2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs

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:

2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs
Tournament information
DatesAugust 27 – September 27, 2009
LocationLiberty National Golf Club
TPC Boston
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA 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 Tiger Woods
4,000 points
← 2008
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For 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.[1][2]

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

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Place Player Points Events
1   Tiger Woods 3,341 13
2   Steve Stricker 2,155 18
3   Zach Johnson 2,019 21
4   Kenny Perry 1,943 20
5   Lucas Glover 1,742 22
6   Phil Mickelson 1,630 14
7   Yang Yong-eun 1,621 19
8   Geoff Ogilvy 1,603 16
9   Brian Gay 1,540 21
10   Sean O'Hair 1,474 19

The Barclays

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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.[3] 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.[4]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Heath Slocum 66-72-70-67=275 −9 1,350,000 3 124
T2   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 2
T6   Nick Watney 68-73-69-67=277 −7 260,625 7 13
  Freddie Jacobson 66-72-68-71=277 48 107
8   Webb Simpson 66-68-72-72=278 −6 232,500 41 85
T9   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

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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.[5] 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 rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Steve Stricker 63-72-65-67=267 −17 1,350,000 1 2
T2   Jason Dufner 66-69-68-65=268 −16 660,000 9 57
  Scott Verplank 65-68-68-67=268 5 37
T4   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 20
7   Geoff Ogilvy 66-68-70-66=270 −14 251,250 8 12
T8   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

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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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[7]

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 rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Tiger Woods 68-67-62-68=265 −19 1,350,000 1 2
T2   Jim Furyk 70-70-67-66=273 −11 660,000 3 18
  Marc Leishman 67-69-68-69=273 16 67
4   Sean O'Hair 70-68-70-68=274 −10 360,000 7 16
5   Zach Johnson 73-65-70-68=276 −8 300,000 4 4
T6   Sergio García 71-68-68-71=278 −6 260,625 38 55
  Pádraig Harrington 68-68-69-73=278 6 7
T8   Camilo Villegas 68-74-71-66=279 −5 225,000 42 52
  Kevin Na 72-72-65-70=279 18 23
T10   Luke Donald 70-69-68-73=280 −4 172,500 28 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

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The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Place Player Points Reset points Events
1   Tiger Woods 7,108 2,500 16
2   Steve Stricker 5,692 2,250 21
3   Jim Furyk 3,108 2,000 21
4   Zach Johnson 3,031 1,800 24
5   Heath Slocum 3,005 1,600 26
6   Pádraig Harrington 2,633 1,400 19
7   Sean O'Hair 2,624 1,200 22
8   Scott Verplank 2,416 1,000 23
9   Kenny Perry 2,318 800 23
10   Jason Dufner 2,224 600 25

The Tour Championship

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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.[8]

FedEx Cup rank
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Phil Mickelson 73-67-66-65=271 −9 1,350,000 2 14
2   Tiger Woods 67-68-69-70=274 −6 810,000 1 1
3   Sean O'Hair 66-70-70-69=275 −5 517,500 5 7
T4   Pádraig Harrington 67-69-71-69=276 −4 330,000 7 6
  Kenny Perry 72-66-64-74=276 9 9
6   Steve Stricker 70-72-66-69=277 −3 270,000 3 2
T7   Jim Furyk 72-68-71-67=278 −2 247,500 4 3
  Steve Marino 69-71-67-71=278 15 25
9   Ernie Els 71-66-71-71=279 −1 225,000 16 22
T10   Lucas Glover 68-71-72-69=280 E 202,500 17 20
  Jerry Kelly 71-67-71-71=280 22 29
  John Senden 70-70-69-71=280 24 30

Final leaderboard

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Place Player Points Winnings ($)
1   Tiger Woods 4,000 10,000,000
2   Phil Mickelson 2,920 3,000,000
3   Steve Stricker 2,750 2,000,000
4   Jim Furyk 2,437 1,500,000
5   Sean O'Hair 2,200 1,000,000
6   Zach Johnson 2,072 800,000
7   Pádraig Harrington 2,050 700,000
8   Heath Slocum 1,855 600,000
9   Kenny Perry 1,450 550,000
10   Scott Verplank 1,245 500,000

For the full list see here.

