The 2012 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, began on August 23 and ended on September 23. It included the following four events: The Barclays – Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, New York Deutsche Bank Championship – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts BMW Championship – Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana Tour Championship – East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
Brandt Snedeker won the FedEx Cup by winning the Tour Championship.
These were the sixth FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.
The point distributions can be seen here.
Regular season rankings PlacePlayerPointsEvents1 Tiger Woods 2,269 152 Jason Dufner 2,110 193 Rory McIlroy 2,092 124 Zach Johnson 2,019 205 Bubba Watson 1,777 156 Hunter Mahan 1,739 197 Carl Pettersson 1,691 228 Keegan Bradley 1,670 219 Matt Kuchar 1,600 1810 Steve Stricker 1,456 15
The Barclays The Barclays was played August 23–26. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, two did not enter: Jason Dufner (ranked 2) and Spencer Levin (45). Of the 123 entrants, 75 made the second-round cut at 143 (+1).
Nick Watney won by three strokes over Brandt Snedeker and moved to first place in the standings. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included six players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: Graham DeLaet (ranked 106th to 44th), Bob Estes (103 to 62), David Hearn (108 to 67), Jason Day (113 to 88), Tommy Gainey (102 to 91), and Jonas Blixt (101 to 97). Six players started the tournament within the top 100 but ended the tournament outside the top 100, ending their playoff chances: John Mallinger (ranked 88th to 101st), Will Claxton (89 to 102), Chad Campbell (91 to 104), Andrés Romero (93 to 106), Freddie Jacobson (95 to 105), and Chris Stroud (99 to 110).
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Nick Watney 65-69-71-69=274 −10 1,440,000 1 492 Brandt Snedeker 70-69-68-70=277 −7 864,000 2 19T3 Sergio García 66-68-69-75=278 −6 464,000 10 33 Dustin Johnson 67-71-72-68=278 8 26T5 Graham DeLaet 75-67-72-65=279 −5 281,000 44 106 Brian Harman 65-75-68-71=279 41 97 Louis Oosthuizen 70-71-68-70=279 21 34 Lee Westwood 69-72-68-70=279 27 519 Greg Chalmers 70-70-68-72=280 −4 232,000 38 78T10 Bud Cauley 71-71-72-67=281 −3 160,889 26 35 Tim Clark 70-72-67-72=281 35 54 Luke Donald 68-74-69-70=281 14 16 Bob Estes 69-66-72-74=281 62 103 Tom Gillis 69-72-68-72=281 57 92 David Hearn 70-73-67-71=281 67 108 William McGirt 68-74-67-72=281 46 74 Kevin Stadler 72-69-65-75=281 43 70 Bubba Watson 70-70-70-71=281 7 5 Par 71 course
Deutsche Bank Championship The Deutsche Bank Championship was played August 31 – September 3. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, two did not enter: Sergio García (ranked 10) and David Toms (89). Of the 98 entrants, 78 made the second-round cut at one-over-par, 145.
Rory McIlroy won by one stroke over Louis Oosthuizen and moved into first place in the standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included nine players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Deutsche Bank Championship: Jeff Overton (83 to 40), Bryce Molder (93 to 45), D. A. Points (72 to 54), Troy Matteson (78 to 59), Matt Every (75 to 63), Chris Kirk (81 to 66), Charl Schwartzel (71 to 68), Charley Hoffman (86 to 69) and Dicky Pride (96 to 70). Nine players started the tournament within the top 70 but ended the tournament outside the top 70, ending their playoff chances: Josh Teater (64 to 73), John Rollins (58 to 74), Scott Stallings (61 to 75), Ken Duke (60 to 76), Harris English (63 to 79), Jonathan Byrd (69 to 82), Spencer Levin (66 to 83), Charles Howell III (68 to 84) and Brian Davis (70 to 85).
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Rory McIlroy 65-65-67-67=264 −20 1,440,000 1 42 Louis Oosthuizen 66-65-63-71=265 −19 864,000 5 213 Tiger Woods 64-68-68-66=266 −18 544,000 3 3T4 Dustin Johnson 67-68-65-70=270 −14 352,000 6 8 Phil Mickelson 68-68-68-66=2709 176 Brandt Snedeker 69-70-65-67=271 −13 288,000 4 2T7 Jeff Overton 64-71-69-68=272 −12 258,000 40 83 Adam Scott 69-69-68-66=272 25 349 Bryce Molder 65-69-68-71=273 −11 232,000 45 93T10 Ryan Moore 64-68-70-72=274 −10 208,000 35 53 Kevin Stadler 68-71-69-66=27432 43 Par 71 course
BMW Championship The BMW Championship was played September 6–9. All 70 players eligible to play in the event did so. There was no cut.
Rory McIlroy won his second straight playoff event. He won by two strokes over Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood. Two players played their way into the Tour Championship: Robert Garrigus (ranked 31 to ranked 20) by finishing tied for 4th, and Ryan Moore (35 to 28) by finishing T-10. Two players played their way out of the Tour Championship: Kyle Stanley (30 to 31) by finishing T-34, and Bill Haas (28 to 32) by finishing T-45. Haas was the defending FedEx Cup champion and this was the sixth straight year that the defending champion failed to make the Tour Championship. Three players, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, and Steve Stricker, have made the Tour Championship in each year of the playoffs.
The top 30 players in FedEx Cup points after this event advanced to the Tour Championship and also earned spots in the 2013 Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, and (British) Open Championship.
