2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs

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:

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
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 Bill Haas
2,760 points
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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.

Regular season rankings edit

Place Player Points Events
1   Nick Watney 1,906 17
2   Steve Stricker 1,865 15
3   Webb Simpson 1,861 20
4   Luke Donald 1,856 14
5   Keegan Bradley 1,621 24
6   Phil Mickelson 1,601 17
7   K. J. Choi 1,601 18
8   Bubba Watson 1,577 18
9   David Toms 1,538 18
10   Gary Woodland 1,466 20

The Barclays edit

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
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Dustin Johnson 66-63-65=194 −19 1,440,000 1 19
2   Matt Kuchar 63-65-68=196 −17 864,000 2 12
T3   Vijay Singh 65-64-68=197 −16 464,000 8 36
  Brandt Snedeker 70-66-61=197 6 18
5   Jonathan Byrd 65-66-67=198 −15 320,000 12 24
T6   Brian Davis 69-66-64=199 −14 259,000 30 57
  Justin Rose 67-65-67=199 27 44
  Camilo Villegas 68-66-65=199 51 109
  Yang Yong-eun 70-66-63=199 26 43
T10   Charley Hoffman 66-66-68=200 −13 200,000 33 49
  Webb Simpson 71-66-63=200 4 3
  Nick Watney 67-69-64=200 3 1

Deutsche Bank Championship edit

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
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Webb Simpson 69-68-67-65=269 −15 1,440,000 1 4
2   Chez Reavie 67-68-68-66=269 864,000 9 87
T3   Jason Day 67-69-67-68=271 −13 416,000 6 15
  Luke Donald 66-70-68-67=271 4 5
  Brandt Snedeker 69-64-72-66=271 5 6
6   Jim Furyk 69-69-66-68=272 −12 288,000 35 60
7   Bo Van Pelt 73-68-66-66=273 −11 268,000 22 32
T8   Hunter Mahan 68-71-69-66=274 −10 240,000 18 24
  Adam Scott 69-63-71-71=274 16 23
T10   Blake Adams 70-67-68-70=275 −9 177,333 57 81
  Jerry Kelly 66-69-68-72=275 40 47
  Phil Mickelson 70-73-63-69=275 10 11
  Ryan Moore 68-68-69-70=275 39 44
  Kyle Stanley 68-71-68-68=275 30 39
  Brendan Steele 69-67-67-72=275 42 54

BMW Championship edit

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
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Justin Rose 63-68-69-71=271 −13 1,440,000 3 34
2   John Senden 68-66-70-69=273 −11 864,000 9 55
3   Geoff Ogilvy 69-68-68-69=274 −10 544,000 24 69
4   Luke Donald 75-66-67-68=276 −8 384,000 4 4
5   Webb Simpson 65-68-73-71=277 −7 320,000 1 1
T6   Jason Dufner 71-68-71-68=278 −6 278,000 22 29
  Camilo Villegas 68-73-71-66=278 33 47
8   Chez Reavie 69-70-70-70=279 −5 248,000 8 9
9   Brandt Jobe 75-64-69-72=280 −4 232,000 51 63
T10   K. J. Choi 67-71-73-70=281 −3 208,000 13 15
  David Toms 71-66-73-71=281 16 20

Reset points edit

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Place Player Points Reset points Events
1   Webb Simpson 5,261 2,500 23
2   Dustin Johnson 3,841 2,250 20
3   Justin Rose 3,748 2,000 21
4   Luke Donald 3,625 1,800 17
5   Matt Kuchar 3,349 1,600 22
6   Brandt Snedeker 3,094 1,400 24
7   Nick Watney 2,516 1,200 20
8   Chez Reavie 2,513 1,000 25
9   John Senden 2,474 800 24
10   Jason Day 2,459 600 20

Tour Championship edit

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
Place Player Score To par Winnings ($) After Before
1   Bill Haas 68-67-69-68=272 −8 1,440,000 1 25
2   Hunter Mahan 67-68-66-71=272 864,000 7 21
T3   Aaron Baddeley 68-69-64-72=273 −7 418,667 14 27
  K. J. Choi 68-65-70-70=273 11 13
  Luke Donald 66-68-70-69=273 3 4
T6   Jason Day 67-67-69-71=274 −6 272,000 12 10
  Charles Howell III 67-71-68-68=274 19 26
  Adam Scott 67-65-74-68=274 16 19
9   Bo Van Pelt 71-70-66-68=275 −5 240,000 23 30
10   Phil Mickelson 68-70-67-71=276 −4 227,200 15 14

Final leaderboard edit

Place Player Points Winnings ($)
1   Bill Haas 2760.0 10,000,000
2   Webb Simpson 2745.0 3,000,000
3   Luke Donald 2566.7 2,000,000
4   Dustin Johnson 2487.5 1,500,000
5   Justin Rose 2252.5 1,000,000
6   Matt Kuchar 1852.5 800,000
7   Hunter Mahan 1800.0 700,000
8   Brandt Snedeker 1667.5 600,000
9   Nick Watney 1420.0 550,000
10   Chez Reavie 1220.0 500,000

For the full list see here.

