2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs
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The 2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf
tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.
-based PGA Tour
, began on August 25 and ended on September 25. It included the following four events:
Bill Haas
won the FedEx Cup by wining the Tour Championship in a playoff.
These were the fifth FedEx Cup
playoffs since their inception in 2007
.
The point distributions can be seen here.
!#!!Player!!Country!!Points!!Events
|-
| align=center|1 || Nick Watney
|| || align=center|1,906 || align=center|17
|-
| align=center|2 || Steve Stricker
|| || align=center|1,865 || align=center|15
|-
| align=center|3 || Webb Simpson
|| || align=center|1,861 || align=center|20
|-
| align=center|4 || Luke Donald
|| || align=center|1,856 || align=center|14
|-
| align=center|5 || Keegan Bradley
|| || align=center|1,621 || align=center|24
|-
| align=center|6 || Phil Mickelson
|| || align=center|1,601 || align=center|17
|-
| align=center|7 || K. J. Choi || || align=center|1,601 || align=center|18
|-
| align=center|8 || Bubba Watson
|| || align=center|1,577 || align=center|18
|-
| align=center|9 || David Toms
|| || align=center|1,538 || align=center|18
|-
| align=center|10 || Gary Woodland
|| || align=center|1,466 || align=center|20
|}
For the full list see here.
(ranked 21) and J. B. Holmes
(66). The PGA Tour announced on Friday, August 26 that the event would be shortened to 54-holes due to the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Irene
on Sunday, August 28. Of the 123 entrants, 72 made the second-round cut at 138 (-4).
Dustin Johnson
won by two strokes over defending champion Matt Kuchar
and moved to first place in the standings. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included eight players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: Camilo Villegas
, Chris Stroud
, Ian Poulter
, Pádraig Harrington
, Bill Lunde
, William McGirt
, John Merrick
and Ernie Els
.
. Of the 99 entrants, 78 made the second-round cut at one-over-par, 143
Webb Simpson
won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff over Chez Reavie
. Simpson moved to first place in the standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included eight players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Deutsche Bank Championship: Chez Reavie
, Blake Adams
, Chad Campbell
, Andrés Romero
, Johnson Wagner
, Ernie Els
, Geoff Ogilvy
, and Chris Stroud
.
The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after this event advanced to the Tour Championship and also earned spots in the 2012 Masters Tournament, U.S. Open
, and (British) Open Championship
.
Justin Rose
won the event by two strokes over John Senden
and moved to third in the rankings. Three players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship played their way into the Tour Championship: Justin Rose
, John Senden
, and Geoff Ogilvy
.
With the FedEx Cup points reset after the BMW Championship, all 30 remaining players have at least a mathematical chance to secure the season crown, and any of the top five players can claim the FedEx Cup with a win in the Tour Championship.
won the tournament, in a playoff over Hunter Mahan
, and the FedEx Cup.
|}
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
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-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...
, began on August 25 and ended on September 25. It included the following four events:
- The Barclays — Plainfield Country ClubPlainfield Country ClubPlainfield Country Club is a private country club and golf course located in Edison, New Jersey. It was originally founded in 1890 as the Hillside Tennis Club, its golf course was designed in 1916 by famous golf course designer Donald Ross. Since then, Plainfield Country Club has been home to the...
, Edison, New JerseyEdison, New JerseyEdison Township is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. What is now Edison Township was originally incorporated as Raritan Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1870, from portions of both Piscataway Township and Woodbridge Township... - 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...
— TPC Boston, Norton, MassachusettsNorton, MassachusettsNorton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the village of Norton Center. The population was 18,036 at the 2000 census... - BMW Championship — Cog Hill Golf & Country ClubCog Hill Golf & Country ClubCog Hill Golf & Country Club is a public golf complex located southwest of Chicago. Cog Hill hosts the PGA Tour's BMW Championship from 2009 to 2011 on its championship course Dubsdread.-History:...
, Lemont, IllinoisLemont, IllinoisLemont is a village located in Cook, DuPage, and Will Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, and is roughly southwest of Chicago. The population was 16,625 at the 2007 Special Census.-History:... - Tour Championship — East Lake Golf ClubEast Lake Golf ClubThe East Lake Golf Club is located in the neighborhood of East Lake which is in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. East Lake Golf Club was the home club of the legendary golfer Bobby Jones. It is also the permanent home of The Tour Championship.-History:...
