Patrick Reed edges Rickie Fowler to win The Barclays

Patrick Reed chased down 54-hole leader Rickie Fowler to claim a one-shot victory at 9-under-par 275 on Sunday at The Barclays, the first of four FedExCup Playoffs events at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y.

Reed, No. 14 in the World Golf Rankings, was the 18-hole co-leader and held the outright 36-hole lead before shooting a weekend-worst 71 Saturday to spot Fowler a one-stroke lead. Reed fired a four-birdie, three-bogey 70.

Sean O’Hair (66) and Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo (69) finished one shot behind in a tie for second place.

Top-ranked Jason Day of Australia (69) was two strokes back and tied for fourth with Gary Woodland (69) and world No. 7 Adam Scott of Australia (71).

Fowler (74), the world No. 8, was three strokes back and tied for seventh with Ryan Moore and Jason Kokrak, who each carded 69s.

World No. 3 Jordan Spieth (69) tied for 10th with Justin Thomas (71) at four shots behind.

Reed, 26, now has five PGA Tour victories. His previous win came in a playoff victory over PGA champion Jimmy Walker at the 2015 Tour of Champions. His win Sunday was the eighth straight in a Playoffs event for a player under 30 years old.

The San Antonio native earned the $1,530,000 winner’s share of the $8.5 million purse and 2,000 FedExCup points. Reed moved into first place in the FedExCup standings (3,575 points) after entering the week in seventh.

The top 100 players in the standings advance to next weekend’s Deutsche Bank Championship, the second Playoffs event at the 7,207-yard, par-71 course at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.

Fowler took last year’s Deutsche Bank title, besting 2013 FedExCup champion Henrik Stenson of Sweden by a stroke. Fowler rose to 16th in the standings (1,471) after coming in ranked 28th.

Reed secured his place on the Ryder Cup team for the United States, with the top eight in the standings earning an automatic spot. Fowler, meanwhile, will have to rely on a pick from U.S. team captain Davis Love III.

Day, the regular-season FedExCup points leader, curled in a 71-foot on No. 15 to put himself within striking distance three shots back but three-putted on the next hole for bogey before a finishing par.

The 2015 Barclays winner dropped to second in the standings (3,195).

World No. 6 Bubba Watson (66) tied for 13th with Phil Mickelson (68), six shots behind Reed.

Olympic champion and world No. 9 Justin Rose of England posted par on his final round and finished tied for 31st at nine strokes behind.

Four-time Barclays winner Vijay Singh of Fiji (71) finished even-par for the tournament in a tie for 53rd. The former world No. 1 is the only player to win The Barclays and FedExCup in the same season, doing so in 2008.

Singh also won that year’s Deutsche Bank, his last of 34 Tour victories.

Chad Campbell was the last man into the Deutsche Bank field at No. 100 in the standings, while Blayne Barber, Ireland’s Shane Lowry and 2011 PGA champion Keegan Bradley were the first three out.