The 2014 Barclays Picks - Results

The four rounds of the first playoff event of the 2014 FedEx Cup are now over and this year's winner of The 2014 Barclays at Ridgewood Country Club is Hunter Mahan, who shot a 6-under 65 today to win the tournament at 14-under, a two shot lead over Stuart Appleby, Cameron Tringale, and Jason Day. This is Mahan's first win of 2014 and his first win since winning the 2012 Shell Houston Open.

Mahan's 6-under 65 was the low round of the day and was shot by several other players as well. With this win, Mahan earns precious FedEx Cup points. He started the week ranked 62th on the points list but due to his win, he is now on top of the rankings. A good finish also ensures a fair amount of points too. For example, Morgan Hoffman just barely made it into the tournament being ranked 124th earlier this week, but he finished T9 today and has now shot up 52 points to 72 on the points list.

It just goes to show how important these playoff events are for players. A win or even good finishes in a few of these events can put you in a great position to win the FedEx Cup when its all said and done. Henrik Stenson did just that last year, winning the Deutsche Bank and Tour Championship (both playoff events), thus winning him the FedEx Cup.

With so much movement in the FedEx Cup points list in the upcoming weeks, its not too hard to see why the FedEx Cup Playoffs bring such excitement year after year. 

Finally, here is how our picks finished the tournament:

1) Graeme McDowell: T38 at 3-under (-3)
2) Rickie Fowler: T9 at 9-under (-9)
3) Jason Day: T2 at 12-under (-12)

An okay finish for GMac; he probably doesn't like it seeing how he needs to be playing his best golf now to ensure he gets on the European Ryder Cup team. And of course its not surprising to see Fowler and Day near the top. They certainly deserve every cent they're earning given the way their playing as of lately.

Stay tuned for our coverage of the next FedEx Cup playoff event, the 2014 Deutsche Bank Championship.

-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Hunter Mahan wins The 2014 Barclays (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

The 2014 Barclays Picks

It's official now, the 2014 FedEx Cup Playoffs are officially under way, with the first event being The 2014 Barclays, which is being played this week at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey. As with all playoff events, the Barclays prize fund is a little higher than the regular PGA tournament and of course offers tons of FedEx Cup points.

Ridgewood Country Club has hosted The Barclays twice in the past, in 2008 and 2010. It has also hosted several senior and amateur events, as well as a Ryder Cup in 1935. However the club is probably known best as being the club where Byron Nelson was worked as an assistant pro, earlier in his career. It plays as a par 71 and 7,319 yards.

The Barclays features the top 125 players on the FedEx Cup points rankings, which includes many of the top players in the world. Here are our picks for the Barclays winner this year:

1) Graeme McDowell: he's always one of our picks whenever he's playing
2) Rickie Fowler: he's playing hot golf at the moment and is probably playing as the second best player in the world behind Rory McIlroy
3) Jason Day: I don't know how he does it, but Jason Day's always near the top of any leaderboard.

Stay tuned for our weekend update of the Barclays,

-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews