U.S. PGA TOUR
The Barclays
Site: Paramus, New Jersey.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Ridgewood Country Club (7,319 yards, 6,692 meters, par 71).
Purse: $7 million (?4.8 million). Winner's share: $1.26 million (?860,000).
Last year: Steve Stricker won the FedEx Cup playoff opener for his first victory since 2001. Stricker birdied four of the last five holes to beat K.J. Choi by two strokes at Westchester Country Club.
Last week: Sweden's Carl Pettersson won the Wyndham Championship in his adopted hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina, beating Scott McCarron by two strokes.
Notes: The event moves to Ridgewood after 41 seasons at Westchester Country Club. The tournament will be played on the Championship Course, a composite of the A.W. Tillinghast-designed East, Center, and West nines. ... The top 144 players in the season points race qualified for the tournament. Top-seeded Tiger Woods, sidelined by a knee injury, and seven other players are skipping the event. With Woods out, Kenny Perry tops the list with 99,500 points, followed by Phil Mickelson (99,250), British Open and PGA winner Padraig Harrington (99,000), Anthony Kim (98,750), Stewart Cink (98,625) and Vijay Singh (98,500). No. 144 Lee Janzen has 92,070 points. ... The top 120 after The Barclays will be eligible for the Deutsche Bank Championship next week in Norton, Massachusetts. The field will then be cut to 70 for the BMW Championship at Bellerive in Louis, and to 30 for the Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta. ... Harrington won the 2005 event, holing a 65-foot eagle putt on the final hole to beat Jim Furyk by a stroke. ... Rich Beem finished third last week, closing with two 63s, to jump from 166th to 114th in the standings. ... Tom Watson won the 2001 Senior PGA at Ridgewood, also the site of the 1935 Ryder Cup, 1974 U.S. Amateur (Jerry Pate) and 1990 U.S. Senior Open (Lee Trevino). Byron Nelson was an assistant pro at the course. ... The 2009 event will be played at Liberty National in Jersey City.
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