Notes: Spieth's on a record-setting pace - PGA.com
Jordan Spieth already has accumulated the second-most FedEx Cup points in the regular season, and there's still two majors, a World Golf Championship and the John Deere Classic on his schedule before the playoffs begin. Tiger Woods had 3,431 points going into the playoffs in 2009, the year the current model began. Spieth has won two majors and the Valspar Championship, and he was runner-up in the Texas Open and Houston Open. And while the PGA Tour is in the second year of its wraparound season, Spieth played only one event last fall. More significant is what's going on at the bottom of the list, and a number of players who risk missing the playoffs for the first time. Graeme McDowell has found that his enthusiasm was lacking when he gets to the playoffs, in part because of a long year in the majors and saving himself for the end of the season with his European Tour membership. That might not be an issue this year: McDowell is at No. 152. Ernie Els has never missed the playoffs. Woods missed the playoffs in 2011 and 2014 — both injury-plagued seasons — and has only four tournaments left on his schedule before The Barclays. One other player who needs to get going is Martin Kaymer, who has missed the cut in four of his eight PGA Tour events this year. Source: www.pga.com
