Daniel Berger pulls out all the stops to get back on track, Martin Trainer struggles to come back

Daniel Berger posted a 63 in the third round of the RSM Classic, the last tournament of the FedEx Cup Fall season, to climb onto the podium and enter the provisional top 125 necessary to retain his full playing rights next season. His American compatriots Maverick McNealy and Vince Whaley are two shots ahead in the lead. Despite a good 68, Martin Trainer remains stuck around the top 50 while he will certainly have to enter the top 10 on Sunday evening to secure a partial playing right in 2025.

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The American Daniel Berger knows that he needs a good result RSM Classiclast tournament of the season FedEx Cup Fallto enter the top 125 of the season and thus retain his playing rights for his return season, after an injury contracted in 2022.

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Only 127th on the starting line, the winner of the Ryder Cup 2021 signed the best card of the day (63) to climb on the podium after 54 holes. A third place which offers him a comfortable mattress with only eighteen holes to play. The four-time winner on the PGA Tour will even be able to think about the title on Saint-Simon Island!

Ten players in four moves

Two more Americans take first place with the unexpected Vince Whaley and the regular Maverick McNealyalready author of ten top 20s this season! The two men have never won on the PGA Tour and with ten golfers in four shots, the last day risks being complicated to manage. The man in form at the end of the season, the Colombian Nico Echavarriais ninth and one of the main threats.

Martin Trainer condemned to exploit on Sunday

Twentieth, the Belgian Adrien Dumont de Chassart is certainly too far away to aim for the title. But the 24-year-old beginner is only three shots away from the top 10. This could be enough for his happiness if he entered the top 125 of the FexEx Cup Sunday evening (he is currently projected 139th and guaranteed to retain partial playing rights).

Orphaned by his compatriot Paul Barjon who did not make the cut and will not play on the PGA Tour in 2025, Martin Trainer must do better than his 47th place at -3 after a final bogey on his 54th hole. Only 157th in the FexEx Cup, the winner of Puerto Rico Open 2019 moves a little further away from the top 10 of the week which should be the line to reach to enter the top 150.

Finally, the defending champion and world number five Ludvig Åberg did not confirm his 64 from the day before with a 71 which pushed him beyond fortieth place.

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