Unfortunately for Patrick Reed, a large sect of the game believes it knows who Patrick Reed is. Short of a stunning about-face from the man, the game has largely made up its mind.
Only the top 125 players on the FedEx Cup points list after this week’s Wyndham Championship will qualify for the Playoff tournaments, which begin next week at the Northern Trust event.
Because of the 13 cancelled events, plenty of big-name golfers who thought they had time to play their way into the top 125 are now sitting on the bubble.
Griffin’s work on the greens was almost a necessity for he ranked a mediocre 54th in greens in regulation, an almost unheard of number for a tour winner.
Lanto Griffin’s best finish is a T-12 and hegot my card by finishing 22nd on the Web.com Tour last October. Five months earlier, he’d made $4,800 through 10 events and was thinking about quitting.
Brian Harman has a one-stroke lead over Zach Johnson, Australian Matt Jones and Russell Henley halfway through the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.