The Barclays: What You Need To Know
The Majors are over. It’s Playoff Time! The top 125 players in the FedEx Cup points ranking are in New Jersey this weekend ready to start battlin’ it out. Liberty National Golf Course isn’t anyone’s favorite, but the views of NYC are certainly fun for us watching at home. So pull up a couch and get ready for some great golf this weekend.
What: The Barclays
When:August 22-25, 2013
Where: Liberty National Golf Course, Jersey City, NJ
Purse: $8,000,000
Winning Share: $1,440,000
FedExCup Winner’s Points: 2500
Par: 71
Yardage: 7,400
Champion: Nick Watney
Website: http://thebarclays.barclaysgolf.com/index.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBarclaysGolf
What It Online: http://www.pgatour.com/livegolf/ – Airing 11am – 6pm all four days
Live Leaderboard: http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-barclays/leaderboard.html
TV Schedule (Initial Airings)
Thursday: The Golf Channel 3-6pm ET
Friday: The Golf Channel 3-6pm ET
Saturday: The Golf Channel 1-2:30pm ET, CBS Sports 3-6pm ET
Sunday: The Golf Channel 12-1:30pm ET, CBS Sports 2-6pm ET
Great Links
Get An In-Depth Look At The Course
PGATour.com’s Report
Tee Times
PGA Tour Essential Guide
Scratch’s Thoughts:
After everything went so wrong at the majors for Tiger Woods, it’ll be interesting to see if he was able to fix those problems in the time between. He last played Liberty National in 2009 where he tied for second. The course has been tweaked since then, but the push for the FedEx Cup might give Tiger the push he needs.
Henrik Stenson – Stenson has placed in the top 3 at the Open, the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA. He’s currently ninth in the FedExCup standings and a win here would definitely put him in the running for the Cup.
Jason Day – Day’s got six top-10 finishes and is coming off a T-8 at the PGA Championship. He took last week so expect to see him high on the leaderboard.
Check out this video for ESPN’s picks!