Despite tough finish, Chris Gotterup still atop PGA Tour FedEx Cup list

Chris Gotterup has been the PGA Tour’s most consistent player through the first five weeks of the season, based on the weekly FedEx Cup points race.

Despite a tie for 37^th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last week that represented his lowest finish in four starts, Gotterup remains on top of the points list entering the Genesis Invitational, which begins on Feb. 19 at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

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Gotterup’s lead over second-place Scottie Scheffler shrank, however. Scheffler tied for fourth at Pebble Beach with a final-round 63 and trails Gotterup by 128 points. The margin was 421 points last week.

Gotterup opened with a 64 in the first round at Pebble Beach but didn’t go lower than a third-round 70 the rest of the week.

Collin Morikawa, the winner at Pebble Beach, moved to third on the points list and Hideki Matsuyama, who tied for 8^th, is fourth. Ryan Gerard, who tied for 45^th, dropped from third to fifth.

Most FedEx Cup leaders are at Riviera

With another Signature Event this week, the top players in golf are showing up at Riviera.

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Only No. 24 Michael Thorbjornsen isn’t in the field among the top 30 on the FedEx Cup points list. He’s the fourth alternate and needs a few bad backs to crop up to tee it up.

Also playing are defending Players Championship and Masters winner Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Jordan Spieth.

Is tournament host Tiger Woods playing?

Tiger Woods, who is the tournament host, doesn’t think he’s ready to come back from the two surgeries he had last year and will not be playing at Riviera.

PGA Tour FedEx Cup leaders

Through AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 

• 20. Sahith Theegala 233

• 24. Michael Thorbjornsen 174.5

• 28. Nicolai Højgaard 162

Biggest FedEx Cup movers at Pebble Beach

• Collin Morikawa, won at Pebble Beach, up 126 spots (tied for 129^th to 3rd)

• Sam Burns, tied for 6^th at Pebble Beach, up 78 spots (94^th to 16^th)

• Min Woo Lee, tied for 2^nd at Pebble Beach, up 65 spots (75^th to 10^th)

• Sepp Straka, tied for 2^nd at Pebble Beach, up 62 spots (tied for 71^st to 9^th)

• Brian Harman, tied for 19^th at Pebble Beach, up 59 spots (tied for 136^th to 77^th)

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This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Chris Gotterup maintains his lead on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup points race