No. 94 Mark Hubbard is likely safe, too, as X’s resident eligibility guru @robopz predicts 600 FedExCup points guarantees top 100 while around 570 points should still get the job done. Going off that 600 projection, Hubbard can clinch with a made cut (solo 78th), No. 95 Ryo Hisatsune needs a solo 46th, No. 96 Thorbjorn Olesen a solo 26th, No. 97 Danny Walker a solo 24th and No. 99 Takumi Kanaya a two-way 16th.

Vilips and Brennan could obviously still factor despite already being exempt for 2026, as they could drop out of the top 100 and allow a previously non-exempt player to move in.

Here is a look at the minimum finishes required for players to move inside the top 100 at the RSM Classic:

*fully exempt through at least 2026 (doesn’t include career-money exemptions)

Every other player, down to Hadley, requires a win. No. 204 Gordon Sargent is the first player in points who can’t crack the top 100, though the Vanderbilt grad is fully exempt for 2026 via PGA Tour University’s Accelerated program.