2012 FedEx Cup Playoffs explained

2012 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Dates:	August 23 – September 23, 2012
Location:	Bethpage State Park TPC Boston Crooked Stick Golf 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:	Brandt Snedeker
Score:	4,100 points
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, began on August 23 and ended on September 23. It included the following four events:

• The Barclays – Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, New York
• Deutsche Bank Championship – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
• BMW Championship – Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana
• Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

Brandt Snedeker won the FedEx Cup by winning the Tour Championship.

These were the sixth FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

Place	Player	Points	Events
1		2,269	15
2		2,110	19
3		2,092	12
4		2,019	20
5		1,777	15
6		1,739	19
7		1,691	22
8		1,670	21
9		1,600	18
10		1,456	15

The Barclays

The Barclays was played August 23–26. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, two did not enter: Jason Dufner (ranked 2)^[1] and Spencer Levin (45).^[2] Of the 123 entrants, 75 made the second-round cut at 143 (+1).

Nick Watney won by three strokes over Brandt Snedeker and moved to first place in the standings. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: Graham DeLaet (ranked 106th to 44th), Bob Estes (103 to 62), David Hearn (108 to 67), Jason Day (113 to 88), Tommy Gainey (102 to 91), and Jonas Blixt (101 to 97).^[3] Six players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: John Mallinger (ranked 88th to 101st), Will Claxton (89 to 102), Chad Campbell (91 to 104), Andrés Romero (93 to 106), Freddie Jacobson (95 to 105), and Chris Stroud (99 to 110).

					FedEx Cup rank
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		65-69-71-69=274	−10	1,440,000	1	49
2		70-69-68-70=277	−7	864,000	2	19
T3		66-68-69-75=278	−6	464,000	10	33
		67-71-72-68=278			8	26
T5		75-67-72-65=279	−5	281,000	44	106
		65-75-68-71=279			41	97
		70-71-68-70=279			21	34
		69-72-68-70=279			27	51
9		70-70-68-72=280	−4	232,000	38	78
T10		71-71-72-67=281	−3	160,889	26	35
		70-72-67-72=281			35	54
		68-74-69-70=281			14	16
		69-66-72-74=281			62	103
		69-72-68-72=281			57	92
		70-73-67-71=281			67	108
		68-74-67-72=281			46	74
		72-69-65-75=281			43	70
		70-70-70-71=281			7	5

• Par 71 course

Deutsche Bank Championship

The Deutsche Bank Championship was played August 31 – September 3. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, two did not enter: Sergio García (ranked 10)^[4] and David Toms (89).^[5] Of the 98 entrants, 78 made the second-round cut at one-over-par, 145.

Rory McIlroy won by one stroke over Louis Oosthuizen and moved into first place in the standings.^[6] The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included nine players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Deutsche Bank Championship: Jeff Overton (83 to 40), Bryce Molder (93 to 45), D. A. Points (72 to 54), Troy Matteson (78 to 59), Matt Every (75 to 63), Chris Kirk (81 to 66), Charl Schwartzel (71 to 68), Charley Hoffman (86 to 69) and Dicky Pride (96 to 70). Nine players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Josh Teater (64 to 73), John Rollins (58 to 74), Scott Stallings (61 to 75), Ken Duke (60 to 76), Harris English (63 to 79), Jonathan Byrd (69 to 82), Spencer Levin (66 to 83), Charles Howell III (68 to 84) and Brian Davis (70 to 85).

					FedEx Cup rank
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		65-65-67-67=264	−20	1,440,000	1	4
2		66-65-63-71=265	−19	864,000	5	21
3		64-68-68-66=266	−18	544,000	3	3
T4		67-68-65-70=270	−14	352,000	6	8
		68-68-68-66=270			9	17
6		69-70-65-67=271	−13	288,000	4	2
T7		64-71-69-68=272	−12	258,000	40	83
		69-69-68-66=272			25	34
9		65-69-68-71=273	−11	232,000	45	93
T10		64-68-70-72=274	−10	208,000	35	53
		68-71-69-66=274			32	43

• Par 71 course

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played September 6–9. All 70 players eligible to play in the event did so. There was no cut.

