FedEx Cup: De skal kæmpe for overlevelse

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Martin Verwohlt

22-09-13 PGA Tour 2013, TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola, East Lake GC, Atlanta, GA, USA. 19-22 Sep. Fedex Cup Playoffs logo during the event.
FedEx Cup slutspillet starter i denne uge med The Barclays, som i år vender tilbage til Plainfield CC for første gang siden 2011, hvor Dustin Johnson vandt turneringen, der dengang blev kortet ned til 54 huller.
Dengang klarede otte af de 25 spillere fra nr. 101-125 på FedEx Cup listen, at komme ind i top-100 og videre til næste uges Deutsche Bank Championship.
I de otte sæsoner man har spillet FedEx Cup har gennemsnitligt lidt over seks spillere klaret turen ind i top-100 under The Barclays, hvilket altså er godt nyt for cirka en fjerdedel af de spillere, der starter på den forkerte side af top-100 torsdag.
Det handler dog ikke kun om den nederste del af feltet. Det handler for alle spillere om, at komme med til The Tour Championship om en god måneds tid, hvor de 30 bedste på ranglisten kæmper om de mange millioner.
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14-9-2014 PGA Tour 2014, FedExCup Playoffs, TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola, East Lake GC, Atlanta, GA, USA. 11-14 Sep. Billy Horschel of United States holding the FedEx Cup after winning in the final round of the FedEx Cup.
Nedenfor ses de placeringer, der kræves af samtlige 125 spillere i FedEx Cup slutspillet, for at sikre sig en placering i henholdsvis Deutsche Bank Championship (top-100), BMW Championship (top-70) og The Tour Championship (top-30).
Alle spillere hvor der står “likely” har med stor sandsynlighed allerede sikret sig en plads i den pågældende turnering. Man skal dog huske, at FedEx Cup pointene er firedoblet i løbet af slutspillet, så ingen føring er sikker. Heller ikke engang den imponerende 1.710-points føring, som Jordan Spieth går ind til slutspillet med.
The Barclays, som altså er den første slutspilsturnering i FedEx Cup, vises på Viasat Golf og Viaplay torsdag og fredag fra kl. 20 – 00, og i weekenden fra kl. 19 – 00.

Rank Player Top 100 Top 70 Top 30
1 Jordan Spieth Likely Likely Likely
2 Jason Day Likely Likely Likely
3 Bubba Watson Likely Likely Likely
4 Jimmy Walker Likely Likely Likely
5 Justin Rose Likely Likely Likely
6 Robert Streb Likely Likely Likely
7 Dustin Johnson Likely Likely Likely
8 Patrick Reed Likely Likely 57
9 Rory McIlroy Likely Likely 51
10 Danny Lee Likely Likely 49
11 Zach Johnson Likely Likely 49
12 Brooks Koepka Likely Likely 45
13 Brandt Snedeker Likely Likely 43
14 Charley Hoffman Likely Likely 37
15 Rickie Fowler Likely Likely 33
16 J.B. Holmes Likely Likely 30
17 Kevin Kisner Likely Likely 13
18 Jim Furyk Likely Likely 12
19 Paul Casey Likely Likely 12
20 Hideki Matsuyama Likely Likely 11
21 David Lingmerth Likely Likely 7
22 Steven Bowditch Likely Likely 7
23 Bill Haas Likely Likely 6
24 Ben Martin Likely Likely 5
25 Ryan Moore Likely Likely 5
26 Matt Kuchar Likely Likely 4
27 Scott Piercy Likely Likely 4
28 Louis Oosthuizen Likely Likely 3
29 Chris Kirk Likely Likely 3
30 Kevin Na Likely Likely 3
31 Sergio Garcia Likely Likely 3
32 Gary Woodland Likely Likely 3
33 Jason Bohn Likely Likely 3
34 Sangmoon Bae Likely Likely 3
35 James Hahn Likely Likely 3
36 Justin Thomas Likely Likely 3
37 Shawn Stefani Likely Likely 3
38 Russell Henley Likely Likely 3
39 Tony Finau Likely Likely 3
40 Webb Simpson Likely Likely 3
41 Henrik Stenson Likely Likely 3
42 Harris English Likely 69 3
43 Troy Merritt Likely 68 3
44 Russell Knox Likely 64 3
45 Billy Horschel Likely 62 3
46 Daniel Berger Likely 61 3
47 Brendan Steele Likely 60 3
48 Brendon de Jonge Likely 59 3
49 David Hearn Likely 58 3
50 Marc Leishman Likely 49 2
51 Phil Mickelson Likely 48 2
52 Nick Watney Likely 48 2
53 Brendon Todd Likely 44 2
54 Pat Perez Likely 42 2
55 Matt Jones Likely 41 2
56 Ryan Palmer Likely 40 2
57 Cameron Tringale Likely 40 2
58 Fabian Gomez Likely 35 2
59 Ian Poulter Likely 30 2
60 Boo Weekley Likely 30 2
61 Kevin Streelman Likely 29 2
62 Keegan Bradley Likely 26 2
63 Alex Cejka Likely 21 2
64 Matt Every Likely 18 2
65 Carl Pettersson Likely 17 2
66 Daniel Summerhays Likely 16 2
67 Sean O’Hair Likely 16 2
68 George McNeill Likely 15 2
69 Brian Harman Likely 13 2
70 Charles Howell III Likely 12 2
71 Scott Brown Likely 12 2
72 Rory Sabbatini Likely 11 2
73 Chad Campbell Likely 11 2
74 William McGirt Likely 10 2
75 Will Wilcox Likely 10 2
76 Davis Love III Likely 10 2
77 Hunter Mahan Likely 10 2
78 Scott Pinckney Likely 10 2
79 Jerry Kelly Likely 9 2
80 Colt Knost 70 9 2
81 Martin Laird 70 9 2
82 Morgan Hoffmann 69 9 2
83 Chesson Hadley 69 9 2
84 Kyle Reifers 69 9 2
85 J.J. Henry 68 9 2
86 Jason Kokrak 66 8 2
87 Padraig Harrington 65 8 2
88 John Senden 65 8 2
89 Jim Herman 65 8 2
90 Greg Owen 65 8 2
91 Kevin Chappell 63 8 2
92 Bryce Molder 61 7 2
93 John Peterson 60 7 2
94 Adam Scott 59 7 2
95 Adam Hadwin 59 7 2
96 Charl Schwartzel 59 7 2
97 John Huh 54 6 2
98 Jason Gore 54 6 2
99 Francesco Molinari 52 6 2
100 Hudson Swafford 51 6 2
101 Johnson Wagner 50 6 2
102 Nick Taylor 50 6 2
103 Jason Dufner 49 6 2
104 Graham DeLaet 49 6 2
105 Jon Curran 48 6 2
106 Zac Blair 47 5 2
107 Steve Wheatcroft 47 5 2
108 Andres Gonzales 45 5 2
109 Chris Stroud 45 5 2
110 Lee Westwood 45 5 2
111 Retief Goosen 42 5 2
112 Carlos Ortiz 41 5 2
113 Chad Collins 39 5 2
114 Mark Wilson 37 4 2
115 Spencer Levin 37 4 2
116 Stewart Cink 36 4 2
117 Ken Duke 36 4 2
118 Vijay Singh 35 4 2
119 Luke Donald 34 4 2
120 Tim Clark 33 4 2
121 Jonas Blixt 30 4 2
122 Erik Compton 30 4 2
123 Camilo Villegas 29 4 2
124 Ryo Ishikawa 27 4 2
125 Jeff Overton 27 4 2

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