2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs

2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs

Tournament information
Dates	August 25 – September 25, 2011
Location	Plainfield Country Club TPC Boston Cog Hill Golf & Country Club East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Field	125 for The Barclays 100 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
Bill Haas
2,760 points
«2010 2012»

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:

• The Barclays — Plainfield Country Club, Edison, New Jersey
• Deutsche Bank Championship — TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
• BMW Championship — Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois
• Tour Championship — East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

Bill Haas won the FedEx Cup by winning 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.

Regular season rankings

#	Player	Country	Points	Events
1	Nick Watney	United States	1,906	17
2	Steve Stricker	United States	1,865	15
3	Webb Simpson	United States	1,861	20
4	Luke Donald	England	1,856	14
5	Keegan Bradley	United States	1,621	24
6	Phil Mickelson	United States	1,601	17
7	K. J. Choi	South Korea	1,601	18
8	Bubba Watson	United States	1,577	18
9	David Toms	United States	1,538	18
10	Gary Woodland	United States	1,466	20

The Barclays

The Barclays was played August 25–28. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, two did not enter: Charl Schwartzel (ranked 21) and J. B. Holmes (66).^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	66-63-65=194	-19	1,440,000	1	19
2	Matt Kuchar	United States	63-65-68=196	-17	864,000	2	12
T3	Vijay Singh	Fiji	65-64-68=197	-16	464,000	8	36
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	70-66-61=197			6	18
5	Jonathan Byrd	United States	65-66-67=198	-15	320,000	12	24
T6	Brian Davis	England	69-66-64=199	-14	259,000	30	57
	Justin Rose	England	67-65-67=199			27	44
	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	68-66-65=199			51	109
	Y. E. Yang	South Korea	70-66-63=199			26	43
T10	Charley Hoffman	United States	66-66-68=200	-13	200,000	33	49
	Webb Simpson	United States	71-66-63=200			4	3
	Nick Watney	United States	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. Holmes.^[1] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Webb Simpson	United States	69-68-67-65=269	-15	1,440,000	1	4
2	Chez Reavie	United States	67-68-68-66=269		864,000	9	87
T3	Jason Day	Australia	67-69-67-68=271	-13	416,000	6	15
	Luke Donald	England	66-70-68-67=271			4	5
	Brandt Snedeker	United States	69-64-72-66=271			5	6
6	Jim Furyk	United States	69-69-66-68=272	-12	288,000	35	60
7	Bo Van Pelt	United States	73-68-66-66=273	-11	268,000	22	32
T8	Hunter Mahan	United States	68-71-69-66=274	-10	240,000	18	24
	Adam Scott	Australia	69-63-71-71=274			16	23
T10	Blake Adams	United States	70-67-68-70=275	-9	177,333	57	81
	Jerry Kelly	United States	66-69-68-72=275			40	47
	Phil Mickelson	United States	70-73-63-69=275			10	11
	Ryan Moore	United States	68-68-69-70=275			39	44
	Kyle Stanley	United States	68-71-68-68=275			30	39
	Brendan Steele	United States	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, and (British) Open Championship.

Justin Rose won the event by two strokes over John Senden and moved to third in the rankings.^[7] 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.^[8]

