Barclays Classic Preview
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We are a week away from the U.S. Open and while a watered down tournament wuold be expected, that is not the case for the Barclays Classic in Westchester. The tune up for Winegd Foot features nine of the top ten players in the world with Tiger Woods being the only player not teeing it up that week. Of the top 15, 13 are playing making that the strongest field that the Barclays Classic has seen in the 40-year history of the event and we couldn’t ask for a better way to get ready for the Open.The course is set up alomst like a mini Winged Foot with very high rough, tight fairways and quick greens.
Looknig at players who have done well at the U.S. Open could give us excellent information is trying to come up with a winner that week.
Last year, Padraig Harrington overtook Jim Furyk for a one-shot victory on the 72nd hole with a 65-foot eagle putt in one of the most exciting finisehs of the entire season. He has only one top ten finish that year but his last event was an 11th place finish in New Orleans. He is 15-1 to repeat.Ernie Els just can’t seem to get things going that year but that is one place wehre he has played well.
Prior to missing last year's tournament, he played in 10 straight Barclays Classics, and in 1997 became the only player to win the event in back-to-back years.
He has finished 16th and 11th in the last two years he has started in 2004 and 2003 so antoher strong finish that year can provide much needed momentum heading into the Open. He is listed at 10-1 which doesn’t provide much value considering his season thus far.After missing virtually half of the 2004 season following left wrist surgery, Jim Furyk has won twice and finished second five times in the last two years. He has moved into the exclusive top five in the world, has been playing consistently all season long and is listed at 12-1 that week.
He has nine top 20 fiinshes and his record in Westchester is outstanding.
He has finished in the top 10 four times in the last eight years which includes two runner-up finishes, the most recent coming last year.Before the Memorial, Sergio Garcia had not shot better than 73 in the final round of any tournament that year, and his final-round average of 74.6 was more than three strokes worse than last year.
He shot a 69 on Sudnay last week and that bolt of confidence can be huge heading to Westchester, where he has won the Barclays Classic twice, most last month in 2004.
In the years he has not won, Garcia has finishes of 3rd, 4th, 12th and 22nd so he is in the mix on Sudnay more often than not. At 15-1, we could pull a small upset.It’s hard not to overlook the favorite Phil Mickelson who is at 8-1 and playing the hottest golf in the world right at that moment. He has not missed a cut that year, has sveen top tens in 11 starts to go along with two wins. After taking three weeks off, the rust cetrainly didn’t show last week as he finished 4th at the Memorial with four very consistent rounds.
Mickelson has only played in the Barclays Classic four times but has finished in the top 25 the last three starts.One player that has been on fire but remains off the radar is Brett Wetterich. He is one of the longshots that week at 60-1 but he deserves to be lower than that. He has four top tens in his last six events including a win at the Bryon Nelson four weeks ago.
The win was not a fluke as he porved it with a 2nd place finish at the Memorial last week. He has made only one cut at the Barclays Classic in three starts and that resulted in a 71st finish in 2002 but he is a different player at that moment and has a ton of confidence.Matt Fargo is a documented member of the Professional Handicappers
League.
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