, Atlanta, GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
Bill Haas
Bill Haas
William Harlan Haas is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and won the 2011 FedEx Cup. He is the son of former PGA Tour player Jay Haas.-Early life:...
won the FedEx Cup by wining the Tour Championship in a playoff.
These were the fifth 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...
.
The point distributions can be seen here.
Regular season rankings
{| class="wikitable"!#!!Player!!Country!!Points!!Events
|-
| align=center|1 || Nick Watney
Nick Watney
Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship....
|| || align=center|1,906 || align=center|17
|-
| align=center|2 || 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...
|| || align=center|1,865 || align=center|15
|-
| align=center|3 || Webb Simpson
Webb Simpson
James Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and...
|| || align=center|1,861 || align=center|20
|-
| align=center|4 || 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...
|| || align=center|1,856 || align=center|14
|-
| align=center|5 || Keegan Bradley
Keegan Bradley
Keegan Bradley is an American professional golfer who is a rookie on the PGA Tour. He has won two tour events, most notably the 2011 PGA Championship...
|| || align=center|1,621 || align=center|24
|-
| align=center|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...
|| || align=center|1,601 || align=center|17
|-
| align=center|7 || K. J. Choi || || align=center|1,601 || align=center|18
|-
| align=center|8 || Bubba Watson
Bubba Watson
Gerry "Bubba" Watson is an American professional golfer. Watson is one of the few left-handed golfers on tour and is known for his tremendous length. The longest driver on the PGA Tour, in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yards and is capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph, being...
|| || align=center|1,577 || align=center|18
|-
| align=center|9 || David Toms
David Toms
David Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won a total of thirteen events on the PGA Tour including the 2001 PGA Championship...
|| || align=center|1,538 || align=center|18
|-
| align=center|10 || Gary Woodland
Gary Woodland
-Early life:Woodland was born in Topeka, Kansas, and attended Shawnee Heights High School in the suburb of Tecumseh. After high school, he attended Washburn University on a basketball scholarship, but left after his freshman year to take up a golf scholarship at University of Kansas...
|| || align=center|1,466 || align=center|20
|}
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Points | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Haas Bill Haas William Harlan Haas is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and won the 2011 FedEx Cup. He is the son of former PGA Tour player Jay Haas.-Early life:... |
2760.0 | 10,000,000 | |
| 2 | Webb Simpson Webb Simpson James Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and... |
2745.0 | 3,000,000 | |
| 3 | 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... |
2566.7 | 2,000,000 | |
| 4 | Dustin Johnson Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is one of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour having been third in the driving distance stats for three consecutive years between 2009-2011.... |
2487.5 | 1,500,000 | |
| 5 | 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... |
2252.5 | 1,000,000 | |
| 6 | Matt Kuchar Matt Kuchar Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:... |
1852.5 | 800,000 | |
| 7 | 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... |
1800.0 | 700,000 | |
| 8 | Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years through College:Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He was introduced to golf by his maternal grandmother, who managed a golf course in Missouri... |
1667.5 | 600,000 | |
| 9 | Nick Watney Nick Watney Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship.... |
1420.0 | 550,000 | |
| 10 | Chez Reavie Chez Reavie William Chesney "Chez" Reavie is an American professional golfer.Reavie was born in Wichita, Kansas. He played collegiately at Arizona State University.... |
1220.0 | 500,000 |
For the full list see here.
The Barclays
The Barclays was played August 25–28. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, two did not enter: Charl SchwartzelCharl Schwartzel
Charl Adriaan Schwartzel is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. He won the 2011 Masters Tournament. Schwartzel's highest world ranking has been number seven, in May 2011....
(ranked 21) and J. B. Holmes
J. B. Holmes
John Bradley "J.B." Holmes is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Holmes was born in Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County, in central Kentucky. Holmes began to play on the varsity golf team at Taylor County High School in Campbellsville when he was in the third grade. He suffered a...
(66). The PGA Tour announced on Friday, August 26 that the event would be shortened to 54-holes due to the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene (2011)
Hurricane Irene was a large and powerful Atlantic hurricane that left extensive flood and wind damage along its path through the Caribbean, the United States East Coast and as far north as Atlantic Canada in 2011...
on Sunday, August 28. Of the 123 entrants, 72 made the second-round cut at 138 (-4).
Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson
Dustin Hunter Johnson is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is one of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour having been third in the driving distance stats for three consecutive years between 2009-2011....
won by two strokes over defending champion Matt Kuchar
Matt Kuchar
Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:...
and moved to first place in the standings. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included eight players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: 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...
, Chris Stroud
Chris Stroud
Chris Stroud is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Stroud was born in Nederland, Texas. He played collegiately at Lamar University and was a two-time All-American. As an amateur, he won the 2003 North and South Amateur and played on the 2004 Palmer Cup...
, Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter
Ian James Poulter is an English professional golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has previously been as high as number five in the world rankings...
, 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:...
, Bill Lunde
Bill Lunde
William Jeremiah Lunde is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Lunde was born in San Diego, California. He played at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and was part of the 1998 team that won the NCAA Championship. He turned professional in 1998.Lunde played on the...
, William McGirt
William McGirt
William McGirt is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-College career:McGirt attended Wofford College and won three collegiate events, including the 2001 Southern Conference Championship, before graduating in 2001...
, John Merrick
John Merrick (golfer)
John Sampson Merrick is an American professional golfer.Merrick was born and raised in Long Beach, California. He grew up playing Recreation Park municipal golf course, a classic layout by William F. Bell. He attended Wilson Classical High School where he won the Moore League High School...
and 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...
.
| |FedEx Cup rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) | After | Before |
| 1 | Dustin Johnson Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is one of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour having been third in the driving distance stats for three consecutive years between 2009-2011.... |
66-63-65=194 | -19 | 1,440,000 | 1 | 19 | |
| 2 | Matt Kuchar Matt Kuchar Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:... |
63-65-68=196 | -17 | 864,000 | 2 | 12 | |
| T3 | 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... |
65-64-68=197 | -16 | 464,000 | 8 | 36 | |
| Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years through College:Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He was introduced to golf by his maternal grandmother, who managed a golf course in Missouri... |
70-66-61=197 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 5 | Jonathan Byrd Jonathan Byrd (golfer) Jonathan Currie Byrd is an American professional golfer. He was the 2002 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, and has won five times on the PGA Tour.-Biography:... |
65-66-67=198 | -15 | 320,000 | 12 | 24 | |
| T6 | Brian Davis | 69-66-64=199 | -14 | 259,000 | 30 | 57 | |
| 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... |
67-65-67=199 | 27 | 44 | ||||
| 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... |
68-66-65=199 | 51 | 109 | ||||
| Y. E. Yang | 70-66-63=199 | 26 | 43 | ||||
| T10 | Charley Hoffman Charley Hoffman Charley Lindley Hoffman is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Hoffman was born in San Diego, California. He won the California State High School Championship in 1994 and 1995, becoming the first two time winner. He qualified three times for the Buick... |
66-66-68=200 | -13 | 200,000 | 33 | 49 | |
| Webb Simpson Webb Simpson James Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and... |
71-66-63=200 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Nick Watney Nick Watney Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship.... |
67-69-64=200 | 3 | 1 |
Deutsche Bank Championship
The Deutsche Bank Championship was played September 2–5. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, one did not enter: J. B. HolmesJ. B. Holmes
John Bradley "J.B." Holmes is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Holmes was born in Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County, in central Kentucky. Holmes began to play on the varsity golf team at Taylor County High School in Campbellsville when he was in the third grade. He suffered a...
. Of the 99 entrants, 78 made the second-round cut at one-over-par, 143
Webb Simpson
Webb Simpson
James Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and...
won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff over Chez Reavie
Chez Reavie
William Chesney "Chez" Reavie is an American professional golfer.Reavie was born in Wichita, Kansas. He played collegiately at Arizona State University....
. Simpson moved to first place in the standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included eight players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Deutsche Bank Championship: Chez Reavie
Chez Reavie
William Chesney "Chez" Reavie is an American professional golfer.Reavie was born in Wichita, Kansas. He played collegiately at Arizona State University....
, Blake Adams
Blake Adams
Blake Adams is an American professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour.- Background and family :Adams was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, but only lived there for six months. His family moved to Dalton, Georgia, were he lived until he was sixteen years old...
, 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...
