Barclays Golf: Previewing the First Leg of the Fed Ex Cup Playoffs

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Published: August 25, 2010

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The first leg of the PGA playoffs in the race for the Fed Ex Cup takes place this week with The Barclays, being played at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.

Ridgewood's current 27 hole layout is an A.W. Tillinghast design which opened in 1929, although the course was founded back in 1890.

The famous course hosted this event in 2008, and they did it in a unique way. They created a new layout among the three nine hole courses (the center, west, and east courses), using the best 18 holes to make a new course, which has been named The Tillinghast Championship Course.

That same layout will again be used this week. It will play to a par 71 and play 7,319 yards.

Heading into the first leg of the Fed Ex Cup playoffs Ernie Els sits atop the standings with 1,846 points. Steve Stricker is second with 1,697 points, and Jim Furyk third at 1,691.

Furyk has a slight problem, however. He has been disqualified for the Barclays because he overslept on Wednesday and missed his pro-am tee time. The DQ does not eliminate Furyk, and he will be able to play in the second leg of the playoffs next week.

Rounding out the top 10 in the standings are Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Jeff Overton, Hunter Mahan, Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar, and Tim Clark.

Vijay Singh, currently 65th in points, won this event two years ago when it was played on this course. He beat Sergio Garcia in a playoff. The defending champion of the event is Heath Slocum, who comes in 50th on the points list.

The players will be grouped in threesomes for the first two rounds, and they are grouped according to the Fed Ex Cup point standings. Thus, the top three players are grouped together—Els, Sticker, and Furyk (before he was disqualified)—and so forth on down through the 125 man field.

Some of the more interesting groupings include the four, five, and six ranked players—Phil Mic...
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