2010 Barclays Preview
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Fantasy Golf Picks
I’m giving myself points for picking winners. Hopefully my picks can help you win your fantasy golf league this season. My goal is to get to 111 points for the season, or the equivlant of picking a Top 3 finisher or better each week, based on the point scale below:
Winner = 10 points
2nd Place = 5 points
3rd Place = 3 points
Top 10 = 1 point
2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Total: 57 Points
2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average: 1.72 Points
Think you can pick better? Leave a comment with your 3 picks for the 2010 Barclays. If you Beat The Expert in any week you will win a FREE 2010 Rotoff Golf Draft Kit (a $9.99 value) with one possible Grand Prize winner at the end of the FedEx Cup season. See here for official BTE rules.
| Rank | Name | Weeks | Weekly Win | Win (x10) | 2nd (x5) | 3rd (x3) | T10 (x1) | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E. McClung | 31 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 101 |
| 2 | Brad | 29 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 94 |
| 3 | C. Giles | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 80 |
| 4 | C. Cameron | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 70 |
| 5 | E. Planer | 34 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 60 |
| 6 | E. Hamilton | 22 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 13 | 59 |
| 7 | J. Book | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 53 |
| 8 | J. Littlefield | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 23 | |
| 9 | Shane | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 20 | |
| 10 | Dr Peerless | 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 14 | |
| 11 | Bryan | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 11 | T. Whitehead | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 13 | R. Slaughter | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 14 | C. Garner | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Dutch | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
Last Week:
Oh what could have been. Until rather average rounds of 67 on Sunday for both Lucas Glover and Brandt Snedeker it was looking like I’d be making a huge jump up the BTE LB. But as it turns out both finished outside the Top 3 but still in the Top 10 and good enough for 2 Points for me. Jerry Kelly shot in the 60s all four rounds but never lower then 66 (par 70) to finish T34. Hard to complain though in a week when no one else managed to score points. Oh what could have been.
Speaking of what could have been, how about what was? Arjun Atwal wins his first career PGA Tour tournament. Not bad for a PGA journeyman and Monday Qualifier with only seven career Top 10s since 1996. That is what makes golf such a great game. Did anyone have Atwal even making the cut last week?
This week:
It’s playoff time! And there’s never been a more wide open race for the FedEx Cup. The Top 125 on the FedEx Cup Points list compete for a chance to ultimately get into the final 30 at East Lake at the end of the month, with the winner taking home a cool $10 million prize. Of course the FedEx Cup points are a little more complicated then that but that’s the jist. Jist win baby!
1. Phil Mickelson
Just when everyone writes off Phil Mickelson’s season he tends to play well. Phil has had a rather lousy summer by Phil standards but don’t think that’s he done just yet. Not only a shot at the #1 World ranking is on the line in these playoffs but also his first FedEx Cup title. Phil has not been terrible in this event, if not a little average. He only has one Top 10 in seven starts but has never missed the cut. His T12 finish in his last start at the PGA Championship is a good sign that the roller coaster may be heading upwards.
2. Kevin Streelman
Kevin Streelman is close. Although he has missed cuts in three of his last four events he finally put together four solid rounds last week for a T18 finish. In his previous two events he shot lights out…..for one of two rounds. Streelman finished T4 here in 2008, the last time the event was played at Ridgewood Country Club. I expect a Top 10 at least from Kev this week.
3. Justin Leonard
The streaky Justin Leonard got his first Top 10 of the season last week, shooting four straight rounds in the low to mid 60s, enroute to a 3rd place finish at The Wyndham Championship. Up until now it’s been a subpar season for Leonard but all that could change over the next four weeks. Sitting 70th in the FedEx Cup standings, Justin can make a big move with another Top 10 this week. He has two Top 10s here in seven career starts including a T7 in 2008. Let’s see that good play continue.







