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
	Vijay Singh
	125,101 points
	← 2007 2009 →

2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs

Golf tournament

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:

Quick Facts Tournament information, Dates ...

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.

Table of qualifying players

Table key:

Win

Top-10 finish

Did not advance to next tournament

Played way into next tournament

More information Player, Pre-Playoffs ...

Player	Pre-Playoffs		The Barclays		Deutsche Bank		BMW Champ.		Tour Champ.
Player	Rank	Reset points	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Final rank
Tiger Woods	1	100,000	DNP	15	DNP	32	DNP	70	–	70
Kenny Perry	2	99,500	T48	7	T80^†	9	T44	13	T24	15
Phil Mickelson	3	99,250	T19	4	T73^†	8	T17	9	T3	7
Pádraig Harrington	4	99,000	CUT	23	CUT	44	T55	50	–	50
Anthony Kim	5	98,750	T12	6	T27	7	T3	6	T3	4
Stewart Cink	6	98,625	T38	9	T33	11	T60	15	T24	20
Vijay Singh	7	98,500	1	1	1	1	T44	1	T22	1
Justin Leonard	8	98,375	T7	5	T7	4	T17	7	T10	8
Ryuji Imada	9	98,250	CUT	31	T13	23	T67	26	T17	25
Geoff Ogilvy	10	98,125	CUT	32	72	30	T28	32	–	32
Robert Allenby	11	98,050	T38	12	T44	16	T38	18	16	19
Sergio García	12	97,975	T2	2	T5	2	T20	3	2	3
Carl Pettersson	13	97,900	T48	14	T21	15	T33	17	21	21
Boo Weekley	14	97,825	CUT	36	T27	31	T28	33	–	33
Jim Furyk	15	97,750	T12	10	T7	5	T3	4	T6	5
Sean O'Hair	16	97,675	CUT	39	CUT	75	–	–	–	75
K. J. Choi	17	97,600	T12	11	T21	12	T5	8	9	10
D. J. Trahan	18	97,525	CUT	42	T67	35	T5	25	T17	24
Stuart Appleby	19	97,450	T19	13	T33	17	T38	20	T10	17
Trevor Immelman	20	97,375	70	19	T50	21	T13	19	T10	16
Steve Stricker	21	97,300	T19	16	T13	13	T10	12	T24	14
J. B. Holmes	22	97,225	T24	17	CUT	36	T33	38	–	38
Chad Campbell	23	97,150	T65	21	T7	14	WD	30	T22	29
Adam Scott	24	97,075	CUT	47	T73^†	43	T50	47	–	47
Jeff Quinney	25	97,000	CUT	50	CUT	88	–	–	–	88
Andrés Romero*	26	96,925	T55	22	T50	24	T44	27	T27	28
Ben Curtis	27	96,850	T4	8	T27	10	T13	10	5	9
Ernie Els	28	96,775	CUT	52	T3	19	T17	21	T6	13
Briny Baird	29	96,700	T48	27	T21	22	T38	24	T27	27
Stephen Ames	30	96,630	CUT	54	T50	50	T5	31	–	31
Hunter Mahan	31	96,590	T31	25	T15	20	T8	16	T17	18
Bart Bryant	32	96,550	CUT	56	T50	53	T28	54	–	54
Rod Pampling	33	96,510	CUT	58	CUT	98	–	–	–	98
Woody Austin	34	96,470	CUT	59	T40	52	T64	58	–	58
Chez Reavie*	35	96,430	CUT	60	T63	54	T33	57	–	57
Jerry Kelly	36	96,390	T19	24	CUT	45	T60	51	–	51
Billy Mayfair	37	96,350	T31	29	T78*	26	T22	28	T10	23
Steve Marino	38	96,310	CUT	61	T10	37	T22	36	–	36
Brian Gay	39	96,270	CUT	63	T50	58	T13	46	–	46
Daniel Chopra	40	96,230	CUT	64	CUT	102	–	–	–	102
Steve Lowery*	41	96,190	CUT	66	CUT	103	–	–	–	103
Camilo Villegas	42	96,150	CUT	68	T3	25	1	2	1	2
Mike Weir	43	96,110	T7	18	2	3	T67	5	T6	6
Luke Donald	44	96,070	DNP	71	DNP	105	–	–	–	105
Aaron Baddeley	45	96,030	CUT	73	T73^†	64	T10	43	–	43
Freddie Jacobson	46	95,990	CUT	74	T67	65	T10	44	–	44
Nicholas Thompson*	47	95,950	T7	20	CUT	40	T44	41	–	41
Tommy Armour III	48	95,910	CUT	75	T82^†	69	T20	62	–	62
Brandt Snedeker	49	95,870	T68	35	T27	29	T55	34	–	34
Lee Westwood*	50	95,830	DNP	76	DNP	106	–	–	–	106
Ken Duke	51	95,790	T12	28	T10	18	T33	22	T17	22
Johnson Wagner	52	95,750	CUT	78	T15	55	T52	60	–	60
Heath Slocum	53	95,710	CUT	79	T15	56	T44	61	–	61
Parker McLachlin*	54	95,670	CUT	80	CUT	107	–	–	–	107
Rory Sabbatini	55	95,630	T24	34	CUT	68	T44	69	–	69
Bubba Watson	56	95,590	T12	30	T44	27	T28	29	30	30
Kevin Sutherland	57	95,550	T2	3	T50	6	T55	11	15	11
Retief Goosen	58	95,510	CUT	82	CUT	108	–	–	–	108
Peter Lonard	59	95,470	CUT	84	T73^†	76	–	–	–	76
Tim Clark	60	95,430	T38	40	T15	28	T8	23	29	26
Rocco Mediate	61	95,390	CUT	86	T69	78	–	–	–	78
Pat Perez	62	95,350	CUT	88	T21	71	–	–	–	71
Ian Poulter	63	95,310	CUT	89	CUT	112	–	–	–	112
John Senden	64	95,270	T31	41	T33	34	T50	37	–	37
Ben Crane*	65	95,230	CUT	92	T10	57	T33	59	–	59
