Korean golfer Sangmoon Bae and Australian Jason Day are tied for first with -11 at 199 strokes on Saturday, Aug. 29. It is day three of The Barclays at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey. The purse at stake is $8,250,000.
Bubba Watson has -10 at 200 strokes. Ryan Palmer, Zach Johnson, and Henrik Stenson tie for fourth with -9 at 201 strokes. Carlos Ortiz, Kevin Kisner, Spencer Levin, and Jason Dufner tie at seventh with -7 at 203 strokes.
Day, who returned to play after a back injury told Bill Rosinski from PGA Tour Radio that it was an overall "tough day" after Round 1 on Thursday. The Australian golfer said that he got an MRI scan on Wednesday.
The top ten golfers on the PGATour.Com fantasy game are Jason Day (55.55%), Justin Rose (55.47%), Jordan Spieth (42.32%), Brooks Koepka (36.36%), Dustin Johnson (35.24%), Bubba Watson (29.41%), Paul Casey (18.89%), Rickie Fowler (17.68%), Jim Furyk (11.26%), and Zach Johnson (10.40%).
The winner of the FedExCup Playoffs determines who will be the season-long champion. Past winners of the FedExCup are Tiger Woods (2007), Vijay Singh (2008), Jim Furyk (2010), Bill Haas (2011), Brandt Snedeker (2012), Henrik Stenson (2013), and Bill Horschel (2014).
The four main events in the Playoffs are The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship, and the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola. 2,000 points are offered at the events. The top 125 players complete at The Barclays. 100 players complete at the second event, 70 players compete at the third event, and 30 players compete in the final event.
