Power rankings: The Barclays
The FedEx Cup playoffs kick off in New Jersey on Thursday with the start of The Barclays, the first of four events to decide the season-long champion of the PGA Tour.
Two-time 2015 major winner Jordan Spieth is the No. 1 seed heading into the PGA Tour's postseason, which starts at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, N.J., for the first time since 2011, when Hurricane Irene shortened the event to 54 holes.
Since this is a tournament that moves around, but it's only been at Plainfield once, there's a lot of chalk in our top five this week.
1. Jordan Spieth — The new world No. 1 obviously wasn’t in the field here four years ago, but he’s playing the best, most consistent golf on the planet, so he’s the obvious top pick.
2. Jason Day — Had Jordan Spieth only won the Masters (and Dustin Johnson taken the U.S. Open), Jason Day would be in contention for the Player of the Year title heading into the playoffs. He’s won two of his last three starts, with Glen Abbey looking a little like Plainfield.
3. Justin Rose — Rose has been in the top six in his last four starts dating back to the Open Championship. He was T-4 here in the shortened 2011 event. He is playing the best tee-to-green golf in the world.
4. Brooks Koepka — Even though only TV shows 2-3 of his shots per week, Koepka hasn’t finished outside of the top six in his last three starts. He’s been in the top 25 in his last eight. His length is an edge here, just needs to have good proximity on many of these absurdly large putting surfaces.
5. Dustin Johnson — DJ was the winner here four years ago, and he’s playing very good golf overall. He’s just not closing. From a fantasy perspective, three top-10s in the majors this year is a great record, even if it doesn’t get the W.
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