If you are a PGA Tour professional and currently reside in the Nos. 126-200 spots on the FedEx Cup standings, you are beginning to think about your employment status for next year.

Only the Top-125 players on the FedEx Cup standings will qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs and automatically earn their playing privileges for 2014.

There is no PGA Tour Q-School to fall back on this year. PGA Tour professionals have to obtain their 2014 spot on tour the old fashioned way. They have to “earn it.”

A Q-School will be held but it will only offer membership to the Web.com Tour for next year.

An additional 25 PGA Tour cards will be awarded after the four tournament series called the Web.com Finals. The field for these events will include Nos. 126-200 in the FedEx cup standings and the Top-75 from the Web.com Tour.

After the AT&T National there will only be six full field tournaments for players to improve their FedEx Cup ranking. Not all players get into the Open Championship, WGC-Bridgestone and PGA Championship.

Given the large purses currently enjoyed by touring professionals, one or two top-10 finishes in any of these six events should be enough to guarantee a place on the 2014 PGA Tour.

The Greenbrier Classic, John Deere Classic, Sanderson Farms Championship, RBC Canadian Open and the Reno-Tahoe Open will offer lower ranking pros a chance to improve their status on the FedEx Cup standings prior to the playoffs.

The Wyndham Championship at Greensboro will be the final event before the Barclays, the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. In essence, it will be a 72-hole Q-School for players outside the Top-125 trying to secure a spot for 2014. 

Players now in the 126-200 spots on the PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings are looking at the new Web.com Finals and those 25 spots as their last chance to keep their jobs for next year.