Ryder Cup Points in Play Again at Sony

Of American that finished highest on Sunday in Oahu, J.J. Spaun earned the most points at Sony with 513,300 and moved from 67^th on the Ryder Cup rankings to 30^th.

The following five players were Eric Cole (356,700) and four who earned 283,838: Keegan Bradley, Patrick Fishburn, Adam Schenk, and Jackson Suber.

The move by Bradley put him 16^th on the rankings at 1,092,996, and 1,135,217 points from catching Wyndham Clark in sixth.

Bradley, the U.S. Ryder Cup Captain, wants to play on his team at Bethpage, where he would be the first playing captain since 1963 when Arnold Palmer had the distinction in Atlanta.

“I'm still on my mission to be the best player that I can be, one of the best players in the world; I haven't won a major in almost 15 years. I really want to contend in majors, that's number one on my list,” Bradley said prior to the Sony last week. “I've won three years in a row. I'd like to make those four years in a row. But I really want to be looked at as one of the best players in the world. Me being the Ryder Cup captain doesn't have anything to do with that.”

Cole, Fishburn, Schenk, and Suber, of the players that earned the most points at Sony, are in this week’s American Express in Palm Springs and are joined by the leader in the rankings, Xander Schauffele, with both Brian Harman and Clark, who are in the top six.

With a purse of $8.8 million and the winner’s check of $1,584 million, an American winner can significantly move up the ranking this week.