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	England	63-68-69-71=271	-13	1,440,000	3	34
2	John Senden	Australia	68-66-70-69=273	-11	864,000	9	55
3	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	69-68-68-69=274	-10	544,000	24	69
4	Luke Donald	England	75-66-67-68=276	-8	384,000	4	4
5	Webb Simpson	United States	65-68-73-71=277	-7	320,000	1	1
T6	Jason Dufner	United States	71-68-71-68=278	-6	278,000	22	29
	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	68-73-71-66=278			33	47
8	Chez Reavie	United States	69-70-70-70=279	-5	248,000	8	9
9	Brandt Jobe	United States	75-64-69-72=280	-4	232,000	51	63
T10	K. J. Choi	South Korea	67-71-73-70=281	-3	208,000	13	15
	David Toms	United States	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	United States	5,261	2,500	23
2	Dustin Johnson	United States	3,841	2,250	20
3	Justin Rose	England	3,748	2,000	21
4	Luke Donald	England	3,625	1,800	17
5	Matt Kuchar	United States	3,349	1,600	22
6	Brandt Snedeker	United States	3,094	1,400	24
7	Nick Watney	United States	2,516	1,200	20
8	Chez Reavie	United States	2,513	1,000	25
9	John Senden	Australia	2,474	800	24
10	Jason Day	Australia	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 Haas won the tournament, in a playoff over Hunter Mahan, and the FedEx Cup.^[9]

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Bill Haas	United States	68-67-69-68=272	-8	1,440,000	1	25
2	Hunter Mahan	United States	67-68-66-71=272		864,000	7	21
T3	Aaron Baddeley	Australia	68-69-64-72=273	-7	418,667	14	27
	K. J. Choi	South Korea	68-65-70-70=273			11	13
	Luke Donald	England	66-68-70-69=273			3	4
T6	Jason Day	Australia	67-67-69-71=274	-6	272,000	12	10
	Charles Howell III	United States	67-71-68-68=274			19	26
	Adam Scott	Australia	67-65-74-68=274			16	19
9	Bo Van Pelt	United States	71-70-66-68=275	-5	240,000	23	30
10	Phil Mickelson	United States	68-70-67-71=276	-4	227,200	15	14

