2010 FedEx Cup Playoffs

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

2010 FedEx Cup Playoffs

Tournament information
Dates	August 26 – September 26, 2010
Location	Ridgewood Country Club TPC Boston Cog Hill Golf & Country Club East Lake Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Field	125 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
Jim Furyk
2,980 points
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These were the fourth FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

Place	Player	Points	Events
1	Ernie Els	1,846	16
2	Steve Stricker	1,697	15
3	Jim Furyk	1,691	18
4	Phil Mickelson	1,629	16
5	Justin Rose	1,593	18
6	Jeff Overton	1,536	22
7	Hunter Mahan	1,528	20
8	Bubba Watson	1,498	18
9	Matt Kuchar	1,437	21
10	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),^[1] Sergio García (101),^[2] and Corey Pavin (110).^[2] Jim Furyk was disqualified from the tournament for missing his pro-am tee time.^[3] 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.^[4] The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship.

					FedEx Cup rank
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Matt Kuchar	68-69-69-66=272	−12	1,350,000	1	9
2	Martin Laird	69-67-65-71=272		810,000	3	95
T3	Kevin Streelman	72-63-71-68=274	−10	435,000	18	102
	Steve Stricker	70-70-68-66=274			2	2
T5	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	38
T9	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.^[5] 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.^[6] The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.

					FedEx Cup rank
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Charley Hoffman	64-67-69-62=262	−22	1,350,000	2	59
T2	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	52
T5	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	53
8	John Senden	66-68-69-67=270	−14	232,500	38	64
9	Steve Stricker	65-68-67-71=271	−13	217,500	3	2
10	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.^[7] 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 rank
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Dustin Johnson	68-70-68-69=275	−9	1,350,000	2	16
2	Paul Casey	69-69-69-69=276	−8	810,000	5	21
T3	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	58
7	Retief Goosen	67-71-71-70=279	−5	251,250	17	20
T8	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.

Place	Player	Points	Reset points	Events
1	Matt Kuchar	4,935	2,500	24
2	Dustin Johnson	4,299	2,250	22
3	Charley Hoffman	3,449	2,000	22
4	Steve Stricker	3,372	1,800	18
5	Paul Casey	3,015	1,600	16
6	Jason Day	2,633	1,400	23
7	Luke Donald	2,597	1,200	19
8	Ernie Els	2,343	1,000	19
9	Martin Laird	2,294	800	24
10	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.^[8]

					FedEx Cup rank
Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)	After	Before
1	Jim Furyk	67-65-70-70=272	−8	1,350,000	1	11
2	Luke Donald	66-66-71-70=273	−7	810,000	3	7
3	Retief Goosen	71-66-66-71=274	−6	517,500	10	17
T4	Paul Casey	66-71-69-69=275	−5	330,000	6	5
	Nick Watney	71-74-63-67=275			12	28
6	Charley Hoffman	71-67-69-70=277	−3	270,000	4	3
T7	K. J. Choi	68-68-74-68=278	−2	247,500	15	23
	Ernie Els	71-71-71-65=278			9	8
T9	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

Place	Player	Points	Winnings ($)
1	Jim Furyk	2,980.0	10,000,000
2	Matt Kuchar	2,727.5	3,000,000
3	Luke Donald	2,700.0	2,000,000
4	Charley Hoffman	2,500.0	1,500,000
5	Dustin Johnson	2,492.5	1,000,000
6	Paul Casey	2,250.0	800,000
7	Steve Stricker	2,027.5	700,000
8	Jason Day	1,660.0	600,000
9	Ernie Els	1,437.5	550,000
10	Retief Goosen	1,360.0	500,000

