He has qualified for the playoffs every year since the FedEx Cup was introduced in 2007.
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Levin has earned $690,260 this season, which is relevant only to his bank account since PGA Tour now determines eligibility for the playoffs exclusively on FedEx Cup points.
Stricker played only nine events this year (he was not eligible for the World Golf Championships or two majors) and finished at No. 176 in the FedEx Cup.
Higher-profile tournaments in the region in the years ahead also have prompted the Barclays to shy away from landing at nearby courses in the same year.
The battle for a $10 million (£6.37 million) jackpot that goes to the victor of the four-event FedExCup playoffs begins on Thursday in The Barclays at Plainfield Country Club, a fitting venue for the opening salvo. He couldn’t say the same about the FedEx Cup, though the $10 million prize for winning it offers some incentive.
Brooks Koepka £2.50 each way at 22/1 with Bet365 Playing really good golf at the moment and would be much shorter odds in any other field this season.
Finishing strong, not only on the last day but on the closing holes, is paramount to success on the PGA Tour, where the quality of play is so universally good and the leaderboards so bunched that two shots can mean 20 places, the lifelong Elk Grove and Sacramento resident said. At 7,012 yards, it will also play 48 yards longer than it did in 2011.
Casey is still considered a sleeper as he has yet to win during his 2015 PGA Tour campaign.
The Barclays is the first leg of the four stop playoff system. Koepka, who claimed his first PGA Tour victory in the Waste Management Phoenix Open in February, finished in the top 25 in his past eight tournaments around the world, including no worse than a tie for sixth in the past three.
Danny Lee £1 each way at 66/1 with Coral Very surprised to see him out at this price, has had four top 10s in his last six starts and that included a win at the Greenbrier Classic.
The absence of notables such as Rory McIlroy who will be taking a week off to allow his ankle to further heal and Tiger Woods’ inability to make the Top 120 criteria for a spot in the playoffs with allow for this week to be about the best player on the course this week rather than reputation.
Last year, The Barclays were held at Ridgewood CC where Hunter Mahan picked up the win after an exciting Sunday. He was No. 154 on the money list. Koepka ranks 12th in the FedEx Cup standings heading into his first run at the playoffs and is in great shape to make it all the way to the Tour Championship. The event is expected to have a significant beneficial and far-reaching economic impact on the surrounding areas across Central New Jersey. It’s about to get another. It was named club of the year in 2015 by the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association.
The return of the Barclays to Plainfield comes at a time when the rotation of courses that host the tournament is expanding.
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Click below to start going through the DraftKings Fantasy Golf Picks for this week’s tournament at The Barclays. Had he been in the top 125, he would have earned a card. Points are accumulated throughout the season and tallied at the end of the Wyndham Championship.