Final leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Points	Winnings ($)
1	Bill Haas	United States	2760.0	10,000,000
2	Webb Simpson	United States	2745.0	3,000,000
3	Luke Donald	England	2566.7	2,000,000
4	Dustin Johnson	United States	2487.5	1,500,000
5	Justin Rose	England	2252.5	1,000,000
6	Matt Kuchar	United States	1852.5	800,000
7	Hunter Mahan	United States	1800.0	700,000
8	Brandt Snedeker	United States	1667.5	600,000
9	Nick Watney	United States	1420.0	550,000
10	Chez Reavie	United States	1220.0	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.		Reset points	Tour Champ.
		Points	Rank	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after		Finish	Final rank
	Watney, NickNick Watney	1,906	1	T10	3	T61	7	T22	7	1,200	T26	9
	Stricker, SteveSteve Stricker	1,865	2	T24	7	T42	8	WD	12	460	15	18
	Simpson, WebbWebb Simpson	1,861	3	T10	4	1	1	5	1	2,500	22	2
	Donald, LukeLuke Donald	1,856	4	T18	5	T3	4	4	4	1,800	T3	3
	Bradley, KeeganKeegan Bradley*	1,621	5	CUT	14	CUT	19	T16	20	310	T11	20
	Mickelson, PhilPhil Mickelson	1,601	6	T43	11	T10	10	T56	14	420	10	15
	Choi, K. J.K. J. Choi	1,601	7	T32	9	CUT	15	T10	13	440	T3	11
	Watson, BubbaBubba Watson	1,577	8	CUT	16	T16	12	T53	18	340	T23	26
	Toms, DavidDavid Toms	1,538	9	CUT	17	T59	20	T10	16	380	T16	20
	Woodland, GaryGary Woodland*	1,466	10	T13	10	T25	11	T16	11	480	T13	17
	Wilson, MarkMark Wilson	1,461	11	T24	13	T56	17	T22	15	400	T26	22
	Kuchar, MattMatt Kuchar	1,407	12	2	2	T25	3	T22	5	1,600	T20	6
	Scott, AdamAdam Scott	1,332	13	T67	23	T8	16	T37	19	320	T6	16
	Day, JasonJason Day	1,308	14	T13	15	T3	6	T49	10	600	T6	12
	Haas, BillBill Haas	1,273	15	T24	18	T61	24	T16	25	260	1	1
	Jacobson, FredrikFredrik Jacobson	1,235	16	T32	21	T42	23	T42	29	220	T16	29
	Laird, MartinMartin Laird	1,234	17	T58	25	T74	31	T12	31	–	–	31
	Snedeker, BrandtBrandt Snedeker	1,227	18	T3	6	T3	5	T22	6	1,400	T16	8
	Johnson, DustinDustin Johnson	1,191	19	1	1	T42	2	T65	2	2,250	T23	4
	Mahan, HunterHunter Mahan	1,186	20	T43	24	T8	18	T42	21	300	2	7
	Schwartzel, CharlCharl Schwartzel*	1,185	21	DNP	28	T21	27	T42	32	–	–	32
	Baddeley, AaronAaron Baddeley	1,181	22	T13	19	T77	25	T22	27	240	T3	14
	Sabbatini, RoryRory Sabbatini	1,175	23	T18	20	T68	26	T59	35	–	–	35
	Byrd, JonathanJonathan Byrd	1,165	24	5	12	T56	13	T37	17	360	30	27
	Dufner, JasonJason Dufner	1,143	25	CUT	29	T31	29	T6	22	290	T13	25
	Howell CharlesCharles Howell III	1,137	26	T18	22	T31	21	T42	26	250	T6	19
	Points, D. A.D. A. Points	1,055	27	CUT	34	CUT	49	T53	56	–	–	56
	Fowler, RickieRickie Fowler	1,038	28	T52	31	T52	37	48	43	–	–	43
	Levin, SpencerSpencer Levin	1,025	29	CUT	35	T37	41	T49	47	–	–	47
	Gainey, TommyTommy Gainey*	999	30	CUT	37	CUT	54	69	62	–	–	62
	Stallings, ScottScott Stallings*	992	31	CUT	38	T52	46	62	57	–	–	57
	Johnson, ZachZach Johnson	962	32	CUT	40	T16	36	T31	40	–	–	40
	Kirk, ChrisChris Kirk*	957	33	CUT	41	T31	43	T31	42	–	–	42
	Marino, SteveSteve Marino	935	34	71	42	T16	38	T59	49	–	–	49
	Vegas, JhonattanJhonattan Vegas*	919	35	70	43	T42	50	T49	54	–	–	54
	Singh, VijayVijay Singh	903	36	T3	8	CUT	14	67	23	280	T16	28
	Palmer, RyanRyan Palmer	902	37	T43	36	T61	48	T49	53	–	–	53
	Moore, RyanRyan Moore	883	38	CUT	44	T10	39	T16	37	–	–	37
