Tiger Woods aims for play-offs as he heads to Barclays

Tiger Woods has entered The Barclays next week, the first U.S. PGA Tour playoff event that could also be his last if he doesn't play well.

The Barclays, starting 26 August, is the first of four playoff events that conclude with the Tour Championship and a $10 million prize to the winner of the yearlong FedEx Cup competition.

Woods is No108 in the standings, and he is likely go further down the list depending on what happens this week at the Wyndham Championship. Only the top 125 players are eligible for The Barclays at Ridgewood Country Club.

Woods did not play Ridgewood the last time the tournament was held there in 2008. He missed the FedEx Cup playoffs that year while recovering from knee surgery, the only time he did not claim the $10 million prize since the series began in 2007.

Now, the goal is simply to get to as many playoff events as he can.

After The Barclays, only the top 100 are eligible for the second round, the Deutsche Bank Championship outside Boston which ends on 6 September. That will be the final event before US Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin announces his four wild-card picks.

Woods has said he wants to play, and Pavin said that Woods is "high on my list."

Players are grouped at The Barclays based on their FedEx Cup standings, and Pavin is currently at No. 107. However, he said last week he is unlikely to play Ridgewood because of a summer schedule of four majors (three on the Champions Tour) in a five-week span.

Meanwhile, American John Rollins' six-under-par opening round 64 gave him a one-shot clubhouse lead at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina.

Rollins produced seven birdies and a solitary bogey - on the par-four ninth - to lead compatriots Jay Williamson and Jason Gore by a shot.