Mahan's Time of the Year-FedExCup Playoffs

EDISON, New Jersey — It is Hunter Mahan's time of the year, as the American has kept his date with the season-ending FedExCup playoffs every year since its inception eight years ago.

Mahan enters The Barclays, which opens the lucrative four-event series at Plainfield Country Club on Thursday, as the only player to have qualified and played in all 32 tournaments ever staged in the series.

"I'm proud of that fact," Mahan, 33, said on the eve of defending The Barclays title he won last year at Ridgewood Country Club.

Only the top 125 players on the FedExCup points list qualify for the first event, 100 for the Deutsche Bank Championship, 70 for the BMW Championship and 30 for the Tour Championship.

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