The Barclays

Aidric · 23-08-2012 11:00AM #1

The first leg of the fed ex playoffs kicks off at the notorious Bethpage Black course in New York.

Harrington (60), McDowell (26) & McIlroy (2) carry Irish hopes in the tournament. The top 125 players in the fed ex standings tee it up so the quality of the field is assured. The top 100 in the rankings will progress to the Deutsche Bank championship next week.

My selection for this week is Adam Scott e/w @ 25/1 with Bet365.

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L.O.F.T · 23-08-2012 02:04PM

Last weeks winner Garcia is going well as is McIlroy and Harrington. I think Harrington's motivation will be strong and he will have a point to prove this week even more so with Garcia saying what he did regarding his Ryder Cup chances. I'm looking forward to seeing the Pro's hitting long irons into greens this week at one of the most difficult courses in America. I also fancy Jason Day to start making a comeback in the next few weeks!

Aidric · 23-08-2012 03:01PM

Harrington going well, -3 and one off the lead after 12.

basillarkin · 23-08-2012 03:05PM

KJ with an eagle to go to 5 under

bigtimecharlie · 23-08-2012 03:06PM

Harrington birdie to get to -4 after 13.

AloKildare · 23-08-2012 03:08PM

Just birdied 13, now -4 and T2. Going by shot tracker he seems to have mastered the putting, holing pretty much everything he has a sniff at.

basillarkin · 23-08-2012 03:10PM

Have you a link to the shot tracer?

AloKildare · 23-08-2012 03:12PM

basillarkin wrote: »

Have you a link to the shot tracer?

http://www.pgatour.com/shottracker/#/current/r027/1/player/20766/

fullstop · 23-08-2012 03:13PM

4 in a row now, -5 after 14.

AloKildare · 23-08-2012 03:13PM

Putter on fire -5 T1

Speak Now · 23-08-2012 03:16PM

Another on 14th, It's all about putting isn't it.

Socring pretty decent, over half of those on the course under par.

Garcia and Mcilroy both showing up well again!

AGC · 23-08-2012 03:17PM

Is there a half way cut in this or is it like the WGC events?

An 80 for Poulter would be awful:p

bigtimecharlie · 23-08-2012 03:24PM

Great going by Harrington.

It's a standard event, half way cut, I believe.

SnowDrifts · 23-08-2012 03:49PM

Another birdie for Paddy -6 now.

AloKildare · 23-08-2012 03:50PM

Yet another birdie -6 T1, brilliant putting!

bigtimecharlie · 23-08-2012 03:51PM

Harrington should be guaranteed to make the cut now.

SnowDrifts · 23-08-2012 03:59PM

Another on 17!!! What a run -7.

AloKildare · 23-08-2012 03:59PM

Yet another birdie, unreal

ForeRight · 23-08-2012 04:01PM

Unbelievable scenes!!!

speeding · 23-08-2012 04:01PM

A disgrace if this guy isn't picked for ryder cup !!! Hope you're watching Olazabal

bigtimecharlie · 23-08-2012 04:02PM

Brilliant. Nothing won yet, though.

Aidric · 23-08-2012 04:05PM

speeding wrote: »

A disgrace if this guy isn't picked for ryder cup !!! Hope you're watching Olazabal

:rolleyes: relax..great round but Harrington has done this before, only to fade on the weekend. Remember the 61 on the PGA tour earlier this year in his opening round.

Tox56 · 23-08-2012 04:06PM

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Brilliant. Nothing won yet, though.

Paddy will know that better than anyone, shot something like 11 under earlier this year and didn't really stay in contention. I think the Ryder Cup factor is at play here though

EDIT: Beat me to it

PARlance · 23-08-2012 04:07PM

Sure he had a bogey on the 3rd today....

(Thread was missing a bit of begrudgery

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SnowDrifts · 23-08-2012 04:08PM

It's a shame we can't watch this live. Alot of the top players will be done before sky's (not their fault- american tv) coverage starts. Would have been some back 9 of Paddy's to watch... -6 through 7 holes.

Aidric · 23-08-2012 04:18PM

Round of 64. Good shooting.

big_drive · 23-08-2012 04:22PM

Talk about making the ryder cup picks interesting! Haha!

I reckon if he finishes top 3 Olly will come under big pressure to pick him.

I said after uspga that I feel something big is close for Harrington. Maybe this week is it

PGF · 23-08-2012 04:25PM

SnowDrifts wrote: »

It's a shame we can't watch this live. Alot of the top players will be done before sky's (not their fault- american tv) coverage starts. Would have been some back 9 of Paddy's to watch... -6 through 7 holes.

You can watch Mcilroy & Woods live on PGAtour.com (they have 2 holes to go). Should be some other marquee group later.

Speak Now · 23-08-2012 04:27PM

29 on the back 9 at Bethpage black is very impressive :eek:

A good first week would be a great step towards making this years tour championship

Plenty golf to played yet though :cool:

speeding · 23-08-2012 05:11PM

Steady start by Tiger !! It's great to have him at least back in the mix competing every week even if he's nowhere near his best.

Aidric · 23-08-2012 06:45PM

If both players continue playing as they did in the first round, there's every chance Harrington and Garcia could be paired together at some stage over the weekend. Spicy.

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