Birdies & Bogeys: The drive for five begins at TPC Boston - ESPN
After leading the FedEx Cup standings since the spring, Jordan Spieth saw himself displaced from the top spot due to one bad week. Spieth gets the honor without question, and it would require something ridiculous -- perhaps Jason Day winning two of the next three FedEx Cup events as well as the overall title -- to alter that view. But both players have a chance to do something that is pretty rare regardless -- win for a fifth time in a PGA Tour season. Lefty has played on every U. S. team dating to the 1994 Presidents Cup, meaning he has been part of the event since its inception. A year later he made his Ryder Cup debut. That's probably what it will take this time, and the question is whether Jay Haas puts Mickelson on the team in a nod toward all he has done and accomplished, or elects to pick those who are closest in points. Haas' son, Bill, for instance, is No. 11. A potential future Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup star in Brooks Koepka lingers at No. 17. You can certainly argue it is time to move on from Mickelson, 45, who hasn't won in more than two years and has had... Mickelson is part of the new Ryder Cup task force that also includes Presidents Cup assistants Steve Stricker and Davis Love III -- the 2016 U. S. Ryder Cup captain. Source: espn.go.com
