Steve Lowery Wins FedEx Cup

I'm just kidding.

Remember last year when we were trying to figure out how the Fed Ex Cup actually worked? Well, this year has proven itself almost as confusing thanks to a few revisions that enable players who play well the opportunity to move further up the point tally. (For the official details, click HERE.)

What gripes me most is, despite the few ticky-tack revisions made in '08, the players who earn high FedEx Cup starting points by performing well over the course of the PGA Tour season can still realistically skip an event and go on to win the Fed Ex Cup ( just like Tiger, who only played 3 out of 4 events last year and still won.) To me, that's just plain ridiculous. What kind of race is this if you can sit out 25% of the laps and still cross the checkered line first? Hmm, that's like skipping the Great 8 and marching right into the Final Four, in my opinion.

Nevertheless, at least the golf is going to be good. The next four events are all played on strong, fun-to-watch layouts, including The Barclay's interesting course switcheroo at Ridgewood CC, The Deutsche Bank in Boston, the BMW in St. Louis and the Tour Championship in Atlanta. I like 'em all, despite the fact that I think it'd be a lot more interesting if the events spread the country. One in the west, two in the middle and finish on the east coast. Now that would be interesting, and also would be quite appropriate considering FedEx's breadth in shipping packages all across this great country of ours.

Nevertheless again, as for my pick. Steve Lowery? He'd probably have to win at least 2 events to have a shot (I'm not even going to try to scientifically validate that, it's just a guess.) But if not him, you have to go with the kind of players who can obviously string together a series of good rounds without too many blow ups. I.e., flashy, "go for broke" players aren't going to fair as well in the FedEx Cup as more conservative players might, so I'm going to go with players like Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh and Geoff Ogilvy and Stuart Appleby. Now, I want to pick Padraig Harrington, but seriously, what's he have left to prove? He should be the Player of the Year. I also want to say Anthony Kim has a shot, but that'd just be too good to be true.

Finally, I can't help but admit the player to watch has to be Sergio Garcia. You can pretty much assume he's a longshot, based on his streaky putting stroke alone, but it's his attitude that's most hindering. If not for his bouts with poor sportsmanship, he'd probably be more respected and in turn, a more confident contender and likely a major event winner already.

What do you think?