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Word to the Wise, FedEx Cup Should Bag Lavish Prize

The FedEx Cup will be decided this weekend. My money's on Dale Earnhardt Jr. What's that? Junior didn't make the 36-hole cut in the Sprint Cup? Pardon my ignorance. It's hard to keep all those cups straight this time of year. Even a cup expert like Tiger Woods would have a hard time. FedEx is the one that has tried to...

The Tour Championship Roundtable: Mickelson Looks to Defend

The big winner at last year's Tour Championship was golf. It can't get much better for the game than having Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods pick up titles on the same day. Mickelson took the Tour Championship with a final-round 5-under 65 that carried him from four shots behind to a three-shove victory, while Woods made...

FedEx Cup Playoffs Not a Perfect System, but Not All Bad

LEMONT, Ill. (AP) -- This is the week the PGA Tour goes dark, which comes at a great time. If nothing else, it might give players a chance to take a deep breath of reality instead of complaining about all the problems that come with driving German-built luxury cars to golf tournaments where they compete for $35 million in...

Deutsche Bank Championship Roundtable Preview

The PGA Tour Playoffs roll on to the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston this week. The top 100 players on the FedExCup points list are in the field, and only 70 will advance to the BMW Championship next week. Last year at the Deutsche Bank Championship, Steve Stricker (pictured) pulled off a late push to win the...

Heath Slocum's Putt on 18 Takes All the Fun Out of Playoff Golf at Barclays

Heath Slocum was, by all accounts, the unlikeliest of golfers to win the Barclays. Sure, he had the lead late, but Tiger Woods was charging, Ernie Els was just a stroke back, Steve Stricker was matching him shot-for-shot and, most importantly, he had a lengthy par putt on 18 to secure, at worst, a playoff with Stricker.But...

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Donald wary of young guns in push for playoff title

NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - British world number one Luke Donald will start this week's Deutsche Bank Championship hungry for a second PGA Tour victory this year but wary of some of the game's successful young guns.