Martin Laird remained in the top 50 in the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Playoff standings after the second postseason event ended on Monday in Norton, Mass., but now things will start getting difficult if the former Colorado State University golfer wants to advance to the Tour Championship.
Laird finished 40th on Monday in the Dell Technologies Championship, which left him in 49th place in the playoff standings. The top 70 advance to the BMW Championship, which means that Laird easily landed a spot in the third stop for the playoffs, set for Sept. 14-17 in Lake Forest, Ill.
But Laird will have to move into the top 30 in the standings to make it to the Tour Championship, scheduled for Sept. 21-24 in Atlanta. The former Ram is aiming to qualifying for that season-ending tournament for the first time since 2010.
At the Dell Technologies Championship, Laird carded rounds of 74-70-70-69 for a 1-under-par 283 total. He made five birdies in Monday’s final 18.
