Joey's Golf Bag

Normally, I’d pick Tiger Woods. Unfortunately, we won’t see Tiger again until next year, so the choice is much more difficult. My pick is Padraig Harrington. Reason: His game has no major weaknesses and he performs on Sunday when it matters.

My dark horses are Anthony Kim and Phil Mickelson. Anthony Kim is a great ball striker and a good putter. He’s putted well this year, except for a relatively poor performance at the Open Championship. If he gets hot, he could win it, but he’s a bit of a long shot, since he hasn’t won a major. He’s the only player who hasn’t won a major that I think could win the FedEx Cup.

Philly Mick has been erratic this year, but he’s still managed to win twice on very good courses (Riviera and Colonial) and was beaten in a playoff at TPC Scottsdale.

There are some other great players out there, but I don’t think they can string together 4 good weeks and win it. The rest of the top 12 on the points list have flaws.

• Kenny Perry had a great year, but I think his hot streak is over, now that he’s on the Ryder Cup team. He hasn’t won a major, and that’s the main reason I can’t pick him.
• Stewart Cink. No majors either, and he uses a long putter. Can’t go with any long putter guy to win the FedEx Cup.
• Vijay Singh. Can’t putt.
• Justin Leonard. Good player, no major weaknesses, but I don’t see a killer instinct.
• Ryuji Imada. Good player, but no majors.
• Geoff Ogilvy. Fine player, has the game and guts to win it, just hasn’t been playing well lately.
• Robert Allenby. Fine player, but no majors.
• Sergio Garcia. No way. He needs an attitude adjustment to go along with his improved (except when it counts) putting stroke.

Golf is golf, so this post may be laughably stupid by the time the winner hoists the trophy.