2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs

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:

2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 21 – September 28, 2008
LocationRidgewood Country Club
TPC Boston
Bellerive Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Field144 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

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

PlacePlayerPointsEventsReset Points
1United States Tiger Woods22,6956100,000
2United States Kenny Perry20,8782299,500
3United States Phil Mickelson18,2411799,250
4Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington15,5551299,000
5United States Anthony Kim15,1781898,750
6United States Stewart Cink15,1261898,625
7Fiji Vijay Singh15,0341998,500
8United States Justin Leonard12,7342098,375
9Japan Ryuji Imada10,9031998,250
10Australia Geoff Ogilvy10,8661798,125

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 at 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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Fiji Vijay Singh70-70-66-70=276−81,260,00017
T2Spain Sergio García70-67-69-70=276616,000212
United States Kevin Sutherland70-69-69-68=276357
T4United States Ben Curtis71-68-70-68=277−7289,333827
Australia Mathew Goggin67-74-69-67=2772676
United States Kevin Streelman67-70-68-72=27737102
T7England Paul Casey66-71-69-72=278−6203,7003890
Scotland Martin Laird70-69-72-67=27867128
United States Justin Leonard70-70-71-67=27858
United States Nicholas Thompson75-68-68-67=2782047
Canada Mike Weir72-67-67-72=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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Fiji Vijay Singh64-66-69-63=262−221,260,00011
2Canada Mike Weir61-68-67-71=267−17756,000318
T3South Africa Ernie Els66-65-69-70=270−14406,0001952
Colombia Camilo Villegas68-66-63-73=2702568
T5Spain Sergio García67-64-68-72=271−13266,00022
United States Tim Herron72-67-67-65=2714899
T7United States Chad Campbell67-70-69-66=272−12218,1671421
United States Jim Furyk66-65-69-72=272510
United States Justin Leonard69-70-66-67=27245
T10United States Ben Crane72-65-63-73=273−11175,0005792
United States Ken Duke66-67-70-70=2731828
United States Steve Marino66-66-71-70=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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Colombia Camilo Villegas65-66-66-68=265−151,260,000225
2United States Dudley Hart67-69-66-65=267−13756,0001467
T3United States Jim Furyk70-62-66-70=268−12406,00045
United States Anthony Kim68-67-66-67=26867
T5Canada Stephen Ames68-69-66-66=269−11255,5003150
South Korea K. J. Choi70-68-64-67=269812
United States D. J. Trahan71-63-68-67=2692535
T8South Africa Tim Clark67-68-66-69=270−10210,0002328
United States Hunter Mahan69-67-68-66=2701620
T10Australia Aaron Baddeley71-64-67-69=271−9175,0004364
Sweden Freddie Jacobson67-67-72-65=2714465
United States Steve Stricker66-71-68-66=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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Colombia Camilo Villegas72-66-69-66=273−71,260,00022
2Spain Sergio García70-65-67-71=273756,00033
T3United States Anthony Kim64-69-72-69=274−6409,50046
United States Phil Mickelson68-68-69-69=27479
5United States Ben Curtis71-69-68-70=278−2280,000910
T6South Africa Ernie Els68-73-70-69=280E238,0001321
United States Jim Furyk72-70-69-69=28054
Canada Mike Weir70-69-71-70=28065
9South Korea K. J. Choi69-70-70-72=281+1210,000108
T10Australia Stuart Appleby72-71-70-69=282+2180,0401720
United States Dudley Hart73-69-71-69=2821214
South Africa Trevor Immelman68-73-71-70=2821619
United States Justin Leonard73-69-73-67=28287
United States Billy Mayfair72-71-69-70=2822328

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Final leaderboard

PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)
1Fiji Vijay Singh125,10110,000,000
2Colombia Camilo Villegas124,5503,000,000
3Spain Sergio García119,4002,000,000
4United States Anthony Kim114,4191,500,000
5United States Jim Furyk113,1801,000,000
6Canada Mike Weir113,118800,000
7United States Phil Mickelson112,201700,000
8United States Justin Leonard111,638600,000
9United States Ben Curtis110,702550,000
10South Korea K. J. Choi110,646500,000

See here for the full lists of (1) Final Playoff Standings and (2) Bonus Pool Prizes

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

References

  1. Inside the field: The Barclays Archived August 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine – Absent players
  2. "Tway withdraws to caddie for son at U.S. Amateur". Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2008.
  3. Beem gets second chance in FedEx playoffs
  4. Deutsche Bank Championship Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine – Field
  5. BMW Championship – Field
  6. "Campbell's wife delivers the couple's first child". Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2008.
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