2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs

March 2026 2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs August 21 – September 28, 2008 Ridgewood Country ClubTPC BostonBellerive Country ClubEast Lake Golf Club PGA Tour 144 for The Barclays120 for Deutsche Bank70 for BMW Championship30 for Tour Championship $35,000,000 bonus money $10,000,000 bonus money FIJ Vijay Singh 125,101 points 2007 2009 The 2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, were held from August 21 to September 28. They consisted of four events: The Barclays Deutsche Bank Championship BMW Championship The Tour Championship These were the second FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007. After the first three events, Vijay Singh was assured of winning the 2008 FedEx Cup as long as he completed all four rounds of The Tour Championship without disqualification, which he proceeded to do. Tiger Woods, having topped the regular season points list after playing in only six events, did not play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs due to knee surgery. The point distributions can be seen here. Regular season rankings PlacePlayerPointsEventsReset Points1 USA Tiger Woods 22,695 6 100,0002 USA Kenny Perry 20,878 22 99,5003 USA Phil Mickelson 18,241 17 99,2504 IRL Pádraig Harrington 15,555 12 99,0005 USA Anthony Kim 15,178 18 98,7506 USA Stewart Cink 15,126 18 98,6257 FJI Vijay Singh 15,034 19 98,5008 USA Justin Leonard 12,734 20 98,3759 JPN Ryuji Imada 10,903 19 98,25010 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 10,866 17 98,125 For the full list see here The Barclays The Barclays was played August 21–24. 144 players were eligible to play but nine did not enter:Inside the field: The Barclays https://web.archive.org/web/20080821233737/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tournaments/r027/08/18/inside_the_field/index.html August 21, 2008 – Absent players Tiger Woods (1) – knee, Luke Donald (44) – wrist, Lee Westwood (50) – personal decision, Justin Rose (78) – played KLM Open, Alex Čejka (91) – arm, Jason Bohn (96) – back, Bob Tway (119) – caddied for son Kevin in U.S. Amateur,http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tournaments/r027/08/20/tway.sider/index.html Tway withdraws to caddie for son at U.S. Amateur August 21, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110525191701/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tournaments/r027/08/20/tway.sider/index.html May 25, 2011 dead Bob Estes (124) – getting married,Beem gets second chance in FedEx playoffs Roland Thatcher (140) – wrist. Of the 135 players who entered the tournament, 72 of them made the cut at 1-over par. Vijay Singh won in a playoff over Sergio García and Kevin Sutherland. The top 120 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 FJI Vijay Singh70-70-66-70=276−81,260,00017T2 ESP Sergio García70-67-69-70=276616,000212 USA Kevin Sutherland70-69-69-68=276357T4 USA Ben Curtis71-68-70-68=277−7289,333827 AUS Mathew Goggin67-74-69-67=2772676 USA Kevin Streelman67-70-68-72=27737102T7 ENG Paul Casey66-71-69-72=278−6203,7003890 SCO Martin Laird70-69-72-67=27867128 USA Justin Leonard70-70-71-67=27858 USA Nicholas Thompson75-68-68-67=2782047 CAN Mike Weir72-67-67-72=2781843 Full leaderboard Deutsche Bank Championship The Deutsche Bank Championship was played from August 29 to September 1. 