2026 Wyndham Championship predictions, preview: Cameron Young set to defend as FedEx Cup Playoffs approach
After months and months of competition, the PGA Tour regular season is coming to a close with the 2026 Wyndham Championship once again serving as the finale. Returning to Sedgefield Country Club, a full field of playoff hopefuls will take to a Donald Ross design for the second straight week with eyes on playing themselves into the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
For the uninitiated, the top 70 in the regular season standings will extend their season at least one more week. At the onset of the Wyndham Championship, the player who occupies No. 70 in the season-long race is a man who just began his trek a couple months ago with that being 21-year-old phenom Jackson Koivun.
With only four professional events under his belt, Koivun has jumped directly onto the bubble in large part due to his win at the 3M Open over Scottie Scheffler two weeks ago. Able to tread water at the Rocket Classic, Koivun makes his second start at the Wyndham Championship and is the name many have circled when action gets underway.
While Koivun finds himself inside the magic number just barely, those who do not include: Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Tony Finau and Brooks Koepka. Bradley has the most realistic chance to eke inside the top 70 as he has three top-20 finishes in his last six starts and has moved up to No. 72 in the process.
Finau and Koepka will require a top-five finish of sorts, while Day returns to action following a sporadic stretch of play caused by a back injury that reappeared at the U.S. Open. Although attention mounts near the bottom of the FedEx Cup standings, big names such as defending champion Cameron Young are also making the trip to North Carolina.
The American seeks his third win of the season and fourth since breaking through for his first exactly a year ago. His fellow Ryder Cup teammates, Justin Thomas and Ben Griffin, are slated to tee it up as are Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth, Ryan Gerard and former tournament winners Aaron Rai and Tom Kim.
Dates: Aug. 6-9Location: Sedgefield Country Club -- Greensboro, North CarolinaPar: 70 | Yardage: 7,131 | Architect: Donald RossPurse: $8,500,000
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