EDISON, N.J. — In his first tournament at No. 1 in the world, Jordan Spieth posted his worst score in three months with a 74.
Bubba Watson saw the whole thing at The Barclays and offered a simple explanation.
"It's golf," Watson said Thursday after a 5-under 65 for a four-way tie for the lead with Tony Finau, Spencer Levin and Camilo Villegas. "It's Atlanta that we are all worried about. You can win these next three tournaments, still not win the FedEx Cup. So Atlanta is where we really need to be peaking."
There's truth to that.