2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs

2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
Dates August 21 – September 28, 2008
Location Ridgewood Country Club
TPC Boston
Bellerive Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Field 144 for The Barclays
120 for Deutsche Bank
70 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
Prize fund $35,000,000 bonus money
Winner's share $10,000,000 bonus money
Champion
Fiji Vijay Singh
125,101 points
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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.

Regular season rankings

#PlayerCountryPointsEventsReset Points
1 Tiger Woods  United States 22,695 6 100,000
2 Kenny Perry  United States 20,878 22 99,500
3 Phil Mickelson  United States 18,241 17 99,250
4 Pádraig Harrington  Ireland 15,555 12 99,000
5 Anthony Kim  United States 15,178 18 98,750
6 Stewart Cink  United States 15,126 18 98,625
7 Vijay Singh  Fiji 15,034 19 98,500
8 Justin Leonard  United States 12,734 20 98,375
9 Ryuji Imada  Japan 10,903 19 98,250
10 Geoff Ogilvy  Australia 10,866 17 98,125

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:[1] Tiger Woods (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,[2] Bob Estes (124) - getting married,[3] 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.

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Vijay Singh Fiji70-70-66-70=276-81,260,00017
T2Sergio García Spain70-67-69-70=276616,000212
Kevin Sutherland United States70-69-69-68=276357
T4Ben Curtis United States71-68-70-68=277-7289,333827
Mathew Goggin Australia67-74-69-67=2772676
Kevin Streelman United States67-70-68-72=27737102
T7Paul Casey England66-71-69-72=278-6203,7003890
Martin Laird Scotland70-69-72-67=27867128
Justin Leonard United States70-70-71-67=27858
Nicholas Thompson United States75-68-68-67=2782047
Mike Weir Canada72-67-67-72=2781843

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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:[4] Tiger Woods (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.

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Vijay Singh Fiji64-66-69-63=262-221,260,00011
2Mike Weir Canada61-68-67-71=267-17756,000318
T3Ernie Els South Africa66-65-69-70=270-14406,0001952
Camilo Villegas Colombia68-66-63-73=2702568
T5Sergio García Spain67-64-68-72=271-13266,00022
Tim Herron United States72-67-67-65=2714899
T7Chad Campbell United States67-70-69-66=272-12218,1671421
Jim Furyk United States66-65-69-72=272510
Justin Leonard United States69-70-66-67=27245
T10Ben Crane United States72-65-63-73=273-11175,0005792
Ken Duke United States66-67-70-70=2731828
Steve Marino United States66-66-71-70=2733761

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BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played September 4–7. 70 players were eligible to play but one, Tiger Woods (32) - knee, did not enter.[5] 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.[6] 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
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1 Camilo Villegas  Colombia 65-66-66-68=265 -15 1,260,000225
2 Dudley Hart  United States 67-69-66-65=267 -13 756,0001467
T3 Jim Furyk  United States 70-62-66-70=268 -12 406,00045
Anthony Kim  United States 68-67-66-67=268 67
T5 Stephen Ames  Canada 68-69-66-66=269 -11 255,5003150
K. J. Choi  South Korea 70-68-64-67=269 812
D. J. Trahan  United States 71-63-68-67=2692535
T8 Tim Clark  South Africa 67-68-66-69=270 -10 210,0002328
Hunter Mahan  United States 69-67-68-66=2701620
T10 Aaron Baddeley  Australia 71-64-67-69=271 -9 175,0004364
Fredrik Jacobson  Sweden 67-67-72-65=2714465
Steve Stricker  United States 66-71-68-66=2711213

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The Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 25–28 after a two week break for the Ryder Cup. 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.

