Which big names missed out on the PGA Tour's play-offs?

The FedEx Cup bubble burst at the Wyndham Championship.

Only the top 70 players in the standings after the final tournament of the PGA Tour regular season in North Carolina earned starting berth in the play-offs. 

The postseason gets underway this week in Memphis, where the FedEx St. Jude Championship takes centre stage at TPC Southwind.

The likes of Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy return to action, but the pressure is on from the very first tee shot. 

Only the top 50 in the standings after this week will advance to the BMW Championship, before the field is cut to just 30 for the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake.

Young star Jackson Koivun was the last man in after he edged out his compatriot Steven Fisk by the narrowest of margins. 

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Several big names also saw their season come to an end far sooner than they would've liked. 

GolfMagic has decided to take a look...

Which players missed out on the FedEx Cup play-offs?

Brooks Koepka (94)

Brooks Koepka was undoubtedly the biggest name to miss out. 

The five-time major champion needed a share of fourth or better at the Wyndham to have any hope of advancing. 

Koepka, 36, was furious with himself after missing out, describing the fact that he missed out as "pretty pathetic". 

The former LIV Golf recruit said his ball-striking has phenomenal this year but he has no idea what to do on the greens. 

don't know what the deal is, got zero confidence, can't putt. I don't know. There's going to be a lot of changes here soon.

He added: "[I am] pretty disappointed. I think it's pretty pathetic that I can't get through. Zero top-10s basically in two years. 

"To be in the prime of your career and be as good as I think I am, I think that's very pathetic, disappointing. Just need to go home and completely re-evaluate everything."

Billy Horschel (100)

Billy Horschel missed the majority of last year's campaign with a hip injury, only making his return in September at the BMW PGA Championship in England. 

Since then, Horschel has struggled considerably - missing 10 cuts in 23 events. 

Horschel said he has felt healthy enough to have performed better and graded his season an F. 

"It's an F, it's an F, there's no doubt about it," he said. "I could try and make it sound better or find something good, but I'm going to put it as it is right now, it's an F. 

"And there's only one way to go and that's up."

Jason Day (82)

Day had advanced to the play-offs for the last 18 years, but his streak came to an end in 2026. 

It looked as though he was going to do enough to reach the top 70 a month or so ago, but missed two cuts and failed to crack the top 20 in his last five events

"I'm looking forward to taking some time off," he said. "My body's been really awful actually this year, so just to try and grind through it has been tough."

He added: "It was a good streak obviously, but I would have loved to keep the streak going. 

"But things happen, you know. You're not going to keep everything going forever. 

"Best to kind of take some time off, get my body sorted and try and come out next year and play well."

Keegan Bradley (74)

The former United States Ryder Cup captain had a consistent season, but he failed to produce any top 10s. 

"Yeah, it's been a tough like year and a half," he said. 

"I'm looking forward to getting home and resetting and coming out next year a little fresher maybe."

Tony Finau (98)

The big American never found his form in 2026, missing the cut in three of his first four events and only registering one top-10 finish. 

An alarming slide for someone who was once comfortably inside the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking.