2019 Northern Trust @ Liberty National, NJ

[flushem]

The Course Layout:

https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-northern-trust/course.html

 

Roster:

https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-northern-trust/field.html

[flushem]

ODDS to Win:

Brooks Koepka 8/1

Rory McIlroy 12/1

Dustin Johnson 16/1

Jon Rahm 16/1

Justin Rose 20/1

Patrick Cantlay 20/1

Justin Thomas 20/1

Rickie Fowler 20/1

Tommy Fleetwood 25/1

Webb Simpson 25/1

Tiger Woods 30/1

Xander Schauffele 30/1

Francesco Molinari 40/1

Adam Scott 40/1

Jason Day 50/1

Bryson DeChambeau 50/1

Tony Finau 50/1

Matt Kuchar 50/1

Jordan Spieth 50/1

Hideki Matsuyama 50/1

Patrick Reed 50/1

Collin Morikawa 50/1

Billy Horschel 50/1

Shane Lowry 60/1

Louis Oosthuizen 60/1

Marc Leishman 60/1

Gary Woodland 60/1

Byeong Hun An 60/1

Rafael Cabrera Bello 80/1

Chez Reavie 80/1

Rory Sabbatini 80/1

Brandt Snedeker 80/1

Ian Poulter 80/1

Sungjae Im 80/1

Matthew Wolff 80/1

Joaquin Niemann 80/1

Jason Kokrak 80/1

 

 

I am going with Koepka this week.

[OldTomMorris]

Koepka!

[jmck]

No idea why, but I get the feeling it's Tommy Fleetwood's week.

 

Koepka's getting to the point where they need to start offering the old Tiger bet. Koepka v. the field.

[LICC]

An underrated course and a great field- should be fun.

[ohioglfr]

Jersey being Jersey, I hope the galleries are civilized . . .

[wildcatden]

Come on win #82!!! Let's put a bow on the end of the season!!

 

 

[imakaveli]

Stenson skipping this to play in Sweden

[OldTomMorris]

> @imakaveli said:

> Stenson skipping this to play in Sweden

 

Sweden is on at the same time as the Tour Championship.

[Darth Putter]


 

Yes, to the utter disbelief of Jim Mora and half of this forum, its time for the Fed Ex Cup Playoffs.

We start near New York City at Liberty National. A course built on a former garbage dump that cost a quarter of a billion dollars to build and plays to a par of 71 and 7353 yards.

 

Purse: $9,250,000

Fed Ex Cup Points 2000

So if Brooks Koepka misses the cut and Rory Sabbatini wins, Rory passes Brooks in the standings.

 

Yes, there is a cut this week.

 

With only three playoff events the starting field of 125 players will be reduced to 70.

 

 

The top 18 in the OWGR are here this week as #19 Paul Casey opted to play in Greensboro last week. Rafa Cabrera Bello is a late scratch, but all the other qualfiers are here. The others in the top 50 missing are not PGA Tour members.

 

SoF is a massive 794 one of the highest for a non major. It is the sixth strongest field of the year after the four majors and TPC.

First place points are 76.

 

 

tee times are up...

https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/the-northern-trust/tee-times.html

 

featured groups (groups of #1-3 in standings, #4-6, TIGER! and one to be voted on)

https://www.pgatour.com/news/2019/08/05/featured-groups-the-northern-trust-liberty-national-justin-rose-marc-leishman-rickie-fowler-xander-schauffele-gary-woodland-patrick-cantlay-dustin-johnson-webb-simpson-jon-rahm-brooks-koepka-rory-mcilroy-matt-kuchar.html

 

US and International players have just this week and next to secure their spots on their President's Cup teams.

[MountainGoat]

Interesting article:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-good-the-bad-and-the-painful-a-history-of-tiger-woods-at-liberty-national?utm_brand=gd&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social&mbid=social_twitter

 

[MilkyButterCuts]

Man this new schedule really sucks. Season is over already? :|

[bscinstnct]

Tigerrrrr! Always so smooth....on the range. I really should head out there. Easy train to JC and then I think they have a shuttle.

 

 

 

[Darth Putter]

> @MilkyButterCuts said:

> Man this new schedule really sucks. Season is over already? :|

 

The next season starts in 5 weeks

[stanger37]

> @wildcatden said:

> Come on win #82!!! Let's put a bow on the end of the season!!

