FedEx Cup

In the golfing world, we're in playoff season. Greg and I are about to go to Myrtle Beach to compete in a friendly tournament among friends. But on the PGA Tour this week, the FedEx Cup begins. For those of you not familiar, here is a rundown:

All year, each PGA Tour event has had points attached to them. Based on where you finished in those events, each player earned a certain amount of points. The top 125 players in the standings after last week made the playoffs.

The playoffs, beginning this week, are played out over four events: The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship, and the Tour Championship. It takes place over the next five weekends. And in each event, the size of the field shrinks.

As I stated above, the top 125 make the playoffs and play this week in The Barclays. Major points are up for grabs here and in every playoff event. After the event, the top 100 advance to the Deutsche Bank. After that, the top 70 play at the BMW Championship. Then, the top 30 duke it out at the Tour Championship for the FedEx Cup. Before this final event, the top 30 have their points "reset" and are given an amount of points based on their position in the standings.

Everyone in the top 30 technically will have a chance to win the FedEx Cup, but the further down the standings you are, the more things that have to go right in order to win. That's why the being in the top 5 is so important. If you are in the top 5 and you win the Tour Championship, you automatically win the FedEx Cup no matter what.

So enjoy the playoffs and the race for the FedEx Cup. It's amazing and fun to watch each year. As I stated a couple of weeks ago, my choice to win is Jason Dufner. He is currently second in the standings. For the complete standings, see the chart below. Enjoy!

