2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs
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The 2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf
tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.
-based PGA Tour
, were held from August 21 to September 28. They consisted of four events:
These were the second FedEx Cup
playoffs since their inception in 2007
. After the first three events, Vijay Singh
was assured of winning the 2008 FedEx Cup as long as he completed all four rounds of The Tour Championship without disqualification, which he proceeded to do. Tiger Woods
, having topped the regular season points list after playing in only six events, did not play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs due to knee surgery.
The point distributions can be seen here.
!#!!Player!!Country!!Points!!Events!!Reset Points
|-
| align="center"|1 || Tiger Woods
|| || 22,695 || align="center"|6 || align="center"|100,000
|-
| align="center"|2 || Kenny Perry
|| || 20,878 || align="center"|22 || align="center"|99,500
|-
| align="center"|3 || Phil Mickelson
|| || 18,241 || align="center"|17 || align="center"|99,250
|-
| align="center"|4 || Pádraig Harrington
|| || 15,555 || align="center"|12 || align="center"|99,000
|-
| align="center"|5 || Anthony Kim
|| || 15,178 || align="center"|18 || align="center"|98,750
|-
| align="center"|6 || Stewart Cink
|| || 15,126 || align="center"|18 || align="center"|98,625
|-
| align="center"|7 || Vijay Singh
|| || 15,034 || align="center"|19 || align="center"|98,500
|-
| align="center"|8 || Justin Leonard
|| || 12,734 || align="center"|20 || align="center"|98,375
|-
| align="center"|9 || Ryuji Imada
|| || 10,903 || align="center"|19 || align="center"|98,250
|-
| align="center"|10 || Geoff Ogilvy
|| || 10,866 || align="center"|17 || align="center"|98,125
|}
For the full list see here
For the full list see here
(1) - knee, Luke Donald
(44) - wrist, Lee Westwood
(50) - personal decision, Justin Rose
(78) - played KLM Open
, Alex Čejka
(91) - arm, Jason Bohn
(96) - back, Bob Tway
(119) - caddied for son Kevin
in U.S. Amateur, Bob Estes
(124) - getting married, Roland Thatcher
(140) - wrist. Of the 135 players who entered the tournament, 72 of them made the cut. The cut was 1-over par. Vijay Singh
won in a playoff over Sergio García
and Kevin Sutherland
. The top 120 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Full leaderboard
(15) - knee, Luke Donald
(71) - wrist, Lee Westwood
(76) and Justin Rose
(103) - played the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
, Alex Čejka
(120) - arm. Of the 115 players who entered the tournament, 86 of them made the 36-hole cut at -3. There was a second, 54-hole cut, that reduced the field to 72 players, again at -3. Vijay Singh
, who won the first playoff event, won by shooting a tournament record -22 (262). The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.
Full leaderboard
(32) - knee, did not enter. There was no cut for this tournament. Camilo Villegas
won by shooting -15. This was Villegas' first win on the PGA Tour. Chad Campbell
withdrew after the first round to attend the birth of his first child. He earned no FedEx Cup points but at the end of the BMW Championship he was in 30th place in the standings. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to The Tour Championship.
Full leaderboard
. All 30 players eligible to play did so. There was no cut for this tournament. Camilo Villegas
won the tournament on the first playoff hole with Sergio García
. Vijay Singh
won the FedEx Cup.
Full leaderboard
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.
United States
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-based PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
, were held from August 21 to September 28. They consisted of four events:
- The Barclays
- Deutsche Bank ChampionshipDeutsche Bank ChampionshipThe Deutsche Bank Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held annually over the Labor Day weekend. The tournament made its debut in 2003 and is held at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts...
- BMW Championship
- The Tour ChampionshipThe Tour ChampionshipThe Tour Championship was historically the final event of golf's PGA Tour season. Since 2007, it has been the final event of the FedEx Cup, the competition for the first official championship trophy for the PGA Tour season. From 1987 to 1996, several courses hosted the event...
These were the second FedEx Cup
FedEx Cup
The FedEx Cup is a championship trophy for the PGA Tour. Its introduction marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Announced in November 2005, it was first awarded in 2007 after a NASCAR-like points race. Bill Haas is the current champion...
playoffs since their inception in 2007
2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs
The 2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs were held from August 23 to September 16. They consisted of four events. The events in order are The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship and The Tour Championship. These were the first FedEx Cup playoffs being held...
