Heath Slocum wins The Barclays / Heath Slocum câştigă The Barclays

V. J. Number 1 / V. J. Numărul 1

Here are the top 10 and ties:

1		Vijay Singh	-8		70	70	66	70
T2		Sergio Garcia	-8		70	67	69	70
T2		Kevin Sutherland	-8		70	69	69	68
T4		Mathew Goggin	-7		67	74	69	67
T4		Ben Curtis	-7		71	68	70	68
T4		Kevin Streelman	-7		67	70	68	72
T7		Martin Laird	-6		70	69	72	67
T7		Justin Leonard	-6		70	70	71	67
T7		Nicholas Thompson	-6		75	68	68	67
T7		Mike Weir	-6		72	67	67	72
T7		Paul Casey	-6		66	71	69	72

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Iată primii zece jucători şi egalii lor:

1		Vijay Singh	-8		70	70	66	70
T2		Sergio Garcia	-8		70	67	69	70
T2		Kevin Sutherland	-8		70	69	69	68
T4		Mathew Goggin	-7		67	74	69	67
T4		Ben Curtis	-7		71	68	70	68
T4		Kevin Streelman	-7		67	70	68	72
T7		Martin Laird	-6		70	69	72	67
T7		Justin Leonard	-6		70	70	71	67
T7		Nicholas Thompson	-6		75	68	68	67
T7		Mike Weir	-6		72	67	67	72
T7		Paul Casey	-6		66	71	69	72

It's all open at The Barclays / Orice este încă posibil la Barclays

As Steve Stricker posted a 6-over-par 77, the race for the first event of the FedExCup playoffs is wide open with 5 players within 1 shot of the lead, 10 players within 3 shots and 22 players 4 off the pace.

The big movers from Saturday's third round are four non-Americans: Vijay Singh had a great round of 66; Canadian Mike Weir followed a Friday 67 with another one; the Australians Jason Day and Robert Allenby are in the hunt after having shot 66s on moving day.

The 54-hole lead is Kevin Streelman's. The American is at -8 for the tournament, having had rounds of 67, 70 and 68. Streelman is 102nd after the FedExCup reset but would climb into first, or at least into second place in the standings, with a win here in New Jersey.

Paul Casey and Sergio Garcia are one behind the leader, while Kenny Perry is at -5.


More updates to come...

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Steve Stricker a înregistrat un 6-peste-par 77, iar cursa pentru câștigarea primului turneu al playoff-urilor FedExCup este foarte disputată, 8 jucători aflându-se la cel mult o lovitură de conducere, 10 jucători în 3 lovituri și 22 de jucători în 4 lovituri de primul loc.

Cei care au avansat cel mai mult sâmbătă au fost patru jucători non-americani: Vijay Singh a avut o rundă foarte bună de 66; canadianul Mike Weir a postat încă un 67 după ce avuse același scor vineri; autralienii Jason Day și Robert Allenby sunt aproape de vârf, după ce au încheiat "ziua de mutări" cu scoruri de 66.

Conducerea după 54 de cupe este deținută de Kevin Streelman. Americanul se află la -8 pentru turneu, având runde de 67, 70 și 68 până acum. Streelman este al 102-lea în clasamentul FedExCup după reset-ul de săptămâna trecută, dar ar urca pe prima sau în cel mai rău caz pe a doua poziție, dacă ar cîștiga aici în New Jersey.

Paul Casey și Sergio Garcia se află la o lovitură în urma liderului (-7), în timp ce Kenny Perry se află la -5.

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The Barclays air suits Steve Stricker / Aerul de la Barclays îi priește lui Steve Stricker

Steve Stricker seems to repeat his feat from last year's Barclays tournament, after a fabulous second round of -7, on top of his -3 from Thursday. He now leads the field, with Hunter Mahan the closest to him, two shots back. Mahan is 1-over-par at the moment, through 4 holes.

