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The first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs has never been more important than at this week’s The Northern Trust.

With the playoffs truncated from four to three events, only the top 70 in the standings after this week will advance to the BWM Championship. And the players at the top want to maintain their momentum while jockeying for position for the season-ending Tour Championship.

Top-ranked and top-seeded Brooks Koepka is understandably the betting favorite. Listed at 8/1 by PointsBet and 8 1/2/1 by FanDuel, Koepka is the only three-time winner on Tour this season and is coming off an impressive win at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational two weeks ago.

But this is also a loaded field with 121 of the top 125 players in the standings competing at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City.

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (11/1 PointsBet, 10/1 FanDuel) rebounded from a disappointing missed cut at The Open to play well at the WGC event, and leads the Tour with 12 top-10s and a 69.090 scoring average. The 2016 FedEx Cup champion has never won The Northern Trust.

Webb Simpson (25/1, 27/1) enters with consecutive runner-up finishes and three in his past five starts.

England’s Justin Rose (22/1, 20/1) finished second at Liberty National in 2013, leading the field in strokes gained tee-to-green, and he enters with four consecutive top-20s.

Patrick Cantlay (22/1, 22/1) has three top-25s since winning the Memorial.

Tiger Woods (28/1, 27/1) doesn’t bring particularly great odds as he prepares to make his first start since missing the cut at The Open. It is just his fifth start since winning the Masters in April.

Australia’s Adam Scott (33/1 by both sportsbooks) won the last time The Northern Trust was held at Liberty National in 2013 and could be a bit of a dark horse to keep an eye on.

Among the several rookies in the field, watch for Sungjae Im (80/1 by both books). He isn’t as heralded by the media as some other rookies, but he has seven top-10s and 14 top-25s. Recent first-time winners Collin Morikawa (40/1, 45/1) and Matthew Wolff (80/1, 65/1) are also in the field.

Matt Kuchar led the FedEx Cup points race much of the season, but has cooled off a bit of late with no top-15 finishes in his past four events. Despite still being No. 3, he is listed at just 50/1 by PointsBet and 42/1 by FanDuel.

Winner’s Odds (PointsBet)

Brooks Koepka: +800
Rory McIlroy: +1100
Dustin Johnson: +1600
Jon Rahm: +1600
Justin Thomas: +1800
Justin Rose: +2200
Rickie Fowler: +2200
Patrick Cantlay: +2200
Webb Simpson: +2500
Tommy Fleetwood: +2500
Tiger Woods: +2800
Xander Schauffele: +2800
Adam Scott: +3300
Francesco Molinari: +4000
Tony Finau: +4000
Patrick Reed: +4000
Bryson DeChambeau: +4000
Collin Morikawa: +4000
Matt Kuchar: +5000
Jason Day: +5000
Gary Woodland: +5000
Billy Horschel: +5000
Jordan Spieth: +5000
Hideki Matsuyama: +5000
Louis Oosthuizen: +6000
Marc Leishman: +6000
Shane Lowry: +6000
Rory Sabbatini: +7000
Byeong-Hun An: +7000
Bubba Watson: +8000
Chez Reavie: +8000
Sungjae Im: +8000
Joaquin Niemann: +8000
Matthew Wolff: +8000
Ian Poulter: +9000
Brandt Snedeker: +9000
Kevin Kisner: +9000
Jason Kokrak: +9000
Tyrrell Hatton: +9000
Cameron Smith: +9000
Ryan Moore: +10000
Sergio Garcia: +10000
Charles Howell III: +10000
Danny Willett: +10000
Andrew D. Putnam: +10000
Si Woo Kim: +10000
Brian Harman: +12500
Jim Furyk: +12500
Phil Mickelson: +12500
Lucas Glover: +12500
Scott Piercy: +12500
Emiliano Grillo: +12500
J.T. Poston: +12500
Aaron Wise: +12500
Kevin Na: +15000
Ryan Palmer: +15000
Kevin Streelman: +15000
Kyle Stanley: +15000
Branden Grace: +15000
Dylan Frittelli: +15000
Keegan Bradley: +15000
Bud Cauley: +15000
Russell Henley: +15000
Adam Hadwin: +15000
Abraham Ancer: +15000
Denny McCarthy: +15000
Charley Hoffman: +20000
Vaughn Taylor: +20000
Graeme McDowell: +20000
J.B. Holmes: +20000
Jhonattan Vegas: +20000
Nick Watney: +20000
Martin Laird: +20000
Cameron Tringale: +20000
Brice Garnett: +20000
Russell Knox: +20000
Mackenzie Hughes: +20000
Nate Lashley: +20000
Keith Mitchell: +20000
Corey Conners: +20000
Sepp Straka: +20000
Luke List: +25000
Ryan Armour: +25000
Nick Taylor: +25000
Troy Merritt: +25000
Kiradech Aphibarnrat: +25000
Roger Sloan: +25000
Harold Varner III: +25000
Sam Ryder: +25000
Andrew Landry: +25000
Sebastian Munoz: +25000
Wyndham Clark: +25000
Cheng-Tsung Pan: +30000
Pat Perez: +30000
Matt Every: +30000
Kevin Tway: +30000
Brian Stuard: +30000
Sung Kang: +30000
Matt Jones: +30000
Scott Stallings: +30000
Peter Malnati: +30000
Chesson Hadley: +30000
Joel Dahmen: +30000
J.J. Spaun: +30000
Adam Schenk: +30000
Danny Lee: +35000
Michael Thompson: +35000
Patton Kizzire: +35000
Scott Brown: +35000
Patrick Rodgers: +35000
Kyoung-Hoon Lee: +35000
Carlos Ortiz: +35000
Cameron Champ: +35000
Aaron Baddeley: +40000
Brian Gay: +40000
Chris Stroud: +40000
Jonas Blixt: +40000
Adam Long: +40000
Kelly Kraft: +40000
Max Homa: +40000
Talor Gooch: +40000

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