David Lingmerth and Thomas Pieters each came up short in their respective quests for victory Sunday, but both can take solace in the fact that their runner-up finishes significantly boosted their chances to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
Lingmerth lost in a sudden-death playoff to Jason Dufner at the CareerBuilder Challenge, his third career playoff loss on the PGA Tour. He entered the week with a 14-spot cushion in the OWGR over Kristoffer Broberg for the second and final qualifying spot for Sweden behind Henrik Stenson, but after Sunday's result he jumped to No.