Does the revamped PGA Tour playoff schedule mean the big names will play all four postseason events?
The break between events won’t prevent players from skipping playoff tournaments. Not when it is possible to play just three of the four and still win. Plus, the most important big name, Tiger Woods, only plays on venues where he is comfortable — and Westchester CC, site of the Barclays, is not on that list. In 2009 the event moves to Liberty National in New Jersey, but unless the tour moves the New York City-area event to Bethpage Black, site of Woods’ 2002 U.S. Open victory, there is a better chance of seeing Tiger ring the bell on Wall Street or hit balls at Chelsea Piers — as he did last year after skipping Barclays on the way to the Deutsche Bank Championship. And if Tiger skips a tournament, you can expect Mickelson, Ernie Els and perhaps others to skip one as well.