, Andrés Romero
Andres Romero
For the Chilean footballer with the same name see Andrés Romero Andrés Fabián Romero is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the PGA Tour and European Tour....
, Johnson Wagner
Johnson Wagner
Montford Johnson Wagner is an American professional golfer.-Professional career:Wagner is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour from 2003 to 2006. He earned his PGA Tour card for the 2007 season by finishing 2nd on the money list in the Nationwide Tour in 2006...
, 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...
, 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:...
, and Chris Stroud
Chris Stroud
Chris Stroud is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Stroud was born in Nederland, Texas. He played collegiately at Lamar University and was a two-time All-American. As an amateur, he won the 2003 North and South Amateur and played on the 2004 Palmer Cup...
.
| |FedEx Cup rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) | After | Before |
| 1 | Webb Simpson Webb Simpson James Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and... |
69-68-67-65=269 | -15 | 1,440,000 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | Chez Reavie Chez Reavie William Chesney "Chez" Reavie is an American professional golfer.Reavie was born in Wichita, Kansas. He played collegiately at Arizona State University.... |
67-68-68-66=269 | 864,000 | 9 | 87 | ||
| T3 | Jason Day | 67-69-67-68=271 | -13 | 416,000 | 6 | 15 | |
| 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... |
66-70-68-67=271 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years through College:Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He was introduced to golf by his maternal grandmother, who managed a golf course in Missouri... |
69-64-72-66=271 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | 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... |
69-69-66-68=272 | -12 | 288,000 | 35 | 60 | |
| 7 | Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.Van Pelt was born in Richmond, Indiana... |
73-68-66-66=273 | -11 | 268,000 | 22 | 32 | |
| T8 | 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... |
68-71-69-66=274 | -10 | 240,000 | 18 | 24 | |
| Adam Scott | 69-63-71-71=274 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| T10 | Blake Adams Blake Adams Blake Adams is an American professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour.- Background and family :Adams was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, but only lived there for six months. His family moved to Dalton, Georgia, were he lived until he was sixteen years old... |
70-67-68-70=275 | -9 | 177,333 | 57 | 81 | |
| Jerry Kelly Jerry Kelly Jerome Patrick Kelly is an American professional golfer.Kelly was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Hartford in 1989 and turned professional later that year, but didn't make it onto the PGA Tour until 1996. This followed a successful 1995 season on the second tier... |
66-69-68-72=275 | 40 | 47 | ||||
| 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... |
70-73-63-69=275 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Ryan Moore | 68-68-69-70=275 | 39 | 44 | ||||
| Kyle Stanley Kyle Stanley Kyle Stanley is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:Stanley was born in Gig Harbor, Washington. He was a 2002 graduate of St. Charles Borromeo elementary and middle school and a 2006 graduate of Bellarmine Preparatory School... |
68-71-68-68=275 | 30 | 39 | ||||
| Brendan Steele Brendan Steele Brendan Steele is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Steele was born in Idyllwild, California. He played college golf at the University of California, Riverside, graduating in 2005.-Professional career:... |
69-67-67-72=275 | 42 | 54 |
BMW Championship
The BMW Championship was played September 15–18, after a one-week break. All 70 players eligible to play in the event did so. There was no cut.The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after this event advanced to the Tour Championship and also earned spots in the 2012 Masters Tournament, U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
, and (British) Open Championship
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
.
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...
won the event by two strokes over John Senden
John Senden
John Gerard Senden is an Australian professional golfer.Senden was born in Brisbane, Queensland and turned pro in 1992....
and moved to third in the rankings. Three players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship played their way into the Tour Championship: 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...
, John Senden
John Senden
John Gerard Senden is an Australian professional golfer.Senden was born in Brisbane, Queensland and turned pro in 1992....
, and 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:...
.