Table of qualifying players

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Table key:

  Win
  Top-10 finish
  Did not advance to next tournament
  Played way into next tournament
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
  Tiger Woods 3,431 1 T2 1 T11 2 1 1 2,500 2 1
  Steve Stricker 2,155 2 T2 2 1 1 T53 2 2,250 6 3
  Zach Johnson 2,019 3 T28 4 T19 4 5 4 1,800 T16 6
  Kenny Perry 1,993 4 T52 5 T46 6 T45 9 800 T4 9
  Lucas Glover 1,742 5 CUT 9 T36 14 66 20 310 T10 17
  Phil Mickelson 1,630 6 T52 10 T27 12 T30 14 420 1 2
  Yong-eun Yang* 1,621 7 T20 6 T67 15 65 21 300 18 23
  Geoff Ogilvy 1,603 8 CUT 12 7 8 T55 13 440 T16 13
  Brian Gay 1,540 9 T12 8 T54 13 T55 17 360 T28 21
  Sean O'Hair 1,474 10 CUT 16 T8 16 4 7 1,200 3 5
  Retief Goosen 1,459 11 T70 17 T8 17 T23 15 400 23 18
  David Toms 1,394 12 T31 13 T36 19 T23 19 320 T13 19
  Nick Watney 1,388 13 T6 7 T46 11 T30 12 460 T13 12
  Hunter Mahan 1,282 14 T20 15 T36 21 T38 23 280 24 27
  Stewart Cink 1,225 15 T28 19 CUT 25 T23 26 250 T19 28
  Jim Furyk 1,188 16 T15 18 T8 18 T2 3 2,000 T7 4
  Rory Sabbatini 1,163 17 CUT 26 CUT 35 T18 34 34
  Paul Casey 1,161 18 DNP 27 DNP 36 DNP 52 52
  Dustin Johnson 1,155 19 T15 20 T4 10 T30 11 480 27 14
  John Rollins 1,112 20 T73 31 CUT 39 T38 45 45
  Jerry Kelly 1,068 21 T52 28 T11 24 T49 29 220 T10 22
  Ryan Moore 1,023 22 T70 35 CUT 48 T30 47 47
  Kevin Na 1,021 23 T24 22 T11 23 T8 18 340 T30 26
  Luke Donald 993 24 T31 25 T54 32 T10 28 230 T25 30
  Tim Clark 980 25 T24 24 CUT 33 T30 36 36
  Mike Weir 968 26 T31 29 T23 27 T20 27 240 T25 29
  Ángel Cabrera 968 27 CUT 38 T4 22 T45 24 270 T13 25
  Charley Hoffman 963 28 T31 30 T27 28 T61 37 37
  Anthony Kim 957 29 T52 34 T36 34 T23 35 35
  Steve Marino 938 30 T15 23 T27 26 T18 25 260 T7 15
  John Senden 937 31 T64 39 T11 29 T20 30 210 T10 24
  Charles Howell III 937 32 T70 42 T54 49 T30 49 49
  Pat Perez 920 33 CUT 43 T27 38 T49 46 46
  Ian Poulter 907 34 T9 21 CUT 30 T20 31 31
  Camilo Villegas 886 35 CUT 50 T61 52 T8 42 42
  Davis Love III 851 36 T46 40 T49 44 T49 51 51
  Mark Wilson 848 37 T58 47 T27 41 T10 32 32
  Robert Allenby 846 38 T15 32 CUT 40 29 43 43
  Justin Leonard 838 39 T31 36 T19 31 T49 39 39
  Brian Davis 823 40 CUT 52 T49 53 T45 58 58
  Nathan Green 822 41 CUT 53 CUT 65 T53 63 63
  Jason Dufner 787 42 CUT 57 T2 9 T30 10 600 T19 11
  John Mallinger 775 43 T46 49 CUT 57 T38 60 60
  John Merrick 762 44 CUT 62 CUT 75 75
  Brett Quigley 760 45 T67 59 T61 71 71
  Bo Van Pelt 743 46 T31 45 CUT 54 T15 50 50
  Ernie Els 733 47 T2 11 CUT 20 T38 22 290 9 16
  Ben Crane 727 48 T41 51 T69 58 T45 61 61
  Paul Goydos 725 49 T9 33 CUT 43 T67 54 54
  Chad Campbell 703 50 T46 54 CUT 70 T23 59 59
  Briny Baird 695 51 CUT 70 T61 80 80
  Kevin Sutherland 693 52 T52 58 T15 45 T23 44 44
  Charlie Wi 683 53 T67 69 T19 50 T38 56 56
  Bubba Watson 677 54 CUT 72 T32 59 T15 53 53
  Bryce Molder* 669 55 CUT 74 T36 66 T55 64 64