Rory McIlroy won his second straight playoff event. He won by two strokes over Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood.^[7] Two players played their way into the Tour Championship: Robert Garrigus (ranked 31 to ranked 20) by finishing tied for 4th, and Ryan Moore (35 to 28) by finishing T-10.^[8] Two players played their way out of the Tour Championship: Kyle Stanley (30 to 31) by finishing T-34, and Bill Haas (28 to 32) by finishing T-45.^[8] Haas was the defending FedEx Cup champion and this was the sixth straight year that the defending champion failed to make the Tour Championship.^[8] Three players, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, and Steve Stricker, have made the Tour Championship in each year of the playoffs.^[8]

The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after this event advanced to the Tour Championship and also earned spots in the 2013 Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, and (British) Open Championship.

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		64-68-69-67=268	−20	1,440,000	1	1
T2		69-67-64-70=270	−18	704,000	4	9
		68-65-68-69=270			8	23
T4		67-69-66-69=271	−17	352,000	20	31
		65-67-71-68=271			2	3
T6		68-67-67-70=272	−16	278,000	7	6
		68-68-66-70=272			21	25
8		65-66-69-73=273	−15	248,000	33	49
9		69-70-67-68=274	−14	232,000	18	21
T10		66-66-73-70=275	−13	208,000	28	35
		64-69-71-71=275			19	20

• Par 72 course

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Place	Player	Points	Reset points	Events
1		7,299	2,500	15
2		4,067	2,250	18
3		3,586	2,000	24
4		3,420	1,800	21
5		3,357	1,600	21
6		3,167	1,400	18
7		3,097	1,200	18
8		2,726	1,000	14
9		2,576	800	23
10		2,575	600	21

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 20–23, after a one-week break. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Brandt Snedeker won the tournament by three shots from Justin Rose, and the FedEx Cup.^[9]

					FedEx Cup rank
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1		68-70-64-68=270	−10	1,440,000	1	5
2		66-68-68-71=273	−7	864,000	6	24
T3		71-69-67-67=274	−6	468,000	9	15
		69-70-65-70=274			11	28
T5		71-68-70-66=275	−5	304,000	16	25
		69-66-70-70=275			13	11
7		69-64-72-72=277	−3	272,000	15	18
T8		68-73-71-66=278	−2	248,000	19	23
		66-73-67-72=278			3	2
T10		68-69-69-73=279	−1	205,760	23	20
		69-67-73-70=279			8	7
		67-69-70-73=279			18	16
		69-68-68-74=279			2	1
		67-68-71-73=279			22	19

