2008 Barclays Predictions
Written August 18, 2008 by Jason Lowry
With the regular season wrapped up the PGA Tour now heads into its 2nd annual and highly anticipated FedEX Cup Playoffs. The defending champion Tiger Woods won’t be in action in any of the events, and even though he is the current leader it will be up to someone else to take home the trophy in 2008. To get the playoffs up and running this week golfers will head to The Barclays in New Jersey, as they will attempt to take down Ridgewood Country Club. The defending champion of this event will be in action, as Steve Stricker looks to make it two for two at the Barclays in the playoffs. With 144 golfers ready to take aim this weekend, professional handicapper Jason Lowry is going to bring you his 1-2-3 prediction for the tournament this weekend.
1. Padraig Harrington +1000 at BetUS.com
Its hard to pick anyone else after the performance this guy put on in the last two majors, as he first defended his championship at the British Open, then he went on a few weeks later to win the final major of the year at the PGA Championship. Harrington has shown that he is going to be a real force in the big time events without Woods in the field, so we see no reason why this guy won’t step up and play well this weekend, and all throughout the playoffs.
2. Anthony Kim +2500 at BetUS.com
Kim is a guy some are picking to win the whole playoffs, and its not to hard to see why. Kim has shown he can win, as he took home both the AT&T National and Wachovia Championship this season. While Kim played well finishing 7th at the British Open, he really struggled a couple weeks ago at the PGA Championship. Kim is pretty well average all around and will need his irons to be strong this weekend, as he has struggled in sand saves this season making just 48.7%. We think Kim gets everything roling and takes home the runner up this weekend.
3. Kenny Perry +4000 at BetUS.com
Perry is your current leader in the points standings, as he has racked up 3 wins and 7 top 10 finishes this season. The one thing that people have a problem with is that Perry failed to play in a single major this season, after he most recently withdrew from the PGA Championship. We don’t think the 48 year old has what it takes to win the playoffs, but we feel he has it in him to show everyone he is going to do just fine on the Ryder Cup team with a solid finish this weekend.
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Phil Mickelson +800
Padraig Harrington +1000
Sergio Garcia +1200
Retief Goosen +2200
Jim Furyk +2500
Anthony Kim +2500
Ernie Els +2800
Adam Scott +3000
Vijay Singh +3000
Stuart Appleby +3000
Camilo Villegas +3500
Paul Casey +4000
Stewart Cink +4000
Robert Allenby +4000
Kenny Perry +4000
Steve Stricker +4000
Geoff Ogilvy +4000
Ian Poulter +4500
Aaron Baddeley +4500
Andres Romero +4500
Mike Weir +5000
Sean O Hair +5000
Carl Pettersson +5000
Justin Leonard +5500
K J Choi +5500
Hunter Mahan +6000
David Toms +6000
Ben Curtis +6000
Tim Clark +7000
Trevor Immelman +7000
Zach Johnson +7000
Angel Cabrera +7000
Chad Campbell +7000
Boo Weekley +7000
Steve Flesch +7000
Rory Sabbatini +8000
Briny Baird +8000
Fredrik Jacobson +8000
Charlie Wi +9000
John Senden +9000
Brandt Snedeker +10000
Ken Duke +10000
D J Trahan +10000
Lucas Glover +10000
Scott Verplank +10000
Scott McCarron +10000
Fred Couples +11000
Woody Austin +11000
Ben Crane +11000
Stephen Ames +11000
Jerry Kelly +11000
John Merrick +11000
Martin Laird +11000
Rod Pampling +11000
Steve Elkington +11000
J B Holmes +11000
Heath Slocum +11000
Nick O Hern +11000
John Rollins +11000
Mark Wilson +11000
Chris DiMarco +11000
Pat Perez +12500
Bart Bryant +12500
Rocco Mediate +12500
Vaughn Taylor +12500
Billy Mayfair +12500
Brian Gay +12500
Tom Pernice +12500
Dean Wilson +12500
Kevin Streelman +12500