2007 U.S. Open winner, Angel Cabrera posted a 67 just like Sergio Garcia and Anthony Kim, all three resting on the first page of the leaderboard.

In danger of missing the cut at the moment (projected cut-line at +1):

• Ryuji Imada +6 through 5 holes
  
• Boo Weekley +2 through 5 holes
• Camilo Villegas +2 in the clubhouse

More updates to come...

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Steve Stricker pare a repeta isprava sa de la Barclays-ul de anul trecut, după ce a postat o rundă secundă de -7, în continuarea scorului de -3 obținut joi. El conduce în acest moment în clasament, fiind urmat de Hunter Mahan la două lovituri în spate. Mahan se află la 1-peste-par acum, după 4 cupe.

Învingătorul U.S. Open-ului din 2007, Angel Cabrera, a înregistrat un 67 la fel ca Sergio Garcia și Anthony Kim, toți trei odihnindu-se pe prima pagină a clasamentului.

În pericol de a rata cut-ul în acest moment (linia de cut prevăzută la +1):

• Ryuji Imada +6 după 5 cupe
  
• Boo Weekley +2 după 5 cupe
• Camilo Villegas +2 deja în clubhouse
  

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Hunter Mahan destroyed the field and the course at the Barclays / Hunter Mahan a "distrus" traseul şi adversarii la turneul Barclays

Hunter Mahan just posted a 9-under-par in the first round at the Barclays, the first of the four playoff events for the FedExCup trophy.

Although the morning wave of players is just starting to come into the clubhouse, he is miles away from any competitor; Paul Casey is the closest to him at -5.

More updates to come...

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Hunter Mahan tocmai a înregistrat un scor de 9-sub-par în prima rundă a turneului Barclays, primul din cele patru turnee ale playoff-urilor FedExCup.

Deşi doar primul val de jucători a început să sosească la clubhouse, scorul lui e departe de toate celelalte; Paul Casey este cel mai aproape în acest moment, la -5.

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The FedExCup Playoffs / Playoff-urile FedExCup

The second edition of the FedExCup is nearing its climax, with the grand prize of 10,000,000 USD up for grabs.

THE PGA TOUR PLAYOFFS FOR THE FEDEXCUP

1. Aug 21 - 24 : The Barclays

2. Aug 29 - Sept 1 : The Deutsche Bank Championship

3. Sept 4 - 7 : The BMW Championship

( Sept 18 - 21 : Ryder Cup 2008 ) - not a Playoff event, but scheduled between them

4. Sept 25 -28 : The TOUR Championship

After last week's tournament, i.e. The Wyndham Championship, the points standings in the FedExCup have been reset, to create the players seeding before the 4 playoff events about to start.

Here is the reset, click to enlarge:




The reset has Tiger Woods at the top with 100,000 points, but he will not compete for the rest of this year, after his season-ending surgery. He is the winner of the first FedExCup, which he dominated from start to finish: he didn't even bother to participate in the Barclays, finished 2nd in the Deutsche Bank and then won the BMW and the TOUR Championships.

At 99,500, the second in the reset is the veteran Kenny Perry who already has 3 wins this season and is looking for a strong finish to a great season. P.S. He will probably be as excited for the Ryder Cup 2008 which will take place between the BMW and the TOUR Championships; it was his greatest wish for this season, to be able to compete for the USA team at Valhalla Golf Club, near his hometown in the Bluegrass State.

Phil Mickelson is next at 99,250. "Lefty" is one of the favorites to win the trophy, but he'll have some strong opponents right behind him: Padraig Harrington, the winner of the last two majors of the season, at 99,000 points; the wonder-kid Anthony Kim at 98,750.

A look further down the post-reset standings shows that pretty much everybody is in the mix: Lee Janzen, who just creeped into the first 144 last week with a T15 finish, can shoot his way up the standings with a win at the Barclays. Janzen would pass the front-runners if they do not finish in the top 7.

Let the playoffs begin!!

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