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One cup is stealing the spotlight away from the other
They have stopped at nothing this time in a desperate bid to get it right, even though the outcome can easily hinge on a 45-foot putt like the one Justin Leonard made in 1999 at Brookline and Justin Rose made in 2012 at Medinah. Next, he heads to East Lake for his Tour Championship debut and at 12th in the FedExCup standings, he could yet land a $10m jackpot to cap a fine breakthrough season. A total of $35 million in bonus money is awarded – even the players who didn’t qualify for the playoffs received $32,000 previous year – after four tournaments that each offer $8.5 million in prize money. This is the last stop of The FedEx Cup Playoffs, and after three stops the field has been narrowed down to only 30 players in a no cut event. Not in history or passion, not in ticket sales or television ratings.
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Schwartzel changed putters ahead of the final round at the BMW and it made an enormous difference as he produced one of his best rounds on the PGA Tour, having been striking the ball well without reward previously.
For Castro, No. 21 in FedEx Cup points, he is making his second appearance in the Tour Championship and first since 2013, when he also finished No. 21 in FedEx Cup points. I just told him, when I saw him today, ‘Man, yesterday was a lot of fun.’ You don’t get to play those types of games that you play at home with the best players in the world. Europe had its team in two days. The top-5 all control their own destiny; win the tournament, win the 10th annual FedEx Cup.
The Barclays was the final tournament to earn one of the eight automatic spots on the US team, and the story out of Bethpage Black was as much about Patrick Reed playing his way onto team as it was winning for the first time in almost 20 months. He needs to prove to Davis Love III he deserves the final Ryder Cup captain’s pick.
Yet Watson, who played a practice round at Hazeltine with the USA team on Monday, has three Ryder Cup appearances under his belt and did represent the red, white and blue at the Olympics this summer.
An ESPN studio host actually selected Dustin Johnson as his “Star of the Night”, over all the heroes of the National Football League games on the opening Sunday of the season after DJ captured the BMW Championship.
With the FedEx Cup, as well as many fantasy leagues, on the line, there’s plenty at stake this week. Berger is No. 24 and has a longer road to the $10 million, though it’s worth noting Bill Haas won the FedEx Cup in 2011 from the No. 25 seed.
As world No 7, there are only two U.S. players with higher world rankings than Watson – Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth. Three other guys were (Brooks Koepka, Daniel Berger, Justin Thomas). With a victory at East Lake, Spieth tops the final points list, provided Johnson finishes in a three-way tie for second or worse and Reed can’t make a solo second place. The matches don’t start until Friday, anyway.
Sleeper: Sean O’Hair. Nobody at East Lake would get more out of a top finish than O’Hair, who hasn’t been to East Lake since finishing third in 2009.
Tour Championship golf tournament defending champion Jordan Spieth hits sand shots to the practice g … “I think we have as good a chance or better chance than anybody else given we’ve done it, and I feel that comfortable on this golf course”. If that doesn’t earn a Ryder Cup spot, I don’t know what will. DraftKings offers European Tour games now, and offices on both sides of the pond will be holding Ryder Cup pools next week. “I know the scenarios”, Spieth said. He was left off the European Tour team despite two PGA Tour victories in the past year and a world ranking (No. 19) better than seven players for Europe.
Another interesting bit of information that should be noted, thanks to one of Geoff Shackelford’s readers, is that if you look at just points from the 2015-2016 wrap-around season, Zach Johnson would be nowhere near as high in the points as he now is and Justin Thomas would be near the top.
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“There’s four or five US guys this week still hoping to play well to make the Ryder Cup, ” Knox said. I don’t see him bringing home the $10 million bonus.