The 2010 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, began on August 26 and ended on September 26. It included the following four events: The Barclays — Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, New Jersey Deutsche Bank Championship — TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts BMW Championship — Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Illinois The Tour Championship — East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
These were the fourth FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.
The point distributions can be seen here.
Regular season rankings PlacePlayerPointsEvents1 Ernie Els 1,846 162 Steve Stricker 1,697 153 Jim Furyk 1,691 184 Phil Mickelson 1,629 165 Justin Rose 1,593 186 Jeff Overton 1,536227 Hunter Mahan 1,528 208 Bubba Watson 1,498 189 Matt Kuchar 1,437 2110 Tim Clark 1,409 19
The Barclays The Barclays was played August 26–29. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, three did not enter: Paul Goydos (ranked 63),Goydos Withdraws From The Barclays Sergio García (101), and Corey Pavin (110). Jim Furyk was disqualified from the tournament for missing his pro-am tee time. Of the 121 entrants, 72 made the second-round cut at even-par 141.
Matt Kuchar won by making a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Martin Laird and moved to first place in the standings.Matt Kuchar claims first win of year The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship.
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Matt Kuchar 68-69-69-66=272 −12 1,350,000 1 92 Martin Laird 69-67-65-71=272 810,000 3 95T3 Kevin Streelman 72-63-71-68=274 −10 435,000 18 102 Steve Stricker 70-70-68-66=274 2 2T5 Jason Day 67-67-70-71=275 −9 263,438 14 28 Ryan Palmer 66-74-66-69=275 13 23 Rory Sabbatini 68-74-69-64=275 33 60 Vaughn Taylor 65-70-71-69=275 21 38T9 Dustin Johnson 71-69-64-72=276 −8 202,500 6 11 Adam Scott 66-71-68-71=276 19 32 Heath Slocum 67-71-70-68=276 34 50
Deutsche Bank Championship The Deutsche Bank Championship was played September 3–6. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, one did not enter: Kenny Perry. Of the 99 entrants, 72 made the second-round cut at one-under-par, 141.
Charley Hoffman shot a final round 62 to win by five strokes and move to second place in the standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Charley Hoffman 64-67-69-62=262 −22 1,350,000 2 59T2 Jason Day 63-67-66-71=267 −17 560,000 4 14 Luke Donald 65-67-66-69=267 5 17 Geoff Ogilvy 64-72-65-66=267 9 52T5 Tom Gillis 67-71-65-65=268 −16 273,750 48 92 Adam Scott 67-69-65-67=268 15 19 Brandt Snedeker 66-64-67-71=268 31 538 John Senden 66-68-69-67=270 −14 232,500 38 649 Steve Stricker 65-68-67-71=271 −13 217,500 3 210 D. J. Trahan 64-69-69-70=272 −12 202,500 36 51
BMW Championship The BMW Championship was played September 9–12. 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 2011 Masters, U.S. Open, and (British) Open Championship.
Dustin Johnson won the event by one stroke over Paul Casey and moved to second in the rankings.Dustin Johnson wins at BMW Former FedEx Cup winners Tiger Woods (2007 and 2009) and Vijay Singh (2008) finished 42nd and 57th, respectively, on the points list and did not advance to The Tour Championship.
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 rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Dustin Johnson 68-70-68-69=275 −9 1,350,000 2 162 Paul Casey 69-69-69-69=276 −8 810,000 5 21T3 K. J. Choi 71-69-69-69=278 −6 360,000 23 52 Kevin Na 70-69-69-70=278 20 41 Matt Kuchar 64-72-70-72=278 1 1 Ryan Moore 65-74-66-73=278 26 587 Retief Goosen 67-71-71-70=279 −5 251,250 17 20T8 Phil Mickelson 72-71-70-67=280 −4 217,500 10 14 Steve Stricker 70-73-67-70=280 4 3 Charlie Wi 67-69-70-74=280 33 37
Reset points The points were reset after the BMW Championship.
