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Show ' August 23, 2007 Thursday, DAILY HERALD B7 GOLF Doug Ferguson THE . ASSOCIATED Harrison, For starters, 24 golfers win be sent home Sunday if they dont finish among the top 120 on the points list after The Barclays. Fifty more players will be eiimi-nated after the Deutsche Bank Championship outside Boston a week later, then 40 more after the BMW Championship outside Chicago, until onjy 30 are left at the Tour Championshipk And just like mo6t playoff Systems, this represents a second chance. ftul Goydos started his year by winning the Sony Open, but he hasnt done much since then and starts the playoffs as the Na 53 seed. The man sarcastically known as Sunshine for his dour outkxik had no problem filling his glass with optimism. This is the second season, Goydos said. The reality is, if 1 win this week, I pass Tiger Woods. Even though Woods already has won five times this year-- no one else has won more than twice his lLOOOpoqt lead in-- ." the FedEx Cup was reset to 1,000 petals over the secondseeded Singh, with Jeff Gove at Na 144 , and 14300 points behind. Mathematically, everyone has a chance to win the $10 million prize. I had a good start to the season, but then I fell back into a wdL Goydos said "Now the tour Ins thrown me a rope. PRESS one n.y.-- No was tailgating in the parking lot behind the driving range at Westchester Country Oub. The cod, danq air te The Barclays did not smell of bratwurat and beer. There was idle chatter on the putting green, just like any other week. The FGA Tour pfoyoffs sure dont resemble the postseason in .other sports. 1 think in our sport, playoff is a very loosely used ward," Jim Ftayk said with a smile. The Barclays begins Thurs-a-y as the first of four straight tournaments that conclude the . FedEx Qip, a radical change on the PGA Tour designed to hold interest after the majors and to reward the guy playing his best gdf in the final month of the ft putt in fiss dse and his immediate god ii simply to keep ptay needs to finidi at least fifth at The Barclays to have any hope of moving inside the top 120 in points. 1 could finish sixth and not be in the tournament next week, Gove said. But at least I get to tag-Cov- e playoffs could be a boon for someone such as Joe Durant, who went on a tear it the end of last season He was worried about keeping hs card unti ishing with five top 10s, including a victoy st Disney, a playoff loss in Mississippi and third place at the Tour Championship. Durant 13th op wound up a career-bes-t the money But as the Nol 123 seed, he has no margin for error. "If youre in the position Im h, you really have to go deep and play wdL Durant said. I FlU Associated Pms dont have fix luxury of coming Jim Fjgyfc hits a tee shot during the third round of the Barclays out this week and performing Classic in Harrison, N.Y., bn Jun, 25, 2005, Furyk can surpass mediocre and knowing that I stiD Tiger Woods in the FedEx Cup standings if he finishes fifth or have three more weeks. Guys in my position don't have that abilhigher in this weekends. tournament. ity. We have to step up this week and play. two of those bn courses where Evenif be faDs this week, Dustay home this week, knowhe has won. rant and others like him st ill have ing he likely will be passed by seven tournaments after the a little if its a player from the v For now, the focus tends to shift toward the bottom of the bottom half of the seedings, TourChamptandx food chain. Another longshot is Frank by a lot if its someone such as In NCAA basketball termi- Lickliter, who checks in at Na Singh, a threetime winner at Westchester and the defending ndogy, Gwe would be golfs : 129. version of Coastal Carolina. He .. I would Eketobe known as champion.' Woods stffl will have three snagged the final spat by a mere Trank's Folly' in the fifth race, weeks to make up the difference. 23 points that translates to one he said, speaktag of kxigshots. ;x-s The winner gets $10 million in deferred money. Fury k poked fun at the tour marketing the final month as playoffs because 144 players quaffed for the first event, and . because ft's possible that Tfeer Woods or Vjjay Singh could cap-tur-e the FedEx Clip without win ning any of the last four touma- - . menls. Unspoken by most is that it doesnt feel like the playoffs without Woods at Westchester for the opening round. But there are some viable . . And playing four straight weeks just fine with Stagh, ; y . . . - . I Litke Who knew? game has much left to lose. Its fan base has been shrinking And in the next breath. King fast and graying gradually, vowed to use open scoring for .. Continued front B2 and mixed martial-art- s fighting a scheduled