2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs

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2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 25 – September 25, 2011
LocationPlainfield Country Club
TPC Boston
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
TourPGA Tour
Statistics
Field125 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
United States 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:

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.

PlacePlayerPointsEvents
1United States Nick Watney1,90617
2United States Steve Stricker1,86515
3United States Webb Simpson1,86120
4England Luke Donald1,85614
5United States Keegan Bradley1,62124
6United States Phil Mickelson1,60117
7South Korea K. J. Choi1,60118
8United States Bubba Watson1,57718
9United States David Toms1,53818
10United States Gary Woodland1,46620

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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Dustin Johnson66-63-65=194−191,440,000119
2United States Matt Kuchar63-65-68=196−17864,000212
T3Fiji Vijay Singh65-64-68=197−16464,000836
United States Brandt Snedeker70-66-61=197618
5United States Jonathan Byrd65-66-67=198−15320,0001224
T6England Brian Davis69-66-64=199−14259,0003057
England Justin Rose67-65-67=1992744
Colombia Camilo Villegas68-66-65=19951109
South Korea Yang Yong-eun70-66-63=1992643
T10United States Charley Hoffman66-66-68=200−13200,0003349
United States Webb Simpson71-66-63=20043
United States Nick Watney67-69-64=20031

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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Webb Simpson69-68-67-65=269−151,440,00014
2United States Chez Reavie67-68-68-66=269864,000987
T3Australia Jason Day67-69-67-68=271−13416,000615
England Luke Donald66-70-68-67=27145
United States Brandt Snedeker69-64-72-66=27156
6United States Jim Furyk69-69-66-68=272−12288,0003560
7United States Bo Van Pelt73-68-66-66=273−11268,0002232
T8United States Hunter Mahan68-71-69-66=274−10240,0001824
Australia Adam Scott69-63-71-71=2741623
T10United States Blake Adams70-67-68-70=275−9177,3335781
United States Jerry Kelly66-69-68-72=2754047
United States Phil Mickelson70-73-63-69=2751011
United States Ryan Moore68-68-69-70=2753944
United States Kyle Stanley68-71-68-68=2753039
United States Brendan Steele69-67-67-72=2754254

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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1England Justin Rose63-68-69-71=271−131,440,000334
2Australia John Senden68-66-70-69=273−11864,000955
3Australia Geoff Ogilvy69-68-68-69=274−10544,0002469
4England Luke Donald75-66-67-68=276−8384,00044
5United States Webb Simpson65-68-73-71=277−7320,00011
T6United States Jason Dufner71-68-71-68=278−6278,0002229
Colombia Camilo Villegas68-73-71-66=2783347
8United States Chez Reavie69-70-70-70=279−5248,00089
9United States Brandt Jobe75-64-69-72=280−4232,0005163
T10South Korea K. J. Choi67-71-73-70=281−3208,0001315
United States David Toms71-66-73-71=2811620

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents
1United States Webb Simpson5,2612,50023
2United States Dustin Johnson3,8412,25020
3England Justin Rose3,7482,00021
4England Luke Donald3,6251,80017
5United States Matt Kuchar3,3491,60022
6United States Brandt Snedeker3,0941,40024
7United States Nick Watney2,5161,20020
8United States Chez Reavie2,5131,00025
9Australia John Senden2,47480024
10Australia Jason Day2,45960020

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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1United States Bill Haas68-67-69-68=272−81,440,000125
2United States Hunter Mahan67-68-66-71=272864,000721
T3Australia Aaron Baddeley68-69-64-72=273−7418,6671427
South Korea K. J. Choi68-65-70-70=2731113
England Luke Donald66-68-70-69=27334
T6Australia Jason Day67-67-69-71=274−6272,0001210
United States Charles Howell III67-71-68-68=2741926
Australia Adam Scott67-65-74-68=2741619
9United States Bo Van Pelt71-70-66-68=275−5240,0002330
10United States Phil Mickelson68-70-67-71=276−4227,2001514

Final leaderboard

Table of qualifying players

References

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