The Tour Championship: Top Five Stories Of The Week

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Published: September 21, 2010

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1) Can Dustin Johnson cement his place as golf’s next big thing?

No player under the age of 30 has won more PGA Tour events than Dustin Johnson.

A win this week would not only secure a $10 million payday for the 26-year-old South Carolina native, but it would also earn him his first PGA Tour Player of the Year Award.

If Johnson were to win the 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year award, he’d be the youngest recipient of the award since Tiger Woods.

Three PGA Tour victories, a chance to win two majors, a FedEx Cup title, and a PGA Tour Player of the Year Award—can anyone even remember the names of the other so-called “young guns?”

2) Who, if anyone, will secure a Player of the Year award at East Lake?

There are no less than seven players (Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Hunter Mahan, Steve Stricker, Matt Kuchar, Dustin Johnson, and Phil Mickelson) with a chance to win the 2010 Player of the Year award with a strong performance this week at East Lake.

Of course, it’s possible that none of seven will do anything on the golf course that screams “I’m the player of the year.”

But then again, one of these stars might emerge from the pack this week and make the 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year voting a rudimentary process.

3) Someone who has never seen a $10 million check will see one this weekend.

Since the start of the FedEx Cup back in 2007, only two men have won the title: Tiger Woods ('07 and '09) and Vijay Singh (’08).

Well, neither Woods nor Singh qualified for the Tour Championship this year, which means that someone in the field will be looking at the largest check they’ve ever seen in their lives come Sunday afternoon.

If Matt Kuchar manages to tack another $10 million onto the more than $4.7 million he’s already earned in 2010, the dude should just retire and enj...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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