. After the first three events, Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
was assured of winning the 2008 FedEx Cup as long as he completed all four rounds of The Tour Championship without disqualification, which he proceeded to do. Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
, having topped the regular season points list after playing in only six events, did not play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs due to knee surgery.
The point distributions can be seen here.
Regular season rankings
{| class="wikitable"!#!!Player!!Country!!Points!!Events!!Reset Points
|-
| align="center"|1 || Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
|| || 22,695 || align="center"|6 || align="center"|100,000
|-
| align="center"|2 || Kenny Perry
Kenny Perry
James Kenneth Perry is an American professional golfer who currently plays on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour, for which he became eligible following his 50th birthday.-Early years:...
|| || 20,878 || align="center"|22 || align="center"|99,500
|-
| align="center"|3 || Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
|| || 18,241 || align="center"|17 || align="center"|99,250
|-
| align="center"|4 || Pádraig Harrington
Padraig Harrington
Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...
|| || 15,555 || align="center"|12 || align="center"|99,000
|-
| align="center"|5 || Anthony Kim
Anthony Kim
Anthony Ha-Jin Kim is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:A Korean American, Kim was born in Los Angeles, California and resides in Dallas, Texas. He attended La Quinta High School in La Quinta, California. After high school, he attended the University of Oklahoma for three years; this...
|| || 15,178 || align="center"|18 || align="center"|98,750
|-
| align="center"|6 || Stewart Cink
Stewart Cink
Stewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer who won the 2009 Open Championship. He has spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009.-Early years and education:...
|| || 15,126 || align="center"|18 || align="center"|98,625
|-
| align="center"|7 || Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
|| || 15,034 || align="center"|19 || align="center"|98,500
|-
| align="center"|8 || Justin Leonard
Justin Leonard
Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...
|| || 12,734 || align="center"|20 || align="center"|98,375
|-
| align="center"|9 || Ryuji Imada
Ryuji Imada
is a U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer.Imada was born in Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan. He came to the United States when he was 14 to attend a Tampa golf academy for Asian players. His instructor was Richard Abele, who became his legal guardian. Under Abele's teaching, he won several of the top ...
|| || 10,903 || align="center"|19 || align="center"|98,250
|-
| align="center"|10 || Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Charles Ogilvy is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.-Professional career:...
|| || 10,866 || align="center"|17 || align="center"|98,125
|}
For the full list see here
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Points | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Singh Vijay Singh Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008... |
125,101 | 10,000,000 | |
| 2 | Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child... |
124,550 | 3,000,000 | |
| 3 | Sergio García Sergio García Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings... |
119,400 | 2,000,000 | |
| 4 | Anthony Kim Anthony Kim Anthony Ha-Jin Kim is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:A Korean American, Kim was born in Los Angeles, California and resides in Dallas, Texas. He attended La Quinta High School in La Quinta, California. After high school, he attended the University of Oklahoma for three years; this... |
114,419 | 1,500,000 | |
| 5 | Jim Furyk Jim Furyk James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing... |
113,180 | 1,000,000 | |
| 6 | Mike Weir Mike Weir Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003.... |
113,118 | 800,000 | |
| 7 | Phil Mickelson Phil Mickelson Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed... |
112,201 | 700,000 | |
| 8 | Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American... |
111,638 | 600,000 | |
| 9 | Ben Curtis Ben Curtis (golfer) Ben Clifford Curtis is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 Open Championship.-Early career:Curtis was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the , also in Ostrander... |
110,702 | 550,000 | |
| 10 | K.J. Choi Choi Kyung-Ju Choi Kyung-Ju , also known as K. J. Choi. is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. Since turning pro in 1994, he has won a total of eighteen professional golf tournaments worldwide, including eight on the PGA Tour, making him Asia's most successful golfer. His... |
110,646 | 500,000 |
For the full list see here
The Barclays
The Barclays was played August 21-24. 144 players were eligible to play but nine did not enter: Tiger WoodsTiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
(1) - knee, Luke Donald
Luke Donald
Luke Campbell Donald is an English professional golfer who is the current World Number One. He plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career. In January 2007, he...
(44) - wrist, Lee Westwood
Lee Westwood
Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons...
(50) - personal decision, Justin Rose
Justin Rose
Justin Peter Rose is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour while keeping his membership on the European Tour...
(78) - played KLM Open
KLM Open
The KLM Open is an annual golf tournament played in The Netherlands, and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the Tour was inaugurated in 1972. Founded in 1912, the tournament was originally known as the Dutch Open, before a variety of sponsors resulted in numerous name changes over...
, Alex Čejka
Alex Cejka
Alexander Čejka is a Czech/German professional golfer.Čejka was born in Marienbad, Czechoslovakia. He left Czechoslovakia with his parents as a refugee at the age of nine, eventually settling in Munich, where he lived for many years, becoming a German citizen...
(91) - arm, Jason Bohn
Jason Bohn
Jason Duehn Bohn is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Bohn was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1995 with a degree in Finance. In 1992, while a sophomore on the Alabama golf team, Bohn was playing in a charity...
(96) - back, Bob Tway
Bob Tway
Robert Raymond Tway IV is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 1986-87....
(119) - caddied for son Kevin
Kevin Tway
Kevin Tway is an American professional golfer. He won numerous junior tournaments, and most notably, the 2005 U.S. Junior Amateur.-Amateur career:Tway was born in Edmond, Oklahoma...
in U.S. Amateur, Bob Estes
Bob Estes
Bob Alan Estes is an American professional golfer.Estes was born in Graham, Texas and reared in Abilene, Texas. He first played golf at age 4 and decided to become a professional golfer at age 12. Estes attended the University of Texas from 1984–1988, and was a member of the golf team...
(124) - getting married, Roland Thatcher
Roland Thatcher
Roland Churchill Thatcher IV is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.-Early years through college:...
(140) - wrist. Of the 135 players who entered the tournament, 72 of them made the cut. The cut was 1-over par. Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
won in a playoff over Sergio García
Sergio García
Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings...
and Kevin Sutherland
Kevin Sutherland
Kevin John Sutherland is an American professional golfer.Sutherland was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Christian Brothers High School. He attended Fresno State University and made the golf team as a walk-on freshman...
. The top 120 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship.
| |FedEx Cup rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) | After | Before |
| 1 | Vijay Singh Vijay Singh Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008... |
70-70-66-70=276 | -8 | 1,260,000 | 1 | 7 | |
| T2 | Sergio García Sergio García Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings... |
70-67-69-70=276 | 616,000 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Kevin Sutherland Kevin Sutherland Kevin John Sutherland is an American professional golfer.Sutherland was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Christian Brothers High School. He attended Fresno State University and made the golf team as a walk-on freshman... |
70-69-69-68=276 | 3 | 57 | ||||
| T4 | Ben Curtis Ben Curtis (golfer) Ben Clifford Curtis is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 Open Championship.-Early career:Curtis was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the , also in Ostrander... |
71-68-70-68=277 | -7 | 289,333 | 8 | 27 | |
| Mathew Goggin Mathew Goggin Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow... |
67-74-69-67=277 | 26 | 76 | ||||
| Kevin Streelman Kevin Streelman Kevin Streelman is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Streelman was born in Winfield, Illinois. A graduate of Wheaton Warrenville South High School in 1997 and Duke University in 2001, Streelman turned professional in 2003... |
67-70-68-72=277 | 37 | 102 | ||||
| T7 | Paul Casey Paul Casey Paul Alexander Casey is an English golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. In 2009 he achieved his highest position, third, in the Official World Golf Rankings.... |
66-71-69-72=278 | -6 | 203,700 | 38 | 90 | |
| Martin Laird Martin Laird Martin Laird is a Scottish professional golfer, playing on the PGA Tour. He has won two PGA Tour events in his career, most notably the Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2011... |
70-69-72-67=278 | 67 | 128 | ||||
| Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American... |
70-70-71-67=278 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Nicholas Thompson Nicholas Thompson Nicholas Thompson is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Thompson was born in Coral Springs, Florida. He graduated from Georgia Tech in 2005 with a degree in business management and was a member of the 2002 ACC championship team... |
75-68-68-67=278 | 20 | 47 | ||||
| Mike Weir Mike Weir Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003.... |
72-67-67-72=278 | 18 | 43 |
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Deutsche Bank Championship
The Deutsche Bank Championship was played from August 29 to September 1. 120 players were eligible to play but five did not enter: Tiger WoodsTiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
(15) - knee, Luke Donald
Luke Donald
Luke Campbell Donald is an English professional golfer who is the current World Number One. He plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career. In January 2007, he...
(71) - wrist, Lee Westwood
Lee Westwood
Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons...
(76) and Justin Rose
Justin Rose
Justin Peter Rose is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour while keeping his membership on the European Tour...
