2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs explained

2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Dates:	August 25 – September 25, 2011
Location:	Plainfield Country 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:	Bill Haas
Score:	2,760 points
Previous:	2010
Next:	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

Place	Points	Events
1	1,906	17
2	1,865	15
3	1,861	20
4	1,856	14
5	1,621	24
6	1,601	17
7	1,601	18
8	1,577	18
9	1,538	18
10	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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		66-63-65=194	−19	1,440,000	1	19
2		63-65-68=196	−17	864,000	2	12
align=center rowspan=2	T3		65-64-68=197	align=center rowspan=2	−16	align=right rowspan=2	464,000	8	36
	70-66-61=197	6	18
5		65-66-67=198	−15	320,000	12	24
align=center rowspan=4	T6		69-66-64=199	align=center rowspan=4	−14	align=right rowspan=4	259,000	30	57
	67-65-67=199	27	44
	68-66-65=199	51	109
	70-66-63=199	26	43
align=center rowspan=3	T10		66-66-68=200	align=center rowspan=3	−13	align=right rowspan=3	200,000	33	49
	71-66-63=200	4	3
	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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		69-68-67-65=269	align=center rowspan=2	−15	1,440,000	1	4
2		67-68-68-66=269	864,000	9	87
align=center rowspan=3	T3		67-69-67-68=271	align=center rowspan=3	−13	align=right rowspan=3	416,000	6	15
	66-70-68-67=271	4	5
	69-64-72-66=271	5	6
6		69-69-66-68=272	−12	288,000	35	60
7		73-68-66-66=273	−11	268,000	22	32
align=center rowspan=2	T8		68-71-69-66=274	align=center rowspan=2	−10	align=right rowspan=2	240,000	18	24
	69-63-71-71=274	16	23
align=center rowspan=6	T10		70-67-68-70=275	align=center rowspan=6	−9	align=right rowspan=6	177,333	57	81
	66-69-68-72=275	40	47
	70-73-63-69=275	10	11
	68-68-69-70=275	39	44
	68-71-68-68=275	30	39
	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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		63-68-69-71=271	−13	1,440,000	3	34
2		68-66-70-69=273	−11	864,000	9	55
3		69-68-68-69=274	−10	544,000	24	69
4		75-66-67-68=276	−8	384,000	4	4
5		65-68-73-71=277	−7	320,000	1	1
align=center rowspan=2	T6		71-68-71-68=278	align=center rowspan=2	−6	align=right rowspan=2	278,000	22	29
	68-73-71-66=278	33	47
8		69-70-70-70=279	−5	248,000	8	9
9		75-64-69-72=280	−4	232,000	51	63
align=center rowspan=2	T10		67-71-73-70=281	align=center rowspan=2	−3	align=right rowspan=2	208,000	13	15
	71-66-73-71=281	16	20

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Place	Points	Reset points	Events
1	5,261	2,500	23
2	3,841	2,250	20
3	3,748	2,000	21
4	3,625	1,800	17
5	3,349	1,600	22
6	3,094	1,400	24
7	2,516	1,200	20
8	2,513	1,000	25
9	2,474	800	24
10	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
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		68-67-69-68=272	align=center rowspan=2	−8	1,440,000	1	25
2		67-68-66-71=272	864,000	7	21
align=center rowspan=3	T3		68-69-64-72=273	align=center rowspan=3	−7	align=right rowspan=3	418,667	14	27
	68-65-70-70=273	11	13
	66-68-70-69=273	3	4
align=center rowspan=3	T6		67-67-69-71=274	align=center rowspan=3	−6	align=right rowspan=3	272,000	12	10
	67-71-68-68=274	19	26
	67-65-74-68=274	16	19
9		71-70-66-68=275	−5	240,000	23	30
10		68-70-67-71=276	−4	227,200	15	14

