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: The Barclays — Plainfield Country Club, Edison, New Jersey Deutsche Bank Championship — TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts BMW Championship — Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois Tour Championship — East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
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 PlacePlayerPointsEvents1 Nick Watney 1,906 172 Steve Stricker 1,865 153 Webb Simpson 1,861 204 Luke Donald 1,856 145 Keegan Bradley 1,621 246 Phil Mickelson 1,601 177 K. J. Choi 1,601 188 Bubba Watson 1,577 189 David Toms 1,538 1810 Gary Woodland 1,466 20
The Barclays 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). 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.Barclays shortened to 54-hole event 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.Dustin Johnson wins The Barclays 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.Eight players advance to TPC Boston
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Dustin Johnson 66-63-65=194 −19 1,440,000 1 192 Matt Kuchar 63-65-68=196 −17 864,000 2 12T3 Vijay Singh 65-64-68=197 −16 464,000 8 36 Brandt Snedeker 70-66-61=197 6 185 Jonathan Byrd 65-66-67=198 −15 320,000 12 24T6 Brian Davis 69-66-64=199 −14 259,000 30 57 Justin Rose 67-65-67=199 27 44 Camilo Villegas 68-66-65=199 51 109 Yang Yong-eun 70-66-63=199 26 43T10 Charley Hoffman 66-66-68=200 −13 200,000 33 49 Webb Simpson 71-66-63=200 4 3 Nick Watney 67-69-64=200 3 1
Deutsche Bank Championship The Deutsche Bank Championship was played September 2–5. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, one did not enter: J. B. Holmes. Of the 99 entrants, 78 made the second-round cut at one-over-par, 143
Webb Simpson won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff over Chez Reavie. Simpson moved to first place in the standings.Webb Simpson wins Deutsche Bank The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included eight players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Deutsche Bank Championship: Chez Reavie, Blake Adams, Chad Campbell, Andrés Romero, Johnson Wagner, Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy, and Chris Stroud.
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Webb Simpson 69-68-67-65=269 −15 1,440,000 1 42 Chez Reavie 67-68-68-66=269 864,000 9 87T3 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 66 Jim Furyk 69-69-66-68=272 −12 288,000 35 607 Bo Van Pelt 73-68-66-66=273 −11 268,000 22 32T8 Hunter Mahan 68-71-69-66=274 −10 240,000 18 24 Adam Scott 69-63-71-71=274 16 23T10 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 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.Justin Rose wins BMW Championship 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.
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 rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Justin Rose 63-68-69-71=271 −13 1,440,000 3 342 John Senden 68-66-70-69=273 −11 864,000 9 553 Geoff Ogilvy 69-68-68-69=274 −10 544,000 24 694 Luke Donald 75-66-67-68=276 −8 384,000 4 45 Webb Simpson 65-68-73-71=277 −7 320,000 1 1T6 Jason Dufner 71-68-71-68=278 −6 278,000 22 29 Camilo Villegas 68-73-71-66=278 33 478 Chez Reavie 69-70-70-70=279 −5 248,000 8 99 Brandt Jobe 75-64-69-72=280 −4 232,000 51 63T10 K. J. Choi 67-71-73-70=281 −3 208,000 13 15 David Toms 71-66-73-71=281 16 20
Reset points The points were reset after the BMW Championship.
PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents1 Webb Simpson 5,261 2,500 232 Dustin Johnson 3,841 2,250 203 Justin Rose 3,748 2,000 214 Luke Donald 3,625 1,800 175 Matt Kuchar 3,349 1,600 226 Brandt Snedeker 3,094 1,400 247 Nick Watney 2,516 1,200 208 Chez Reavie 2,513 1,000 259 John Senden 2,474 800 2410 Jason Day 2,459 600 20
Tour Championship The Tour Championship was played September 22–25. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Bill Haas won the tournament, in a playoff over Hunter Mahan, and the FedEx Cup.Bill Haas wins Tour Championship
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Bill Haas 68-67-69-68=272 −8 1,440,000 1 252 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 16 199 Bo Van Pelt 71-70-66-68=275 −5 240,000 23 3010 Phil Mickelson 68-70-67-71=276 −4 227,200 15 14
Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)1 Bill Haas 2760.0 10,000,0002 Webb Simpson 2745.0 3,000,0003 Luke Donald 2566.7 2,000,0004 Dustin Johnson 2487.5 1,500,0005 Justin Rose 2252.5 1,000,0006 Matt Kuchar 1852.5 800,0007 Hunter Mahan 1800.0 700,0008 Brandt Snedeker 1667.5 600,0009 Nick Watney 1420.0 550,00010 Chez Reavie 1220.0 500,000
For the full list see here.
Table of qualifying players Table key:
PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe BarclaysDeutsche BankBMW Champ.ResetpointsTour Champ.PointsRankFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rank1,906137791,865278WD12181,861341121,85645443*1,6215CUT14CUT1920201,6016111014151,60179CUT1513111,5778CUT161218261,5389CUT17201620*1,46610101111171,46111131715221,4071223561,33213231619161,3081415610121,2731518242511,23516212329291,23417253131––311,2271865681,1911912241,186202418217*1,18521DNP282732––321,18122192527141,17523202635––351,16524121317271,14325CUT292922251,13726222126191,05527CUT34CUT4956––561,03828313743––431,02529CUT354147––47*99930CUT37CUT5462––62*99231CUT384657––5796232CUT403640––40*95733CUT414342––4293534423849––49*91935435054––54903368CUT14232890237364853––5388338CUT443937––37881393222302387540CUT454545––45*82641CUT544252––52*80342CUT566351––51799432628283079644273435*78945464446––467844652CUT6460––6077847CUT57CUT71––––71*76148393034––3474649333241––4173250CUT615591372451CUT625658––5871652WD6375––––7570253CUT6774––––7469454CUT696168––6869155495248––4868556CUT71CUT82––––8268557303339––3967958596255––5566259535344––4466160603536––366606164CUT77––––7765162725966––6665163474038––38*6446455CUT6663––636416568CUT80––––8064066DNP77WD86––––8661667CUT815764––6461568485150––5061169CUT8290––––9060870CUT8392––––926007158CUT72––––72599727676––––765917365CUT78––––7859174735859––5958875CUT86CUT93––––9358876CUT87981058577CUT886770––7057378WD90CUT94––––94571799169242457180506069––6955781CUT9395––––9555682CUT94CUT98––––9855283CUT9597––––9754284CUT9799––––99529858991––––9152686CUT10096––––9652287706565––65*5038874CUT84––––84*49989CUT103––––––10349990CUT104––––––10449391101––––––1014859266CUT79––––79*485938473––––7347494CUT105––––––1054689579CUT88––––8846396CUT107––––––10746197CUT108––––––10845698CUT110––––––110*45499CUT111––––––1114501009281––––81439101112––––––112431102CUT114––––––1144281038585––––8541510498CUT100––––100414105113––––––113413106757061––61*413107CUT115––––––115397108CUT116––––––116395109514733––33393110102––––––102392111106––––––106388112CUT117––––––117387113WD118––––––11838711478CUT87––––87385115CUT119––––––119364116CUT120––––––120*362117121––––––121357118996867––67353119CUT122––––––122353120CUT123––––––123352121WD124––––––124*347122CUT125––––––125*339123109––––––1093381248089––––89*3341259683––––83 * First-time Playoffs participant
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