On the sidelines this week by the narrowest of margins is reigning Australian Open champion Matt Jones who finished 126 after missing the cut at last week’s Wyndham Championship. And that means Charley Hoffman at No. 22 is the lowest player in the standings with a mathematical chance at qualifying.
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The FedEx Cup Playoffs are good for golf fans because the best players in the world are in the same place once again in the calendar year, instead of dispersing after the fourth major, the PGA Championship. I’ve never played for points.
“If I can go out and shoot 3 or 4 under tomorrow, I’m back in the tournament”, Spieth said. I kept telling myself, ‘We still got events left.’ But you say in March there’s 17 events left, and you look in July and there’s four events left. “I dropped three shots from where I was at one point today”. But with a big push coming up here, the playoffs coming up, I kind of wanted to find something.
It has been a season of ups and downs for both Spieth and McIlroy.
And the next day, he came out on fire.
Only the top 100 advance to the next event at the Deutsche Bank Championship, and then the top 70 move on to the BMW Championship at Crooked Stick.
“I think by Tour Champs, I wasn’t – it was just a hard week for me, because I couldn’t really click, get anything clicked together”.
“So I’ll try and keep the momentum going a bit like at the start of the year where I tried to putt better each day”.
Once upon a time, the Tour Championship could be likened to something closer to the Grand Slam of Golf or Kapalua Tournament of Champions than a big time tournament on the PGA Tour. He could do little wrong previous year. Full coverage of the Masters, Open Championship, US Open, US PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup.
It’s been a whirlwind year for professional golf, with the addition of the Olympic tournament compressing the major championship schedule and juggling the traditional spots for some PGA Tour events.
When a layoff didn’t heal the injury, he underwent surgery in February and didn’t play until May.
Bethpage Black has hosted a pair of U.S. Opens and last hosted The Barclays in 2012, when McGirt earned a tie for 10th.
Day believes he only has to win two events to be voted player of the year.
“Well, I think the ultimate goal for me is to stay in the top five, getting into Tour Champ”. I feel good about the way I’m playing.
“I’m a little worn out”. It’s played with that much passion, that much intensity. “If I don’t play well, my season will end”.
It’s the second time that Stenson, who won the British Open six weeks ago, has withdrawn from a tournament this year. Now anything less encourages scrutiny, even when you’ve won twice in a year.
The quest for the lucrative $10million bonus cheque gets under way in the first of four FedEx Cup events this week. “It’s great for our fans because it extended our season another four or five weeks”.
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Oh, and one more thing: We’ll finalize the automatic U.S. qualifiers for the Ryder Cup after the conclusion of the opening FedEx Cup event, too.
