Wyndham Rewards Top 10 preview: Mayakoba Golf Classic

The Wyndham Reward Top 10 is a season-long competition that offers a $10 million bonus for the 10 golfers who end the regular season at the Wyndham Championship inside the top 10 in FedExCup points. The player atop the standings will earn $2 million, with varying payoffs for the others through $500,000 for the 10th place finisher. This week: Mayakoba Golf Classic Current Top 10 in field 1. Lanto Griffin 4. Sebastian Munoz 7. Joaquin Niemann 9. Cameron Champ No. 1 watch: Lanto Griffin has been atop the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 standings since winning the Houston Open on Oct. 13. Top 10 moves: Reigning FedExCup champ Rory McIlroy moved from 35th to second in the Wyndham Reward Top 10 standings after winning the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions. Adam Hadwin dropped from 10th to 11th. Scenarios notes • Besides the four players currently in the top 10 standings, 12 others can also take over the top spot with a win this week – Mark Hubbard (13), Danny Lee (14), Harris English (16), Brendon Todd (17), Tom Hoge (T-18), Scott Harrington (20), Xinjun Zhang (21), Charles Howell III (22), Carlos Ortiz (25), Denny McCarthy (26), Harry Higgs (28) and Scottie Scheffler (29). • All other players in this week’s field at Mayakoba are projected to at least move inside the top 10 with a win. • Sixteen TOUR members in the field are still looking for their first FedExCup points of the season, including defending Mayakoba champ Matt Kuchar, who is making his first start of the 2019-20 PGA TOUR season. Kuchar finished third in the Wyndham Rewards Top 10 standings last season behind Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy.

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