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
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

#PlayerCountryPointsEventsReset Points
1Tiger Woods United States22,6956100,000
2Kenny Perry United States20,8782299,500
3Phil Mickelson United States18,2411799,250
4Pádraig Harrington Ireland15,5551299,000
5Anthony Kim United States15,1781898,750
6Stewart Cink United States15,1261898,625
7Vijay Singh Fiji15,0341998,500
8Justin Leonard United States12,7342098,375
9Ryuji Imada Japan10,9031998,250
10Geoff Ogilvy Australia10,8661798,125

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
#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

Full leaderboard

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

Full leaderboard

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
1Camilo Villegas Colombia65-66-66-68=265−151,260,000225
2Dudley Hart United States67-69-66-65=267−13756,0001467
T3Jim Furyk United States70-62-66-70=268−12406,00045
Anthony Kim United States68-67-66-67=26867
T5Stephen Ames Canada68-69-66-66=269−11255,5003150
K. J. Choi South Korea70-68-64-67=269812
D. J. Trahan United States71-63-68-67=2692535
T8Tim Clark South Africa67-68-66-69=270−10210,0002328
Hunter Mahan United States69-67-68-66=2701620
T10Aaron Baddeley Australia71-64-67-69=271−9175,0004364
Freddie Jacobson Sweden67-67-72-65=2714465
Steve Stricker United States66-71-68-66=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
1Camilo Villegas Colombia72-66-69-66=273−71,260,00022
2Sergio García Spain70-65-67-71=273756,00033
T3Anthony Kim United States64-69-72-69=274−6409,50046
Phil Mickelson United States68-68-69-69=27479
5Ben Curtis United States71-69-68-70=278−2280,000910
T6Ernie Els South Africa68-73-70-69=280E238,0001321
Jim Furyk United States72-70-69-69=28054
Mike Weir Canada70-69-71-70=28065
9K. J. Choi South Korea69-70-70-72=281+1210,000108
T10Stuart Appleby Australia72-71-70-69=282+2180,0401720
Dudley Hart United States73-69-71-69=2821214
Trevor Immelman South Africa68-73-71-70=2821619
Justin Leonard United States73-69-73-67=28287
Billy Mayfair United States72-71-69-70=2822328

Full leaderboard

Final leaderboard

#PlayerCountryPointsWinnings ($)
1Vijay Singh Fiji125,10110,000,000
2Camilo Villegas Colombia124,5503,000,000
3Sergio García Spain119,4002,000,000
4Anthony Kim United States114,4191,500,000
5Jim Furyk United States113,1801,000,000
6Mike Weir Canada113,118800,000
7Phil Mickelson United States112,201700,000
8Justin Leonard United States111,638600,000
9Ben Curtis United States110,702550,000
10K. J. Choi South Korea110,646500,000

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
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)

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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