Patrick Reed won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday and jumped from No.78 to No.22 in the FedEx Cup rankings. His win couldn’t have come at a better time, with the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs getting underway this week with The Barclays.
Reed’s jump up the ladder by more than 50 spots would put him into the Tour Championship if the standings were to end today. But of course, things are just about to heat up with the number of points on the line for a FedEx Cup playoff win increasing tenfold. Continue reading
We’d like to take a bit of credit for jumping on the Brandt Snedeker bandwagon even before he won this past week at Pebble Beach, or prior to his second runner-up finish at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
Brandt Snedeker has already racked up two second place finishes and a third in just four tournaments on the 2013 PGA Tour circuit. And those runner-up finishes came in consecutive weeks leading up to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am.
Those who were on the grounds at one of the three courses that the 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am, or who tuned in during the first round coverage on the Golf Channel were treated to some great golf, and some not-so-great golf, amid some of the most breathtaking backdrops in the game.
Tiger Woods will play with Nick Watney and Rickie Fowler this week for the first two rounds at the Farmers Insurance Open. This will be Woods’ first event on the 2013 PGA Tour. The No.2 ranked golfer in the world did play last week at the HSBC Championship, but missed the cut by one shot.
We all know that the standard a player is measured against are the performances they make in big tournaments. That means Major Championships.
The first event of the West-Coast swing gets going on Thursday, with the playing of the Humana Challenge.