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Playoffs begin with eye toward PGA Tour player of the year
The Olympics are over. “I think it brings our sponsors and tournaments together as a whole, as a group, a season that they can get behind and be a part of”, said Furyk, who is a vice captain for the U.S. Ryder Cup team but also is on captain Davis Love III’s radar as a possible captain’s pick.
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Jordan Spieth wasn’t sure who he considered the front-runner, perhaps because the summer has gone by so quickly due to the Olympic schedule.
Henrik Stenson: Hottest player in golf highlighted by U.S. Open win and silver in Rio. His nearly winning the U.S. Open here in 2009 was the closest he ever came to winning a major championship and he followed up with a nice finish here in 2012.
IFLE – In this August 23, 2013, file photo, Rickie Fowler hits a tee shot on the 17th hole during the third round of The Barclays golf tournament in Jersey City, N.J. So much more is at stake than $69 million in prize and bonus money during the FedEx Cup. No player who has won the CareerBuilder Challenge has won the FedEx Cup playoff in the same year.
“I would say it was around Christmas time, New Years’ time, when I could really reflect”, Spieth said.
I felt like each hole I played was a back nine of a major championship hole.
The next five weeks – there is a one-week break between the third and the final playoff event – figures to go a long way in shaping that race.
Top-ranked Jason Day is the defending champion at this event.
“Hopefully I can make a couple people laugh”, Spieth said. I can get better as a player and have years that are similar and maybe even better some day, but it’s just not going to happen every year. “Everyone knows if they are in the top five going into the Tour Championship, you’ve got that opportunity to win it”. Previous year at Plainfield Country Club, Day shot a final-round 62 to finish at 19-under 261 and beat out second-place Henrik Stenson by six shots.
Spieth was a shoo-in for PGA Tour player of the year in 2015 until Day won The Barclays and the BMW Championship, and suddenly Spieth’s incredible run through the majors – two victories, a runner-up finish and missing a playoff by one shot at St. Andrews – was in doubt. Paul Simson won his eighth title at Pinehurst last week with his one-shot victory in the Senior North & South Amateur.
Event: The Barclays at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, Thursday through Sunday.
Johnson, who clinched his first major title with a three-shot victory in the U.S. Open at Oakmont, is delighted to be second in the FedExCup standings behind Day heading into The Barclays. McIlroy also missed the cut at the PGA Championship in his last event. “Warning: The Black Course is an extremely hard course which we recommend only for highly skilled golfers”.
After heavy rain had softened the course, those scheduled to play in the afternoon on day one enjoyed a 3.38 strokes advantage over the first two rounds. “And it’s Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, and it’s soft”.
The Barclays has undergone a series of name changes and next year it’ll be known as The Northern Trust but one thing hasn’t changed it is always a highly competitive few days golf. The trick is to stay there. Sergio Garcia (No. 20), Danny Willet (No. 75) and Shane Lowry (No. 87) have made a decision to sit out.
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. But to gain entry into the Tour Championship he will have to improve during these first three tournaments into the top 30.
Justin Thomas 1 point each way at 100/1 – Five top 10s this season, including a win, 10 in the FedExCup ranking, yet he is triple figures in price. He led Donald by four shots at the time, with six golfers still on the course.
Kim is the eighth player from South Korea to win on the Tour – they have combined for 18 victories – and the second to do so in Greensboro, joining 2005 victor K.J. Choi.
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For the other Australasians within striking distance they would need to win this week if they are to have any chance of earning a PGA Tour card this week without having to run the gauntlet of the Finals.