While 3 of the 5 top points leaders struggled yesterday at the Tour Championship, Mr Steady Eddie, Luke Donald shot a -2 68 to sit T3 at -6, just 2 shots off the lead.
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The world's top-ranked player entered this week fourth in FedExCup points and has a reasonable chance of winning even if he were to finish second in the tournament. As long as Donald remains close to the leaders, then it's not necessarily a given that the TOUR Championship winner will also claim the FedExCup. And absolutely no one expects Donald -- who has the security of knowing that a tournament win guarantees him the FedExCup -- to just drift away this weekend.
He is of course poised to win the Fed Ex Cup and the Race to Dubai, never done before.
None of the three players at the top of the the FedExCup race could break par at East Lake on Friday. No. 1 Webb Simpson suffered four early bogeys and needed a late birdie and eagle just to salvage an even-par 70. No. 2 Dustin Johnson made two double bogeys en route to a 73. No. 3 Justin Rose matched his two doubles -- and tossed in a handful of bogeys -- in shooting a 75.
As a result, Simpson is barely afloat, seven shots off the pace, while Johnson and Rose take up two of the bottom five spots on the leaderboard. Through two rounds, each of the top 25 players in FedExCup now have the necessary scenarios to enable them to win the FedExCup should he win the TOUR Championship.
Adam Scott is the leader going into this weekend. Scott finished birdie-birdie for the second straight day on the tough closing holes at East Lake, allowing him to recover from a rugged start for a 5-under 65 to finish at 8-under 132 and a one-shot lead over K.J. Choi who also had a 65 and will be in the final group Saturday with Scott.
"I've got to win, and I imagine Webb (Simpson) must have to finish pretty low to give me a chance," Scott said of the FedExCup. "That's all I know. I just figured if I win this week, I'll be happy no matter what. I'll finish what I think has been a really good season."
Jason Day, who was paired with Scott on a balmy afternoon and shot 67 and is T3 with Luke.
Bubba Watson had the low round of the day at 64 and was three shots behind with a pair of Presidents Cup hopefuls, Bill Haas and Keegan Bradley, and also Hunter Mahan.
notes from pgatour.com
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