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1 Camilo Villegas  Colombia 72-66-69-66=273 -7 1,260,00022
2 Sergio García  Spain 70-65-67-71=273 756,00033
T3 Anthony Kim  United States 64-69-72-69=274 -6 409,50046
Phil Mickelson  United States 68-68-69-69=274 79
5 Ben Curtis  United States 71-69-68-70=278 -2 280,000 910
T6 Ernie Els  South Africa 68-73-70-69=280 E 238,0001321
Jim Furyk  United States 72-70-69-69=280 54
Mike Weir  Canada 70-69-71-70=280 65
9 K. J. Choi  South Korea 69-70-70-72=281 +1 210,000108
T10 Stuart Appleby  Australia 72-71-70-69=282 +2 180,0401720
Dudley Hart  United States 73-69-71-69=282 1214
Trevor Immelman  South Africa 68-73-71-70=282 1619
Justin Leonard  United States 73-69-73-67=282 87
Billy Mayfair  United States 72-71-69-70=282 2328

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Final leaderboard

#PlayerCountryPointsWinnings ($)
1 Vijay Singh  Fiji 125,101 10,000,000
2 Camilo Villegas  Colombia 124,550 3,000,000
3 Sergio García  Spain 119,400 2,000,000
4 Anthony Kim  United States 114,419 1,500,000
5 Jim Furyk  United States 113,180 1,000,000
6 Mike Weir  Canada 113,118 800,000
7 Phil Mickelson  United States 112,201 700,000
8 Justin Leonard  United States 111,638 600,000
9 Ben Curtis  United States 110,702 550,000
10 K. J. Choi  South Korea 110,646 500,000

For the full list see here

Table of qualifying players

Table key:

