Jacob Bridgeman maintains lead on PGA Tour's FedEx Cup points race

It was a rather modest tie for 14 th, but Jacob Bridgeman’s finish in the Valspar Championship last week at the Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor ensured he stays on top of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup points lead for another week. Bridgeman finished six shots behind winner Matt Fitzpatrick , who has collected 1,000 points in the last two weeks (500 for winning at the Copperhead Course and 500 for his solo runner-up at The Players Championship ) to go from 43rd to 3rd in two weeks. But Bridgeman is also taking a break after playing six weeks in a row (with a victory at the Genesis Invitational , three top-10 finishes, and all six finishing 18 th or higher) and will not play in this week’s Texas Children’s Hospital Houston Open, beginning March 26 at the Memorial Park Golf Course.

That leaves the door open for Chris Gotterup to knock Bridgeman out of the top spot with a victory in Houston and its cache of 500 FedEx Cup points. Gotterup is in seventh place on the points list with 1,130 points, trailing Bridgeman by 322. Gotterup is the leading player on the points list in the field this week and the only one can catch Bridgeman with a victory.

Second place (300 points) won’t do it. PGA Tour FedEx Cup leaders Through Valspar Championship 1. Jacob Bridgeman 1452 2.

Cameron Young 1323 3. Matt Fitzpatrick 1229 4. Akshay Bhatia 1224 5.