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Thomas was a near chip-in away on the 72nd hole of the Wyndham Championship from making the FedExCup Playoffs and quelling any doubts about his position in the sport's upper echelon.

Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx Corp. and a notable financier of various sporting endeavors, has died at the age of 80, his company announced Sunday.