This week’s season-ender, the Wyndham Championship, may have looked like a low-key event compared to the fireworks at the season’s last major, the PGA Championship. But there was plenty on the line for many Tour players this week.

The pros who finished inside the top 125 on the FedExCup point list not only reserved a spot in the FedExCup Playoffs, but they also earned their Tour cards for the 2013-2014 season (note: the top-125 money winners on the Tour also earn their exemption to remain on Tour).

The guys at the top of the FedExCup points — Tiger, Phil, Kuch, Sneds —  have earned enough FedExCup points this season to keep them alive deep into The Playoffs. But there were bunch of guys who came into the Wyndham Championship sitting right around the 125 number. This heaped extra pressure on them to perform in order to leapfrog their way into the top 125 and all it brings. The list of names that were on the bubble going into Thursday included:

• 123 Stuart Appleby
• 124 Ben Crane
• 125 Steven Bowditch
• 126 Peter Hanson
• 127 Nicolas Colsaerts
• 128 Brad Fritsch
• 129 Padraig Harrington
• 130 Bud Cauley
• 131 Fabian Gomez
• 132 Chad Campbell
• 133 Robert Streb

The Wyndham is now complete, and there wasn’t as much movement on the bubble as there has been in years past. Last year, Heath Slocum played himself inside the top 125 on the last day while two years ago, Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington and William McGirt all made the move into the top 125 based on their final performance.

Those who have made it inside the top 125 and the PGA Tour’s Playoff the FedExCup can now breathe a sigh of relief. There’s likely no breath louder than that of Ben Crane, who finds himself right on the number at 125. He shot a disappointing 72-76 and missed the cut, which left him watching the last two rounds, likely through his fingers, in hopes that none of the challengers caught him.  Here’s how the bubble list shaped up after the cut on Friday:

• 120 Stuart Appleby
• 121 Aaron Baddeley
• 122 Greg Chalmers
• 123 Steven Bowditch
• 124 Scott Langley
• 125 Ben Crane
• 126 Jim Herman
• 127 Greg Owen
• 128 Peter Hanson
• 129 Nicolas Colsaerts
• 130 Brad Fritsch
• 131 Robert Streb
• 132 Padraig Harrington
• 133 Bud Cauley

At No. 126, Robert Streb was the last man out of the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Playoffs.

The biggest drama of the weekend was at the 125 and 126 mark. Robert Streb, Ricky Barnes, and Jim Herman all found themselves making moves up the list, but each came up short on the final day of making up the ground they needed to nudge Crane out. Streb is easily the most heartbroken, as he needed a solo finish in 10th to move up that one coveted space on the list. When the dust cleared, he finished tied for 17th, two shots shy of such a critical mark.

Other notables who found themselves well outside the top 125 before the Wyndham started included the following:

• 137 Tommy Gainey
• 141 Vijay Singh
• 153 Louis Oosthuizen
• 195 Paul Casey
• 198 Kevin Na

New this year for golfers who finished outside the top 125 on the FedExCup points list is the chance to play themsleves onto the PGA Tour through the Web.com Tour Finals (which replaces Q-school). Its field includes the top 75 players from the Web.com Tour, along with top 75 players from the PGA Tour who did not qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs (numbers 126-200 on the FedExCup points list).

Those 150 golfers will compete throughout the fall at four events for 50 additional PGA Tour cards. The tournaments are:

• Hotel Fitness Championship, Sycamore Hills Golf Club, Fort Wayne, Ind. (Aug. 29–Sept. 1)
• Chiquita Classic, The Club at Longview, Weddington, N.C. (Sept. 5-8)
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course), Columbus, Ohio (Sept. 12-15)
• Web.com Tour Championship, TPC Sawgrass (Dye’s Valley Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Sept. 26-29)

That’s huge for players like Streb, who came so close but ended up just a couple strokes short. They’ll still have one last shot at their card.