There are 25 rookies on the PGA TOUR in 2017-18. This feature provides a subjective ranking updated weekly. The Rookie of the Year is voted by PGA TOUR members who make at least 15 starts.

After his week off, Aaron Wise presumably will be taking a victory lap at the TOUR Championship. He may actually win the event, too.

By now, you’re aware that the last man standing among the rookies in the FedExCup Playoffs is projected to capture the Rookie of the Year award. Wise is the only representative of his class to qualify for the 30-man field at East Lake Golf Club, so history would argue that it’s not even his to lose anymore.

As Wise prepped for the season finale, 13 fellow outgoing rookies at the Web.com Tour Finals continued to make noise at last week’s Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco.

Adam Schenk’s co-runner-up finish paced eight who survived the cut. Roberto Díaz (5th), Denny McCarthy (T13) and Conrad Shindler (T24) also posted top 25s. Through three events in the Finals, 13 of the combined 39 starts by the outgoing rookies have gone for a top 25.

This week’s Web.com Tour Championship will determine who receives the last 25 TOUR cards for next season. Of the golfers currently inside the bubble, Schenk (sixth in earnings), McCarthy (11th), Díaz (13th) and Stephan Jaeger (14th) are safe to reclaim their status in the reshuffle category. In addition to prize money, each will be boxing out for position in the opening pecking order.

At T21 on the money list, Lanto Griffin’s spot isn’t as secure. He’s only $1,925 clear of the 26th position on the money list. The nearest among the outgoing rookies outside the top 25 is Talor Gooch at 42nd. He’s $16,120 back of the 25th position. Both Ethan Tracy and Xinjun Zhang are 0-for-3 in the Finals.

* - In the field at the TOUR Championship as of Sept. 16.                                            
# - In the field at the Web.com Championship as of Sept. 16.
                                            
^ - Joaquin Niemann has Special Temporary Membership but is ineligible for the FedExCup Playoffs unless he wins a tournament. As a result, the number in parentheses in the FedExCup Rank column reflects where he would have ranked among members at the conclusion of the Wyndham Championship.

Through the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco

NOTE: A player’s rookie season ("Rookie Year") is defined as the season in which he becomes a PGA TOUR member (including Special Temporary Members) and plays in 10 or more events as a member or finishes in the Top 125 on the Official FedExCup Points List or qualifies as a Top 125 - Nonmember, whichever occurs first. Further, for purposes of this definition, a new member (including Special Temporary Members) shall not be eligible to be a rookie if he has previously played in more than seven (7) Official PGA TOUR Money events as a professional in any prior season.