2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Introduction 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, GeorgiaFor 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  PlacePlayerPointsEvents1   Tiger Woods 3,341 132   Steve Stricker 2,155 183   Zach Johnson 2,019 214   Kenny Perry 1,943 205   Lucas Glover 1,742226   Phil Mickelson 1,630 147   Yang Yong-eun 1,621 198   Geoff Ogilvy 1,603 169   Brian Gay 1,540 2110   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 rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1   Heath Slocum  66-72-70-67=275 −9 1,350,000 3 124T2   Ernie Els  72-68-70-66=276 −8 495,000 11 47  Pádraig Harrington  67-75-67-67=276 14 66  Tiger Woods  70-72-67-67=276 1 1  Steve Stricker  69-70-68-69=276 2 2T6   Nick Watney  68-73-69-67=277 −7 260,625 7 13  Freddie Jacobson  66-72-68-71=277 48 1078   Webb Simpson  66-68-72-72=278 −6 232,500 41 85T9   Scott Verplank  73-70-68-68=279 −5 202,500 37 61  Ian Poulter  67-72-70-70=279 21 34  Paul Goydos  65-71-68-75=279 33 49
Deutsche Bank Championship The Deutsche Bank Championship was played September 4–7.Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, only one did not enter—Paul Casey (27), due to a rib injury. Of the 99 players who entered the tournament, 73 of them made the 36-hole cut at one-under-par. Steve Stricker won by one stroke over Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank and took the lead in the FedEx Cup standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1   Steve Stricker  63-72-65-67=267 −17 1,350,000 1 2T2   Jason Dufner  66-69-68-65=268 −16 660,000 9 57  Scott Verplank  65-68-68-67=268 5 37T4   Ángel Cabrera  65-69-70-65=269 −15 310,000 22 38  Pádraig Harrington  67-67-67-68=269 7 14  Dustin Johnson  68-65-70-66=269 10 207   Geoff Ogilvy  66-68-70-66=270 −14 251,250 8 12T8   Jim Furyk  63-67-73-68=271 −13 217,500 18 18  Retief Goosen  65-67-68-71=271 17 17  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 rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1   Tiger Woods  68-67-62-68=265 −19 1,350,000 1 2T2   Jim Furyk  70-70-67-66=273 −11 660,000 3 18  Marc Leishman  67-69-68-69=273 16 674   Sean O'Hair  70-68-70-68=274 −10360,000 7 165   Zach Johnson  73-65-70-68=276 −8300,000 4 4T6   Sergio García  71-68-68-71=278 −6 260,625 38 55  Pádraig Harrington  68-68-69-73=278 6 7T8   Camilo Villegas  68-74-71-66=279 −5 225,000 42 52  Kevin Na  72-72-65-70=279 18 23T10   Luke Donald  70-69-68-73=280 −4 172,50028 32  Bill Haas  71-68-71-70=280  41 47  Matt Kuchar  71-68-66-75=280 40 46  Brandt Snedeker  69-69-66-76=280 33 42  Mark Wilson  69-66-71-74=280 32 41
Reset points The points were reset after the BMW Championship. PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents1   Tiger Woods 7,108 2,500 162   Steve Stricker 5,692 2,250 213   Jim Furyk 3,108 2,000 214   Zach Johnson 3,031 1,800 245   Heath Slocum 3,005 1,600 266   Pádraig Harrington 2,633 1,400 197   Sean O'Hair 2,624 1,200 228   Scott Verplank 2,416 1,000 239   Kenny Perry 2,318 800 2310   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 $10 million prize. FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1   Phil Mickelson  73-67-66-65=271 −9 1,350,000 2 142   Tiger Woods  67-68-69-70=274 −6 810,000 1 13   Sean O'Hair  66-70-70-69=275 −5 517,500 5 7T4   Pádraig Harrington  67-69-71-69=276 −4 330,000 7 6  Kenny Perry  72-66-64-74=276 9 96   Steve Stricker  70-72-66-69=277 −3 270,000 3 2T7   Jim Furyk  72-68-71-67=278 −2 247,500 4 3  Steve Marino  69-71-67-71=278 15 259   Ernie Els  71-66-71-71=279 −1 225,000 16 22T10   Lucas Glover  68-71-72-69=280 E 202,50017 20  Jerry Kelly  71-67-71-71=280  22 29  John Senden  70-70-69-71=280 24 30
Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)1   Tiger Woods 4,000 10,000,0002   Phil Mickelson 2,920 3,000,0003   Steve Stricker 2,750 2,000,0004   Jim Furyk 2,437 1,500,0005   Sean O'Hair 2,200 1,000,000	6   Zach Johnson 2,072 800,0007   Pádraig Harrington 2,050 700,0008   Heath Slocum 1,855 600,0009   Kenny Perry 1,450 550,00010   Scott Verplank 1,245 500,000For the full list  see here.
Table of qualifying players Table key:PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe BarclaysDeutsche BankBMW Champ.ResetpointsTour Champ.PointsRankFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rank3,4311121112,1552211232,019344461,993456991,7425CUT91420171,63061012142*1,621761521231,6038CUT12813131,540981317211,47410CUT1616751,45911171715181,39412131919191,3881371112121,28214152123271,2251519CUT2526281,188161818341,16317CUT26CUT3534––341,16118DNP27DNP36DNP52––521,15519201011141,1122031CUT3945––451,06821282429221,0232235CUT4847––471,021232223182699324253228309802524CUT3336––36968262927272996827CUT3822242596328302837––3795729343435––359383023262515937313929302493732424949––4992033CUT433846––469073421CUT3031––3188635CUT505242––4285136404451––5184837474132––328463832CUT4043––4383839363139––3982340CUT525358––5882241CUT53CUT6563––6378742CUT57910117754349CUT5760––6076244CUT62CUT75––––75760455971––––717434645CUT5450––507334711CUT20221672748515861––617254933CUT4354––547035054CUT7059––5969551CUT7080––––8069352584544––4468353695056––5667754CUT725953––53*66955CUT746664––6466756CUT756865––6566257CUT7674––––74657587383––––8364759CUT7881––––81*64560CUT79CUT90––––906416137581063562556269––6963163CUT816968––6861764444233––33611656564WD70––70608661476759967463748––4859868826167––6759769CUT8486––––8659270CUT876355––55590716473––––7358172566066––6658073CUT88CUT93––––935697467CUT84––––8456675CUT9082––––8255776CUT92CUT95––––9555577604640––40*54778CUT93671620*54379CUT9487––––875438077CUT89––––8954281CUT9596––––9653582614741––41*53183CUT9688––––88*531846872––––72*5198541CUT5162––62518868976––––7651287CUT98CUT99––––99*5078891CUT94––––9450189715538––3849990CUT99100––––100492918085––––8549292CUT101––––––1014919363CUT79––––7949194CUT102––––––10248095CUT105––––––105*4699697CUT98––––98*46397CUT106––––––1064529886CUT92––––92*448996677––––7744110010097––––97440101CUT108––––––108433102CUT109––––––109431103CUT111––––––111428104CUT112––––––112425105CUT113––––––113421106CUT114––––––114418107485657––574171088591––––91*414109107––––––107412110116––––––116411111CUT117––––––117400112104––––––104391113CUT118––––––118389114CUT119––––––119386115115––––––115379116110––––––110*379117CUT120––––––120*377118CUT122––––––122*377119103––––––103373120121––––––121*365121123––––––123364122CUT124––––––124363123CUT125––––––12535512413CUT3583541258378––––78 First-time Playoffs participant
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