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
	Ernie Els	1,846	1	71	5	T30	7	T13	8	1,000	T7	9
	Steve Stricker	1,697	2	T3	2	9	3	T8	4	1,800	T25	7
	Jim Furyk	1,691	3	DQ	8	T37	11	T15	11	480	1	1
	Phil Mickelson	1,629	4	CUT	10	T25	14	T8	10	600	T22	13
	Justin Rose	1,593	5	T15	4	CUT	10	T21	13	440	T15	16
	Jeff Overton	1,536	6	T56	12	CUT	19	T57	24	270	29	29
	Hunter Mahan	1,528	7	T31	7	T33	8	T37	15	400	T15	18
	Bubba Watson	1,498	8	T31	9	T37	12	T50	18	340	T17	22
	Matt Kuchar	1,437	9	1	1	T11	1	T3	1	2,500	T25	2
	Tim Clark	1,409	10	CUT	16	T45	22	T21	21	300	T13	24
	Dustin Johnson	1,362	11	T9	6	T57	16	1	2	2,250	T22	5
	Ben Crane	1,304	12	T12	11	CUT	18	T45	22	290	T17	27
	Bo Van Pelt	1,272	13	CUT	25	T25	23	T54	30	210	24	30
	Anthony Kim	1,216	14	CUT	27	CUT	34	T48	41	–	–	41
	Camilo Villegas	1,213	15	T64	26	T61	33	T11	25	260	T9	20
	Zach Johnson	1,191	16	T21	15	T30	17	T15	19	320	T9	17
	Robert Allenby	1,169	17	T47	24	T45	27	T24	27	240	T17	28
	J. B. Holmes	1,153	18	CUT	29	T11	24	T60	34	–	–	34
	Rickie Fowler*	1,147	19	T36	22	T41	25	T45	32	–	–	32
	Carl Pettersson	1,142	20	CUT	30	CUT	39	T30	40	–	–	40
	Rory McIlroy*	1,101	21	T56	28	T37	29	T37	36	–	–	36
	Luke Donald	1,089	22	T15	17	T2	5	T37	7	1,200	2	3
	Ryan Palmer	1,071	23	T5	13	T11	13	T43	16	380	28	23
	Retief Goosen	1,068	24	T21	20	T25	20	7	17	360	3	10
	Brendon de Jonge*	1,035	25	CUT	37	T45	40	T63	51	–	–	51
	Bill Haas	1,025	26	T47	31	T22	28	T30	31	–	–	31
	Paul Casey	992	27	T12	23	T25	21	2	5	1,600	T4	6
	Jason Day	988	28	T5	14	T2	4	T54	6	1,400	T17	8
	Nick Watney	984	29	T36	32	T33	30	T15	28	230	T4	12
	Stuart Appleby	957	30	T52	36	T57	43	T60	52	–	–	52
	Ricky Barnes*	947	31	CUT	41	T57	54	T67	64	–	–	64
	Adam Scott	940	32	T9	19	T5	15	T15	14	420	27	19
	Jason Bohn	926	33	CUT	43	T41	46	69	62	–	–	62
	K. J. Choi	922	34	CUT	44	T45	52	T3	23	280	T7	15
	Ryan Moore	893	35	CUT	47	T67	58	T3	26	250	T9	21
	Sean O'Hair	858	36	T31	35	CUT	50	T37	47	–	–	47
	Freddie Jacobson	826	37	CUT	50	T37	55	T48	58	–	–	58
	Vaughn Taylor	824	38	T5	21	CUT	32	T30	35	–	–	35
	Geoff Ogilvy	815	39	CUT	52	T2	9	T24	12	460	T13	14
	Brandt Snedeker	813	40	CUT	53	T5	31	T37	37	–	–	37
	Kevin Na	804	41	T36	39	T33	41	T3	20	310	T17	26
	Scott Verplank	786	42	T68	54	WD	70	T67	70	–	–	70
	Brian Davis	781	43	T60	49	T22	47	T54	53	–	–	53
	David Toms	748	44	CUT	60	T45	67	T15	55	–	–	55
	Bryce Molder	748	45	T36	46	CUT	60	T30	60	–	–	60
	Charles Howell III	746	46	CUT	62	T67	75	–	–	–	–	75
	Lucas Glover	743	47	CUT	63	T65	74	–	–	–	–	74
	Marc Leishman	738	48	T36	48	T61	57	T11	44	–	–	44
	Ian Poulter	733	49	T15	38	T45	44	T13	39	–	–	39
	Heath Slocum	722	50	T9	34	T65	42	T50	36	–	–	46
	Brian Gay	714	51	T21	40	CUT	56	T30	54	–	–	54
	Charlie Wi	690	52	T27	45	T18	37	T8	33	–	–	33
	Yong-eun Yang	678	53	T47	56	T45	61	T63	67	–	–	67
	Stewart Cink	678	54	T15	42	T18	35	T21	38	–	–	38
	Pádraig Harrington	662	55	T47	57	CUT	73	–	–	–	–	73
	Matt Jones	647	56	T60	70	T33	64	T37	63	–	–	63
	Spencer Levin*	646	57	T64	71	CUT	81	–	–	–	–	81
	Steve Marino	636	58	CUT	78	T41	72	–	–	–	–	72
	John Rollins	634	59	CUT	79	T45	77	–	–	–	–	77
	Rory Sabbatini	618	60	T5	33	CUT	45	T50	48	–	–	48
	Jason Dufner	617	61	CUT	81	T18	65	T45	65	–	–	65
	J. J. Henry	598	62	72	82	CUT	86	–	–	–	–	86
	Paul Goydos	597	63	DNP	84	70	87	–	–	–	–	87
	Shaun Micheel	595	64	CUT	85	71	88	–	–	–	–	88
