Since then, Moore has added a further two top-10 finishes, both in Playoff events, and it’s easy to forgive a below-par performance at a bombers’ paradise last time.
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“I think that will be easier to win, easier to have a Ryder Cup than a FedEx Cup going forward, given you may not play your best and you’ve got team-mates around you that play their best and win it”. He’s the likely PGA Tour Player of the Year, he’s nearly a lock to lead the official money list, and he has a pretty good chance to win the FedEx Cup as long as he finishes in the top 5. The last player to win the Tour Championship without claiming the FedEx Cup was Phil Mickelson in 2009.
The FedEx Cup ends Sunday at East Lake, where the victor gets a $10 million bonus.
According to Day, Johnson’s focus on his wedges and his use on the range of the Trackman device that tracks the details of every shot have been of paramount importance. Spieth starts 7th in the standings and can join Tiger Woods as the only two-time FedEx Cup champion and be the first-ever repeat victor. The Deutsche Bank Championship and BMW Championship might as well have been auditions for Davis Love III before he made three of his four captains picks. For him, just getting to East Lake was worth celebrating.
The five is completed by Paul Casey, who brings that formidable blend of current and course form to the tee, but one PGA Tour victory in his life is a poor return and suggests that 16/1 is simply too short, even if he’s perfectly entitled to play well once more. He’s coming off a win in the BMW Championship, his third victory of the year including the US Open and the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. Day has been outstanding when he is healthy enough to make it through an entire tournament and taking last week off will only help his back feel better this week.
Defending FedEx champion Jordan Spieth also has a legitimate shot and can make a little history besides.
“Three things for him to be successful are driving, wedges and putting. and that’s what he’s doing great right now. But it forced me to do them”.
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Also absent, but still on the minds of golf fans around the world, is Woods who returns to tournament play next month after a lengthy medical rehab. By the end of last season, he had plunged to No. 381 in the world ranking. Because you’re there to get it done.
