12 months Two of the Aon Subsequent 10 and Swing 5 is now underway with the completion of the Sony Open in Hawaii. These rankings assist spherical out the season’s elite, 72-man Signature Occasion fields. Keep in mind, the highest 50 gamers from the prior 12 months’s FedEx Cup rankings acquire entry into these eight prestigious tournaments, which leaves roughly 20 spots up for grabs.
If you’re unfamiliar or want a refresher, right here is how the Aon Subsequent 10 and Swing 5 works:
The Subsequent 10 ensures that the most effective 10 gamers from the season acquire entry into the Signature Occasion fields. It ranks the highest 10 FedEx Cup factors earners not in any other case exempt from these high-profile tournaments. Since we’re barely into the brand new season, the highest 10 finishers from the FedEx Cup Fall comprise the preliminary Aon Subsequent 10 for the primary two Signature Occasions of the season.
In the meantime, the Swing 5 identifies the gamers who’ve the most effective kind. Two or three full-field occasions usually sit between Signature Occasions, and from these units of tournaments, the 5 finest gamers earn invitations to the Signature Occasions through the Swing 5. So, after the season-opening Sentry at Kapalua, the highest 5 point-earners from the Sony Open in Hawaii, the American Specific in Palm Springs, and the Farmers Insurance coverage Open at Torrey Pines mixed will earn a spot on the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am—the season’s second Signature Occasion.
Listed here are how the present Aon Swing 5 standings presently look following Nick Taylor’s exceptional playoff win in Honolulu:
1. J.J. Spaun — 162.5 factors
T2. Patrick Fishburn — 88.75
T2. Adam Schenk — 88.75
T2. Jackson Suber — 88.75
T5. Harry Corridor — 63.67
T5. Lee Hodges — 63.67
T5. Paul Peterson — 63.67
T5. Jesper Svensson — 63.67
Swing 5 Projected Cutoff Line
T9. Webb Simpson — 49 factors
T9. Alex Smalley — 49
T9. Gary Woodland — 49
T12. Lucas Glover — 35.83
T12. Mark Hubbard — 35.83
T12. Zach Johnson — 35.83
T12. Matt Kuchar — 35.83
After the Sony Open in Hawaii, J.J. Spaun has a sizeable benefit over the others within the Aon Swing 5 — a pleasant comfort prize contemplating he squandered a chance to win.
Spaun entered the ultimate spherical holding a one-shot lead at 13-under. He acquired off to a pleasant begin, making three birdies on the entrance 9 to leap to 16-under for the championship. It regarded like no person would catch him as he made his approach to the again 9, however that proved to not be the case. Spaun stalled on Waialae’s again facet, failing to transform an array of birdie alternatives. He as an alternative made seven straight pars earlier than making an inexcusable bogey on the par-3 seventeenth. The stress of main a PGA Tour occasion acquired to him within the greenside bunker on 17, as he hit a poor sand shot that landed 15 toes wanting the outlet. What ought to have been a routine up-and-down resulted in a bogey, dropping him again to 15-under.
Whereas that occurred, Taylor chipped in for an eagle on the 18th gap, which vaulted him as much as 16-under and right into a tie with Nico Echavarria after 72 holes. Spaun wanted to birdie the par-5 18th — a extreme proper to left dogleg — to affix the playoff, however he tugged his 3-wood into the timber left of the green bunker.
“I’ve hit 3-wood [on 18] every single day,” Spaun mentioned.
“I can’t draw my driver to avoid wasting my life, so it’s a 3-wood all day on that gap.”
His second shot then raced as much as a precarious place brief and proper of the placing floor, however he didn’t stand up and down. His 10-footer for birdie slid by on the excessive facet.
Regardless of that, Spaun remained constructive after the spherical.
“It was an awesome week general. Pleased with how I battled all day,” Spaun mentioned.
“Hung in there with Stephan [Jaeger] and Nico [Echavarria] and Nick [Taylor] placing the stress on. Sadly, it didn’t go my method there on the finish. You understand, it’s what it’s. Hopefully, I exploit this momentum going into the remainder of the West Coast.”
If he can preserve posting top-10 finishes — or on the very least make the reduce — at The American Specific and the Farmers Insurance coverage Open, Spaun will probably be a lock to make it to Pebble Seaside for the primary Signature Occasion of the season. A bevy of money and FedEx Cup factors could be out there to him there, which might go a good distance towards securing standing for the 2026 season. Solely 100 gamers will obtain PGA Tour playing cards subsequent 12 months, a brand new improvement as part of a sweeping set of adjustments applied by the board. That makes all of those occasions much more vital, particularly for these gamers among the many Aon Swing 5, who wouldn’t have exemptions into Signature Occasion fields.
Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By way of. Comply with him on X @jack_milko.