120 players were eligible to play but five did not enter:Deutsche Bank Championship https://web.archive.org/web/20080828004335/http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r505/field.html August 28, 2008 – Field Tiger Woods (15) – knee, Luke Donald (71) – wrist, Lee Westwood (76) and Justin Rose (103) – played the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, Alex Čejka (120) – arm. Of the 115 players who entered the tournament, 86 of them made the 36-hole cut at −3. There was a second, 54-hole cut, that reduced the field to 72 players, again at −3. Vijay Singh, who won the first playoff event, won by shooting a tournament record −22 (262). The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 FJI Vijay Singh64-66-69-63=262−221,260,000112 CAN Mike Weir61-68-67-71=267−17756,000318T3 ZAF Ernie Els66-65-69-70=270−14406,0001952 COL Camilo Villegas68-66-63-73=2702568T5 ESP Sergio García67-64-68-72=271−13266,00022 USA Tim Herron72-67-67-65=2714899T7 USA Chad Campbell67-70-69-66=272−12218,1671421 USA Jim Furyk66-65-69-72=272510 USA Justin Leonard69-70-66-67=27245T10 USA Ben Crane72-65-63-73=273−11175,0005792 USA Ken Duke66-67-70-70=2731828 USA Steve Marino66-66-71-70=2733761 Full leaderboard BMW Championship The BMW Championship was played September 4–7. 70 players were eligible to play but one, Tiger Woods (32) – knee, did not enter.BMW ChampionshipSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes – Field There was no cut for this tournament. Camilo Villegas won by shooting −15. This was Villegas' first win on the PGA Tour. Chad Campbell withdrew after the first round to attend the birth of his first child.http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/09/07/ap.campbell/index.html Campbell's wife delivers the couple's first child September 8, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080908122733/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/09/07/ap.campbell/index.html September 8, 2008 dead He earned no FedEx Cup points but at the end of the BMW Championship he was in 30th place in the standings. The top 30 players in the points standings advanced to The Tour Championship. FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 COL Camilo Villegas 65-66-66-68=265 −15 1,260,0002252 USA Dudley Hart 67-69-66-65=267 −13 756,0001467T3 USA Jim Furyk 70-62-66-70=268 −12 406,00045 USA Anthony Kim 68-67-66-67=268 67T5 CAN Stephen Ames 68-69-66-66=269 −11 255,5003150 KOR K. J. Choi 70-68-64-67=269 812 USA D. J. Trahan 71-63-68-67=2692535T8 ZAF Tim Clark 67-68-66-69=270 −10 210,0002328 USA Hunter Mahan 69-67-68-66=2701620T10 AUS Aaron Baddeley 71-64-67-69=271 −9 175,0004364 SWE Freddie Jacobson 67-67-72-65=2714465 USA Steve Stricker 66-71-68-66=2711213 Full leaderboard The Tour Championship The Tour Championship was played September 25–28 after a two-week break for the Ryder Cup. All 30 players eligible to play did so. There was no cut for this tournament. Camilo Villegas won the tournament on the first playoff hole with Sergio García. Vijay Singh won the FedEx Cup. FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 COL Camilo Villegas 72-66-69-66=273 −7 1,260,000222 ESP Sergio García 70-65-67-71=273 756,00033T3 USA Anthony Kim 64-69-72-69=274 −6 409,50046 USA Phil Mickelson 68-68-69-69=274 79 5 USA Ben Curtis 71-69-68-70=278 −2 280,000 910T6 ZAF Ernie Els 68-73-70-69=280 E 238,0001321 USA Jim Furyk 72-70-69-69=280 54 CAN Mike Weir 70-69-71-70=280 659 KOR K. J. Choi 69-70-70-72=281 +1 210,000108T10 AUS Stuart Appleby 72-71-70-69=282 +2 180,0401720 USA Dudley Hart 73-69-71-69=282 1214 ZAF Trevor Immelman 68-73-71-70=282 1619 USA Justin Leonard 73-69-73-67=282 87 USA Billy Mayfair 72-71-69-70=282 2328 Full leaderboard Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)1 FJI Vijay Singh 125,101 10,000,0002 COL Camilo Villegas 124,550 3,000,0003 ESP Sergio García 119,400 2,000,0004 USA Anthony Kim 114,419 1,500,0005 USA Jim Furyk 113,180 1,000,000 6 CAN Mike Weir 113,118 800,0007 USA Phil Mickelson 112,201 700,0008 USA Justin Leonard 111,638 600,0009 USA Ben Curtis 110,702 550,00010 KOR K. J. Choi 110,646 500,000 See here for the full lists of (1) Final Playoff Standings and (2) Bonus Pool Prizes Table of qualifying players Table key: lime Win yellow Top-10 finish #F08080 Did not advance to next tournament #D0F0C0 