When does Phil play next?

I would have thought given his last major misses, and poor performance at the WGC, he'd be signing up to play the very next tournament since he got the weekend off to practice. Perhaps not as hungry as one would think. Life of comfort....Stricker needs hungry players!

Phil is a lock to play the first 2 playoff tournaments. If he played this week that would be 5 in a row. Even the young guys don't do that. He has 2 events to qualify for the team. Surprisingly he remained 17th on the points list even with a MC.

President's Cup list and those playing (*) in the Wyndham Championship tournament this week.  Phil's missed cuts don't amount to a 'full week' of playing....is he HUNGRY enough to go the distance and show he 'wants in' on the President's Cup?  Some above and below him are trying to solidify their positions.  Good luck Phil. I'm thinking Gary Woodland and Charles Howell as Captain's picks from where they've been ending up on the leader board on sundays in the last 2 months.

1  Dustin Johnson  114.830  9253 9138
2  Jordan Spieth  63.466  8311 8248
3  Justin Thomas  1200.000  7295 6095
4  Daniel Berger  0.000  5169 5169
5  Rickie Fowler  230.000  5113 4883
6  Brooks Koepka  114.830  4975 4860
7  Kevin Kisner  194.000  4958 4764
8  Matt Kuchar  159.500  4335 4175
9  Patrick Reed  460.000  4321 3861
10  Charley Hoffman  18.700  4242 4223
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11  Kevin Chappell  40.902  4140 4099
12  Brian Harman  114.830  3947 3832
13*  Jason Dufner  11.786  3686 3674
14  Gary Woodland  82.734  3422 3339
15  Brandt Snedeker DNP  3365 3365
16  Brendan Steele  0.000  3360 3360
17  Phil Mickelson  0.000  3281 3281
18*  Ryan Moore  114.830  3240 3125
19  Charles Howell III  6.008  3223 3217
20*  Bill Haas  13.544  3187 3173
21*  Billy Horschel  18.700  3063 3044
22  Tony Finau  24.650  3057 30

j58golf wrote:Phil is a lock to play the first 2 playoff tournaments. If he played this week that would be 5 in a row.  Even the young guys don't do that.  He has 2 events to qualify for the team.  Surprisingly he remained 17th on the points list even with a MC.

Poor Ernie Els needs to Win this week to get into the top 125 to play in the playoffs. As bad as we think he's been he still is better than many big names that are younger. But obviously still not where Phil wants to be .

Well, I know Els said he was probably playing in his last Master's unless something like that happens.  Not sure of the other majors (he won the British Open not too long ago, so does that last until he's 60 or something?).  Does he have PGA tour status as a 20-game winner like Davis Love?...is a full-PGATour-card member for life if he has 20 PGA wins?

j58golf wrote:Poor Ernie Els needs to Win this week to get into the top 125 to play in the playoffs.  As bad as we think he's been he still is better than many big names that are younger. But obviously still not where Phil wants to be .

Phil tiger Davis and VJ are the only ones with lifetime status active players on pga tour.. I thint PGA and Masters winners are the only majors with lifetime winner exemptions. Not sure but think other 2 majors are 5 years