theads in the world and is very good in the scrum. He will bring a lot of experience in the tight five because we were disappointed last week in our set piece. "Samson has just won the

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- It would be a serious mistake to pare down the list of Barclays contenders to only the two players in Sundays final pairing. Adam Scott is a proven winner and just 2 strokes back; right behind him, Martin Laird is coming on strong lately, and Emiliano Grillo is a ball striker extraordinaire; behind them, the list includes world No. 1 Jason Day among a group of impressive talents.Yet all eyes will be on that last twosome of Rickie Fowler and Patrick Reed -- and for good reason.Theres the main plot, of course. The tournament title is at stake, an event celebrating its 50 years, being contested this week on one of the games most iconic public tracks, with plenty of perks on the line for the eventual champion.After a second consecutive bogey-free round, Fowler leads by a single stroke, thanks to some much-improved scrambling and putting numbers. Reed wasnt satisfied with his swing during a third-round even-par 71, but remains very much in the mix for his first victory of the season. The plot thickens, as they say.Then there are the subplots.Foremost among them is the Ryder Cup, with each player vying for one of the eight automatic bids handed out at the end of play Sunday. Heres what we know right now: Reed entered the week in the eighth and final roster spot; Fowler is four places further back in 12th.Theres an excellent chance that if either player fails to qualify for the United States team, captain Davis Love III would seriously consider him as one of his four wild-card selections. With other variables at play, Fowler likely needs a top-three result in order to remove any doubt to make the team, while Reed needs something in the top-10. Some of that is contingent on the play of Zach Johnson, who is in 62nd place at the Barclays entering the final round. He would be the last man squeezed off the roster if both Reed and Fowler finish inside the top eight in the Ryder point standings.Well, I think its pretty simple, Fowler said. Weve just got to take care of business tomorrow.Need another subplot? Try this: While many of the games biggest names eschewed golfs return to the recent Olympics for various reasons, both Fowler and Reed were among those who not only represented the U.S. in Rio de Janeiro but also embraced the festivities.While many observers expected the Olympians to collectively be a tired bunch entering this FedEx Cup stretch, perhaps theres a little karma at play -- even if they arent buying into the notion.I feel like Im playing well all year, said Reed. I dont really think it has anything to do with the Olympics or any other golf tournament. I just feel like Ive been playing some solid golf, and I just need to put one good round together [Sunday] and chase Rickie down.As if thats not enough, these two players know each other well, dating all the way back to their junior golf days.If Scott falters, if Laird and Grillo cant keep up, if Day and the rest of the guys in that pack dont make a move -- if all of those things happen and this turns into a two-man race, it makes for another fun subplot.Him and I, we spent a lot of time together growing up, Fowler explained. We played junior golf growing up, AJGA [American Junior Golf Association], traveling around the country, and college golf with each other. Yeah, weve been around each other for, whats that, 12, 13 years or so now. So it will be fun. Im looking forward to it. 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There are three changes to the French forward pack for the match. The 33-year-old Nicolas Mas will play at tighthead prop ahead of Luc Dulcalcon, lock Christophe Samson replaces Sebastien Vahaamahina, and South African-born Bernard le Roux will start on the blindside flank in place of Fulgence Ouedraogo. Castres flyhalf Remi Tales has been selected on the reserves bench and will make his test debut if he takes the field, while centre Mathieu Basteraud has returned from injury to claim a place on the bench. Saint-Andre has resisted breaking up the effective midfield partnership of Florian Fritz and Wesley Fofana from the first test at Auckland. The coach has been able to work into his second test lineup several of the Toulon and Castres players who missed the first test after arriving late in New Zealand because of the French Top 14 final. Michalak, Samson, Basteraud and Tales were among players involved in that match. Basteraud has been battling a thigh injury and on Wednesday considered himself only a 50-50 chance to be fit for the match but has made a speedy recovery. Saint-Andre said Michalak, who was among the architects of Frances 2007 World Cup quarterfinal win over New Zealand, was an obvious inclusion. "Hes a talented player, he has a lot of flair," Saint-Andre said. "Hes also a world-class kicker. But we know it will be harder because New Zealand will be more organized and will be much more clinical. "We jusst need to improve what didnt work last week.dddddddddddd. We were not clinical and I hope Michalak can bring us this, and our set-piece must improve. We are very pleased Nicolas Mas, our first-choice tighthead, is back." Saint-Andre expected personnel changes to harden his forward pack for the match. France outplayed New Zealand at breakdowns in the first test at Eden Park, and the French coach expected the injection of experience and form to give his lineup an additional edge. "Mas is the first choice of France for the last 10 years," he said. "Hes one of the best tightheads in the world and is very good in the scrum. He will bring a lot of experience in the tight five because we were disappointed last week in our set piece. "Samson has just won the French league with Castres. Hes a leader in the lineout and has a very big work rate, while le Roux is young but hes very strong in the contact area." Saint-Andre said it was imperative for France to concentrate for a full 80 minutes if it is to level the three-test series ahead of the third and final test in New Plymouth. "You cant switch off for two minutes," he said. "We let ourselves down for five minutes at the end of the first half (in the first test) when they scored two tries. "Five minutes we switch off and we lost the game. We know the intensity and tempo will be much higher this week, so we need to play the perfect game but just improve on what we can improve on. "Thats being clinical, our set-piece and managing our times in our 30-meter area." ------ France: Maxime Medard, Adrien Plante, Florian Fritz, Wesley Fofana, Yoann Huget, Frederic Michalak, Maxime Machenaud; Louis Picamoles, Bernard le Roux, Thierry Dusautior (captain), Yoann Maestri, Christophe Samson, Nicolas Mas, Dimitri Szarzewski, Thomas Domingo. Reserves: Benjamin Kayser, Vincent Debaty, Luc Ducalcon, Sebastien Vahaamahina, Yannick Nyanga, Brice Dulin, Remi Tales, Mathieu Bastareaud. ' ' '