Martin Laird has been a fixture in the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Playoffs in recent years, qualifying for them seven of the last eight seasons.
But the former Colorado State University golfer hasn’t made it to the final event of the playoffs — the Tour Championship — since 2010.
The 34-year-old from Scotland would like to end that drought this year, and he took a small step in the right direction in The Northern Trust postseason opener that concluded on Sunday n Westbury, N.Y.
Laird finished 20th at The Northern Trust, moving the former Ram up 12 spots in the FedExCup standings. He’ll be ranked 45th in those standings going into the Dell Technologies Championship, where the 100 players left in the playoffs will tee it up beginning on Friday in Norton Mass.
From there, the top 70 players will make it to the BMW Championship in Lake Forest, Ill., Sept. 14-17, and the top 30 will advance to the Tour Championship, set for Sept. 21-24 in Atlanta.
At The Northern Trust, Laird shot rounds of 69-69-69-71 for a 2-under-par 278 total, ending up 11 strokes behind champion Dustin Johnson. Laird played his final 10 holes in 3 under par on Sunday.
Laird’s best finish ever in the FedExCup Playoffs was 2010, when he placed 11th in the season-long competition.
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