FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – The strong play of Rickie Fowler and Patrick Reed at The Barclays could be a big blow to the Ryder Cup chances of Zach Johnson.
Johnson entered this week at No. 7 in the U.S. standings, with the top eight players after this week qualifying automatically for Hazeltine. And while Johnson sits near the bottom of the standings through three rounds at Bethpage Black, two of the players behind him occupy the top two spots on the leaderboard.
Johnson entered the week with a $157,602 lead over Reed, who sat at No.