Golf's Major Championships

[Seminole Red]

FedExCup points leader Jordan Spieth completed 36 holes of The Barclays in 7-over-par 74-73=147, missing the cut by five strokes.

Oh, the shock and the awe. While this ends his consecutive cuts made streak at eight, five others had longer stretches entering the week. In a phrase, Plainfield Country Club won this battle. Spieth split 17 (of 28) fairways but landed only 21 of the massive greens in regulation. His aggregate stroke gained: putting measured 1.202, but he registered a strokes gained: tee-to-green clip of -6.235. While he has his first unplanned weekend off since THE PLAYERS, the added insult is that Rory McIlroy will return to the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking in the next update. Granted, it's an irrelevant fact in our world, but nonetheless a narrative tonight. Both golfers are expected to compete in next week's Deutsche Bank Championship, which is scheduled to begin on Friday, Sept. 4.