It’s a pivotal week in Chicago as the Individual Standings are concluded – here are the four in most danger of relegation, and what they need to do to have a chance of reaching safety
With just one event remaining of the regular LIV Golf season, four players head to the Chicago tournament knowing they have plenty of work to do to give themselves a realistic chance of avoiding relegation from the big-money circuit.
In total, seven players taking part in the tournament currently occupy the Drop Zone. Of those, three – Bubba Watson, Anthony Kim and Hudson Swafford – are immune from relegation thanks to their status as either a team captain or a wildcard.
As for the remaining four, here’s what they need to do to avoid relying on the LIV Golf Promotions event as their final roll of the dice
Scott Vincent – 49th
Scott Vincent needs to finish no worse that 20th at LIV Golf Chicago
Only the top 24 players in each tournament receive Individual Standings points. Currently, Iron Heads GC player Scott Vincent is at the top of the Drop Zone, in 49th, having collected just 5.9 points this season.
The player immediately above him in the relative safety of the Open Zone is Pat Perez, who has 7.76 points. That means Vincent will need at least two points from his remaining start at the Bolingbrook Golf Club event, with that number awarded to those finishing between 18th, 19th and 20th.
However, that would still leave Vincent’s fate out of his hands as he’d be relying on Perez finishing beneath 24th and collecting zero points.
Because of that, he’ll be hoping to finish high enough up the leaderboard that the likes of Mito Pereira, Jinichiro Kozuma and Harold Varner III, who are also hovering above the Drop Zone, could come into the relegation equation.