Table of qualifying players edit

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
  Nick Watney 1,906 1 T10 3 T61 7 T22 7 1,200 T26 9
  Steve Stricker 1,865 2 T24 7 T42 8 WD 12 460 15 18
  Webb Simpson 1,861 3 T10 4 1 1 5 1 2,500 22 2
  Luke Donald 1,856 4 T18 5 T3 4 4 4 1,800 T3 3
  Keegan Bradley* 1,621 5 CUT 14 CUT 19 T16 20 310 T11 20
  Phil Mickelson 1,601 6 T43 11 T10 10 T56 14 420 10 15
  K. J. Choi 1,601 7 T32 9 CUT 15 T10 13 440 T3 11
  Bubba Watson 1,577 8 CUT 16 T16 12 T53 18 340 T23 26
  David Toms 1,538 9 CUT 17 T59 20 T10 16 380 T16 20
  Gary Woodland* 1,466 10 T13 10 T25 11 T16 11 480 T13 17
  Mark Wilson 1,461 11 T24 13 T56 17 T22 15 400 T26 22
  Matt Kuchar 1,407 12 2 2 T25 3 T22 5 1,600 T20 6
  Adam Scott 1,332 13 T67 23 T8 16 T37 19 320 T6 16
  Jason Day 1,308 14 T13 15 T3 6 T49 10 600 T6 12
  Bill Haas 1,273 15 T24 18 T61 24 T16 25 260 1 1
  Freddie Jacobson 1,235 16 T32 21 T42 23 T42 29 220 T16 29
  Martin Laird 1,234 17 T58 25 T74 31 T12 31 31
  Brandt Snedeker 1,227 18 T3 6 T3 5 T22 6 1,400 T16 8
  Dustin Johnson 1,191 19 1 1 T42 2 T65 2 2,250 T23 4
  Hunter Mahan 1,186 20 T43 24 T8 18 T42 21 300 2 7
  Charl Schwartzel* 1,185 21 DNP 28 T21 27 T42 32 32
  Aaron Baddeley 1,181 22 T13 19 T77 25 T22 27 240 T3 14
  Rory Sabbatini 1,175 23 T18 20 T68 26 T59 35 35
  Jonathan Byrd 1,165 24 5 12 T56 13 T37 17 360 30 27
  Jason Dufner 1,143 25 CUT 29 T31 29 T6 22 290 T13 25
  Charles Howell III 1,137 26 T18 22 T31 21 T42 26 250 T6 19
  D. A. Points 1,055 27 CUT 34 CUT 49 T53 56 56
  Rickie Fowler 1,038 28 T52 31 T52 37 48 43 43
  Spencer Levin 1,025 29 CUT 35 T37 41 T49 47 47
  Tommy Gainey* 999 30 CUT 37 CUT 54 69 62 62
  Scott Stallings* 992 31 CUT 38 T52 46 62 57 57
  Zach Johnson 962 32 CUT 40 T16 36 T31 40 40
  Chris Kirk* 957 33 CUT 41 T31 43 T31 42 42
  Steve Marino 935 34 71 42 T16 38 T59 49 49
  Jhonattan Vegas* 919 35 70 43 T42 50 T49 54 54
  Vijay Singh 903 36 T3 8 CUT 14 67 23 280 T16 28
  Ryan Palmer 902 37 T43 36 T61 48 T49 53 53
  Ryan Moore 883 38 CUT 44 T10 39 T16 37 37
  Bo Van Pelt 881 39 T24 32 7 22 T56 30 210 9 23
  Lucas Glover 875 40 CUT 45 T21 45 T31 45 45
  Brendan Steele* 826 41 CUT 54 T10 42 68 52 52
  Brandt Jobe* 803 42 CUT 56 T61 63 9 51 51
  Yong-eun Yang 799 43 T6 26 T42 28 T12 28 230 29 30
  Justin Rose 796 44 T6 27 T68 34 1 3 2,000 T20 5
  Robert Karlsson* 789 45 T52 46 T16 44 T37 46 46
  Brendon de Jonge 784 46 T58 52 CUT 64 T31 60 60
  Kevin Na 778 47 CUT 57 CUT 71 71
  Kyle Stanley* 761 48 T24 39 T10 30 T22 34 34
  Charley Hoffman 746 49 T10 33 T31 32 T53 41 41
  John Senden 732 50 CUT 61 T21 55 2 9 800 25 13
  Sean O'Hair 724 51 CUT 62 T25 56 T37 58 58
  Pat Perez 716 52 WD 63 T61 75 75
  Robert Garrigus 702 53 CUT 67 T59 74 74
  George McNeill 694 54 CUT 69 T37 61 64 68 68
  Carl Pettersson 691 55 T32 49 T37 52 T16 48 48
  Brian Gay 685 56 CUT 71 CUT 82 82
  Brian Davis 685 57 T6 30 T42 33 T31 39 39
  Robert Allenby 679 58 T52 59 T52 62 T12 55 55
  Sergio García 662 59 T32 53 T31 53 T12 44 44
  Jim Furyk 661 60 T52 60 6 35 T22 36 36
  Harrison Frazar 660 61 T58 64 CUT 77 77
  Andrés Romero 651 62 T64 72 T31 59 T56 66 66
  Jerry Kelly 651 63 T24 47 T10 40 T16 38 38
  Cameron Tringale* 644 64 T32 55 CUT 66 T31 63 63
