>by Brendan Prunty/The Star-Ledger
Saturday January 26, 2008, 2:52 PM
It’s official: The Barclays Golf Tournament is crossing the river to New Jersey a year early.
According to a letter posted on Westchester Country Club’s internal site by the club’s President and obtained by The Star-Ledger, Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus will host the PGA Tour’s first event in the FedEx Cup playoff series in August.
An official announcement from the PGA Tour is expected this afternoon.
Ridgewood club President Alex Khowaylo could not immediately be reached for comment.
The move to Ridgewood ends a 41-year relationship between the PGA Tour and Westchester Country Club. However, as part of the settlement to move the tournament to New Jersey this summer, the Tour has agreed to return to Westchester at least one more time in either 2010, 2011 or 2012.
Prior to discussions of the move to Ridgewood this summer, the Tour had already decided to hold the 2009 Barclays at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City.