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
Tiger Woods
4,000 points

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
#PlayerCountryPointsEvents
1Tiger Woods United States3,34113
2Steve Stricker United States2,15518
3Zach Johnson United States2,01921
4Kenny Perry United States1,94320
5Lucas Glover United States1,74222
6Phil Mickelson United States1,63014
7Yang Yong-eun South Korea1,62119
8Geoff Ogilvy Australia1,60316
9Brian Gay United States1,54021
10Sean O'Hair United States1,47419

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.[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
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Heath Slocum United States66-72-70-67=275−91,350,0003124
T2Ernie Els South Africa72-68-70-66=276−8495,0001147
Pádraig Harrington Ireland67-75-67-67=2761466
Tiger Woods United States70-72-67-67=27611
Steve Stricker United States69-70-68-69=27622
T6Nick Watney United States68-73-69-67=277−7260,625713
Freddie Jacobson Sweden66-72-68-71=27748107
8Webb Simpson United States66-68-72-72=278−6232,5004185
T9Scott Verplank United States73-70-68-68=279−5202,5003761
Ian Poulter England67-72-70-70=2792134
Paul Goydos United States65-71-68-75=2793349

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.[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
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Steve Stricker United States63-72-65-67=267−171,350,00012
T2Jason Dufner United States66-69-68-65=268−16660,000957
Scott Verplank United States65-68-68-67=268537
T4Ángel Cabrera Argentina65-69-70-65=269−15310,0002238
Pádraig Harrington Ireland67-67-67-68=269714
Dustin Johnson United States68-65-70-66=2691020
7Geoff Ogilvy Australia66-68-70-66=270−14251,250812
T8Jim Furyk United States63-67-73-68=271−13217,5001818
Retief Goosen South Africa65-67-68-71=2711717
Sean O'Hair United States66-64-70-71=2711616

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.[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
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Tiger Woods United States68-67-62-68=265−191,350,00012
T2Jim Furyk United States70-70-67-66=273−11660,000318
Marc Leishman Australia67-69-68-69=2731667
4Sean O'Hair United States70-68-70-68=274−10360,000716
5Zach Johnson United States73-65-70-68=276−8300,00044
T6Sergio García Spain71-68-68-71=278−6260,6253855
Pádraig Harrington Ireland68-68-69-73=27867
T8Camilo Villegas Colombia68-74-71-66=279−5225,0004252
Kevin Na United States72-72-65-70=2791823
T10Luke Donald England70-69-68-73=280−4172,5002832
Bill Haas United States71-68-71-70=2804147
Matt Kuchar United States71-68-66-75=2804046
Brandt Snedeker United States69-69-66-76=2803342
Mark Wilson United States69-66-71-74=2803241

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

#PlayerCountryPointsReset pointsEvents
1Tiger Woods United States7,1082,50016
2Steve Stricker United States5,6922,25021
3Jim Furyk United States3,1082,00021
4Zach Johnson United States3,0311,80024
5Heath Slocum United States3,0051,60026
6Pádraig Harrington Ireland2,6331,40019
7Sean O'Hair United States2,6241,20022
8Scott Verplank United States2,4161,00023
9Kenny Perry United States2,31880023
10Jason Dufner United States2,22460025

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.[8]

FedEx Cup rank
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore
1Phil Mickelson United States73-67-66-65=271−91,350,000214
2Tiger Woods United States67-68-69-70=274−6810,00011
3Sean O'Hair United States66-70-70-69=275−5517,50057
T4Pádraig Harrington Ireland67-69-71-69=276−4330,00076
Kenny Perry United States72-66-64-74=27699
6Steve Stricker United States70-72-66-69=277−3270,00032
T7Jim Furyk United States72-68-71-67=278−2247,50043
Steve Marino United States69-71-67-71=2781525
9Ernie Els South Africa71-66-71-71=279−1225,0001622
T10Lucas Glover United States68-71-72-69=280E202,5001720
Jerry Kelly United States71-67-71-71=2802229
John Senden Australia70-70-69-71=2802430

Final leaderboard
#PlayerCountryPointsWinnings ($)
1Tiger Woods United States4,00010,000,000
2Phil Mickelson United States2,9203,000,000
3Steve Stricker United States2,7502,000,000
4Jim Furyk United States2,4371,500,000
5Sean O'Hair United States2,2001,000,000
6Zach Johnson United States2,072800,000
7Pádraig Harrington Ireland2,050700,000
8Heath Slocum United States1,855600,000
9Kenny Perry United States1,450550,000
10Scott Verplank United States1,245500,000

For the full list see here.

Table of qualifying players

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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