• Par 70 course

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Points	Winnings ($)
1		4,100.0	10,000,000
2		2,827.0	3,000,000
3		2,662.5	2,000,000
4		2,215.0	1,500,000
5		2,072.5	1,000,000
6		1,770.0	800,000
7		1,635.0	700,000
8		1,527.0	600,000
9		1,275.0	550,000
10		1,205.0	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.
		Points	Rank	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after	Finish	Rank after		Finish	Final rank
		2,269	1		3	style=background:yellow		3	style=background:yellow		2		style=background:yellow		3
		2,110	2	DNP	6		7		10			14
		2,092	3		4	style=background:lime	1	1	style=background:lime	1	1		style=background:yellow		2
		2,019	4		5		8		9			12
		1,777	5	style=background:yellow		7	CUT	10		11		style=background:yellow		13
		1,739	6	CUT	12		14		23		style=background:yellow		19
		1,691	7		9		11		17			24
		1,670	8	CUT	13		12		14			21
		1,600	9		11		13		16		style=background:yellow		18
		1,456	10		16		16		13			20
		1,447	11		18		18		22			26
		1,426	12		15	CUT	22		24		style=background:yellow		6
		1,424	13	CUT	20		19		25		style=background:yellow		16
		1,373	14		17	style=background:yellow		9	style=background:yellow		4			5
		1,304	15	CUT	23		29		30			27
		1,294	16	style=background:yellow		14		17		15		style=background:yellow		9
		1,284	17	CUT	25		21	style=background:yellow		18		style=background:yellow		15
		1,246	18		19		24		27			28
		1,194	19	style=background:yellow		2	style=background:yellow		4		5		style=background:lime	1	style=background:lime	1
		1,181	20	CUT	28		34		36	–	–	36
		1,181	21	CUT	29		28		32	–	–	32
		1,177	22	CUT	30		30		31	–	–	31
		1,175	23		22		20	style=background:yellow		19		style=background:yellow		22
		1,155	24		31		31	style=background:yellow		20		style=background:yellow		23
		1,123	25		24		27		26			29
		1,097	26	style=background:yellow		8	style=background:yellow		6	style=background:yellow		7		style=background:yellow		8
		1,037	27	CUT	33		41		42	–	–	42
		1,003	28	CUT	36		37		46	–	–	46
		997	29	CUT	37	CUT	47		41	–	–	41
		986	30	CUT	39		44		59	–	–	59
		976	31		40	CUT	50		64	–	–	64
		966	32		34	style=background:yellow		25	style=background:yellow		21			25
		935	33	style=background:yellow		10	DNP	15		12			17
		928	34	style=background:yellow		21	style=background:yellow		5		6			7
		902	35	style=background:yellow		26		33		38	–	–	38
		901	36	CUT	47	CUT	61		60	–	–	60
		867	37		32		26		29			30
		866	38	CUT	51		64		52	–	–	52
		849	39	CUT	52	CUT	67		66	–	–	66
		827	40		54		38		37	–	–	37
		815	41	CUT	56		65		57	–	–	57
		776	42	CUT	60	CUT	76	–	–	–	–	76
		763	43		45		46		62	–	–	62
		745	44		42	CUT	57		55	–	–	55
		735	45	DNP	66	WD	83	–	–	–	–	83
		732	46		58	CUT	74	–	–	–	–	74
		732	47	CUT	69		82	–	–	–	–	82
		728	48	CUT	70	CUT	85	–	–	–	–	85
		726	49	style=background:lime	1	1		2		3			4
		714	50	CUT	72		54		63	–	–	63
		713	51	style=background:yellow		27		23	style=background:yellow		8			10
		713	52	CUT	73		80	–	–	–	–	80
		711	53	WD	75		63		67	–	–	67
		707	54	style=background:yellow		35	CUT	43		56	–	–	56
		698	55		50		48		39	–	–	39
		689	56	CUT	79	CUT	90	–	–	–	–	90
		669	57		59		49	style=background:yellow		33	–	–	33
		667	58	CUT	83	style=background:yellow		40		44	–	–	44
		666	59		68	CUT	84	–	–	–	–	84
		662	60		78		59		44	–	–	44
		647	61	CUT	84		93	–	–	–	–	93
		646	62		48		56		43	–	–	43
		644	63		74		81	–	–	–	–	81
		635	64		53	style=background:yellow		35	style=background:yellow		28		style=background:yellow		11
		635	65	CUT	85		78	–	–	–	–	78
		634	66		82	CUT	92	–	–	–	–	92
		628	67	CUT	86		69		69	–	–	69
		624	68		49		53		47	–	–	47
		623	69	CUT	89	DNP	95	–	–	–	–	95
		620	70	style=background:yellow		43	style=background:yellow		32		34	–	–	34
		604	71	CUT	92		96	–	–	–	–	96
		603	72		65		55		54	–	–	54
		602	73	CUT	94	CUT	97	–	–	–	–	97
		602	74	style=background:yellow		46		39		50	–	–	50
		599	75		87		91	–	–	–	–	91
		599	76		90		86	–	–	–	–	86
		597	77		95	CUT	98	–	–	–	–	98
		589	78	style=background:yellow		38		36		35	–	–	35
		586	79	CUT	96		70		70	–	–	70
		574	80		81		66		49	–	–	49
		572	81	CUT	98		72	–	–	–	–	72
		568	82		55		52		48	–	–	48
		567	83	CUT	99		99	–	–	–	–	99
		556	84		76	CUT	88	–	–	–	–	88
		556	85	CUT	100		100	–	–	–	–	100
		554	86		61		75	–	–	–	–	75
		549	87		63		79	–	–	–	–	79
		543	88	CUT	101	–	–	–	–	–	–	101
		530	89	CUT	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
		519	90		71		68		61	–	–	61
		517	91	CUT	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	104
		511	92	style=background:yellow		57		42		40	–	–	40
		506	93	CUT	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	106
		506	94		64		73	–	–	–	–	73
		500	95		105	–	–	–	–	–	–	105
		495	96		93	style=background:yellow		45		65	–	–	65
		493	97	style=background:yellow		41		51		51	–	–	51
		489	98		77	CUT	89	–	–	–	–	89
		484	99	CUT	110	–	–	–	–	–	–	110
		477	100		80		77	–	–	–	–	77
		470	101		97		71	–	–	–	–	71
		464	102		91		94	–	–	–	–	94
		458	103	style=background:yellow		62		62		58	–	–	58
		447	104	CUT	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
		443	105	CUT	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	115
		441	106	style=background:yellow		44	CUT	60		53	–	–	53
		433	107		116	–	–	–	–	–	–	116
		432	108	style=background:yellow		67		58		68	–	–	68
		424	109		112	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
		424	110		109	–	–	–	–	–	–	109
		422	111		103	–	–	–	–	–	–	103
		417	112	CUT	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	118
		417	113		88		87	–	–	–	–	87
		411	114		117	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
		408	115		119	–	–	–	–	–	–	119
		398	116		107	–	–	–	–	–	–	107
		394	117		111	–	–	–	–	–	–	111
		394	118		113	–	–	–	–	–	–	113
		393	119		109	–	–	–	–	–	–	109
		390	120	CUT	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
		387	121	CUT	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	121
		385	122	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
		365	123	CUT	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	123
		365	124	CUT	124	–	–	–	–	–	–	124
		363	125	WD	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	125

