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2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs

Field	Value
name	2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs
image
dates	August 27 – September 27, [2009](2009-pga-tour)
location	Liberty National Golf Club
TPC Boston
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
field	125 for The Barclays
100 for Deutsche Bank
70 for BMW Championship
30 for Tour Championship
purse	$35,000,000 bonus money
winners_share	$10,000,000 bonus money
champion	USA Tiger Woods
score	4,000 points
previous	[2008](2008-fedex-cup-playoffs)
next	[2010](2010-fedex-cup-playoffs)

TPC Boston Cog Hill Golf & Country Club East Lake Golf Club 100 for Deutsche Bank 70 for BMW Championship 30 for Tour Championship The 2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, began on August 27 and ended on September 27. It included the following four events:

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

For the second time in the three-year history of the playoffs, Tiger Woods won the FedEx Cup.

These were the third FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007. Substantial changes were made to the point structures, playoff reset of points, and field sizes for 2009.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

Place	Player	Points	Events
1	USA Tiger Woods	3,341	13
2	USA Steve Stricker	2,155	18
3	USA Zach Johnson	2,019	21
4	USA Kenny Perry	1,943	20
5	USA Lucas Glover	1,742	22
6	USA Phil Mickelson	1,630	14
7	KOR Yang Yong-eun	1,621	19
8	AUS Geoff Ogilvy	1,603	16
9	USA Brian Gay	1,540	21
10	USA Sean O'Hair	1,474	19

The Barclays

The Barclays was played August 27–30. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, only one did not enter—Paul Casey (18), due to a rib injury. Of the 124 entrants, 77 made the second-round cut at +5.

Heath Slocum, who only made the top 125 and the tournament field by two FedEx Cup points, won by sinking a 20-foot (6 m) par putt on the final hole, putting him one shot ahead of a distinguished group consisting of Ernie Els, Pádraig Harrington, Steve Stricker, and Tiger Woods. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship.

FedEx Cup rank	Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After
1	USA Heath Slocum	66-72-70-67=275	−9	1,350,000	3	124
T2	ZAF Ernie Els	72-68-70-66=276	−8	495,000	11	47
IRL Pádraig Harrington	67-75-67-67=276	14	66
USA Tiger Woods	70-72-67-67=276	1	1
USA Steve Stricker	69-70-68-69=276	2	2
T6	USA Nick Watney	68-73-69-67=277	−7	260,625	7	13
SWE Freddie Jacobson	66-72-68-71=277	48	107
8	USA Webb Simpson	66-68-72-72=278	−6	232,500	41	85
T9	USA Scott Verplank	73-70-68-68=279	−5	202,500	37	61
ENG Ian Poulter	67-72-70-70=279	21	34
USA Paul Goydos	65-71-68-75=279	33	49

Deutsche Bank Championship

The Deutsche Bank Championship was played September 4–7. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, only one did not enter—Paul Casey (27), due to a rib injury. Of the 99 players who entered the tournament, 73 of them made the 36-hole cut at one-under-par. Steve Stricker won by one stroke over Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank and took the lead in the FedEx Cup standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.

FedEx Cup rank	Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After
1	USA Steve Stricker	63-72-65-67=267	−17	1,350,000	1	2
T2	USA Jason Dufner	66-69-68-65=268	−16	660,000	9	57
USA Scott Verplank	65-68-68-67=268	5	37
T4	ARG Ángel Cabrera	65-69-70-65=269	−15	310,000	22	38
IRL Pádraig Harrington	67-67-67-68=269	7	14
USA Dustin Johnson	68-65-70-66=269	10	20
7	AUS Geoff Ogilvy	66-68-70-66=270	−14	251,250	8	12
T8	USA Jim Furyk	63-67-73-68=271	−13	217,500	18	18
ZAF Retief Goosen	65-67-68-71=271	17	17
USA Sean O'Hair	66-64-70-71=271	16	16

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played September 10–13. Of the 70 players eligible to play in the event, only one did not enter—Paul Casey (36), due to a rib injury. With a field limited to 70, and 69 actually playing, 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 2010 Masters, U.S. Open, and (British) Open Championship.