Charlie Wi	66	95,190	T65	43	T44	39	T64	42	–	42
Tom Pernice Jr.	67	95,150	CUT	94	T50	80	–	–	–	80
Dudley Hart*	68	95,110	T12	33	CUT	67	2	14	T10	12
John Merrick	69	95,070	T38	44	T33	38	T60	40	–	40
Dean Wilson	70	95,030	T48	45	T73^†	41	T22	39	–	39
Steve Elkington	71	94,990	T55	46	CUT	84	–	–	–	84
Paul Goydos	72	94,950	72	48	CUT	85	–	–	–	85
Ryan Moore	73	94,910	CUT	98	T78^†	87	–	–	–	87
Nick O'Hern	74	94,870	CUT	100	T44	86	–	–	–	86
Cliff Kresge	75	94,830	CUT	101	CUT	113	–	–	–	113
Mathew Goggin	76	94,790	T4	26	CUT	47	T38	52	–	52
Scott McCarron*	77	94,750	CUT	102	T44	91	–	–	–	91
Justin Rose	78	94,710	DNP	103	DNP	114	–	–	–	114
Charles Howell III	79	94,670	CUT	104	T82^†	95	–	–	–	95
Mark Wilson	80	94,630	T24	49	T40	42	T64	45	–	45
Matt Kuchar	81	94,590	CUT	107	CUT	115	–	–	–	115
John Rollins	82	94,550	CUT	109	T40	96	–	–	–	96
Kevin Na	83	94,510	T31	51	CUT	93	–	–	–	93
Steve Flesch	84	94,470	CUT	113	T15	81	–	–	–	81
Jonathan Byrd	85	94,430	T55	57	T33	49	T52	55	–	55
Brian Davis	86	94,390	T38	55	T50	51	T38	56	–	56
Corey Pavin	87	94,350	CUT	114	T82^†	100	–	–	–	100
Michael Letzig*	88	94,310	CUT	117	CUT	117	–	–	–	117
Fred Couples*	89	94,270	CUT	118	CUT	118	–	–	–	118
Paul Casey*	90	94,230	T7	38	CUT	74	–	–	–	74
Alex Čejka	91	94,190	DNP	120	DNP	120	–	–	–	120
John Mallinger	92	94,150	T48	62	T63	59	T55	64	–	64
Brad Adamonis*	93	94,110	CUT	121	–	–	–	–	–	121
Nathan Green	94	94,070	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	–	122
Lucas Glover	95	94,030	T55	69	T50	62	T13	49	–	49
Jason Bohn	96	93,990	DNP	123	–	–	–	–	–	123
Troy Matteson	97	93,950	CUT	124	–	–	–	–	–	124
Jay Williamson*	98	93,910	T31	65	T80^†	60	T52	66	–	66
Eric Axley*	99	93,870	T38	72	T82^†	63	T22	63	–	63
Scott Verplank	100	93,830	T12	53	T63	46	T28	48	–	48
George McNeill	101	93,790	T31	70	CUT	104	–	–	–	104
Kevin Streelman*	102	93,750	T4	37	T50	33	T22	35	–	35
Greg Kraft*	103	93,710	CUT	125	–	–	–	–	–	125
Mark Calcavecchia	104	93,670	CUT	126	–	–	–	–	–	126
Charley Hoffman	105	93,630	T38	77	T33	66	T60	68	–	68
Matt Jones*	106	93,590	CUT	127	–	–	–	–	–	127
Bill Haas	107	93,550	T55	81	T69	73	–	–	–	73
Shane Bertsch*	108	93,510	CUT	128	–	–	–	–	–	128
Joe Ogilvie	109	93,470	CUT	129	–	–	–	–	–	129
Tim Wilkinson*	110	93,430	CUT	130	–	–	–	–	–	130
Nick Watney	111	93,390	T62	83	CUT	109	–	–	–	109
Zach Johnson	112	93,350	CUT	131	–	–	–	–	–	131
Vaughn Taylor	113	93,310	CUT	132	–	–	–	–	–	132
Rich Beem	114	93,270	T55	87	CUT	111	–	–	–	111
Charles Warren	115	93,230	CUT	133	–	–	–	–	–	133
Bo Van Pelt	116	93,190	71	91	T44	79	–	–	–	79
Dustin Johnson*	117	93,150	CUT	134	–	–	–	–	–	134
Brett Quigley	118	93,110	T38	90	T21	72	–	–	–	72
Bob Tway	119	93,070	DNP	135	–	–	–	–	–	135
Patrick Sheehan*	120	93,030	T24	85	CUT	110	–	–	–	110
David Toms	121	92,990	CUT	136	–	–	–	–	–	136
Richard S. Johnson*	122	92,950	T68	95	T21	77	–	–	–	77
James Driscoll*	123	92,910	CUT	137	–	–	–	–	–	137
Bob Estes	124	92,870	DNP	138	–	–	–	–	–	138
Tom Lehman	125	92,830	CUT	139	–	–	–	–	–	139
Tim Petrovic	126	92,790	T38	97	T40	82	–	–	–	82
Jason Day*	127	92,750	T31	96	T50	83	–	–	–	83
Martin Laird*	128	92,710	T7	67	T50	61	T55	67	–	67
Joe Durant	129	92,670	CUT	140	–	–	–	–	–	140
Jason Gore	130	92,630	CUT	141	–	–	–	–	–	141
Ángel Cabrera	131	92,590	T19	93	T15	70	T22	65	–	65
Ryan Palmer	132	92,550	T62	106	T50	94	–	–	–	94
Tim Herron	133	92,510	T24	99	T5	48	T38	53	–	53
Michael Allen*	134	92,470	T65	108	T27	90	–	–	–	90
J. J. Henry	135	92,430	T55	110	T27	92	–	–	–	92
Frank Lickliter	136	92,390	64	112	T69	97	–	–	–	97
Jon Mills*	137	92,350	CUT	142	–	–	–	–	–	142
Chris DiMarco	138	92,310	CUT	143	–	–	–	–	–	143
Jesper Parnevik	139	92,270	T24	105	T33	89	–	–	–	89
Roland Thatcher*	140	92,230	DNP	144	–	–	–	–	–	144
Justin Bolli*	141	92,190	T48	116	T82^†	101	–	–	–	101
Jeff Overton	142	92,150	T38	115	T63	99	–	–	–	99
Glen Day*	143	92,110	T24	111	CUT	116	–	–	–	116
Lee Janzen*	144	92,070	T48	119	CUT	119	–	–	–	119

