The PGA Tour season enters on right ground, with the start of the Playoffs. This Thursday, in New Jersey, begins The Northern Trust, the first season of the FedEx Cup, which is looking for the best of the 2020-21 campaign, and where Joaquín Niemann has good chances, as he is ranked 18th in this ranking. Only the best 125 have access to this initial stop. However and as there is no replacement, this time it will be 124, with the loss of South African Louis Oosthuizen.
The Spaniard will have his premiere on the field of the Liberty National Golf Club, along with the Americans Dustin Johnson (2nd in the world ranking and defending champion) and Stewart Clink (46th). The trio’s departure is scheduled for 12.44, Chilean time. Meanwhile, on Friday the group will start from hole 10, at 08.04.
The importance of this tournament lies in the fact that the top 70 in the FedEx Cup ranking will be able to advance to the BMW Championship, the next tournament in this mini-circuit. Niemann is not at risk in this regard due to its good location. However, after that tournament, the group that qualifies for the last event, the Tour Championship, will be reduced to the top 30 and there Joaco will at least have to make the cut.
With a good performance in the Playoffs, Joaco will ensure, as in this season, participate in all four majors and in the rest of the tournaments, without any restrictions.
The Liberty National Golf Club is an enclosure that has the particularity of being one of the most expensive in history, with a cost that It was around US $ 250 million and whose construction lasted almost 15 years, replacing an industrial landfill with a first-class field and overlooking the Statue of Liberty, which is located just 1.8 kilometers from this scene. Located on the edge of the Hudson River in northern New Jersey, the event is one of the most attractive on the circuit.
The contest returns to this stage after two years. The last time it was played there the winner was Patrick Reed, while last year it was held in Boston, where Johnson won with -30, setting an all-time PGA record.
Although the bets do not place Niemann among the favorites, Eduardo Miquel’s pupil and current number 27 on the planet is going through a good time, since In the last month and a half he managed to be second at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, then he was 59th at The Open, then he finished 10th at the Tokyo Olympics and the week before he finished 17th at the FedEx St. Jude Invitational .
