FedEx Cup Playoffs 2015: Analyzing Postseason Outlook for Top Stars

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Published: August 28, 2015

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The 2015 FedEx Cup playoffs have barely begun, just one-sixteenth of the way in following Thursday's first round at The Barclays.

Three rounds still remain in the PGA Tour postseason opener at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey, followed by three additional tournaments whose stakes become greater as they go.



Jordan Spieth leads in FedEx Cup points but is in danger of missing the Barclays cut after an opening four-over 74. Spieth sits nine strokes off the lead held by four players, headlined by Bubba Watson.

Although it's still early in the playoff proceedings, let's take a look at the outlook for golf's biggest stars before the meat of the action materializes.

 

Jordan Spieth



For a young man who claimed the first two majors of the season, finished one stroke outside of a playoff at The Open Championship and came second only to Jason Day at the PGA Championship, Thursday was a shock.

Spieth's setback is a testament to how difficult golf is. That he had the fortitude and consistency to be in the hunt for all four major championships shows Spieth has real staying power.

The dawn of these FedEx Cup playoffs seemed to play mind games with Spieth, who spoke about his off round that included a six-over 40 on his last nine holes, per PGATour.com's Brian Wacker:

Typically when I hit the fairways, I'm not over par. That's what was weird about the round. I find a way from the fairway to at least find the green, worst case, and I made a couple mistakes I don't make. Typically when I don't feel that I'm scoring as well as I'm playing is when mistakes come around and that's what happened today. I don't let the chances come to me sometimes. In majors I do a good job of being patient. Other tournaments, I don't. I didn't today.

Few if any at the moment can get going with the flat iron like Spieth can. His second-round sc...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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