Tiger Woods blew away the field in Saturday's third round with a course-record 62 and cruised from there to win by eight shots over Jim Furyk and Marc Leishman. Woods retook the lead in the FedEx Cup standings going into the Tour Championship. Furyk moved from 18th in the standings to third, putting him into position to claim the FedEx Cup with a win in the Tour Championship. Leishman, who only made the field for the BMW Championship by making an eagle on the final hole of the Deutsche Bank Championship, placed himself in the field for the Tour Championship.

The real drama was for the 30th and final spot in the Tour Championship. Brandt Snedeker was in the final 30 until disaster struck on the final hole. Needing only a bogey to secure his place in Atlanta, and on the green of the par-4 hole in three, he missed his par putt from 12 feet and then had his 3-foot putt for bogey lip out. Snedeker then two-putted from tap-in range. That opened the door for John Senden and Ian Poulter, but both seemingly tried to throw away their shots at a trip to Atlanta. Senden badly chucked his approach shot to the par-5 15th, and hit a bunker shot into the water on 17 for a double-bogey, but Snedeker's mistake allowed him to sneak into the top 30 by 0.46 points over Poulter, who hit his approach on the 18th hole into the water.

With the FedEx Cup points reset after the BMW Championship, all 30 remaining players had at least a mathematical chance to secure the season crown, and any of the top five players could claim the FedEx Cup with a win in the Tour Championship.

FedEx Cup rank	Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After
1	USA Tiger Woods	68-67-62-68=265	−19	1,350,000	1	2
T2	USA Jim Furyk	70-70-67-66=273	−11	660,000	3	18
AUS Marc Leishman	67-69-68-69=273	16	67
4	USA Sean O'Hair	70-68-70-68=274	−10	360,000	7	16
5	USA Zach Johnson	73-65-70-68=276	−8	300,000	4	4
T6	ESP Sergio García	71-68-68-71=278	−6	260,625	38	55
IRL Pádraig Harrington	68-68-69-73=278	6	7
T8	COL Camilo Villegas	68-74-71-66=279	−5	225,000	42	52
USA Kevin Na	72-72-65-70=279	18	23
T10	ENG Luke Donald	70-69-68-73=280	−4	172,500	28	32
USA Bill Haas	71-68-71-70=280	41	47
USA Matt Kuchar	71-68-66-75=280	40	46
USA Brandt Snedeker	69-69-66-76=280	33	42
USA Mark Wilson	69-66-71-74=280	32	41

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Place	Player	Points	Reset points	Events
1	USA Tiger Woods	7,108	2,500	16
2	USA Steve Stricker	5,692	2,250	21
3	USA Jim Furyk	3,108	2,000	21
4	USA Zach Johnson	3,031	1,800	24
5	USA Heath Slocum	3,005	1,600	26
6	IRL Pádraig Harrington	2,633	1,400	19
7	USA Sean O'Hair	2,624	1,200	22
8	USA Scott Verplank	2,416	1,000	23
9	USA Kenny Perry	2,318	800	23
10	USA Jason Dufner	2,224	600	25

The Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 24–27, after a one-week break. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut.

Phil Mickelson claimed his first PGA Tour title since his wife and mother were both diagnosed with breast cancer in spring 2009. This was also his second Tour Championship title, as he won the 2000 edition, also held at East Lake. Mickelson entered the final round four shots behind Kenny Perry, but shot 65 while Perry faded to a 74. Three golfers—top seed Tiger Woods, second seed Steve Stricker, and Mickelson—had a reasonable chance of claiming the FedEx Cup entering the final nine holes, but consecutive birdies by Woods on the 15th and 16th holes secured his second-place finish for the tournament, three shots behind Mickelson. Since Mickelson was not among the top five seeds entering the Tour Championship, this was enough for Woods to secure the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize.