* First-time Playoffs qualifier
^† MDF – made cut, did not finish (i.e. cut after third round)

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					FedEx Cup rank
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Camilo Villegas	72-66-69-66=273	−7	1,260,000	2	2
2	Sergio García	70-65-67-71=273	−7	756,000	3	3
T3	Anthony Kim	64-69-72-69=274	−6	409,500	4	6
T3	Phil Mickelson	68-68-69-69=274	−6	409,500	7	9
5	Ben Curtis	71-69-68-70=278	−2	280,000	9	10
T6	Ernie Els	68-73-70-69=280	E	238,000	13	21
	Jim Furyk	72-70-69-69=280			5	4
	Mike Weir	70-69-71-70=280			6	5
9	K. J. Choi	69-70-70-72=281	+1	210,000	10	8
T10	Stuart Appleby	72-71-70-69=282	+2	180,040	17	20
	Dudley Hart	73-69-71-69=282			12	14
	Trevor Immelman	68-73-71-70=282			16	19
	Justin Leonard	73-69-73-67=282			8	7
	Billy Mayfair	72-71-69-70=282			23	28

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

2008_FedEx_Cup_Playoffs

2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs

Regular season rankings

The Barclays

Deutsche Bank Championship

BMW Championship

The Tour Championship

Final leaderboard

Table of qualifying players

References

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