Hideki Matsuyama is 26th in FedExCup points and 25th in the Official World Golf Rankings. A native and resident of Japan, he became the first Japanese player to win a men’s Major championship when he won the Masters Tournament in 2021. He has 11 PGA TOUR wins and eight international wins to his credit; he has yet to win this season but was close multiple times. He lost the playoff and finished second at the WM Phoenix Open, tied for eighth at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and tied for third at last week’s 3M Open. He played on the International team at each of the last six Presidents Cup Matches. He finished tied for third in the 2016 Wyndham Championship, his best finish in nine previous Sedgefield starts.is 26th in FedExCup points and 25th in the Official World Golf Rankings. A native and resident of Japan, he became the first Japanese player to win a men’s Major championship when he won the Masters Tournament in 2021. He has 11 PGA TOUR wins and eight international wins to his credit; he has yet to win this season but was close multiple times. He lost the playoff and finished second at the WM Phoenix Open, tied for eighth at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and tied for third at last week’s 3M Open. He played on the International team at each of the last six Presidents Cup Matches. He finished tied for third in the 2016 Wyndham Championship, his best finish in nine previous Sedgefield starts.
Billy Horschel, who is back on TOUR following a severe hip injury, is 102nd in FedExCup points and 164th in the Official World Golf Rankings. His best finishes this season are tied for sixth at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and tied for 13th at last week’s 3M Open. Horschel will make his 13th Wyndham Championship start next week; he finished in the top 10 in four of his last five starts here including a runner-up in 2020 and a fourth-place run in 2023.
