Before FedEx, Player of Year can be delivered to Koepka

With the PGA Tour season winding down to the four FedEx Cup Playoff events, there is little suspense in which player will emerge as the Tour’s Player of the Year.

Despite the fact there are three players who’ve won three tournaments this season — Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson — one player stands atop the list with two wins: Brooks Koepka, whose two wins happen to be the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.

Jason Day and Justin Rose have also won two tournaments, but neither was a major. Patrick Reed won the Masters and Francesco Molinari won the British Open.

None of that matters, though, according to 11-time Player of the Year Tiger Woods.

“You win two majors, you’ve got it,’’ Woods said Tuesday, referring to Koepka. “It’s not real complicated. It was very similar to what ‘Double D’ [David Duval] went through in ’98, with Marco [Mark O’Meara] winning two major championships [and winning Player of the Year]. ‘Double D’ won four times that year. I think two majors trumps it.’’

Woods, who had massive trouble hitting fairways with his driver at the PGA, could have a short week at Ridgewood if that trend continues. Based on the healthy rough from the rainy summer, Ridgewood will pose problems for inaccurate drivers of the ball. In the final round of the PGA, Woods didn’t hit his first fairway until the 10th hole.

“Yeah, we’ve been working on it, experimenting with different shafts and different lofts on my driver and 3-wood,’’ Woods said Tuesday. “[I’m] just trying to figure it out. I’ve still got two more days and I’ll still be monkeying around with a couple things and come game time we’ll see what I go with.’’

Woods smirked when asked to characterize the boisterous New York-area crowds.

“They are into it,’’ Woods said. “It’s a huge sporting town — a little bit more opinionated than most cities. Certainly becomes a lot more opinionated when they tip back a couple. We’ll hear some of that this weekend.’’

Among the celebrities who are expected to play in Wednesday’s Northern Trust pro-am at Ridgewood are former Knicks guard J.R. Smith, NFL running back Reggie Bush, author Harlan Coben and Michael Strahan.

Smith, now with the Cavaliers, joined Boomer Esiason, teen actress Skai Jackson and PGA Tour pro Ryan Moore with kids from The First Tee of Metropolitan New York on Tuesday for a VIP Golf Simulator Driving Competition for charity.