“I know who I’d be voting for”.
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Besides those significant numbers, there is also the Player of the Year award at stake in a season where Day’s extraordinary finish has set up a duel with Spieth for the coveted award voted on by their PGA Tour peers.
Jordan Spieth is still considered the favorite after his two-major, four-win campaign heading into next week’s Tour Championship.
In addition to winning at Torrey Pines in February and the Canadian Open last month, Day went back-to-back at the PGA and The Barclays and captured last week’s BMW Championship for good measure. He’s the youngest Australian world number one by more than three years. I still think it’s him.
In the end, it comes down to good play and the math. If no one in the top five is leading headed into the final round, it’s going to be a computational nightmare to figure out who might win the FedEx Cup.
To make the Tour Championship a weighted free-for-all for the 29 players at East Lake (Jim Furyk withdrew with injury), the points have been reset so that the top five players only have to win the tournament to claim the $10 million bonus.
While every golfer in the TOUR Championship field has a chance to be crowned the FedEx Cup champ, a few have a better shot than others.
The former world no.1s can potentially reclaim top spot from Day with a win at The Tour Championship this weekend and the pair are motivated to do as such. That includes a record score at the PGA Championship and a six-shot win at another FedEx Cup playoff event.
That he’s the lovechild of closest rivals Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth.
Robert Streb £0.50 each way at 200/1 with Coral Has had a wonderful season with nine Top 10 finishes, will be looking to enjoy himself this week, as the hard work was just getting to East Lake.
In the majors, Spieth finished first at the Masters, first at the U.S. Open, tied for fourth with Day at the British and second to Day at the PGA. So it feels like the Tour Championship is his to lose, whether that’s fair or not. He’s the best player in the world right now. “I don’t really spend money, mate”, the Aussie said.
McIlroy remains clearly frus-trated at the turn of events that resulted in him turning his ankle in a friendly kickabout with friends in the weeks before he defended his Claret Jug and Wanamaker Trophy. But that’s far from the only storyline surrounding the final leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
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More so than for McIlroy, this is a damning statement for the FedEx Cup, which was built around the premise that the chance to win $10 million would unnerve players in ways that even a major championship couldn’t.
