FedEx Cup Standings 2016: Updated Rankings Following Barclays Tournament

Patrick Reed announced his presence on the PGA Tour a few years ago, when he called himself a top-five player in an infamous 2014 interview.

He backed up that claim on Sunday, when he won The Barclays at the famed Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York.

The victory in the first of the FedEx Cup playoff tournaments allowed Reed to move to the top of the FedEx Cup rankings.

That position had previously been the domain of Australian Jason Day, but Reed outlasted the field to win The Barclays, propelling him to the top slot. Day is now the No. 2 player in the rankings.

Here’s a look at the top 10 in the FedEx Cup standings as well as the full list. The top 100 players qualify for the second playoff event this week at TPC Boston.

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The victory also earned Reed a slot on the United States Ryder Cup team that will take on Europe later in the year. 

“It was a huge goal of ours to get back because, in our first Ryder Cup, we played so well and unfortunately the Cup didn’t come back with us,” Reed told Kyle Porter of CBS.com. “It’s sweet …

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