  Woody Austin 667 56 CUT 75 T36 68 T55 65 65
  Mathew Goggin 662 57 CUT 76 T46 74 74
  J. J. Henry 657 58 T67 73 T61 83 83
  Vijay Singh 647 59 CUT 78 T54 81 81
  Jeff Klauk* 645 60 CUT 79 CUT 90 90
  Scott Verplank 641 61 T9 37 T2 5 T38 8 1,000 22 10
  J. B. Holmes 635 62 T31 55 68 62 68 69 69
  Jason Bohn 631 63 CUT 81 T32 69 T59 68 68
  Brandt Snedeker 617 64 T12 44 T32 42 T10 33 33
  Bob Estes 611 65 T46 65 T49 64 WD 70 70
  Pádraig Harrington 608 66 T2 14 T4 7 T6 6 1,400 T4 7
  Jason Day 599 67 T12 46 T19 37 T59 48 48
  Jeff Overton 598 68 T73 82 T23 61 T61 67 67
  Michael Letzig 597 69 CUT 84 T49 86 86
  Stephen Ames 592 70 CUT 87 T23 63 T15 55 55
  Boo Weekley 590 71 T41 64 T54 73 73
  Jonathan Byrd 581 72 T24 56 T61 60 T61 66 66
  Ted Purdy 580 73 CUT 88 CUT 93 93
  Fred Couples 569 74 T41 67 CUT 84 84
  Scott McCarron 566 75 CUT 90 T36 82 82
  Kevin Stadler 557 76 CUT 92 CUT 95 95
  Matt Kuchar 555 77 T28 60 T15 46 T10 40 40
  Marc Leishman* 547 78 CUT 93 T15 67 T2 16 380 T28 20
  Greg Chalmers* 543 79 CUT 94 T36 87 87
  Tim Petrovic 543 80 T46 77 CUT 89 89
  D. J. Trahan 542 81 CUT 95 T69 96 96
  Bill Haas 535 82 T24 61 T15 47 T10 41 41
  Scott Piercy* 531 83 CUT 96 T36 88 88
  D. A. Points* 531 84 T31 68 T49 72 72
  Webb Simpson* 519 85 8 41 CUT 51 T61 62 62
  Kevin Streelman 518 86 T58 89 T32 76 76
  Nick O'Hern 512 87 CUT 98 CUT 99 99
  James Nitties* 507 88 T58 91 CUT 94 94
  Sergio García 501 89 T31 71 26 55 T6 38 38
  Ryuji Imada 499 90 CUT 99 73 100 100
  Justin Rose 492 91 T41 80 T54 85 85
  K. J. Choi 492 92 CUT 101 101
  Lee Janzen 491 93 T20 63 CUT 79 79
  Ben Curtis 491 94 CUT 102 102
  George McNeill 480 95 CUT 105 105
  Cameron Beckman* 469 96 T58 97 CUT 98 98
  Matt Bettencourt* 463 97 CUT 106 106
  Rod Pampling 452 98 T41 86 CUT 92 92
  Greg Owen* 448 99 T15 66 T61 77 77
  Daniel Chopra 441 100 T58 100 60 97 97
  Michael Allen 440 101 CUT 108 108
  Robert Garrigus 433 102 CUT 109 109
  Aaron Baddeley 431 103 CUT 111 111
  James Driscoll 428 104 CUT 112 112
  Jeff Quinney 425 105 CUT 113 113
  Tim Herron 421 106 CUT 114 114
  Freddie Jacobson 418 107 T6 48 T69 56 T30 57 57
  Richard S. Johnson 417 108 T31 85 72 91 91
  Bill Lunde* 414 109 T64 107 107
  Alex Čejka 412 110 T73 116 116
  Mark Calcavecchia 411 111 CUT 117 117
  Harrison Frazar 400 112 T52 104 104
  Chris DiMarco 391 113 CUT 118 118
  Steve Flesch 389 114 CUT 119 119
  Vaughn Taylor 386 115 T64 115 115
  Adam Scott 379 116 T58 110 110
  Chris Stroud* 379 117 CUT 120 120
  David Mathis* 377 118 CUT 122 122
  Chris Riley* 377 119 T46 103 103
  Joe Ogilvie 373 120 76 121 121
  Todd Hamilton* 365 121 77 123 123
  Roland Thatcher 364 122 CUT 124 124
  Jeff Maggert 363 123 CUT 125 125
  Heath Slocum 355 124 1 3 CUT 3 T38 5 1,600 T19 8
  Troy Matteson 354 125 T20 83 T36 78 78

* First-time Playoffs participant

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