(103) - played the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
The Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles is a European Tour golf tournament which is played at the Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland. The tournament was founded in 1999 as the Scottish PGA Championship, and despite maintaining the same sponsor, has since changed name on several occasions, as Diageo...
, Alex Čejka
Alex Cejka
Alexander Čejka is a Czech/German professional golfer.Čejka was born in Marienbad, Czechoslovakia. He left Czechoslovakia with his parents as a refugee at the age of nine, eventually settling in Munich, where he lived for many years, becoming a German citizen...
(120) - arm. Of the 115 players who entered the tournament, 86 of them made the 36-hole cut at -3. There was a second, 54-hole cut, that reduced the field to 72 players, again at -3. Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
, who won the first playoff event, won by shooting a tournament record -22 (262). The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.
| |FedEx Cup rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) | After | Before |
| 1 | Vijay Singh Vijay Singh Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008... |
64-66-69-63=262 | -22 | 1,260,000 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Mike Weir Mike Weir Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003.... |
61-68-67-71=267 | -17 | 756,000 | 3 | 18 | |
| T3 | Ernie Els Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing... |
66-65-69-70=270 | -14 | 406,000 | 19 | 52 | |
| Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child... |
68-66-63-73=270 | 25 | 68 | ||||
| T5 | Sergio García Sergio García Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings... |
67-64-68-72=271 | -13 | 266,000 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tim Herron Tim Herron Timothy Daniel Herron is an American professional golfer.Herron was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father and grandfather, both named Carson Herron, were professional golfers who played the U.S. Open. Tim Herron attended the University of New Mexico and played on the 1993 United States Walker... |
72-67-67-65=271 | 48 | 99 | ||||
| T7 | Chad Campbell Chad Campbell David Chad Campbell is an American professional golfer.-Early years and amateur career:Campbell was born in Andrews, Texas and grew up in west Texas. He was a member of a strong junior college men's golf squad during the years he played at Midland College... |
67-70-69-66=272 | -12 | 218,167 | 14 | 21 | |
| Jim Furyk Jim Furyk James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing... |
66-65-69-72=272 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American... |
69-70-66-67=272 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| T10 | Ben Crane Ben Crane Benjamin McCully Crane is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Crane was born in Portland, Oregon. He was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to play golf, and he grew up playing at the nearby Portland Golf Club where Ben Hogan won the 1945 Portland Open... |
72-65-63-73=273 | -11 | 175,000 | 57 | 92 | |
| Ken Duke Ken Duke Kenneth Wootson Duke is an American professional golfer.Duke was born in Hope, Arkansas. After turning professional in 1994, Duke first qualified for the PGA Tour in 2004, but failed to keep his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour... |
66-67-70-70=273 | 18 | 28 | ||||
| Steve Marino Steve Marino Stephen Paul Marino, Jr. is an American professional golfer, a member of the PGA Tour since 2007.-Early life, education, early golf:... |
66-66-71-70=273 | 37 | 61 |
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BMW Championship
The BMW Championship was played September 4-7. 70 players were eligible to play but one, Tiger WoodsTiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
(32) - knee, did not enter. There was no cut for this tournament. Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child...
won by shooting -15. This was Villegas' first win on the PGA Tour. Chad Campbell
Chad Campbell
David Chad Campbell is an American professional golfer.-Early years and amateur career:Campbell was born in Andrews, Texas and grew up in west Texas. He was a member of a strong junior college men's golf squad during the years he played at Midland College...
withdrew after the first round to attend the birth of his first child. He earned no FedEx Cup points but at the end of the BMW Championship he was in 30th place in the standings. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to The Tour Championship.