With the FedEx Cup points reset after the BMW Championship, all 30 remaining players have at least a mathematical chance to secure the season crown, and any of the top five players can claim the FedEx Cup with a win in the Tour Championship.
| |FedEx Cup rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) | After | Before |
| 1 | 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... |
63-68-69-71=271 | -13 | 1,440,000 | 3 | 34 | |
| 2 | John Senden John Senden John Gerard Senden is an Australian professional golfer.Senden was born in Brisbane, Queensland and turned pro in 1992.... |
68-66-70-69=273 | -11 | 864,000 | 9 | 55 | |
| 3 | 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:... |
69-68-68-69=274 | -10 | 544,000 | 24 | 69 | |
| 4 | 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... |
75-66-67-68=276 | -8 | 384,000 | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | Webb Simpson Webb Simpson James Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and... |
65-68-73-71=277 | -7 | 320,000 | 1 | 1 | |
| T6 | Jason Dufner Jason Dufner Jason Dufner is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:Dufner was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He moved to the Washington, D.C. area when he was 11 years old, and then to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida when he was 14. It was there that he started playing golf, and... |
71-68-71-68=278 | -6 | 278,000 | 22 | 29 | |
| 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... |
68-73-71-66=278 | 33 | 47 | ||||
| 8 | Chez Reavie Chez Reavie William Chesney "Chez" Reavie is an American professional golfer.Reavie was born in Wichita, Kansas. He played collegiately at Arizona State University.... |
69-70-70-70=279 | -5 | 248,000 | 8 | 9 | |
| 9 | Brandt Jobe Brandt Jobe Brandt William Jobe is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour but has previously competed on the Nationwide Tour and the Japan Golf Tour.... |
75-64-69-72=280 | -4 | 232,000 | 51 | 63 | |
| T10 | K. J. Choi | 67-71-73-70=281 | -3 | 208,000 | 13 | 15 | |
| David Toms David Toms David Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won a total of thirteen events on the PGA Tour including the 2001 PGA Championship... |
71-66-73-71=281 | 16 | 20 |
Reset points
The points were reset after the BMW Championship.| # | Player | Country | Points | Reset points | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Webb Simpson Webb Simpson James Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and... |
5,261 | 2,500 | 23 | |
| 2 | Dustin Johnson Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is one of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour having been third in the driving distance stats for three consecutive years between 2009-2011.... |
3,841 | 2,250 | 20 | |
| 3 | 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... |
3,748 | 2,000 | 21 | |
| 4 | 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... |
3,625 | 1,800 | 17 | |
| 5 | Matt Kuchar Matt Kuchar Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:... |
3,349 | 1,600 | 22 | |
| 6 | Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker Brandt Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years through College:Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He was introduced to golf by his maternal grandmother, who managed a golf course in Missouri... |
3,094 | 1,400 | 24 | |
| 7 | Nick Watney Nick Watney Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship.... |
2,516 | 1,200 | 20 | |
| 8 | Chez Reavie Chez Reavie William Chesney "Chez" Reavie is an American professional golfer.Reavie was born in Wichita, Kansas. He played collegiately at Arizona State University.... |
2,513 | 1,000 | 25 | |
| 9 | John Senden John Senden John Gerard Senden is an Australian professional golfer.Senden was born in Brisbane, Queensland and turned pro in 1992.... |
2,474 | 800 | 24 | |
| 10 | Jason Day | 2,459 | 600 | 20 |
Tour Championship
The Tour Championship was played September 22–25. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Bill HaasBill Haas
William Harlan Haas is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and won the 2011 FedEx Cup. He is the son of former PGA Tour player Jay Haas.-Early life:...
won the tournament, in a playoff over 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...
, and the FedEx Cup.
| |FedEx Cup rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) | After | Before |
| 1 | Bill Haas Bill Haas William Harlan Haas is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and won the 2011 FedEx Cup. He is the son of former PGA Tour player Jay Haas.-Early life:... |
68-67-69-68=272 | -8 | 1,440,000 | 1 | 25 | |
| 2 | 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... |
67-68-66-71=272 | 864,000 | 7 | 21 | ||
| T3 | 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... |
68-69-64-72=273 | -7 | 418,667 | 14 | 27 | |
| K. J. Choi | 68-65-70-70=273 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 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... |
66-68-70-69=273 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| T6 | Jason Day | 67-67-69-71=274 | -6 | 272,000 | 12 | 10 | |
| Charles Howell III Charles Howell III Charles Gordon Howell III is an American golfer. He has been featured in the top 15 of the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early years and amateur career:... |
67-71-68-68=274 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| Adam Scott | 67-65-74-68=274 | 16 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.Van Pelt was born in Richmond, Indiana... |
71-70-66-68=275 | -5 | 240,000 | 23 | 30 | |
| 10 | 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... |
68-70-67-71=276 | -4 | 227,200 | 15 |
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