Baltimore: South Korea's Im Sung-Jae enjoyed his best finish at the Northern Trust in a share of 16th place on Monday as he led three other Asian stars into the second FedEx Cup event, the BMW Championship which begins today.
The 24-year-old Im, who was making his third appearance in the first play-offs event, closed out the weather-hit week which forced a Monday finish with five birdies against four bogeys at Liberty National Golf Club.
He rose from 30th position to 25th on the FedEx Cup standings following his 14th top-25 finish of the PGA Tour 2020-21 Season.
Japan's reigning Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama settled for a share of 43rd following a 70 as well which included a double bogey, bogey finish over his closing two holes. He dropped two rungs to 16th place on the FedEx Cup standings.
Another South Korean, KH Lee, will enter the BMW Championship in 37th place following his tie for 47th finish at Liberty National while compatriot Kim Si-Woo, who missed the halfway cut, will be the fourth and final Asian player advancing in the play-offs in 33rd position.
This week, the top-70 players will tee up at Caves Valley Golf Club, with the subsequent top-30 advancing into the season finale, the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
Since the FedEx Cup was inaugurated in 2007, no more than two Asians have featured at the same time at the Tour Championship.
Needing a top-10 finish to have any hopes of advancing, India's Anirban Lahiri settled for a share of 56th position. He was making his return into the play-offs for the first time in three years.
"Not the finish to the season I was looking for but happy with the effort. Big thank you to my team for riding the highs and lows. Time to rest up and recover. #currypower," the 34-year-old Indian star tweeted.
Taiwan's CT Pan missed the weekend cut to bow out of the play-offs but not before shooting a hole-in-one in the par-three fourth hole during his second round.