PlacePlayerPointsReset pointsEvents1 Matt Kuchar 4,935 2,500 242 Dustin Johnson 4,299 2,250 223 Charley Hoffman 3,449 2,000 224 Steve Stricker 3,372 1,800 185 Paul Casey 3,015 1,600 166 Jason Day 2,633 1,400 237 Luke Donald 2,597 1,200 198 Ernie Els 2,343 1,000 199 Martin Laird 2,294 800 2410 Phil Mickelson 2,249 600 19
The Tour Championship The Tour Championship was played September 23–26, after a one-week break. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut. Jim Furyk won the tournament and the FedEx Cup.Jim Furyk has $10M bunker save for win
FedEx Cup rankPlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)AfterBefore1 Jim Furyk 67-65-70-70=272 −8 1,350,000 1 112 Luke Donald 66-66-71-70=273 −7 810,000 3 73 Retief Goosen 71-66-66-71=274 −6 517,500 10 17T4 Paul Casey 66-71-69-69=275 −5 330,000 6 5 Nick Watney 71-74-63-67=275 12 286 Charley Hoffman 71-67-69-70=277 −3 270,000 4 3T7 K. J. Choi 68-68-74-68=278 −2 247,500 15 23 Ernie Els 71-71-71-65=278 9 8T9 Zach Johnson 74-72-66-67=279 −1 208,125 17 19 Ryan Moore 70-72-68-69=279 21 26 Kevin Streelman 70-70-69-70=279 25 29 Camilo Villegas 73-69-68-69=279 20 25
Final leaderboard PlacePlayerPointsWinnings ($)1 Jim Furyk 2,980.0 10,000,0002 Matt Kuchar 2,727.5 3,000,0003 Luke Donald 2,700.0 2,000,0004 Charley Hoffman 2,500.0 1,500,0005 Dustin Johnson 2,492.5 1,000,0006 Paul Casey 2,250.0 800,0007 Steve Stricker 2,027.5 700,0008 Jason Day 1,660.0 600,0009 Ernie Els 1,437.5 550,00010 Retief Goosen 1,360.0 500,000
For the full list see here.
Table of qualifying players Table key:
PlayerPre-PlayoffsThe BarclaysDeutsche BankBMW Champ.ResetpointsTour Champ.PointsRankFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishRank afterFinishFinal rank1,846157891,697223471,6913DQ8111111,6294CUT101410131,59354CUT1013161,536612CUT1924291,52877815181,498891218221,437911121,40910CUT162221241,36211616251,3041211CUT1822271,27213CUT252330301,21614CUT27CUT3441––411,21315263325201,19116151719171,16917242727281,15318CUT292434––34*1,14719222532––321,14220CUT30CUT3940––40*1,10121282936––361,08922175731,07123131316231,0682420201710*1,03525CUT374051––511,02526312831––31992272321569882814468984293230281295730364352––52*94731CUT415464––64940321915141992633CUT434662––6292234CUT4452231589335CUT475826218583635CUT5047––4782637CUT505558––588243821CUT3235––3581539CUT529121481340CUT533137––3780441394120267864254WD7070––7078143494753––5374844CUT606755––557484546CUT6060––6074646CUT6275––––7574347CUT6374––––7473848485744––4473349384439––3972250344236––467145140CUT5654––5469052453733––3367853566167––6767854423538––386625557CUT73––––7364756706463––63*6465771CUT81––––8163658CUT7872––––7263459CUT7977––––776186033CUT4548––4861761CUT816565––655986282CUT86––––8659763DNP8487––––8759564CUT8588––––8858865CUT866357––5757766513649––49*57367665345––4557168CUT89CUT92––––9255869616256––5655670685959––595557190DNP93––––93*5547277CUT84––––84*55473CUT9171––––71*55474CUT924843––435517583DQ89––––8954876696968––6854677592345447874CUT82––––825347987CUT90––––9053280586666––66*52681CUT95CUT97––––9752682CUT96CUT98––––9852483554961––61*51784CUT97WD99––––99*51485CUT9895––––95*5128694CUT96––––9651287CUT99CUT100––––100*502887576––––7649989CUT101––––––10149390CUT102––––––10248991CUT103––––––103*48792CUT104––––––104481939394––––944789480CUT85––––854779536911475967280––––8047297CUT106––––––106*4729867CUT79––––7946799643850––50463100WD108––––––108461101DNP109––––––10946010218262925458103CUT111––––––111454104CUT112––––––112449105110––––––110449106CUT113––––––1134451077378––––7843910876CUT83––––83434109CUT114––––––114433110DNP115––––––115432111CUT116––––––116431112655142––42427113CUT118––––––11842511488CUT91––––914181151006869––69416116CUT119––––––119415117105––––––105415118CUT120––––––120414119CUT121––––––121*404120117––––––117394121CUT122––––––122394122CUT123––––––123*393123CUT124––––––124382124107––––––107380125CUT125––––––125 * First-time Playoffs participant
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