2023 3M Open: Justin Thomas fighting for FedEx Cup Playoffs berth while battling unfamiliar struggles

Thomas will play in the 3M Open and the Wyndham Championship to assist his postseason push

Justin Thomas finds himself in a precarious position here in the final week of July: on the outside looking in. The 15-time PGA Tour winner arrives at this week's 3M Open ranked 75th in the FedEx Cup standings and needing a massive two-week stretch in order to qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, which he has done the prior eight seasons as a card holder.

While it is true he would be well inside the top 125 cut off in previous years, this year has been anything but ordinary. With the PGA Tour trimming the number of players gaining entry into the postseason, Thomas added starts at the 3M Open -- and next week's Wyndham Championship -- as a means to climb inside the newly coveted top 70.

"This is a good chance for me to learn a little bit about myself and push myself and become better." said Thomas. "I mean, this game, nothing's given to you. I've had great chances to win the FedExCup the last five or six years, and now I'm trying to make the Playoffs. That's just the way that this sport is. And it can happen to anybody, so you've just got to go out and get it, and that's what I'm going to do these last two weeks. "