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PARAMUS, N.J. – Matt Kuchar and Tiger Woods are happy about where they’re going, even if the itinerary is entirely different.

Kuchar won The Barclays with a sensational shot out of the rough to beat Martin Laird with a birdie in a playoff. The victory assures he will be at East Lake in Atlanta — which the Georgia Tech grad considers a home course — to play the Tour Championship for the first time.

Woods tied for 12th and gets to go to Boston for the second round of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

A small step for one, a giant leap for another.

“There’s nothing like the feeling of winning,” said Kuchar, who moved up to No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings, No. 1 on the PGA Tour money list and a career-best No. 10 in the world ranking. “You feel like you’re the best player in the world for this week.”

And he was, with help from Laird, who needed only two putts from just inside 25 feet to win on the final hole.

Woods hasn’t won in more than nine months, a strange sensation for a guy with 82 wins around the world. His primary goal Sunday was to do well enough to move inside the top 100 in the FedEx Cup standings to qualify for the second round of the playoffs at the TPC Boston. He shot a 67 — the first time since the Masters that he broke 70 in the final round — and moved from No. 112 to No. 65.

Better yet, he thinks a victory might not be far away.

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