FedEx Cup rank	Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After
1	USA Phil Mickelson	73-67-66-65=271	−9	1,350,000	2	14
2	USA Tiger Woods	67-68-69-70=274	−6	810,000	1	1
3	USA Sean O'Hair	66-70-70-69=275	−5	517,500	5	7
T4	IRL Pádraig Harrington	67-69-71-69=276	−4	330,000	7	6
USA Kenny Perry	72-66-64-74=276	9	9
6	USA Steve Stricker	70-72-66-69=277	−3	270,000	3	2
T7	USA Jim Furyk	72-68-71-67=278	−2	247,500	4	3
USA Steve Marino	69-71-67-71=278	15	25
9	ZAF Ernie Els	71-66-71-71=279	−1	225,000	16	22
T10	USA Lucas Glover	68-71-72-69=280	E	202,500	17	20
USA Jerry Kelly	71-67-71-71=280	22	29
AUS John Senden	70-70-69-71=280	24	30

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Points	Winnings ($)
1	USA Tiger Woods	4,000	10,000,000
2	USA Phil Mickelson	2,920	3,000,000
3	USA Steve Stricker	2,750	2,000,000
4	USA Jim Furyk	2,437	1,500,000
5	USA Sean O'Hair	2,200	1,000,000
6	USA Zach Johnson	2,072	800,000
7	IRL Pádraig Harrington	2,050	700,000
8	USA Heath Slocum	1,855	600,000
9	USA Kenny Perry	1,450	550,000
10	USA Scott Verplank	1,245	500,000

For the full list see here.

Table of qualifying players

Table key:

