2014 Deutsche Bank Championship Picks - Results

The final round of the 2014 Deutsche Bank Championship at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts has just finished and the winner this year is Chris Kirk, who won the tournament by two shots over Geoff Ogilvy, Russel Henley, and Billy Horschel. His final two rounds consisted of a 64 and a 66, which were good enough to make him win the tournament at 15-under (-15). This is Kirk's third PGA tour win and his first since 2013 (The McGladrey Classic).

With this playoff win, Kirk now leads the FedEx Cup Rankings (ousting Hunter Mahan from the top spot), having started ranked 17th earlier this week. Geoff Ogilvy and Billy Horschel have also played themselves into the BMW Championship next week, which features the top-70 in the FedEx Cup rankings as of the end of this tournament. Ogilvy moved from 100th (just making it into this week's event) to 24th, and Horschel from 82nd to 20th.

I think the FedEx Cup playoffs is a true test of a golfers skill and ability to work under pressure and its cases like those of Geoff Ogilvy and Billy Horschel that prove it. Both of these players had to have a good week in order to make it to the next level of the playoffs and the way they played this week showed that they were able to handle this pressure. These situations also and excitement and sometimes nervousness to spectators of the sport, given the fact that just a few extra shots here and there could determine so much. The stakes are very high during the playoffs.

Finally here is how our picks finished this week:

1) Rickie Fowler: T23 at 7-under (-7)
2) Keegen Bradley: T16 at 8-under (-8)
3) Phil Mickelson: T45 at 2-under (-2)

Good play from all the picks this week. All of them will also be playing in next weeks BMW Championship too,

Stay tuned for our coverage of the BMW Championship later on this week,

-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Chris Kirk Wins the 2014 Deutsche Bank Championship (Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

The 2014 Deutsche Bank Championship Picks

The first round of the 2014 Deutsche Bank Championship is just a day away. This is the second of four FedEx Cup Playoff Events and is played at the Tournament Players Club of Boston (par7/7,124 yards) in Norton, Massachusetts. This tournament is unique in the sense that it starts on a Friday and ends on Labour Day Monday, and is played over the Labour Day long weekend. It's also connected to the Tiger Woods Foundation.

This being the second stage of the FedEx Playoffs, the Deutsche Bank Championship hosts the top-100 golfers in the FedEx Cup Rankings and has an 8 million dollar purse, with 1.44 million going to the winner. Notable winners of the tournament are Henrik Stenson (2013), Rory McIlroy (2012), and Webb Simpson (2011).

Since this tournament contains the top-100 ranked FedEx Cup players, the field typically has depth and diversity to it, more than regular PGA tournaments I find. Given this, here are our picks for the winner this year:

1) Rickie Fowler: His time is coming very soon I think
2) Keegen Bradley: a "dark horse" pick
3) Phil Mickelson: he also won this tournament back in 2007

Stay tuned for our weekend coverage of the tournament, which will be posted on Saturday evening. Also, leave a comment and tell us who your picks are,

-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews