So awesome that "playoffs" started, yet no thread

[Six_of_One]

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#144 starts off with 84,700 points. Hes got to get to #120 who starts off with 86,500 points so he has to get at least 1800 points. They give you 2000 for finishing 5th. So you have to finish about 6th. Pretty tough. Even more extreme next week if you barely make it to the top 120.

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Although there are plenty of problems with this whole playoff thing, I don't think this is one of them. Are you suggesting it should be easy for someone ranked #144 after the entire season to win the top prize?

[CubicZirconia]

I don't understand all the hate for the playoffs. I think it has become fashionable to bash the Fedex Cup (within the golf world) and that's what everyone is doing. It's the first year people, it might take a little while to grow on you.

For what it's worth, I never would have watched the event taking place this week last year, and now I am.

[black knight]

FWIW, they're saying that they don't expect people to 'get it' for another 2years...they had a 3yr plan to make this get into the mainstream of things.

[LetItBe]

OMG that closeup of Rory pouting really tilts me....argh I hate him so much.

[crosse91]

WTF @ Swingaction of Rory's face.

Get that the [censored] off my tv.

[Dids]

I love watching golf, but I think it's silly to treat it like anything other than a bunch of stand alone events. I think there's more than 4 must see events if you really enjoy golf.

[CubicZirconia]

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I love watching golf, but I think it's silly to treat it like anything other than a bunch of stand alone events.

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On the other hand, the Superbowl is just another football game. The baseball playoffs are just like the regular season. I don't understand the argument that they're just 4 more tournaments. The same can really be said for any sport's playoffs.

[Eurotrash]

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The problem is that everybody knows pro golfers are mostly a bunch of silver spoon rich boy racists who make millions to play a game that most of us pay (too much) to play. The last thing anyone is going to care about is which of these guys gets an additional ten million dollars and some meaningless artificial championship that is just a ripoff of nascar's dumb idea, especially since golf is all about tradition anyway.
Furthermore tiger woods isn't even playing this week, which makes this week's tournament a "B" event even if the other 143 guys did show up.

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Does anyone besides me think the above is one huge pile of guano? Words just can't do it justice.

BO

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yeah, that post blows. especially the part about how The Barclays sucks because Tiger isn't in the field.

[BigSoonerFan]

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The problem is that everybody knows pro golfers are mostly a bunch of silver spoon rich boy racists who make millions to play a game that most of us pay (too much) to play.

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Idiocy at its best.

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Furthermore tiger woods isn't even playing this week, which makes this week's tournament a "B" event even if the other 143 guys did show up.

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Well, B+ anyway. You seem to have gotten smarter as your post went along.

[sylar]

so, what's the picture going to be at the next fedex cup event? it appears that tiger will have to make top 2 at least once to win, but most likely a second place and a win at the tour championship will probably be more than enough.

1 Tiger Woods 100,000
2 Vijay Singh 99,000
3 Jim Furyk 98,500
4 Phil Mickelson 98,000 (T12, top 10 will mean 1350)
5 K.J. Choi 97,500 (2nd, stands to gain 5400)
6 Rory Sabbatini 97,250 (T5, stands to gain 2000)
7 Zach Johnson 97,000
8 Charles Howell III 96,750
9 Brandt Snedeker 96,500
10 Adam Scott 96,250
11 Scott Verplank 96,100
12 Steve Stricker 95,950 (1 heading to Sunday, stands to gain 9,000)
13 Sergio Garcia 95,800
14 Woody Austin 95,650 (T2, stands to gain 2000)
15 Hunter Mahan 95,500 (T3, stands to gain 3400)
16 John Rollins 95,350
17 Boo Weekley 95,200
18 Aaron Baddeley 95,050
19 Ernie Els 94,900 (T8, stands to gain 1350)
20 Mark Calcavecchia 94,750

i gotta say, tiger isn't playing this week, but this is making me want to follow the final round of the Barclays, just to see who passes tiger in points.