Ebb and flow. It's just the nature of things in life, and golf is no different.
And so it is, as we enter the penultimate FedExCup Playoff occasion, that I'm seeking to base my choices more at the ebb and float of human emotion and endurance. The Playoff events comply with difficult on the tails of a hard important season, and now we've had high-strain activities and a week off. With this week's alternatives I'm guessing how which can have an effect on the ultimate gamers.
Players like protecting champion Zach Johnson, who stunned anyone with a win at the Open and has had an up-and-down season on each aspects of that victory. Does he have enough gas inside the tank to make every other run at the Conway Farms course? Read on to find out...
Sorry, I couldn't withstand that. In fact, I'm no longer so sure he does. Even a grinder like Zach has to crash and burn in the end. I suspect he will make it to East Lake however this can be a difficult week for him.
As you in all likelihood already recognize, there may be no reduce on the BMW Championship this week. That, of course, isn't always a gimmick but in reality the manner matters have labored out. We generally reduce to 70 and ties for the weekend... But there are only 70 gamers in this week's event. There's no need for a halfway reduce!
But after four rounds the field may be reduce via more than 1/2 because most effective 30 move directly to East Lake. That strain might also have an outsized impact on the men as they tee it up this week.
- Jim Furyk shot a 59 last year when Zach won. I see a bit of an up-and-down pattern in his play this season, and I think he'll follow up his T4 at Deutsche Bank with a high finish this week.
- Rickie Fowler is far more erratic than Furyk -- he either has a high finish or a lackluster one. I'm gambling on a high finish this week 'cause I think he's had just enough time (with that one week break) to get the adrenaline back under control so he can focus.
- Yes, Jordan Spieth is back on my radar. (Ironically, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy aren't. I don't like this course for their games.) After a week hanging out at football games I suspect he'll be fresh and ready to go.
- Henrik Stenson may seem like an oddball pick, given that I'm looking for players that haven't spent a lot of energy lately. (Rickie, for instance, missed the cut in round one, won round two, then had a week off.) But Henrik's bout with illness earlier in the year meant that he simply didn't have the energy to expend early on. I think he's still on the upswing after two runner-ups and I think his 3-wood play alone would be a good reason to pick him, although his record on this course isn't so hot.
- My flier pick was a tough one because the two guys I like here -- Kevin Kisner and Russell Knox -- are both on upswings and have identical finishes in the last two events. In the end I decided to go with Kevin Kisner because I think he just needed a recharge from being in contention so often in the early months of the year.
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