  Kris Blanks 641 65 T58 68 CUT 80 80
  J. B. Holmes 640 66 DNP 77 WD 86 86
  Blake Adams 616 67 CUT 81 T10 57 61 64 64
  Jimmy Walker 615 68 T18 48 T37 51 T22 50 50
  Jeff Overton 611 69 CUT 82 T68 90 90
  John Rollins 608 70 CUT 83 T68 92 92
  Kevin Streelman 600 71 T32 58 CUT 72 72
  J. J. Henry 599 72 T58 76 T52 76 76
  Charlie Wi 591 73 T43 65 CUT 78 78
  Chad Campbell 591 74 T52 73 T21 58 T37 59 59
  Scott Verplank 588 75 CUT 86 CUT 93 93
  Chez Reavie 588 76 CUT 87 2 9 8 8 1,000 T26 10
  Johnson Wagner 585 77 CUT 88 T25 67 63 70 70
  Chris Couch 573 78 WD 90 CUT 94 94
  Geoff Ogilvy 571 79 T67 91 T25 69 3 24 270 T11 24
  Scott Piercy 571 80 T13 50 T74 60 T65 69 69
  Davis Love III 557 81 CUT 93 T68 95 95
  Stewart Cink 556 82 CUT 94 CUT 98 98
  Ricky Barnes 552 83 CUT 95 76 97 97
  Troy Matteson 542 84 CUT 97 T77 99 99
  Ryuji Imada 529 85 T58 89 T61 91 91
  Ben Crane 526 86 CUT 100 T61 96 96
  Marc Leishman 522 87 T32 70 T42 65 T42 65 65
  Kevin Chappell* 503 88 T32 74 CUT 84 84
  Hunter Haas* 499 89 CUT 103 103
  Chris DiMarco 499 90 CUT 104 104
  Bryce Molder 493 91 T64 101 101
  Anthony Kim 485 92 T24 66 CUT 79 79
  Graeme McDowell* 485 93 T43 84 T37 73 73
  Paul Goydos 474 94 CUT 105 105
  Trevor Immelman 468 95 T32 79 CUT 88 88
  Nick O'Hern 463 96 CUT 107 107
  Matt Bettencourt 461 97 CUT 108 108
  Tim Herron 456 98 CUT 110 110
  Michael Bradley* 454 99 CUT 111 111
  Greg Chalmers 450 100 T43 92 T42 81 81
  Retief Goosen 439 101 72 112 112
  Tom Gillis 431 102 CUT 114 114
  Bill Lunde 428 103 T32 85 T56 85 85
  John Merrick 415 104 T43 98 CUT 100 100
  Kevin Stadler 414 105 T64 113 113
  Chris Stroud 413 106 T18 75 T42 70 T22 61 61
  Michael Thompson* 413 107 CUT 115 115
  Vaughn Taylor 397 108 CUT 116 116
  Camilo Villegas 395 109 T6 51 T25 47 T6 33 33
  Josh Teater 393 110 T43 102 102
  D. J. Trahan 392 111 T52 106 106
  Heath Slocum 388 112 CUT 117 117
  Stuart Appleby 387 113 WD 118 118
  Ian Poulter 387 114 T18 78 CUT 87 87
  Rod Pampling 385 115 CUT 119 119
  Joe Ogilvie 364 116 CUT 120 120
  David Hearn* 362 117 T67 121 121
  Ernie Els 357 118 T32 99 T16 68 T42 67 67
  Billy Mayfair 353 119 CUT 122 122
  James Driscoll 353 120 CUT 123 123
  Steve Flesch 352 121 WD 124 124
  Steven Bowditch* 347 122 CUT 125 125
  Arjun Atwal* 339 123 T43 109 109
  Pádraig Harrington 338 124 T13 80 73 89 89
  William McGirt* 334 125 T24 96 T42 83 83

* First-time Playoffs participant

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Holmes withdraws from The Barclays due to impending surgery". Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  2. ^ Barclays shortened to 54-hole event
  3. ^ Dustin Johnson wins The Barclays
  4. ^ Eight players advance to TPC Boston
  5. ^ Webb Simpson wins Deutsche Bank
  6. ^ "Survival makes FedExCup bubble busters feel like Boston's real winners". Archived from the original on October 24, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  7. ^ Justin Rose wins BMW Championship
  8. ^ "Rose wasn't the only big winner on a day of massive implications". Archived from the original on September 24, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  9. ^ Bill Haas wins Tour Championship