	Vijay Singh	588	65	CUT	86	T11	63	T24	57	–	–	57
	D. J. Trahan	577	66	T21	51	10	36	70	49	–	–	49
	Michael Sim*	573	67	T36	66	T11	53	T24	45	–	–	45
	Steve Elkington	571	68	CUT	89	CUT	92	–	–	–	–	92
	Greg Chalmers	558	69	T31	61	T41	62	T24	56	–	–	56
	Justin Leonard	556	70	T36	68	T30	59	T30	59	–	–	59
	Kenny Perry	555	71	T68	90	DNP	93	–	–	–	–	93
	Jimmy Walker*	554	72	T52	77	CUT	84	–	–	–	–	84
	Kris Blanks*	554	73	CUT	91	T22	71	–	–	–	–	71
	Tom Gillis*	554	74	CUT	92	T5	48	T24	43	–	–	43
	Chad Campbell	551	75	T60	83	DQ	89	–	–	–	–	89
	Stephen Ames	548	76	T36	69	T45	69	T57	68	–	–	68
	Charley Hoffman	546	77	T27	59	1	2	T30	3	2,000	6	4
	D. A. Points	544	78	T47	74	CUT	82	–	–	–	–	82
	Pat Perez	534	79	T60	87	CUT	90	–	–	–	–	90
	Tim Petrovic	532	80	T21	58	T45	66	T57	66	–	–	66
	Alex Prugh*	526	81	CUT	95	CUT	97	–	–	–	–	97
	Boo Weekley	526	82	CUT	96	CUT	98	–	–	–	–	98
	Ángel Cabrera	524	83	T15	55	T18	49	T63	61	–	–	61
	Garrett Willis*	517	84	CUT	97	WD	99	–	–	–	–	99
	Blake Adams*	514	85	CUT	98	T61	95	–	–	–	–	95
	Chad Collins*	512	86	T64	94	CUT	96	–	–	–	–	96
	Chris Riley	512	87	CUT	99	CUT	100	–	–	–	–	100
	Josh Teater*	502	88	T36	75	T45	76	–	–	–	–	76
	Kevin Sutherland	499	89	CUT	101	–	–	–	–	–	–	101
	Jerry Kelly	493	90	CUT	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	102
	Alex Čejka	489	91	CUT	103	–	–	–	–	–	–	103
	Derek Lamely*	487	92	CUT	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	104
	Aaron Baddeley	481	93	T56	93	69	94	–	–	–	–	94
	Webb Simpson	478	94	T36	80	CUT	85	–	–	–	–	85
	Martin Laird	477	95	2	3	T25	6	T50	9	800	30	11
	Davis Love III	475	96	T31	72	T61	80	–	–	–	–	80
	Matt Bettencourt	472	97	CUT	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	106
	Chris Couch*	472	98	T21	67	CUT	79	–	–	–	–	79
	John Senden	467	99	T15	64	8	38	T63	50	–	–	50
	Jeff Maggert	463	100	WD	108	–	–	–	–	–	–	108
	Sergio García	461	101	DNP	109	–	–	–	–	–	–	109
	Kevin Streelman	460	102	T3	18	T45	26	T43	29	220	T9	25
	Briny Baird	458	103	CUT	111	–	–	–	–	–	–	111
	Joe Ogilvie	454	104	CUT	112	–	–	–	–	–	–	112
	John Merrick	449	105	T68	110	–	–	–	–	–	–	110
	Bill Lunde	449	106	CUT	113	–	–	–	–	–	–	113
	Ryuji Imada	445	107	T27	73	T57	78	–	–	–	–	78
	J. P. Hayes	439	108	T27	76	CUT	83	–	–	–	–	83
	Dean Wilson	434	109	CUT	114	–	–	–	–	–	–	114
	Corey Pavin	433	110	DNP	115	–	–	–	–	–	–	115
	Bob Estes	432	111	CUT	116	–	–	–	–	–	–	116
	Tiger Woods	431	112	T12	65	T11	51	T15	42	–	–	42
	Cameron Beckman	427	113	CUT	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	118
	Troy Matteson	425	114	T36	88	CUT	91	–	–	–	–	91
	Andrés Romero	418	115	T52	100	T11	68	T60	69	–	–	69
	Ben Curtis	416	116	CUT	119	–	–	–	–	–	–	119
	Jonathan Byrd	415	117	T56	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	105
	Michael Letzig	415	118	CUT	120	–	–	–	–	–	–	120
	Nathan Green	414	119	CUT	121	–	–	–	–	–	–	121
	David Duval*	404	120	T64	117	–	–	–	–	–	–	117
	Kevin Stadler	394	121	CUT	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	122
	Woody Austin	394	122	CUT	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	123
	Graham DeLaet*	393	123	CUT	124	–	–	–	–	–	–	124
	Robert Garrigus	382	124	T52	107	–	–	–	–	–	–	107
	Scott Piercy	380	125	CUT	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	125

* First-time Playoffs participant