Justin Thomas was en route home to South Florida when he moved into the top 30 in FedEx Cup points to qualify for the Tour Championship.
Thomas left town outside the top 30 after posting a four-under 68 in the final round of the BMW Championship at Castle Pines Golf Club on Sunday. He began the round 22nd in points and fell to 31st.
“Just going home. Going to go to Jupiter (Fla.),” Thomas said after he dropped temporarily into 30th place in points. “There’s no need for me to sit here and stress this out all afternoon. It sucks, but it’s the position I put myself in. I’m happily just going to go home and get a couple nights at home and then hopefully head to Atlanta on Tuesday.”
That appeared to be his destiny until Brian Harman double-bogeyed the 18th hole, to fall to 31st and boost Thomas to 30th.
Jason Day, meanwhile. came out on the wrong side of the tournament within the tournament, failing to advance to the Tour Championship. Day began the final round of the BMW Championship in position to finish in the top 30 in FedEx Cup points, in 25th place.
At the end of his round his season was over.
Day was cruising, four under in his round through 13 holes when his bid derailed on the following two holes. At the par-5 14th, he hit his second from the right rough to a place unknown, requiring another ball and another attempt from the same place, a two-stroke swing to the negative. Once he reached the green, he three-putted from 12 feet for a triple-bogey 8.
At the par-4 15th, he needed another penalty stroke to complete the hole, resulting in a double-bogey 6.
He closed with consecutive birdies, posting a 71, that dropped him to 33rd in points.
