Bob

Tway

Tway made it alot more difficult to defend his title at this event.

Can’t expect much for the US team being that the format is two rounds of fourball stroke play and two rounds of foursome stroke play. I think we all remember this year’s Ryder Cup.

The top 144 in FedEx Cup points get into the field at next week’s Barclays and Tway is right at the 141st spot. His history at Greensboro goes back to 1985, but he has had poor results here with a T-54 in 1987 being his best result.

Tway had played six holes of his opening round and was 4-over-par at the time of his withdrawal.

Tway cited personal reasons as his explanation for withdrawing after six holes of this week’s Canadian Open. He’s a past champion with conditional status on the PGA Tour, so he has marginal fantasy value.

Tway had only one hole to play on Saturday morning and was seven-strokes off the cut line when he withdrew.

Tway pulled out after six holes of last week’s Canadian Open for personal reasons. The 1986 PGA champion has bridged his time between the PGA and Champions Tours since turning 50 on May 4, so he isn’t off our radar just yet even though his results don’t warrant any fantasy action. He drained four birdies at Crooked Stick and is in good position to make a run at his first title on the 50-and-older circuit, sitting four strokes off the 18-hole lead.

With dad on the bag, Kevin Tway won his opener in match play on Wednesday, defeating Philip Francis. Bob Tway finished 119th in FedExCup points so he is done before he started in the playoffs. The field for The Barclays now stands at 135.

Tway went low with four birdies on the front nine and then added three more on the back nine. The round of 65 is his lowest of the year and T-4 is his best finish on the Tour since a T-3 at the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson.

Tway has played for the last three weeks on the Tour and he has moved up to 113th on the FedExCup points list.