	Van Pelt, BoBo Van Pelt	881	39	T24	32	7	22	T56	30	210	9	23
	Glover, LucasLucas Glover	875	40	CUT	45	T21	45	T31	45	–	–	45
	Steele, BrendanBrendan Steele*	826	41	CUT	54	T10	42	68	52	–	–	52
	Jobe, BrandtBrandt Jobe*	803	42	CUT	56	T61	63	9	51	–	–	51
	Yang, Y. E.Y. E. Yang	799	43	T6	26	T42	28	T12	28	230	29	30
	Rose, JustinJustin Rose	796	44	T6	27	T68	34	1	3	2,000	T20	5
	Karlsson, RobertRobert Karlsson*	789	45	T52	46	T16	44	T37	46	–	–	46
	de Jonge, BrendonBrendon de Jonge	784	46	T58	52	CUT	64	T31	60	–	–	60
	Na, KevinKevin Na	778	47	CUT	57	CUT	71	–	–	–	–	71
	Stanley, KyleKyle Stanley*	761	48	T24	39	T10	30	T22	34	–	–	34
	Hoffman, CharleyCharley Hoffman	746	49	T10	33	T31	32	T53	41	–	–	41
	Senden, JohnJohn Senden	732	50	CUT	61	T21	55	2	9	800	25	13
	O'Hair, SeanSean O'Hair	724	51	CUT	62	T25	56	T37	58	–	–	58
	Perez, PatPat Perez	716	52	WD	63	T61	75	–	–	–	–	75
	Garrigus, RobertRobert Garrigus	702	53	CUT	67	T59	74	–	–	–	–	74
	McNeill, GeorgeGeorge McNeill	694	54	CUT	69	T37	61	64	68	–	–	68
	Pettersson, CarlCarl Pettersson	691	55	T32	49	T37	52	T16	48	–	–	48
	Gay, BrianBrian Gay	685	56	CUT	71	CUT	82	–	–	–	–	82
	Davis, BrianBrian Davis	685	57	T6	30	T42	33	T31	39	–	–	39
	Allenby, RobertRobert Allenby	679	58	T52	59	T52	62	T12	55	–	–	55
	García, SergioSergio García	662	59	T32	53	T31	53	T12	44	–	–	44
	Furyk, JimJim Furyk	661	60	T52	60	6	35	T22	36	–	–	36
	Frazar, HarrisonHarrison Frazar	660	61	T58	64	CUT	77	–	–	–	–	77
	Romero, AndrésAndrés Romero	651	62	T64	72	T31	59	T56	66	–	–	66
	Kelly, JerryJerry Kelly	651	63	T24	47	T10	40	T16	38	–	–	38
	Tringale, CameronCameron Tringale*	644	64	T32	55	CUT	66	T31	63	–	–	63
	Blanks, KrisKris Blanks	641	65	T58	68	CUT	80	–	–	–	–	80
	Holmes, J. B.J. B. Holmes	640	66	DNP	77	WD	86	–	–	–	–	86
	Adams, BlakeBlake Adams	616	67	CUT	81	T10	57	61	64	–	–	64
	Walker, JimmyJimmy Walker	615	68	T18	48	T37	51	T22	50	–	–	50
	Overton, JeffJeff Overton	611	69	CUT	82	T68	90	–	–	–	–	90
	Rollins, JohnJohn Rollins	608	70	CUT	83	T68	92	–	–	–	–	92
	Streelman, KevinKevin Streelman	600	71	T32	58	CUT	72	–	–	–	–	72
	Henry, J. J.J. J. Henry	599	72	T58	76	T52	76	–	–	–	–	76
	Wi, CharlieCharlie Wi	591	73	T43	65	CUT	78	–	–	–	–	78
	Campbell, ChadChad Campbell	591	74	T52	73	T21	58	T37	59	–	–	59
	Verplank, ScottScott Verplank	588	75	CUT	86	CUT	93	–	–	–	–	93
	Reavie, ChezChez Reavie	588	76	CUT	87	2	9	8	8	1,000	T26	10
	Wagner, JohnsonJohnson Wagner	585	77	CUT	88	T25	67	63	70	–	–	70
	Couch, ChrisChris Couch	573	78	WD	90	CUT	94	–	–	–	–	94
	Ogilvy, GeoffGeoff Ogilvy	571	79	T67	91	T25	69	3	24	270	T11	24
	Piercy, ScottScott Piercy	571	80	T13	50	T74	60	T65	69	–	–	69
	Love DavisDavis Love III	557	81	CUT	93	T68	95	–	–	–	–	95
	Cink, StewartStewart Cink	556	82	CUT	94	CUT	98	–	–	–	–	98
	Barnes, RickyRicky Barnes	552	83	CUT	95	76	97	–	–	–	–	97
	Matteson, TroyTroy Matteson	542	84	CUT	97	T77	99	–	–	–	–	99
	Imada, RyujiRyuji Imada	529	85	T58	89	T61	91	–	–	–	–	91
	Crane, BenBen Crane	526	86	CUT	100	T61	96	–	–	–	–	96
	Leishman, MarcMarc Leishman	522	87	T32	70	T42	65	T42	65	–	–	65
	Chappell, KevinKevin Chappell*	503	88	T32	74	CUT	84	–	–	–	–	84
	Haas, HunterHunter Haas*	499	89	CUT	103	–	–	–	–	–	–	103
	DiMarco, ChrisChris DiMarco	499	90	CUT	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	104
