Max Greyserman is trying to break through in what is likely his final event of 2024. Getty Images There is very little for Max Greyserman to really play for this week (and the rest of this fall season), except for the only thing that has evaded him all year: a win. Greyserman has crept into PGA Tour relevance all season, but in the last few months in particular.
The reason why is simple: he keeps finishing in second. He landed on a lot of golf fans’ radar when he finished solo second behind Jhonattan Vegas at the 3M Open in July. Two weeks later, it was the same result — a solo second — but in much different fashion.
Greyserman finished runner-up at the Wyndham Championship after making a quadruple bogey and a double bogey in the final five holes. He had built a 4-shot lead that day and let it slip. “Obviously stuff happens in golf that sometimes it’s not meant to be sometimes,” he said that day, ready to move on but not afraid to poke a little fun at himself, calling the collapse “my own Phil Mickelson in 2006 moment,” alluding to Mickelson’s infamous loss at the Winged Foot U.
S. Open. The silver lining to finishing second is a bunch of FedEx Cup points, and Greyserman ultimately finished the season in 48th, which means he’ll start his 2025 season at Kapalua in early January and have entry to every Signature Event next year.
He can’t do much this week to improve upon that standing for next year. Unless he were to break through this runner-up streak and .