| |FedEx Cup rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) | After | Before |
| 1 | Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child... |
65-66-66-68=265 | -15 | 1,260,000 | 2 | 25 | |
| 2 | Dudley Hart Dudley Hart Howard Dudley Hart is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years:Hart was born in Rochester, New York... |
67-69-66-65=267 | -13 | 756,000 | 14 | 67 | |
| T3 | Jim Furyk Jim Furyk James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing... |
70-62-66-70=268 | -12 | 406,000 | 4 | 5 | |
| Anthony Kim Anthony Kim Anthony Ha-Jin Kim is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:A Korean American, Kim was born in Los Angeles, California and resides in Dallas, Texas. He attended La Quinta High School in La Quinta, California. After high school, he attended the University of Oklahoma for three years; this... |
68-67-66-67=268 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| T5 | Stephen Ames Stephen Ames Stephen Michael Ames is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour holding dual citizenship of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada.... |
68-69-66-66=269 | -11 | 255,500 | 31 | 50 | |
| K.J. Choi | 70-68-64-67=269 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| D. J. Trahan D. J. Trahan Donald Roland "D.J." Trahan, Jr. is an American professional golfer.Trahan was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, where he attended Hilton Head Island High School. He then moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina where he attended and graduated from Paul M.... |
71-63-68-67=269 | 25 | 35 | ||||
| T8 | Tim Clark | 67-68-66-69=270 | -10 | 210,000 | 23 | 28 | |
| Hunter Mahan Hunter Mahan Hunter Myles Mahan is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Mahan was born in Orange, California. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending McKinney High School and the 1999 U.S. Junior... |
69-67-68-66=270 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| T10 | Aaron Baddeley Aaron Baddeley Aaron John Baddeley is an American-Australian professional golfer. He was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA and now plays on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, has joint U.S. and Australian citizenship and was raised in Australia from the age of two... |
71-64-67-69=271 | -9 | 175,000 | 43 | 64 | |
| Fredrik Jacobson Fredrik Jacobson Fredrik Ulf Yngve Jacobson is a Swedish professional golfer.Jacobson was born in Kungsbacka. He turned professional in 1994 and was a member of the European Tour in 1995 and from 1997 to 2004. In 2003 he won his first European Tour title, and went on to claim two more victories that season... |
67-67-72-65=271 | 44 | 65 | ||||
| Steve Stricker Steve Stricker Steven Stricker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. His most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories... |
66-71-68-66=271 | 12 | 13 |
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The Tour Championship
The Tour Championship was played September 25-28 after a two week break for the Ryder Cup2008 Ryder Cup
The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the...
. All 30 players eligible to play did so. There was no cut for this tournament. Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child...
won the tournament on the first playoff hole with Sergio García
Sergio García
Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings...
. Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
won the FedEx Cup.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) | After | Before |
| 1 | Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child... |
72-66-69-66=273 | -7 | 1,260,000 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sergio García Sergio García Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings... |
70-65-67-71=273 | 756,000 | 3 | 3 | ||
| T3 | Anthony Kim Anthony Kim Anthony Ha-Jin Kim is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:A Korean American, Kim was born in Los Angeles, California and resides in Dallas, Texas. He attended La Quinta High School in La Quinta, California. After high school, he attended the University of Oklahoma for three years; this... |
64-69-72-69=274 | -6 | 409,500 | 4 | 6 | |
| Phil Mickelson Phil Mickelson Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed... |
68-68-69-69=274 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Ben Curtis Ben Curtis (golfer) Ben Clifford Curtis is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 Open Championship.-Early career:Curtis was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the , also in Ostrander... |
71-69-68-70=278 | -2 | 280,000 | 9 | 10 | |
| T6 | Ernie Els Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing... |
68-73-70-69=280 | E | 238,000 | 13 | 21 | |
| Jim Furyk Jim Furyk James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing... |
72-70-69-69=280 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Mike Weir Mike Weir Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003.... |
70-69-71-70=280 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 9 | K.J. Choi | 69-70-70-72=281 | +1 | 210,000 | 10 | 8 | |
| T10 | Stuart Appleby Stuart Appleby Stuart Appleby is an Australian professional golfer.-Early life:Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria, and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. He began in golf by hitting balls from paddock to paddock after his farm chores were completed... |
72-71-70-69=282 | +2 | 180,040 | 17 | 20 | |
| Dudley Hart Dudley Hart Howard Dudley Hart is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years:Hart was born in Rochester, New York... |
73-69-71-69=282 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| Trevor Immelman Trevor Immelman Trevor John Immelman is a South African professional golfer and winner of the 2008 Masters Tournament.-Early years:Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Born into a golfing family , he took up golf at the age of five. He attended Hottentots Holland High School... |
68-73-71-70=282 | 16 | 19 | ||||
| Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American... |
73-69-73-67=282 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Billy Mayfair Billy Mayfair William Fred Mayfair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour .-Early years and amateur career:Mayfair was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Before his fifteenth birthday, he had won a number of junior golf tournaments. In 1981, he was on the cover of Boys' Life magazine as "golf's... |
72-71-69-70=282 | 23 | 28 |
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