>

>

>

 

That way I can be there next week when he breaks the record #83 ! ;)

[bscinstnct]

> @stanger37 said:

> > @wildcatden said:

> > Come on win #82!!! Let's put a bow on the end of the season!!

> >

> >

> >

>

> That way I can be there next week when he breaks the record #83 ! ;)

 

TW gonna sweep!!

 

 

[MattyO1984]

Is this going to be another week of having to put up with an extreme baba-booey crowd given the location? I might need to watch the coverage with the sound down.

[smashdn]

Great field. Interesting course.

[Darth Putter]

> @MattyO1984 said:

> Is this going to be another week of having to put up with an extreme baba-booey crowd given the location? I might need to watch the coverage with the sound down.

 


 

[2putttom]

> > @MilkyButterCuts said:

> Man this new schedule really sucks. Season is over already? :|

 

well I guess this means ... bye Felecia ... bye

[JD3]

Seems like the shortknockers do well here. Iirc Webb Simpson won here, and before that am even shorter knocker (whose name I've forgotten). So I'm going with Zack Johnson.

[MattyO1984]

> @JD3 said:

> Seems like the shortknockers do well here. Iirc Webb Simpson won here, and before that am even shorter knocker (whose name I've forgotten). So I'm going with Zack Johnson.

 

Bold choice given his play the last couple of years.

[JD3]

> @MattyO1984 said:

> > @JD3 said:

> > Seems like the shortknockers do well here. Iirc Webb Simpson won here, and before that am even shorter knocker (whose name I've forgotten). So I'm going with Zack Johnson.

>

> Bold choice given his play the last couple of years.

 

Actually even bolder since I see now he's not in the field. So I'll go with Kuchar

[MattyO1984]

> @JD3 said:

> > @MattyO1984 said:

> > > @JD3 said:

> > > Seems like the shortknockers do well here. Iirc Webb Simpson won here, and before that am even shorter knocker (whose name I've forgotten). So I'm going with Zack Johnson.

> >

> > Bold choice given his play the last couple of years.

>

> Actually even bolder since I see now he's not in the field. So I'll go with Kuchar

 

Touché!

[MattyO1984]

Looked like Tiger was out for a practice round with DJ and Brooks...no chance that he does anything this week now, he will have done his back in trying to keep up with the young lads.

[JD3]

> @MattyO1984 said:

> Looked like Tiger was out for a practice round with DJ and Brooks...no chance that he does anything this week now, he will have done his back in trying to keep up with the young lads.

 

Yeah not getting my hopes up for him either. Other than US Open bethpage years ago he tends to flame out in NYC area; MC this year's PG bethpage, MC 06 open at winged foot, some others

[JaNelson38]

For the people who say the FedExCup doesnt matter....just take a look at this field. Strength of field is the highest of any regular tour stop this year other than the Majors and the Players.

Without the $ being thrown at these guys for the FedExCup, you dont get a field like this in August in a regular PGA Tour event.

[doublepar93]

They are overhyped, but I do enjoy the playoffs. Looking forward to this weekend!

[OldTomMorris]

DeChambeau is just inside the President Cup automatic spots and he has been decrying the fact that his win in Dubai doesn't count for qualification.

[https://golfchannel.com/news/bryson-dechambeau-begins-playoffs-hoping-presidents-cup-bubble-doesnt-pop](https://www.golfchannel.com/news/bryson-dechambeau-begins-playoffs-hoping-presidents-cup-bubble-doesnt-pop "https://golfchannel.com/news/bryson-dechambeau-begins-playoffs-hoping-presidents-cup-bubble-doesnt-pop")

[LICC]

> @JaNelson38 said:

> For the people who say the FedExCup doesnt matter....just take a look at this field. Strength of field is the highest of any regular tour stop this year other than the Majors and the Players.

> Without the $ being thrown at these guys for the FedExCup, you dont get a field like this in August in a regular PGA Tour event.

 

Exactly. I don't understand how someone can get so excited to watch these same players play in May at Quail Hollow or Trump Bedminster or Valhalla, but look at this tournament or next week's tournament at Medinah and consider it meaningless and not bother and just say "the season is over".