Season-long points race culminates at Wyndham

For many players in the field at the Wyndham Championship, a trip to Sedgefield Country Club simply represents one more start to fine-tune their game before embarking on a playoff run. For a select few, though, one hand will be on a club and the other on a calculator.

The pressures of the season-long points race reach their peak this week in Greensboro, N.C., site of the final event of the 2016-17 regular season. The PGA Tour has conducted 42 tournaments over the last 10 months, but several notable names enter No. 43 with their status at stake.

First, a primer on the various break points in the Tour's points ladder. The top 125 in FedExCup points after this week will qualify for The Northern…