Final leaderboard

Place	Points	Winnings ($)
1	2760.0	10,000,000
2	2745.0	3,000,000
3	2566.7	2,000,000
4	2487.5	1,500,000
5	2252.5	1,000,000
6	1852.5	800,000
7	1800.0	700,000
8	1667.5	600,000
9	1420.0	550,000
10	1220.0	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.
Player	Points	Rank	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after	Reset points	Finish	Final rank
	1,906	1	style=background:yellow		3		7		7			style=background:yellow	9
	1,865	2		7		8	WD	12			18
	1,861	3	style=background:yellow		4	style=background:lime		1	style=background:yellow		1			style=background:yellow	2
	1,856	4		5	style=background:yellow		4	style=background:yellow		4		style=background:yellow		style=background:yellow	3
	1,621	5	CUT	14	CUT	19		20			20
	1,601	6		11	style=background:yellow		10		14		style=background:yellow		15
	1,601	7		9	CUT	15	style=background:yellow		13		style=background:yellow		11
	1,577	8	CUT	16		12		18			26
	1,538	9	CUT	17		20	style=background:yellow		16			20
	1,466	10		10		11		11			17
	1,461	11		13		17		15			22
	1,407	12	style=background:yellow		2		3		5			style=background:yellow	6
	1,332	13		23	style=background:yellow		16		19		style=background:yellow		16
	1,308	14		15	style=background:yellow		6		10		style=background:yellow		12
	1,273	15		18		24		25		style=background:lime		style=background:lime	1
	1,235	16		21		23		29			29
	1,234	17		25		31		31	–	–	31
	1,227	18	style=background:yellow		6	style=background:yellow		5		6			style=background:yellow	8
	1,191	19	style=background:lime		1		2		2			style=background:yellow	4
	1,186	20		24	style=background:yellow		18		21		style=background:yellow		style=background:yellow	7
	1,185	21	DNP	28		27		32	–	–	32
	1,181	22		19		25		27		style=background:yellow		14
	1,175	23		20		26		35	–	–	35
	1,165	24	style=background:yellow		12		13		17			27
	1,143	25	CUT	29		29	style=background:yellow		22			25
	1,137	26		22		21		26		style=background:yellow		19
	1,055	27	CUT	34	CUT	49		56	–	–	56
	1,038	28		31		37		43	–	–	43
	1,025	29	CUT	35		41		47	–	–	47
	999	30	CUT	37	CUT	54		62	–	–	62
	992	31	CUT	38		46		57	–	–	57
	962	32	CUT	40		36		40	–	–	40
	957	33	CUT	41		43		42	–	–	42
	935	34		42		38		49	–	–	49
	919	35		43		50		54	–	–	54
	903	36	style=background:yellow		8	CUT	14		23			28
	902	37		36		48		53	–	–	53
	883	38	CUT	44	style=background:yellow		39		37	–	–	37
	881	39		32	style=background:yellow		22		30		style=background:yellow		23
	875	40	CUT	45		45		45	–	–	45
	826	41	CUT	54	style=background:yellow		42		52	–	–	52
	803	42	CUT	56		63	style=background:yellow		51	–	–	51
	799	43	style=background:yellow		26		28		28			30
	796	44	style=background:yellow		27		34	style=background:lime		3			style=background:yellow	5
	789	45		46		44		46	–	–	46
	784	46		52	CUT	64		60	–	–	60
	778	47	CUT	57	CUT	71	–	–	–	–	71
	761	48		39	style=background:yellow		30		34	–	–	34
	746	49	style=background:yellow		33		32		41	–	–	41
	732	50	CUT	61		55	style=background:yellow		9			13
	724	51	CUT	62		56		58	–	–	58
	716	52	WD	63		75	–	–	–	–	75
	702	53	CUT	67		74	–	–	–	–	74
	694	54	CUT	69		61		68	–	–	68
	691	55		49		52		48	–	–	48
	685	56	CUT	71	CUT	82	–	–	–	–	82
	685	57	style=background:yellow		30		33		39	–	–	39
	679	58		59		62		55	–	–	55
	662	59		53		53		44	–	–	44
	661	60		60	style=background:yellow		35		36	–	–	36
	660	61		64	CUT	77	–	–	–	–	77
	651	62		72		59		66	–	–	66
	651	63		47	style=background:yellow		40		38	–	–	38
	644	64		55	CUT	66		63	–	–	63
	641	65		68	CUT	80	–	–	–	–	80
	640	66	DNP	77	WD	86	–	–	–	–	86
	616	67	CUT	81	style=background:yellow		57		64	–	–	64
	615	68		48		51		50	–	–	50
	611	69	CUT	82		90	–	–	–	–	90
	608	70	CUT	83		92	–	–	–	–	92
	600	71		58	CUT	72	–	–	–	–	72
	599	72		76		76	–	–	–	–	76
	591	73		65	CUT	78	–	–	–	–	78
	591	74		73		58		59	–	–	59
	588	75	CUT	86	CUT	93	–	–	–	–	93
	588	76	CUT	87	style=background:yellow		9	style=background:yellow		8			style=background:yellow	10
	585	77	CUT	88		67		70	–	–	70
	573	78	WD	90	CUT	94	–	–	–	–	94
	571	79		91		69	style=background:yellow		24			24
	571	80		50		60		69	–	–	69
	557	81	CUT	93		95	–	–	–	–	95
	556	82	CUT	94	CUT	98	–	–	–	–	98
	552	83	CUT	95		97	–	–	–	–	97
	542	84	CUT	97		99	–	–	–	–	99
	529	85		89		91	–	–	–	–	91
	526	86	CUT	100		96	–	–	–	–	96
	522	87		70		65		65	–	–	65
	503	88		74	CUT	84	–	–	–	–	84
	499	89	CUT	103	–	–	–	–	–	–	103
	499	90	CUT	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	104
	493	91		101	–	–	–	–	–	–	101
	485	92		66	CUT	79	–	–	–	–	79
	485	93		84		73	–	–	–	–	73
	474	94	CUT	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	105
	468	95		79	CUT	88	–	–	–	–	88
	463	96	CUT	107	–	–	–	–	–	–	107
	461	97	CUT	108	–	–	–	–	–	–	108
	456	98	CUT	110	–	–	–	–	–	–	110
	454	99	CUT	111	–	–	–	–	–	–	111
	450	100		92		81	–	–	–	–	81
	439	101		112	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
	431	102	CUT	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
	428	103		85		85	–	–	–	–	85
	415	104		98	CUT	100	–	–	–	–	100
	414	105		113	–	–	–	–	–	–	113
	413	106		75		70		61	–	–	61
	413	107	CUT	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	115
	397	108	CUT	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	116
	395	109	style=background:yellow		51		47	style=background:yellow		33	–	–	33
	393	110		102	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
	392	111		106	–	–	–	–	–	–	106
	388	112	CUT	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
	387	113	WD	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	118
	387	114		78	CUT	87	–	–	–	–	87
	385	115	CUT	119	–	–	–	–	–	–	119
	364	116	CUT	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
	362	117		121	–	–	–	–	–	–	121
	357	118		99		68		67	–	–	67
	353	119	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
	353	120	CUT	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	123
	352	121	WD	124	–	–	–	–	–	–	124
	347	122	CUT	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	125
	339	123		109	–	–	–	–	–	–	109
	338	124		80		89	–	–	–	–	89
	334	125		96		83	–	–	–	–	83