Played way into next tournament PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe BarclaysDeutsche BankBMW Champ.Tour Champ.RankReset pointsFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rankUSATiger Woods1100,000101DNP15101DNP32101DNP70102–70USAKenny Perry299,50048 T780 T†944 T1324 T15USAPhil Mickelson399,25019 T473 T†817 T93 T7IRLPádraig Harrington499,00099CUT2399CUT4455 T50102–50USAAnthony Kim598,75012 T627 T73 T63 T4USAStewart Cink698,62538 T933 T1160 T1524 T20FJIVijay Singh798,500111144 T122 T1USAJustin Leonard898,3757 T57 T417 T710 T8JPNRyuji Imada998,25099CUT3113 T2367 T2617 T25AUSGeoff Ogilvy1098,12599CUT32723028 T32102–32AUSRobert Allenby1198,05038 T1244 T1638 T181619ESPSergio García1297,9752 T25 T220 T323SWECarl Pettersson1397,90048 T1421 T1533 T172121USABoo Weekley1497,82599CUT3627 T3128 T33102–33USAJim Furyk1597,75012 T107 T53 T46 T5USASean O'Hair1697,67599CUT3999CUT75102–102–102–75KORK. J. Choi1797,60012 T1121 T125 T8910USAD. J. Trahan1897,52599CUT4267 T355 T2517 T24AUSStuart Appleby1997,45019 T1333 T1738 T2010 T17ZAFTrevor Immelman2097,375701950 T2113 T1910 T16USASteve Stricker2197,30019 T1613 T1310 T1224 T14USAJ. B. Holmes2297,22524 T1799CUT3633 T38102–38USAChad Campbell2397,15065 T217 T14100WD3022 T29AUSAdam Scott golfer2497,07599CUT4773 T†4350 T47102–47USAJeff Quinney2597,00099CUT5099CUT88102–102–102–88ARGAndrés Romero*2696,92555 T2250 T2444 T2727 T28USABen Curtis golfer2796,8504 T827 T1013 T1059ZAFErnie Els2896,77599CUT523 T1917 T216 T13USABriny Baird2996,70048 T2721 T2238 T2427 T27CANStephen Ames3096,63099CUT5450 T505 T31102–31USAHunter Mahan3196,59031 T2515 T208 T1617 T18USABart Bryant3296,55099CUT5650 T5328 T54102–54AUSRod Pampling3396,51099CUT5899CUT98102–102–102–98USAWoody Austin3496,47099CUT5940 T5264 T58102–58USAChez Reavie*3596,43099CUT6063 T5433 T57102–57USAJerry Kelly3696,39019 T2499CUT4560 T51102–51USABilly Mayfair3796,35031 T2978 T*2622 T2810 T23USASteve Marino golfer3896,31099CUT6110 T3722 T36102–36USABrian Gay3996,27099CUT6350 T5813 T46102–46SWEDaniel Chopra4096,23099CUT6499CUT102102–102–102–102USASteve Lowery*4196,19099CUT6699CUT103102–102–102–103COLCamilo Villegas4296,15099CUT683 T251212CANMike Weir4396,1107 T182367 T56 T6ENGLuke Donald4496,070101DNP71101DNP105102–102–102–105AUSAaron Baddeley4596,03099CUT7373 T†6410 T43102–43SWEFreddie Jacobson4695,99099CUT7467 T6510 T44102–44USANicholas Thompson golfer*4795,9507 T2099CUT4044 T41102–41USATommy Armour III Armour Tommy4895,91099CUT7582 T†6920 T62102–62USABrandt Snedeker4995,87068 T3527 T2955 T34102–34ENGLee Westwood*5095,830101DNP76101DNP106102–102–102–106USAKen Duke5195,79012 T2810 T1833 T2217 T22USAJohnson Wagner5295,75099CUT7815 T5552 T60102–60USAHeath Slocum5395,71099CUT7915 T5644 T61102–61USAParker McLachlin*5495,67099CUT8099CUT107102–102–102–107ZAFRory Sabbatini5595,63024 T3499CUT6844 T69102–69USABubba Watson5695,59012 T3044 T2728 T293030USAKevin Sutherland5795,5502 T350 T655 T111511ZAFRetief Goosen5895,51099CUT8299CUT108102–102–102–108AUSPeter Lonard5995,47099CUT8473 T†76102–102–102–76ZAFTim Clark golfer6095,43038 T4015 T288 T232926USARocco Mediate6195,39099CUT8669 T78102–102–102–78USAPat Perez6295,35099CUT8821 T71102–102–102–71ENGIan Poulter6395,31099CUT8999CUT112102–102–102–112AUSJohn Senden6495,27031 T4133 T3450 T37102–37USABen Crane*6595,23099CUT9210 T5733 T59102–59KORCharlie Wi6695,19065 T4344 T3964 T42102–42USATom Pernice Jr. Pernice Tom6795,15099CUT9450 T80102–102–102–80USADudley Hart*6895,11012 T3399CUT6721410 T12USAJohn Merrick golfer6995,07038 T4433 T3860 T40102–40USADean Wilson golfer7095,03048 T4573 T†4122 T39102–39AUSSteve Elkington7194,99055 T4699CUT84102–102–102–84USAPaul Goydos7294,950724899CUT85102–102–102–85USARyan Moore golfer7394,91099CUT9878 T†87102–102–102–87AUSNick O'Hern7494,87099CUT10044 T86102–102–102–86USACliff Kresge7594,83099CUT10199CUT113102–102–102–113AUSMathew