Sleeper Picks: The Barclays
Aug. 24, 2010
The PGA TOUR travels to Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. this week for The Barclays. Here's how the PGATOUR.COM experts sized up the dark horses:
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SLEEPER PICKS
Of the players who didn't make the cut for our top picks, which have the best chance as sleepers? Here's how our experts see it. |
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| Sleeper picks: The Barclays |
Casey
Black |
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JUSTIN LEONARD. He's 70th in the FedExCup standings and he's coming off a strong finish at the Wyndham Championship (T3). He's playing well as he looks for his first win since 2008.
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Anne
Szeker |
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 | D.A. POINTS. Has been on a little streak since his tie for fourth at the Greenbrier, and showed he could hold his own against the best with a solid T16 at the PGA Championship. Points has been a very popular sleeper pick all year in this space.
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Helen
Ross |
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KEVIN STREELMAN. Two years ago, he tied for fourth, where he had plenty of local support since his parents and grandparents once lived nearby. Streelman opened last week with rounds of 64-65 at Sedgefield, another old-school, tree-lined layout.
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Brian
Wacker |
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JASON DUFNER. He very quietly tied for fifth at the PGA Championship two weeks ago and is coming off a final-round 65 at the Wyndham Championship. He also hits it straight off the tee, which you need to do at Ridgewood.
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Ryan
Smithson |
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DAVID TOMS Not sure if Toms can pull a Heath Slocum-like win this week, but finally looked like the player of old in Greensboro. He's really giving up a lot of yards off the tee, but it wasn't hurt him too bad at classic Ridgewood.
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John
Swantek |
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MICHAEL SIM. That clutch, final-round 62 at the Wyndham lifted him 35 spots in the FedExCup standings. With two top three finishes in his last three starts, the young Aussie is surging at the right time of year.
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Mike
McAllister |
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CHRIS RILEY. Comes off a T8 at Wyndham and is on a streak of 12 consecutive rounds in the 60s. He got a brief taste of the Playoffs last year but don't be surprised if he hangs around longer this year.
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Lauren
Deason |
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BOO WEEKLEY. Will Boo finally make it back to the winner's circle? His good pal Heath Slocum won this event last season, and Weekley's played well enough this season to earn three top-10s and four other top-25 finishes.
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| Standings after Week 33 |
LAST WEEK: Helen Ross lost a shot at victory when her sleeper, Scott McCarron, shot 69 in the final round:
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| Position |
Name |
Wins |
Top-5s |
Top-10s |
Top-25s |
FedExCup points |
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Helen Ross
Chief of Correspondents, PGATOUR.COM |
0 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
1135.08 |
| 2* |
Anne Szeker
Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM |
2 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
948.75 |
| 3* |
Casey Black
Host, PGA TOUR Today |
1 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
946.02 |
| 4 |
Ryan Smithson
Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
885.56 |
| 5 |
John Swantek
Host, On The Tee |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
752.52 |
| 6 |
Lauren Deason
Editorial Coodinator, PGATOUR.COM |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
743.82 |
| 7 |
Brian Wacker
Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
682.33 |
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Mike McAllister
Managing Editor, PGATOUR.COM |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
569.57 |
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