2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, were held from August 21 to September 28. They consisted of four events:

• The Barclays
• Deutsche Bank Championship
• BMW Championship
• The Tour Championship

These were the second FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007. After the first three events, Vijay Singh was assured of winning the 2008 FedEx Cup as long as he completed all four rounds of The Tour Championship without disqualification, which he proceeded to do. Tiger Woods, having topped the regular season points list after playing in only six events, did not play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs due to knee surgery.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

#	Player	Country	Points	Events	Reset Points
1	Tiger Woods	United States	22,695	6	100,000
2	Kenny Perry	United States	20,878	22	99,500
3	Phil Mickelson	United States	18,241	17	99,250
4	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	15,555	12	99,000
5	Anthony Kim	United States	15,178	18	98,750
6	Stewart Cink	United States	15,126	18	98,625
7	Vijay Singh	Fiji	15,034	19	98,500
8	Justin Leonard	United States	12,734	20	98,375
9	Ryuji Imada	Japan	10,903	19	98,250
10	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	10,866	17	98,125

For the full list see here

Final leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Points	Winnings ($)
1	Vijay Singh	Fiji	125,101	10,000,000
2	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	124,550	3,000,000
3	Sergio García	Spain	119,400	2,000,000
4	Anthony Kim	United States	114,419	1,500,000
5	Jim Furyk	United States	113,180	1,000,000
6	Mike Weir	Canada	113,118	800,000
7	Phil Mickelson	United States	112,201	700,000
8	Justin Leonard	United States	111,638	600,000
9	Ben Curtis	United States	110,702	550,000
10	K.J. Choi	South Korea	110,646	500,000

For the full list see here

The Barclays

The Barclays was played August 21-24. 144 players were eligible to play but nine did not enter:^[1] Tiger Woods (1) - knee, Luke Donald (44) - wrist, Lee Westwood (50) - personal decision, Justin Rose (78) - played KLM Open, Alex Čejka (91) - arm, Jason Bohn (96) - back, Bob Tway (119) - caddied for son Kevin in U.S. Amateur,^[2] Bob Estes (124) - getting married,^[3] Roland Thatcher (140) - wrist. Of the 135 players who entered the tournament, 72 of them made the cut. The cut was 1-over par. Vijay Singh won in a playoff over Sergio García and Kevin Sutherland. The top 120 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship.

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Vijay Singh	Fiji	70-70-66-70=276	-8	1,260,000	1	7
T2	Sergio García	Spain	70-67-69-70=276		616,000	2	12
	Kevin Sutherland	United States	70-69-69-68=276			3	57
T4	Ben Curtis	United States	71-68-70-68=277	-7	289,333	8	27
	Mathew Goggin	Australia	67-74-69-67=277			26	76
	Kevin Streelman	United States	67-70-68-72=277			37	102
T7	Paul Casey	England	66-71-69-72=278	-6	203,700	38	90
	Martin Laird	Scotland	70-69-72-67=278			67	128
	Justin Leonard	United States	70-70-71-67=278			5	8
	Nicholas Thompson	United States	75-68-68-67=278			20	47
	Mike Weir	Canada	72-67-67-72=278			18	43

Full leaderboard

Deutsche Bank Championship

The Deutsche Bank Championship was played from August 29 to September 1. 120 players were eligible to play but five did not enter:^[4] Tiger Woods (15) - knee, Luke Donald (71) - wrist, Lee Westwood (76) and Justin Rose (103) - played the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, Alex Čejka (120) - arm. Of the 115 players who entered the tournament, 86 of them made the 36-hole cut at -3. There was a second, 54-hole cut, that reduced the field to 72 players, again at -3. Vijay Singh, who won the first playoff event, won by shooting a tournament record -22 (262). The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Vijay Singh	Fiji	64-66-69-63=262	-22	1,260,000	1	1
2	Mike Weir	Canada	61-68-67-71=267	-17	756,000	3	18
T3	Ernie Els	South Africa	66-65-69-70=270	-14	406,000	19	52
	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	68-66-63-73=270			25	68
T5	Sergio García	Spain	67-64-68-72=271	-13	266,000	2	2
	Tim Herron	United States	72-67-67-65=271			48	99
T7	Chad Campbell	United States	67-70-69-66=272	-12	218,167	14	21
	Jim Furyk	United States	66-65-69-72=272			5	10
	Justin Leonard	United States	69-70-66-67=272			4	5
T10	Ben Crane	United States	72-65-63-73=273	-11	175,000	57	92
	Ken Duke	United States	66-67-70-70=273			18	28
	Steve Marino	United States	66-66-71-70=273			37	61

Full leaderboard

BMW Championship

The BMW Championship was played September 4-7. 70 players were eligible to play but one, Tiger Woods (32) - knee, did not enter.^[5] There was no cut for this tournament. Camilo Villegas won by shooting -15. This was Villegas' first win on the PGA Tour. Chad Campbell withdrew after the first round to attend the birth of his first child.^[6] He earned no FedEx Cup points but at the end of the BMW Championship he was in 30th place in the standings. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to The Tour Championship.

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	65-66-66-68=265	-15	1,260,000	2	25
2	Dudley Hart	United States	67-69-66-65=267	-13	756,000	14	67
T3	Jim Furyk	United States	70-62-66-70=268	-12	406,000	4	5
	Anthony Kim	United States	68-67-66-67=268			6	7
T5	Stephen Ames	Canada	68-69-66-66=269	-11	255,500	31	50
	K.J. Choi	South Korea	70-68-64-67=269			8	12
	D. J. Trahan	United States	71-63-68-67=269			25	35
T8	Tim Clark	South Africa	67-68-66-69=270	-10	210,000	23	28
	Hunter Mahan	United States	69-67-68-66=270			16	20
T10	Aaron Baddeley	Australia	71-64-67-69=271	-9	175,000	43	64
	Fredrik Jacobson	Sweden	67-67-72-65=271			44	65
	Steve Stricker	United States	66-71-68-66=271			12	13

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The Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 25-28 after a two week break for the Ryder Cup. All 30 players eligible to play did so. There was no cut for this tournament. Camilo Villegas won the tournament on the first playoff hole with Sergio García. Vijay Singh won the FedEx Cup.

						FedEx Cup rank
#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	72-66-69-66=273	-7	1,260,000	2	2
2	Sergio García	Spain	70-65-67-71=273		756,000	3	3
T3	Anthony Kim	United States	64-69-72-69=274	-6	409,500	4	6
	Phil Mickelson	United States	68-68-69-69=274			7	9
5	Ben Curtis	United States	71-69-68-70=278	-2	280,000	9	10
T6	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-73-70-69=280	E	238,000	13	21
	Jim Furyk	United States	72-70-69-69=280			5	4
	Mike Weir	Canada	70-69-71-70=280			6	5
9	K.J. Choi	South Korea	69-70-70-72=281	+1	210,000	10	8
T10	Stuart Appleby	Australia	72-71-70-69=282	+2	180,040	17	20
	Dudley Hart	United States	73-69-71-69=282			12	14
	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	68-73-71-70=282			16	19
	Justin Leonard	United States	73-69-73-67=282			8	7
	Billy Mayfair	United States	72-71-69-70=282			23	28

Full leaderboard

References