Goggin7694,7904 T2699CUT4738 T52102–52USAScott McCarron*7794,75099CUT10244 T91102–102–102–91ENGJustin Rose7894,710101DNP103101DNP114102–102–102–114USACharles Howell III Howell Charles7994,67099CUT10482 T†95102–102–102–95USAMark Wilson golfer8094,63024 T4940 T4264 T45102–45USAMatt Kuchar8194,59099CUT10799CUT115102–102–102–115USAJohn Rollins golfer8294,55099CUT10940 T96102–102–102–96USAKevin Na8394,51031 T5199CUT93102–102–102–93USASteve Flesch8494,47099CUT11315 T81102–102–102–81USAJonathan Byrd golfer8594,43055 T5733 T4952 T55102–55ENGBrian Davis golfer8694,39038 T5550 T5138 T56102–56USACorey Pavin8794,35099CUT11482 T†100102–102–102–100USAMichael Letzig*8894,31099CUT11799CUT117102–102–102–117USAFred Couples*8994,27099CUT11899CUT118102–102–102–118ENGPaul Casey*9094,2307 T3899CUT74102–102–102–74DEUAlex Čejka Cejka, Alex9194,190101DNP120101DNP120102–102–102–120USAJohn Mallinger9294,15048 T6263 T5955 T64102–64USABrad Adamonis*9394,11099CUT121102–102–102–102–102–121AUSNathan Green golfer9494,07099CUT122102–102–102–102–102–122USALucas Glover9594,03055 T6950 T6213 T49102–49USAJason Bohn9693,990101DNP123102–102–102–102–102–123USATroy Matteson9793,95099CUT124102–102–102–102–102–124USAJay Williamson*9893,91031 T6580 T†6052 T66102–66USAEric Axley*9993,87038 T7282 T†6322 T63102–63USAScott Verplank10093,83012 T5363 T4628 T48102–48USAGeorge McNeill golfer10193,79031 T7099CUT104102–102–102–104USAKevin Streelman*10293,7504 T3750 T3322 T35102–35USAGreg Kraft*10393,71099CUT125102–102–102–102–102–125USAMark Calcavecchia10493,67099CUT126102–102–102–102–102–126USACharley Hoffman10593,63038 T7733 T6660 T68102–68AUSMatt Jones golfer*10693,59099CUT127102–102–102–102–102–127USABill Haas10793,55055 T8169 T73102–102–102–73USAShane Bertsch*10893,51099CUT128102–102–102–102–102–128USAJoe Ogilvie10993,47099CUT129102–102–102–102–102–129NZLTim Wilkinson*11093,43099CUT130102–102–102–102–102–130USANick Watney11193,39062 T8399CUT109102–102–102–109USAZach Johnson11293,35099CUT131102–102–102–102–102–131USAVaughn Taylor golfer11393,31099CUT132102–102–102–102–102–132USARich Beem11493,27055 T8799CUT111102–102–102–111USACharles Warren golfer11593,23099CUT133102–102–102–102–102–133USABo Van Pelt11693,190719144 T79102–102–102–79USADustin Johnson*11793,15099CUT134102–102–102–102–102–134USABrett Quigley11893,11038 T9021 T72102–102–102–72USABob Tway11993,070101DNP135102–102–102–102–102–135USAPatrick Sheehan golfer*12093,03024 T8599CUT110102–102–102–110USADavid Toms12192,99099CUT136102–102–102–102–102–136SWERichard S. Johnson golfer*12292,95068 T9521 T77102–102–102–77USAJames Driscoll*12392,91099CUT137102–102–102–102–102–137USABob Estes12492,870101DNP138102–102–102–102–102–138USATom Lehman12592,83099CUT139102–102–102–102–102–139USATim Petrovic12692,79038 T9740 T82102–102–102–82AUSJason Day*12792,75031 T9650 T83102–102–102–83SCOMartin Laird*12892,7107 T6750 T6155 T67102–67USAJoe Durant12992,67099CUT140102–102–102–102–102–140USAJason Gore13092,63099CUT141102–102–102–102–102–141ARGÁngel Cabrera13192,59019 T9315 T7022 T65102–65USARyan Palmer13292,55062 T10650 T94102–102–102–94USATim Herron13392,51024 T995 T4838 T53102–53USAMichael Allen golfer*13492,47065 T10827 T90102–102–102–90USAJ. J. Henry13592,43055 T11027 T92102–102–102–92USAFrank Lickliter13692,3906411269 T97102–102–102–97CANJon Mills*13792,35099CUT142102–102–102–102–102–142USAChris DiMarco13892,31099CUT143102–102–102–102–102–143SWEJesper Parnevik13992,27024 T10533 T89102–102–102–89USARoland Thatcher*14092,230101DNP144102–102–102–102–102–144USAJustin Bolli*14192,19048 T11682 T†101102–102–102–101USAJeff Overton14292,15038 T11563 T99102–102–102–99USAGlen Day*14392,11024 T11199CUT116102–102–102–116USALee Janzen*14492,07048 T11999CUT119102–102–102–119 * First-time Playoffs qualifier † MDF – made cut, did not finish (i.e. cut after third round) References Category:FedEx Cup FedEx Cup Playoffs