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
USA		3,431	1		1		2	1	1			1
USA		2,155	2		2	1	1		2			3
USA		2,019	3		4		4		4			6
USA		1,993	4		5		6		9			9
USA		1,742	5	CUT	9		14		20			17
USA		1,630	6		10		12		14			2
KOR	*	1,621	7		6		15		21			23
AUS		1,603	8	CUT	12		8		13			13
USA		1,540	9		8		13		17			21
USA		1,474	10	CUT	16		16		7			5
ZAF		1,459	11		17		17		15			18
USA		1,394	12		13		19		19			19
USA		1,388	13		7		11		12			12
USA		1,282	14		15		21		23			27
USA		1,225	15		19	CUT	25		26			28
USA		1,188	16		18		18		3			4
ZAF		1,163	17	CUT	26	CUT	35		34	–	–	34
ENG		1,161	18	DNP	27	DNP	36	DNP	52	–	–	52
USA		1,155	19		20		10		11			14
USA		1,112	20		31	CUT	39		45	–	–	45
USA		1,068	21		28		24		29			22
USA		1,023	22		35	CUT	48		47	–	–	47
USA		1,021	23		22		23		18			26
ENG		993	24		25		32		28			30
ZAF		980	25		24	CUT	33		36	–	–	36
CAN		968	26		29		27		27			29
ARG		968	27	CUT	38		22		24			25
USA		963	28		30		28		37	–	–	37
USA		957	29		34		34		35	–	–	35
USA		938	30		23		26		25			15
AUS		937	31		39		29		30			24
USA	{{sortname	Charles	Howell III	Howell Charles}}	937	32		42		49		49	–	–	49
USA		920	33	CUT	43		38		46	–	–	46
ENG		907	34		21	CUT	30		31	–	–	31
COL		886	35	CUT	50		52		42	–	–	42
USA	{{sortname	Davis	Love III	Love Davis}}	851	36		40		44		51	–	–	51
USA		848	37		47		41		32	–	–	32
AUS		846	38		32	CUT	40		43	–	–	43
USA		838	39		36		31		39	–	–	39
ENG		823	40	CUT	52		53		58	–	–	58
AUS		822	41	CUT	53	CUT	65		63	–	–	63
USA		787	42	CUT	57		9		10			11
USA		775	43		49	CUT	57		60	–	–	60
USA		762	44	CUT	62	CUT	75	–	–	–	–	75
USA		760	45		59		71	–	–	–	–	71
USA		743	46		45	CUT	54		50	–	–	50
ZAF		733	47		11	CUT	20		22			16
USA		727	48		51		58		61	–	–	61
USA		725	49		33	CUT	43		54	–	–	54
USA		703	50		54	CUT	70		59	–	–	59
USA		695	51	CUT	70		80	–	–	–	–	80
USA		693	52		58		45		44	–	–	44
KOR		683	53		69		50		56	–	–	56
USA		677	54	CUT	72		59		53	–	–	53
USA	*	669	55	CUT	74		66		64	–	–	64
USA		667	56	CUT	75		68		65	–	–	65
AUS		662	57	CUT	76		74	–	–	–	–	74
USA		657	58		73		83	–	–	–	–	83
FJI		647	59	CUT	78		81	–	–	–	–	81
USA	*	645	60	CUT	79	CUT	90	–	–	–	–	90
USA		641	61		37		5		8			10
USA		635	62		55		62		69	–	–	69
USA		631	63	CUT	81		69		68	–	–	68
USA		617	64		44		42		33	–	–	33
USA		611	65		65		64	WD	70	–	–	70
IRL		608	66		14		7		6			7
AUS		599	67		46		37		48	–	–	48
USA		598	68		82		61		67	–	–	67
USA		597	69	CUT	84		86	–	–	–	–	86
CAN		592	70	CUT	87		63		55	–	–	55
USA		590	71		64		73	–	–	–	–	73
USA		581	72		56		60		66	–	–	66
USA		580	73	CUT	88	CUT	93	–	–	–	–	93
USA		569	74		67	CUT	84	–	–	–	–	84
USA		566	75	CUT	90		82	–	–	–	–	82
USA		557	76	CUT	92	CUT	95	–	–	–	–	95
USA		555	77		60		46		40	–	–	40
AUS	*	547	78	CUT	93		67		16			20
AUS	*	543	79	CUT	94		87	–	–	–	–	87
USA		543	80		77	CUT	89	–	–	–	–	89
USA		542	81	CUT	95		96	–	–	–	–	96
USA		535	82		61		47		41	–	–	41
USA	*	531	83	CUT	96		88	–	–	–	–	88
USA	*	531	84		68		72	–	–	–	–	72
USA	*	519	85		41	CUT	51		62	–	–	62
USA		518	86		89		76	–	–	–	–	76
AUS		512	87	CUT	98	CUT	99	–	–	–	–	99
AUS	*	507	88		91	CUT	94	–	–	–	–	94
ESP		501	89		71		55		38	–	–	38
JPN		499	90	CUT	99		100	–	–	–	–	100
ENG		492	91		80		85	–	–	–	–	85
KOR		492	92	CUT	101	–	–	–	–	–	–	101
USA		491	93		63	CUT	79	–	–	–	–	79
USA		491	94	CUT	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
USA		480	95	CUT	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	105
USA	*	469	96		97	CUT	98	–	–	–	–	98
USA	*	463	97	CUT	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	106
AUS		452	98		86	CUT	92	–	–	–	–	92
ENG	*	448	99		66		77	–	–	–	–	77
SWE		441	100		100		97	–	–	–	–	97
USA		440	101	CUT	108	–	–	–	–	–	–	108
USA		433	102	CUT	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	109
AUS		431	103	CUT	111	–	–	–	–	–	–	111
USA		428	104	CUT	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
USA		425	105	CUT	113	–	–	–	–	–	–	113
USA		421	106	CUT	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
SWE		418	107		48		56		57	–	–	57
SWE		417	108		85		91	–	–	–	–	91
USA	*	414	109		107	–	–	–	–	–	–	107
DEU	{{sortname	Alex	Čejka	Cejka, Alex}}	412	110		116	–	–	–	–	–	–	116
USA		411	111	CUT	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
USA		400	112		104	–	–	–	–	–	–	104
USA		391	113	CUT	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	118
USA		389	114	CUT	119	–	–	–	–	–	–	119
USA		386	115		115	–	–	–	–	–	–	115
AUS		379	116		110	–	–	–	–	–	–	110
USA	*	379	117	CUT	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
USA	*	377	118	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
USA	*	377	119		103	–	–	–	–	–	–	103
USA		373	120		121	–	–	–	–	–	–	121
USA	*	365	121		123	–	–	–	–	–	–	123
USA		364	122	CUT	124	–	–	–	–	–	–	124
USA		363	123	CUT	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	125
USA		355	124	1	3	CUT	3		5			8
USA		354	125		83		78	–	–	–	–	78

First-time Playoffs participant

References

"Tour Policy Board approves changes to Playoffs system".
"Five key structural changes about '09 FedExCup". PGA Tour.
"Injured Casey withdraws from The Barclays".
(2009-08-30). "The Daily Wrap-up, Round 4: The Barclays". PGA Tour.
"Notebook: Casey withdraws".
"Casey's Playoffs end with withdrawal from BMW".
(2009-09-13). "The Daily Wrap-up, Round 4: BMW Championship". PGA Tour.
(2009-09-27). "The Daily Wrap-up, Round 4: The Tour Championship". PGA Tour.

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