FEDEXCUP
Heath Slocum was
victorious at The
Greensboro, NC, and was on
Steve Stricker carried
Barclays 2009 after
the verge of a lengthy vacation
his fine FedExCup
qualifying in 124th place.
form through to the
from the PGA TOUR.
2009 season, where
he finished third in the
Slocum’s wife, Victoria,
final standings.
monitored the computer at
their suburban Atlanta home
that weekend, watching her
husband teeter around
the necessary 125th
position to qualify
for The Barclays.
Palmer Invitational presented by Finally, he landed
MasterCard with another clutch 124th, two points
birdie putt on the final green, with a better than Matt
rally at the Memorial Tournament, Jones at 126.
a late birdie at his own AT&T “I went out
National, a farewell victory at with nothing to
the Buick Open and a battle with lose, honestly,”
Padraig Harrington at the World Slocum said. “I
Kenny Perry led coming
into the final round of
Steve Stricker
Golf Championships-Bridgestone went out and said,
the TOUR Championship
presented by Coca-Cola.
Two years before, in the
Invitational. The last two wins, ‘I’m going to go inaugural Playoffs, Stricker
followed by a final-round loss to Y.E. out and play maybe a little more was a role model for Slocum. He
Yang at the PGA Championship, aggressive.’ Other than that, I’m had failed to win during 2007 and
encompassed the three starts in just going to go out and have some ranked 12th entering The Barclays.
three weeks. fun because I hadn’t been having a Then he won The Barclays to
So as Woods came to New Jersey, ton of fun on the golf course.” climb to first in the standings and
in the shadow of Manhattan and The happy hour occurred late eventually placed second in the
the Statue of Liberty at Liberty Sunday afternoon. He was paired FedExCup behind Woods. He
National, he was prepared. with Stricker and tied for the lead at came back in 2008 with a couple
9-under entering the very long par- more top-10s to earn the nickname
Heath Slocum 4 finishing hole. Woods, one group “Mr. September.” The carryover to
On the opposite end of the spectrum ahead and one stroke behind, had 2009 was a runner-up finish at The
was Slocum, perhaps better known just missed a short birdie putt to Barclays and a win the next week at
as a high school teammate and remain in a tie with Ernie Els and the Deutsche Bank Championship.
TOUR
lifelong friend of the folksy Boo Harrington. After an errant drive Stricker trailed by one with two
Weekley. The 35-year-old two- and layup, Slocum played to 21 feet holes left at TPC Boston before
CONDON/PGA
CHRIS
time winner was wondering on and canned the par putt just before making a 15-foot birdie putt on the
the weekend before The Barclays Stricker missed a 10-foot par putt 17th and an up-and-down birdie on
IMAGES;
if he would need to book a flight to tie. Welcome, then, Cinderella the finishing hole to win by one and
to Switzerland for a European to the Playoffs, as he jumped all the move to the top of the FedExCup
HALLERAN/GETTY
Tour event. He missed the cut at way to third that week and finished standings. He would finish third
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the Wyndham Championship in the FedExCup in eighth place. after Atlanta.
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