Roy Jones-FeU- x is siphoning off Trinidad bout in January. make that simple innovation would genI'm so juiced about this, he erate, think of poker. A few draining the vaunted 184o-- ' added, I'D push harder, start? years ago, no network would' 25 male demographic.. Hard-cor- e have televised poker on a bet. tag today. boxing fans usuThen someone put a camera ) If so, expect a fight. ally cite the alphabet soup under the table showing every of sanctioning bodies and Last October, the World player's hole cards and voi--. the hairsplitting profusion of :., Boxing Council debated open y la! the audience could follow weight classes as the top two V scoring for all title bouts but along and pokers popularity V reasons for the sport's slow de- could muster only enough mise. Trying to clean up those votes to announce the judges' exploded. Plus, about theonly other messes would be as daunting scores after rounds four and ; e as putting the Balkans back sport that waits until eight. With few exceptions, the end to announce the scores': together.. V.-Bu-t even tint modest change is figure skating. Considering hasn't made it to these shores, incompetent, or even crooked judging usually ranks though the WBC does do that ' . the scandals that rocked that racket over the last few years, third. Put up a scoreboard, and for nearly all title fights over- boxing would be smart to posi- that problem begins evaporattion itself as far from the se-; Last month, the UJS. based ing overnight. Ive been an advocate for ' Assodationof Boxing Com-- J quined science as possible. missions voted 32-- 1 against ; Besides, its not like the fight year?1! King said., ; ,: . . . .. -- . . . big-tim- . J- - . Woods figured he didn't ' need a lifeline and decided to . who thrives on a busy schedule. If you look at the record, I have a very good stretch of wins and performances in those four events, Singh said. And tak- - , tag that into account, I fed good about ft." No matter what happens in the playoffs or who gets sent home, there is more at stake. Each of the next three tournaments carries a separate $7 million purse, and a win guarantees a spot in .. the Masters. . . : , . . " : -- . . . 2002. . . ; . . . - . . . . Although Woods is regarded despite skipping The Barclays, Singh cant help but like his chances considering ... where the playoff events are held. He joins Jack Nicklaus as the only threetime winners at Westchester, winning last year by two shots over Adam Scott. Next week is the Deutsche Bank Championship, where Singh won a duel ever Woods in 2004 to become Na 1 in the world. He hasn't won at Gog HiU.hU the Fjjian won the Tour Championship at East Lake in St": . .. a favorite ! ... . .higher.. ptoy- - . . . Listen, no matter what youre playing for, ft's still golf. You've stiD got to play. At the other end of the spectrum are players such as Singh, Ftayk and Hd Mickdson, all of whom can surpass Woods in the standings by finishing fifth or the only sport that requires refs to work in hostile envi- - . ronments. ; Other objections? s To those who say kill the suspense when one fighter opens a big lead fir encourages him to become even more conservative than usual, I sav that's what knockouts are for. Although ; just about every other sport k has a run-ooption' think prevent defenses or r stalls none of- -, fers a comeback quite as potent as a KO. To those who say knowing the score might encourage a . fighter who gets cut or headbutted to quit while hes ahead, 1 h referees say bring and medical staff to the arena. Actually, they should be there open scoring. The only yea" came from Arkansas, which sanctioned the WBC title bout between Jermain Taylor and Kassim Ouma in December ' . We had onejudge testify she didn't see how she could con-cerate during the fight if she was worried about getting hit nt ; . four-corne- . Litka is a national sports columnist for The I Am top-notc- a about getting conked after fight? Besides, boxing isnt v 4he-cloc- ut withabottle. .. A piece of chain link fence , over the judges' ringside seats would take care of that. And really, is the fear of a bottle thrown in the middle of a fight any more distract- tag to a judge who's worried tn score-board- . . 2006. "The strongest opposition was judges, recalled Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Commission. already. That also would respond to the most valid objec-to open scaring that a boxer whos injured and trailing, but gaining the upper hand, would have extra incentive to keep fighting. Our image is a problem, going all the way back to the ' first boxing match and ev- ery movie since, King said: EverythingS always negative. 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