  Win
  Top-10 finish
  Did not advance to next tournament
  Played way into next tournament
Player Pre-Playoffs The Barclays Deutsche Bank BMW Champ. Tour Champ.
Rank Reset points Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Rank after Finish Final rank
United States Woods, TigerTiger Woods 1 100,000 DNP 15 DNP 32 DNP 70 – 70
United States Perry, KennyKenny Perry 2 99,500 T48 7 T80* 9 T44 13 T24 15
United States Mickelson, PhilPhil Mickelson 3 99,250 T19 4 T73* 8 T17 9 T3 7
Republic of Ireland Harrington, PádraigPádraig Harrington 4 99,000 CUT 23 CUT 44 T55 50 – 50
United States Kim, AnthonyAnthony Kim 5 98,750 T12 6 T27 7 T3 6 T3 4
United States Cink, StewartStewart Cink 6 98,625 T38 9 T33 11 T60 15 T24 20
Fiji Singh, VijayVijay Singh 7 98,500 1 1 1 1 T44 1 T22 1
United States Leonard, JustinJustin Leonard 8 98,375 T7 5 T7 4 T17 7 T10 8
Japan Imada, RyujiRyuji Imada 9 98,250 CUT 31 T13 23 T67 26 T17 25
Australia Ogilvy, GeoffGeoff Ogilvy 10 98,125 CUT 32 72 30 T28 32 – 32
Australia Allenby, RobertRobert Allenby 11 98,050 T38 12 T44 16 T38 18 16 19
Spain García, SergioSergio García 12 97,975 T2 2 T5 2 T20 3 2 3
Sweden Pettersson, CarlCarl Pettersson 13 97,900 T48 14 T21 15 T33 17 21 21
United States Weekley, BooBoo Weekley 14 97,825 CUT 36 T27 31 T28 33 – 33
United States Furyk, JimJim Furyk 15 97,750 T12 10 T7 5 T3 4 T6 5
United States O'Hair, SeanSean O'Hair 16 97,675 CUT 39 CUT 75 – – – 75
South Korea Choi, K. J.K. J. Choi 17 97,600 T12 11 T21 12 T5 8 9 10
United States Trahan, D. J.D. J. Trahan 18 97,525 CUT 42 T67 35 T5 25 T17 24
Australia Appleby, StuartStuart Appleby 19 97,450 T19 13 T33 17 T38 20 T10 17
South Africa Immelman, TrevorTrevor Immelman 20 97,375 70 19 T50 21 T13 19 T10 16
United States Stricker, SteveSteve Stricker 21 97,300 T19 16 T13 13 T10 12 T24 14
United States Holmes, J. B.J. B. Holmes 22 97,225 T24 17 CUT 36 T33 38 – 38
United States Campbell, ChadChad Campbell 23 97,150 T65 21 T7 14 WD 30 T22 29
Australia Scott, AdamAdam Scott 24 97,075 CUT 47 T73* 43 T50 47 – 47
United States Quinney, JeffJeff Quinney 25 97,000 CUT 50 CUT 88 – – – 88
Argentina Romero, AndrésAndrés Romero 26 96,925 T55 22 T50 24 T44 27 T27 28
United States Curtis, BenBen Curtis 27 96,850 T4 8 T27 10 T13 10 5 9
South Africa Els, ErnieErnie Els 28 96,775 CUT 52 T3 19 T17 21 T6 13
United States Baird, BrinyBriny Baird 29 96,700 T48 27 T21 22 T38 24 T27 27
Canada Ames, StephenStephen Ames 30 96,630 CUT 54 T50 50 T5 31 – 31
United States Mahan, HunterHunter Mahan 31 96,590 T31 25 T15 20 T8 16 T17 18
United States Bryant, BartBart Bryant 32 96,550 CUT 56 T50 53 T28 54 – 54
Australia Pampling, RodRod Pampling 33 96,510 CUT 58 CUT 98 – – – 98
United States Austin, WoodyWoody Austin 34 96,470 CUT 59 T40 52 T64 58 – 58
United States Reavie, ChezChez Reavie 35 96,430 CUT 60 T63 54 T33 57 – 57
United States Kelly, JerryJerry Kelly 36 96,390 T19 24 CUT 45 T60 51 – 51
United States Mayfair, BillyBilly Mayfair 37 96,350 T31 29 T78* 26 T22 28 T10 23
United States Marino, SteveSteve Marino 38 96,310 CUT 61 T10 37 T22 36 – 36
United States Gay, BrianBrian Gay 39 96,270 CUT 63 T50 58 T13 46 – 46
Sweden Chopra, DanielDaniel Chopra 40 96,230 CUT 64 CUT 102 – – – 102
United States Lowery, SteveSteve Lowery 41 96,190 CUT 66 CUT 103 – – – 103
Colombia Villegas, CamiloCamilo Villegas 42 96,150 CUT 68 T3 25 1 2 1 2
Canada Weir, MikeMike Weir 43 96,110 T7 18 2 3 T67 5 T6 6
England Donald, LukeLuke Donald 44 96,070 DNP 71 DNP 105 – – – 105
Australia Baddeley, AaronAaron Baddeley 45 96,030 CUT 73 T73* 64 T10 43 – 43
Sweden Jacobson, FredrikFredrik Jacobson 46 95,990 CUT 74 T67 65 T10 44 – 44
United States Thompson, NicholasNicholas Thompson 47 95,950 T7 20 CUT 40 T44 41 – 41
United States Armour TommyTommy Armour III 48 95,910 CUT 75 T82* 69 T20 62 – 62