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 ($)AfterBefore1 Rory McIlroy 64-68-69-67=268 −20 1,440,000 1 1T2 Phil Mickelson 69-67-64-70=270 −18 704,000 4 9 Lee Westwood 68-65-68-69=270 8 23T4 Robert Garrigus 67-69-66-69=271 −17 352,000 20 31 Tiger Woods 65-67-71-68=271 2 3T6 Dustin Johnson 68-67-67-70=272 −16 278,000 7 6 Adam Scott 68-68-66-70=272 21 258 Vijay Singh 65-66-69-73=273 −15 248,000 33 499 Jim Furyk 69-70-67-68=274 −14 232,000 18 21T10 Ryan Moore 66-66-73-70=275 −13 208,000 28 35 Bo Van Pelt 64-69-71-71=275 19 20 Par 72 course
Reset points The points were reset after the BMW Championship.
PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents1 Rory McIlroy 7,299 2,500 152 Tiger Woods 4,067 2,250 183 Nick Watney 3,586 2,000 244 Phil Mickelson 3,420 1,800 215 Brandt Snedeker 3,357 1,600 216 Louis Oosthuizen 3,167 1,400 187 Dustin Johnson 3,097 1,200 188 Lee Westwood 2,726 1,000 149 Zach Johnson 2,576 800 2310 Jason Dufner 2,575 600 21
Tour Championship The Tour Championship was played September 20–23, after a one-week break. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Brandt Snedeker won the tournament by three shots from Justin Rose, and the FedEx Cup.
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Brandt Snedeker 68-70-64-68=270 −10 1,440,000 1 52 Justin Rose 66-68-68-71=273 −7 864,000 6 24T3 Luke Donald 71-69-67-67=274 −6 468,000 9 15 Ryan Moore 69-70-65-70=274 11 28T5 Webb Simpson 71-68-70-66=275 −5 304,000 16 25 Bubba Watson 69-66-70-70=275 13 117 Jim Furyk 69-64-72-72=277 −3 272,000 15 18T8 Hunter Mahan 68-73-71-66=278 −2 248,000 19 23 Tiger Woods 66-73-67-72=278 3 2T10 Robert Garrigus 68-69-69-73=279 −1 205,760 23 20 Dustin Johnson 69-67-73-70=279 8 7 Matt Kuchar 67-69-70-73=279 18 16 Rory McIlroy 69-68-68-74=279 2 1 Bo Van Pelt 67-68-71-73=279 22 19 Par 70 course
Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)1 Brandt Snedeker 4,100.0 10,000,0002 Rory McIlroy 2,827.0 3,000,0003 Tiger Woods 2,662.5 2,000,0004 Nick Watney 2,215.0 1,500,0005 Phil Mickelson 2,072.5 1,000,0006 Justin Rose 1,770.0 800,0007 Louis Oosthuizen 1,635.0 700,0008 Dustin Johnson 1,527.0 600,0009 Luke Donald 1,275.0 550,00010 Lee Westwood 1,205.0 500,000 For the full list see here.
Table of qualifying players Table key:
PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe BarclaysDeutsche BankBMW Champ.ResetpointsTour Champ.PointsRankFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rank2,269133232,1102DNP6710142,09234111122,0194589121,77757CUT1011131,7396CUT121423191,691791117241,6708CUT131214211,6009111316181,45610161613201,44711181822261,4261215CUT222461,42413CUT201925161,37314179451,30415CUT232930271,2941614171591,28417CUT252118151,24618192427281,19419245111,18120CUT283436––361,18121CUT292832––321,17722CUT303031––311,17523222019221,1552431312023*1,12325242726291,0972686781,03727CUT334142––421,00328CUT363746––4699729CUT37CUT4741––4198630CUT394459––599763140CUT5064––6496632342521259353310DNP151217*9283421567*90235263338––3890136CUT47CUT6160––60867373226293086638CUT516452––5284939CUT52CUT6766––66*82740543837––3781541CUT566557––5777642CUT60CUT76––––7676343454662––627454442CUT5755––5573545DNP66WD83––––837324658CUT74––––7473247CUT6982––––8272848CUT70CUT85––––85726491123471450CUT725463––6371351272381071352CUT7380––––80*71153WD756367––677075435CUT4356––5669855504839––3968956CUT79CUT90––––9066957594933––3366758CUT834044––446665968CUT84––––8466260785944––44*64761CUT8493––––9364662485643––43644637481––––81635645335281163565CUT8578––––786346682CUT92––––9262867CUT866969––6962468495347––4762369CUT89DNP95––––9562070433234––34*60471CUT9296––––9660372655554––5460273CUT94CUT97––––9760274463950––50599758791––––91599769086––––865977795CUT98––––9858978383635––35*58679CUT967070––7057480816649––4957281CUT9872––––7256882555248––48*56783CUT9999––––995568476CUT88––––88*55685CUT100100––––100554866175––––75*549876379––––7954388CUT101––––––101*53089CUT102––––––10251990716861––6151791CUT104––––––10451192574240––4050693CUT106––––––106506946473––––7350095105––––––10549596934565––65*49397415151––514899877CUT89––––8948499CUT110––––––110*4771008077––––77*4701019771––––714641029194––––94458103626258––58447104CUT114––––––114443105CUT115––––––11544110644CUT6053––53433107116––––––116432108675868––68424109112––––––112424110109––––––109*422111103––––––103417112CUT118––––––1184171138887––––87411114117––––––117408115119––––––119398116107––––––107394117111––––––111*394118113––––––113393119109––––––109*390120CUT120––––––120387121CUT121––––––121385122CUT122––––––122365123CUT123––––––123365124CUT124––––––124363125WD125––––––125 * First-time Playoffs participant
References
External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site 2012 FedEx Cup Playoffs Guidebook