The Scramble for Captain's Picks

The Ryder Cup is overshadowing everything proper now, is not it? The Euro race is trickier to discern out, due to the fact one of a kind points lists should be juggled -- and that is a bit past my puny mind this night -- the US team is lots greater straightforward.

The Top eight on the US factors list are a lock. Here are numbers nine thru 20 on that list. The first column suggests their role on the Barclays after the primary spherical, both score and function within the subject:

+2, T87	09	Hunter Mahan	4,082.228
-2, T26	10	Steve Stricker	4,015.069
E, T52	11	Jim Furyk	3,369.616
-4, T8	12	Rickie Fowler	3,313.338
-1, T35	13	Brandt Snedeker	3,176.787
-1, T35	14	Bo Van Pelt	3,152.315
-4, T8	15	Dustin Johnson	3,040.020
+2, T87	16	Robert Garrigus	2,604.580
E, T52	17	Bill Haas	2,546.017
+2, T87	18	Ben Curtis	2,457.284
+3, T97	19	Scott Piercy	2,416.346
E, T52	20	Kyle Stanley	2,341.219

If you go along with the contemporary thinking that Furyk and Stricker will make the team with out query, the 2 gamers with the best shot at the remaining spots might must be Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson. I suspect those two gamers would be the ones most fanatics wager Captain DL3 is most likely to select.

However, Sneds and Van Pelt are in role to make a ultimate-minute push. Both were playing reasonably well currently.

Sneds has one win and a T3 at the Open Championship, even though he simplest has 2 different Top10s to go together with them.

Van Pelt got a win closing October and has 2 runner-united states of americathis 12 months to go along with nine Top10s -- 3 in his final five starts. Add his length into the equation (he is 39th on Tour) and I'd have to say he's the maximum likely spoiler in the 9-20 group.

Mahan surely wishes to get his act in equipment. He's simplest got one Top10 seeing that his final win at the start of April. As good a participant as Mahan is, DL3 might be searching out anyone on a bit greater of warm streak.

The remaining-minute scramble should be thrilling!