Aussies in the Deutsche Bank Champs
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
ALL but one of the 13 Australians competing last week have qualified for the second event of the US PGA Tour’s $11 million Fedex Cup playoffs, the $7.5 million Deutsche Bank Championship.
Only the top 100 Cup pointscorers from the 125 players who teed it up in the Barclays at the weekend will play this week.
Nathan Green, who missed the cut at the Barclays, was the only casualty.
And already six of the remaining 12 Australians probably are qualified for next week’s BMW Championship, which is limited to the top 70 on the points table.
Jason Day in 14th place on Cup points, Adam Scott, 19, Robert Allenby, 24, Stuart Appleby, 36, Marc Leishman, 48, and Geoff Ogilvy, 52, seemingly could not be knocked out of the top 70 points scores.
But Greg Chalmers, 61, John Senden, 64, Michael Sim, 66, Matt Jones, 70, Steve Elkington, 89, and Aaron Baddeley, 93, will have to play well this week to make it into the BMW Championship.
The ultimate prize is to make the top 30 point scorers after next week and so qualify for the US PGA Tour Championship on September 23.