Andrew

RANK THIS WEEK	RANK LAST WEEK	PLAYER	EVENTS	POINTS	# OF WINS	# OF TOP 10'S	POINTS BEHIND LEAD	RESET POINTS
1	1	Tiger Woods	15	2,269	3	6
2	3	Jason Dufner	19	2,110	2	8	159
3	2	Rory McIlroy	12	2,092	2	7	177
4	4	Zach Johnson	20	2,019	2	6	250
5	5	Bubba Watson	15	1,777	1	5	492
6	6	Hunter Mahan	19	1,739	2	4	530
7	9	Carl Pettersson	22	1,691	1	6	578
8	7	Keegan Bradley	21	1,670	1	5	599
9	8	Matt Kuchar	18	1,600	1	8	669
10	10	Steve Stricker	15	1,456	1	7	813
11	11	Ernie Els	17	1,447	1	5	822
12	12	Justin Rose	15	1,426	1	7	843
13	13	Webb Simpson	18	1,424	1	6	845
14	14	Phil Mickelson	18	1,373	1	5	896
15	15	Scott Piercy	23	1,304	1	3	965
16	16	Luke Donald	13	1,294	1	6	975
17	17	Jim Furyk	19	1,284	0	5	985
18	18	Rickie Fowler	19	1,246	1	5	1,023
19	23	Brandt Snedeker	18	1,194	1	4	1,075
20	19	Johnson Wagner	23	1,181	1	4	1,088
21	25	Bill Haas	20	1,181	1	3	1,088
22	20	Kyle Stanley	24	1,177	1	2	1,092
23	21	Bo Van Pelt	20	1,175	0	8	1,094
24	22	Robert Garrigus	20	1,155	0	5	1,114
25	26	John Huh	23	1,123	1	4	1,146
26	24	Dustin Johnson	15	1,097	1	5	1,172
27	27	Graeme McDowell	13	1,037	0	4	1,232
28	28	Marc Leishman	20	1,003	1	2	1,266
29	29	Ben Curtis	13	997	1	3	1,272
30	30	Mark Wilson	21	986	1	2	1,283
31	31	Martin Laird	19	976	0	3	1,293
32	32	Adam Scott	12	966	0	3	1,303
33	102	Sergio Garcia	13	935	1	2	1,334
34	33	Louis Oosthuizen	15	928	0	3	1,341
35	48	Bud Cauley	23	902	0	5	1,367
36	34	Charlie Wi	21	901	0	3	1,368
37	35	John Senden	18	867	0	5	1,402
38	36	Kevin Na	21	866	0	6	1,403
39	37	Ben Crane	19	849	0	4	1,420
40	38	Seung-Yul Noh	25	827	0	3	1,442
41	40	Brendon de Jonge	25	815	0	2	1,454
42	39	Ken Duke	25	776	0	6	1,493
43	55	Jimmy Walker	23	763	0	4	1,506
44	41	Ryan Palmer	19	745	0	4	1,524
45	42	Spencer Levin	25	735	0	3	1,534
46	43	John Rollins	21	732	0	5	1,537
47	44	Jonathan Byrd	19	732	0	5	1,537
48	45	Brian Davis	23	728	0	4	1,541
49	51	Nick Watney	21	726	0	3	1,543
50	52	D.A. Points	22	714	0	3	1,555
51	46	Lee Westwood	11	713	0	5	1,556
52	47	J.J. Henry	26	713	1	3	1,556
53	54	Matt Every	19	711	0	5	1,558
54	109	Tim Clark	16	707	0	2	1,562
55	49	Ian Poulter	12	698	0	4	1,571
56	50	Cameron Tringale	21	689	0	4	1,580
57	53	Vijay Singh	21	669	0	3	1,600
58	59	Jeff Overton	23	667	0	2	1,602
59	63	Charles Howell III	23	666	0	1	1,603
60	74	Troy Matteson	26	662	0	3	1,607
61	56	Ted Potter, Jr.	21	647	1	1	1,622
62	57	Padraig Harrington	15	646	0	3	1,623
63	58	Sean O'Hair	19	644	0	2	1,625
64	66	Ryan Moore	19	635	0	4	1,634
65	60	Aaron Baddeley	19	635	0	3	1,634
66	61	Michael Thompson	21	634	0	2	1,635
67	62	Charley Hoffman	23	628	0	2	1,641
68	64	Geoff Ogilvy	17	624	0	1	1,645
69	65	David Toms	17	623	0	4	1,646
70	73	Kevin Stadler	21	620	0	3	1,649
71	67	Sang-Moon Bae	23	604	0	2	1,665
72	68	Pat Perez	20	603	0	1	1,666
73	69	Rory Sabbatini	23	602	0	2	1,667
74	70	William McGirt	25	602	0	2	1,667
75	76	Blake Adams	27	599	0	2	1,670
76	71	George McNeill	21	599	1	1	1,670
77	72	K.J. Choi	19	597	0	2	1,672
78	75	Greg Chalmers	22	589	0		1,680
79	79	Dicky Pride	14	586	0	3	1,683
80	83	Chris Kirk	21	574	0	4	1,695
81	86	John Merrick	22	572	0	2	1,697
82	77	J.B. Holmes	20	568	0	2	1,701
83	78	Daniel Summerhays	20	567	0	4	1,702
84	80	Greg Owen	21	556	0	2	1,713
85	81	Martin Flores	24	556	0	2	1,713
86	88	Scott Stallings	22	554	1	2	1,715
87	94	Harris English	22	549	0	3	1,720
88	82	John Mallinger	21	543	0	2	1,726
89	91	Will Claxton	23	530	0	2	1,739
90	97	Charl Schwartzel	13	519	0	2	1,750
91	110	Chad Campbell	22	517	0	2	1,752
92	84	Tom Gillis	19	511	0	1	1,758
93	85	Andres Romero	19	506	0	2	1,763
94	96	Josh Teater	25	506	0	3	1,763
95	87	Fredrik Jacobson	15	500	0	1	1,769
96	89	Bryce Molder	20	495	0	1	1,774
97	90	Brian Harman	24	493	0		1,776
98	92	Ricky Barnes	23	489	0	1	1,780
99	93	Chris Stroud	23	484	0	2	1,785
100	95	Roberto Castro	21	477	0	1	1,792
101	99	Jonas Blixt	15	470	0	3	1,799
102	101	Tommy Gainey	27	464	0	1	1,805
103	98	Bob Estes	19	458	0	1	1,811
104	100	Kevin Chappell	24	447	0	1	1,822
105	119	Davis Love III	15	443	0	2	1,826
106	111	Graham DeLaet	20	441	0	2	1,828
107	104	Jeff Maggert	22	433	0	1	1,836
108	103	David Hearn	22	432	0	1	1,837
109	113	Kevin Streelman	22	424	0	3	1,845
110	105	Brian Gay	23	424	0	2	1,845
111	114	Gary Christian	23	422	0	1	1,847
112	106	Robert Allenby	22	417	0	2	1,852
113	107	Jason Day	13	417	0	3	1,852
114	122	Trevor Immelman	20	411	0		1,858
115	108	James Driscoll	22	408	0	2	1,861
116	125	Rod Pampling	21	398	0	1	1,871
117	112	Henrik Stenson	12	394	0	1	1,875
118	117	Troy Kelly	19	394	0	1	1,875
119	118	Billy Mayfair	23	393	0	1	1,876
120	115	Colt Knost	24	390	0	2	1,879
121	116	Harrison Frazar	19	387	0	2	1,882
122	120	Jerry Kelly	21	385	0		1,884
123	121	Boo Weekley	20	365	0	2	1,904
124	128	Heath Slocum	24	365	0		1,904
125	123	Jason Bohn	23	363	0	2	1,906