	Molder, BryceBryce Molder	493	91	T64	101	–	–	–	–	–	–	101
	Kim, AnthonyAnthony Kim	485	92	T24	66	CUT	79	–	–	–	–	79
	McDowell, GraemeGraeme McDowell*	485	93	T43	84	T37	73	–	–	–	–	73
	Goydos, PaulPaul Goydos	474	94	CUT	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	105
	Immelman, TrevorTrevor Immelman	468	95	T32	79	CUT	88	–	–	–	–	88
	O'Hern, NickNick O'Hern	463	96	CUT	107	–	–	–	–	–	–	107
	Bettencourt, MattMatt Bettencourt	461	97	CUT	108	–	–	–	–	–	–	108
	Herron, TimTim Herron	456	98	CUT	110	–	–	–	–	–	–	110
	Bradley, MichaelMichael Bradley*	454	99	CUT	111	–	–	–	–	–	–	111
	Chalmers, GregGreg Chalmers	450	100	T43	92	T42	81	–	–	–	–	81
	Goosen, RetiefRetief Goosen	439	101	72	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
	Gillis, TomTom Gillis	431	102	CUT	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
	Lunde, BillBill Lunde	428	103	T32	85	T56	85	–	–	–	–	85
	Merrick, JohnJohn Merrick	415	104	T43	98	CUT	100	–	–	–	–	100
	Stadler, KevinKevin Stadler	414	105	T64	113	–	–	–	–	–	–	113
	Stroud, ChrisChris Stroud	413	106	T18	75	T42	70	T22	61	–	–	61
	Thompson, MichaelMichael Thompson*	413	107	CUT	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	115
	Taylor, VaughnVaughn Taylor	397	108	CUT	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	116
	Villegas, CamiloCamilo Villegas	395	109	T6	51	T25	47	T6	33	–	–	33
	Teater, JoshJosh Teater	393	110	T43	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
	Trahan, D. J.D. J. Trahan	392	111	T52	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	106
	Slocum, HeathHeath Slocum	388	112	CUT	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
	Appleby, StuartStuart Appleby	387	113	WD	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	118
	Poulter, IanIan Poulter	387	114	T18	78	CUT	87	–	–	–	–	87
	Pampling, RodRod Pampling	385	115	CUT	119	–	–	–	–	–	–	119
	Ogilvie, JoeJoe Ogilvie	364	116	CUT	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
	Hearn, DavidDavid Hearn*	362	117	T67	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	121
	Els, ErnieErnie Els	357	118	T32	99	T16	68	T42	67	–	–	67
	Mayfair, BillyBilly Mayfair	353	119	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
	Driscoll, JamesJames Driscoll	353	120	CUT	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	123
	Flesch, SteveSteve Flesch	352	121	WD	124	–	–	–	–	–	–	124
	Bowditch, StevenSteven Bowditch*	347	122	CUT	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	125
	Atwal, ArjunArjun Atwal*	339	123	T43	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	109
	Harrington, PádraigPádraig Harrington	338	124	T13	80	73	89	–	–	–	–	89
	McGirt, WilliamWilliam McGirt*	334	125	T24	96	T42	83	–	–	–	–	83

* First-time Playoffs participant

References

1. Holmes withdraws from The Barclays due to impending surgery
2. Barclays shortened to 54-hole event
3. Dustin Johnson wins The Barclays
4. Eight players advance to TPC Boston
5. Webb Simpson wins Deutsche Bank
6. Survival makes FedExCup bubble busters feel like Boston's real winners
7. Justin Rose wins BMW Championship
8. Rose wasn't the only big winner on a day of massive implications
9. Bill Haas wins Tour Championship