United States Snedeker, BrandtBrandt Snedeker 49 95,870 T68 35 T27 29 T55 34 – 34
England Westwood, LeeLee Westwood 50 95,830 DNP 76 DNP 106 – – – 106
United States Duke, KenKen Duke 51 95,790 T12 28 T10 18 T33 22 T17 22
United States Wagner, JohnsonJohnson Wagner 52 95,750 CUT 78 T15 55 T52 60 – 60
United States Slocum, HeathHeath Slocum 53 95,710 CUT 79 T15 56 T44 61 – 61
United States McLachlin, ParkerParker McLachlin 54 95,670 CUT 80 CUT 107 – – – 107
South Africa Sabbatini, RoryRory Sabbatini 55 95,630 T24 34 CUT 68 T44 69 – 69
United States Watson, BubbaBubba Watson 56 95,590 T12 30 T44 27 T28 29 30 30
United States Sutherland, KevinKevin Sutherland 57 95,550 T2 3 T50 6 T55 11 15 11
South Africa Goosen, RetiefRetief Goosen 58 95,510 CUT 82 CUT 108 – – – 108
Australia Lonard, PeterPeter Lonard 59 95,470 CUT 84 T73* 76 – – – 76
South Africa Clark, TimTim Clark 60 95,430 T38 40 T15 28 T8 23 29 26
United States Mediate, RoccoRocco Mediate 61 95,390 CUT 86 T69 78 – – – 78
United States Perez, PatPat Perez 62 95,350 CUT 88 T21 71 – – – 71
England Poulter, IanIan Poulter 63 95,310 CUT 89 CUT 112 – – – 112
Australia Senden, JohnJohn Senden 64 95,270 T31 41 T33 34 T50 37 – 37
United States Crane, BenBen Crane 65 95,230 CUT 92 T10 57 T33 59 – 59
South Korea Wi, CharlieCharlie Wi 66 95,190 T65 43 T44 39 T64 42 – 42
United States Pernice TomTom Pernice, Jr. 67 95,150 CUT 94 T50 80 – – – 80
United States Hart, DudleyDudley Hart 68 95,110 T12 33 CUT 67 2 14 T10 12
United States Merrick, JohnJohn Merrick 69 95,070 T38 44 T33 38 T60 40 – 40
United States Wilson, DeanDean Wilson 70 95,030 T48 45 T73* 41 T22 39 – 39
Australia Elkington, SteveSteve Elkington 71 94,990 T55 46 CUT 84 – – – 84
United States Goydos, PaulPaul Goydos 72 94,950 72 48 CUT 85 – – – 85
United States Moore, RyanRyan Moore 73 94,910 CUT 98 T78* 87 – – – 87
Australia O'Hern, NickNick O'Hern 74 94,870 CUT 100 T44 86 – – – 86
United States Kresge, CliffCliff Kresge 75 94,830 CUT 101 CUT 113 – – – 113
Australia Goggin, MathewMathew Goggin 76 94,790 T4 26 CUT 47 T38 52 – 52
United States McCarron, ScottScott McCarron 77 94,750 CUT 102 T44 91 – – – 91
England Rose, JustinJustin Rose 78 94,710 DNP 103 DNP 114 – – – 114
United States Howell CharlesCharles Howell III 79 94,670 CUT 104 T82* 95 – – – 95
United States Wilson, MarkMark Wilson 80 94,630 T24 49 T40 42 T64 45 – 45
United States Kuchar, MattMatt Kuchar 81 94,590 CUT 107 CUT 115 – – – 115
United States Rollins, JohnJohn Rollins 82 94,550 CUT 109 T40 96 – – – 96
United States Na, KevinKevin Na 83 94,510 T31 51 CUT 93 – – – 93
United States Flesch, SteveSteve Flesch 84 94,470 CUT 113 T15 81 – – – 81
United States Byrd, JonathanJonathan Byrd 85 94,430 T55 57 T33 49 T52 55 – 55
England Davis, BrianBrian Davis 86 94,390 T38 55 T50 51 T38 56 – 56
United States Pavin, CoreyCorey Pavin 87 94,350 CUT 114 T82* 100 – – – 100
United States Letzig, MichaelMichael Letzig 88 94,310 CUT 117 CUT 117 – – – 117
United States Couples, FredFred Couples 89 94,270 CUT 118 CUT 118 – – – 118
England Casey, PaulPaul Casey 90 94,230 T7 38 CUT 74 – – – 74
Germany Cejka, AlexAlex Čejka 91 94,190 DNP 120 DNP 120 – – – 120
United States Mallinger, JohnJohn Mallinger 92 94,150 T48 62 T63 59 T55 64 – 64
United States Adamonis, BradBrad Adamonis 93 94,110 CUT 121 – – – – – 121
Australia Green, NathanNathan Green 94 94,070 CUT 122 – – – – – 122
United States Glover, LucasLucas Glover 95 94,030 T55 69 T50 62 T13 49 – 49
United States Bohn, JasonJason Bohn 96 93,990 DNP 123 – – – – – 123
United States Matteson, TroyTroy Matteson 97 93,950 CUT 124 – – – – – 124
United States Williamson, JayJay Williamson 98 93,910 T31 65 T80* 60 T52 66 – 66
United States Axley, EricEric Axley 99 93,870 T38 72 T82* 63 T22 63 – 63
