Leaney And Coles Withdraw From The Barclays

Citing a wrist injury, Stephen Leaney withdrew after his first round at The Barclays Championship.

Leaney had a 5 over 76 in his first round. Since he was 68th in the FedEx Cup points going into the tournament, he will still be eligible to play in next weeks Deutsche Bank Championship.

Gavin Coles had managed to complete only eight holes and was 3 over when he pulled out with a severe neck pain.

He was 130th in the FedEx Cup playoffs and pulling out of The Barclays means that he is now out of the next three events. This is a real shame for Coles as he has been in and out of the PGA Tour over the last few years after winning the 2002 Jacobs Creek Open Championship.

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There are 16 Australians in The Barclays being played at Westchester Country Club in New York.

Position
Name
Points

10
Adam Scott
96,250

18
Aaron Baddeley
95,050

24
Geoff Ogilvy
94,150

27
Robert Allenby
93,700

30
Stuart Appleby
93,250

48
John […]

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Nick Flanagan
(Photo - Jim Rogash/WireImage)

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We’re nearing the end of the “qualifying” rounds for the FedEx Cup and here are how the Australians are doing:

Rank
Player
Events
Points

9
Adam Scott
14
10,673

15
Aaron Baddeley
17
9,402

22
Geoff Ogilvy
17
7,701

23
Robert Allenby
19
7,536

35
Stuart Appleby
19
6,276

44
Rod Pampling
21
5,471

55
Nick O’Hern
17
4,915

64
Stephen Leaney
19
4,549

65
Peter Lonard
23
4,504

68
Nathan Green
22
4,465

69
John Senden
20
4,464

85
Steve Elkington
21
3,543

116
Steve Allan
15
2,437

118
Mathew Goggin
22
2,408

125
Gavin Coles
19
2,174

137
Andrew Buckle
17
1,771

149
Mark Hensby
19
1,466

171
Paul Gow
18
954

181
Jarrod Lyle
16
808

244
Paul Sheehan
11
52

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(Photo - Anthony Powter)

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Pos
Name
To par
1
2
3
4
Total

T29
ZIONS, Matthew
-5
66
67
68
70
271

T43
FRASER, Marcus
-2
68
69
69
68
274

T43
RUMFORD, Brett
-2
65
66
72
71
274

T56
BRANSDON, David
1
68
68
70
71
277

Peter Senior, Peter O’Malley, Andrew […]

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Adam Bland (nice shirt!)
(Photo - cantour.com)

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