* First-time Playoffs participant

External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• 2012 FedEx Cup Playoffs Guidebook

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dufner out of next week's FedEx Playoff Cup opener . Golf Channel . August 17, 2012 . August 20, 2012.
2. Web site: Levin withdraws from The Barclays . PGA Tour . August 20, 2012 . August 20, 2012.
3. News: Watney captures Barclays. Field of 100 set for TPC Boston . Boston Globe . August 26, 2012 . August 27, 2012.
4. News: Sergio Garcia to pass on TPC Boston . Kevin . Maguire . ESPN . August 25, 2012 . August 27, 2012.
5. Web site: Toms withdraws, ends Playoffs run . PGA Tour . August 27, 2012 . August 28, 2012.
6. News: Rory McIlroy wins Deutsche Bank . ESPN . Associated Press . September 3, 2012 . September 4, 2012.
7. News: Rory McIlroy rises to top at BMW . ESPN . Associated Press . September 9, 2012 . September 10, 2012.
8. Web site: Backspin: McIlroy era has officially arrived . September 10, 2012 . Brian . Wacker . PGA Tour . September 10, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913041919/http://www.pgatour.com/2012/r/09/10/monday-backspin-bmw/index.html . September 13, 2012 . dead .
9. News: Brandt Snedeker wins FedEx Cup . ESPN . Associated Press . September 24, 2012 . September 24, 2012.