* First-time Playoffs participant

Notes and References

Web site: Holmes withdraws from The Barclays due to impending surgery . 2011-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016184256/http://www.pgatour.com/2011/tournaments/r027/08/22/holmes-withdraws/index.html . 2012-10-16 . dead . mdy-all.
http://tourreport.pgatour.com/category/tournaments/the-barclays/ Barclays shortened to 54-hole event
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/6901422/dustin-johnson-beats-rain-holds-victory-barclays Dustin Johnson wins The Barclays
http://tourreport.pgatour.com/2011/08/27/eight-players-advance-to-tpc-boston/ Eight players advance to TPC Boston
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/6933908/webb-simpson-rallies-win-deutsche-bank-playoff Webb Simpson wins Deutsche Bank
Web site: Survival makes FedExCup bubble busters feel like Boston's real winners . 2011-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111024202508/http://www.pgatour.com/2011/tournaments/r505/09/05/ross-fedexcup/index.html . 2011-10-24 . dead . mdy-all.
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/6989712/justin-rose-holds-john-senden-wins-bmw-championship Justin Rose wins BMW Championship
Web site: Rose wasn't the only big winner on a day of massive implications . 2011-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110924005203/http://www.pgatour.com/2011/tournaments/r028/09/18/fedexcup-column-ross/index.html . 2011-09-24 . dead . mdy-all.
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/7020092/bill-haas-outlasts-hunter-mahan-playoff-wins-tour-championship-fedex-cup Bill Haas wins Tour Championship