United States Verplank, ScottScott Verplank 100 93,830 T12 53 T63 46 T28 48 – 48
United States McNeill, GeorgeGeorge McNeill 101 93,790 T31 70 CUT 104 – – – 104
United States Streelman, KevinKevin Streelman 102 93,750 T4 37 T50 33 T22 35 – 35
United States Kraft, GregGreg Kraft 103 93,710 CUT 125 – – – – – 125
United States Calcavecchia, MarkMark Calcavecchia 104 93,670 CUT 126 – – – – – 126
United States Hoffman, CharleyCharley Hoffman 105 93,630 T38 77 T33 66 T60 68 – 68
Australia Jones, MattMatt Jones 106 93,590 CUT 127 – – – – – 127
United States Haas, BillBill Haas 107 93,550 T55 81 T69 73 – – – 73
United States Bertsch, ShaneShane Bertsch 108 93,510 CUT 128 – – – – – 128
United States Ogilvie, JoeJoe Ogilvie 109 93,470 CUT 129 – – – – – 129
New Zealand Wilkinson, TimTim Wilkinson 110 93,430 CUT 130 – – – – – 130
United States Watney, NickNick Watney 111 93,390 T62 83 CUT 109 – – – 109
United States Johnson, ZachZach Johnson 112 93,350 CUT 131 – – – – – 131
United States Taylor, VaughnVaughn Taylor 113 93,310 CUT 132 – – – – – 132
United States Beem, RichRich Beem 114 93,270 T55 87 CUT 111 – – – 111
United States Warren, CharlesCharles Warren 115 93,230 CUT 133 – – – – – 133
United States Van Pelt, BoBo Van Pelt 116 93,190 71 91 T44 79 – – – 79
United States Johnson, DustinDustin Johnson 117 93,150 CUT 134 – – – – – 134
United States Quigley, BrettBrett Quigley 118 93,110 T38 90 T21 72 – – – 72
United States Tway, BobBob Tway 119 93,070 DNP 135 – – – – – 135
United States Sheehan, PatrickPatrick Sheehan 120 93,030 T24 85 CUT 110 – – – 110
United States Toms, DavidDavid Toms 121 92,990 CUT 136 – – – – – 136
Sweden Johnson, Richard S.Richard S. Johnson 122 92,950 T68 95 T21 77 – – – 77
United States Driscoll, JamesJames Driscoll 123 92,910 CUT 137 – – – – – 137
United States Estes, BobBob Estes 124 92,870 DNP 138 – – – – – 138
United States Lehman, TomTom Lehman 125 92,830 CUT 139 – – – – – 139
United States Petrovic, TimTim Petrovic 126 92,790 T38 97 T40 82 – – – 82
Australia Day, JasonJason Day 127 92,750 T31 96 T50 83 – – – 83
Scotland Laird, MartinMartin Laird 128 92,710 T7 67 T50 61 T55 67 – 67
United States Durant, JoeJoe Durant 129 92,670 CUT 140 – – – – – 140
United States Gore, JasonJason Gore 130 92,630 CUT 141 – – – – – 141
Argentina Cabrera, ÁngelÁngel Cabrera 131 92,590 T19 93 T15 70 T22 65 – 65
United States Palmer, RyanRyan Palmer 132 92,550 T62 106 T50 94 – – – 94
United States Herron, TimTim Herron 133 92,510 T24 99 T5 48 T38 53 – 53
United States Allen, MichaelMichael Allen 134 92,470 T65 108 T27 90 – – – 90
United States Henry, J. J.J. J. Henry 135 92,430 T55 110 T27 92 – – – 92
United States Lickliter, FrankFrank Lickliter 136 92,390 64 112 T69 97 – – – 97
Canada Mills, JonJon Mills 137 92,350 CUT 142 – – – – – 142
United States DiMarco, ChrisChris DiMarco 138 92,310 CUT 143 – – – – – 143
Sweden Parnevik, JesperJesper Parnevik 139 92,270 T24 105 T33 89 – – – 89
United States Thatcher, RolandRoland Thatcher 140 92,230 DNP 144 – – – – – 144
United States Bolli, JustinJustin Bolli 141 92,190 T48 116 T82* 101 – – – 101
United States Overton, JeffJeff Overton 142 92,150 T38 115 T63 99 – – – 99
United States Day, GlenGlen Day 143 92,110 T24 111 CUT 116 – – – 116
United States Janzen, LeeLee Janzen 144 92,070 T48 119 CUT 119 – – – 119

* MDF – made cut, did not finish (i.e. cut after third round)

References

  1. ↑ Inside the field: The Barclays - Absent players
  2. ↑ Tway withdraws to caddie for son at U.S. Amateur
  3. ↑ Beem gets second chance in FedEx playoffs
  4. ↑ Deutsche Bank Championship - Field
  5. ↑ BMW Championship - Field
  6. ↑ Campbell's wife delivers the couple's first child
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