So here is what they've all been playing for. The top 30 who will play in 2 weeks in Atlanta for the whole shebang !! On the line is the Tour Championship, the Fed Ex Cup and the $10m bonus pool that goes with it.
Here is how PGATOUR.COM staff explain it..
Of the 30 players headed to East Lake in two weeks, only the top five in points are guaranteed the FedExCup should one of them win THE TOUR Championship. Dustin Johnson, the winner of Sunday's BMW Championship, moved into the top five, as did runner-up Paul Casey.
They will join Barclays winner Matt Kuchar, Deutsche Bank winner Charley Hoffman and Steve Stricker as the only players who control their own destiny in terms of winning the FedEx Cup and the $10 million bonus.
FedEx Cup points are reset before THE TOUR Championship in order to give any player in the top five the FedEx Cup title should he manage to win at East Lake
Here is how the reset points work courtesy pgatour.com
The FedEx Cup points will be reset following the BMW Championship in order to give each of the 30 players who advance to THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola a chance to win the FedExCup title.
While the points will be reset, however, the seeds will not. The player who ranks first in FedEx Cup points after the BMW Championship will still rank first after the reset. The player who ranks 30th will still rank 30th. And the player who ranks 31st? He will get the week off -- remember, just the top 30 in points after the BMW Championship will advance to East Lake (and no alternates will be added).
Each of the first five seeds going into THE TOUR Championship will control his own destiny -- if any of those five seeds wins at East Lake, he will win the FedEx Cup title. Meanwhile, seeds 6-10 will have an excellent chance of capturing the title with a victory.
Reset points
Here are the FedEx Cup points that each player will start with going into THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola:
TOUR Championship
1 Matt Kuchar 2,500 16 Ryan Palmer 380
2 Dustin Johnson 2,250 17 Retief Goosen 360
3 Charley Hoffman 2,000 18 Bubba Watson 340
4 Steve Stricker 1,800 19 Zach Johnson 320
5 Paul Casey 1,600 20 Kevin Na 310
6 Jason Day 1,400 21 Tim Clark 300
7 Luke Donald 1,200 22 Ben Crane 290
8 Ernie Els 1,000 23 K.J. Choi 280
9 Martin Laird 800 24 Jeff Overton 270
10 Phil Mickelson 600 25 Camilo Villegas 260
11 Jim Furyk 480 26 Ryan Moore 250
12 Geoff Ogilvy 460 27 Robert Allenby 240
13 Justin Rose 440 28 Nick Watney 230
14 Adam Scott 420 29 Kevin Streelman 220
15 Hunter Mahan 400 30 Bo Van Pelt 210
Following THE TOUR Championship, the total points each player is awarded in the reset plus the points that player earns based on his finish at THE TOUR Championship will be added together, and the player with the highest point total will be named winner of the FedEx Cup.
In the event of a tie for first in FedEx Cup points following THE TOUR Championship, those players tied for first will compete in a playoff to determine the winner of the FedExCup.
So, how many FedEx Cup points are available at East Lake? THE TOUR Championship will have the same points distribution as the first three Playoffs events, in which point values are quintupled from most regular-season events.
Here is the point distribution for THE TOUR Championship:
1st 2,500 points 16th 275 points
2nd 1,500 points 17th 270 points
3rd 1,000 points 18th 265 points
4th 750 points 19th 260 points
5th 550 points 20th 255 points
6th 500 points 21st 250 points
7th 450 points 22nd 245 points
8th 425 points 23rd 240 points
9th 400 points 24th 235 points
10th 375 points 25th 230 points
11th 350 points 26th 225 points
12th 325 points 27th 220 points
13th 300 points 28th 215 points
14th 285 points 29th 210 points
15th 280 points 30th 205 points
Thus, if the leader in FedEx Cup points entering THE TOUR Championship ends up winning at East Lake, he would have 5,000 points (and win the FedEx Cup). If the No. 5 ranked player wins at East Lake, he would finish with 4,100 points (and also win the FedEx Cup).
However, if the No. 10-ranked player wins at East Lake, he would finish with 3,100 points. That might be good enough to win the FedEx Cup title, but there are no guarantees. For instance, if the top seed finishes second at East Lake, he would have 4,000 points.
That's why it's important to be ranked in the top five after the BMW Championship. That way, you control your own destiny and are not reliant on how others finish.
So here are the T30.. Still with me ???!!
Week Player Events Points # of Wins # of Top 10's Points behind Lead Reset Points
1 1 Matt Kuchar 24 4,935 1 11 2,500
2 16 Dustin Johnson 22 4,299 2 7 636 2,250
3 2 Charley Hoffman 22 3,449 1 4 1,486 2,000
4 3 Steve Stricker 18 3,372 2 9 1,563 1,800
5 21 Paul Casey 16 3,015 0 6 1,920 1,600
6 4 Jason Day 23 2,633 1 5 2,302 1,400
7 5 Luke Donald 19 2,597 0 6 2,338 1,200
8 7 Ernie Els 19 2,343 2 6 2,592 1,000
9 6 Martin Laird 24 2,294 0 3 2,641 800
10 14 Phil Mickelson 19 2,249 1 6 2,686 600
11 11 Jim Furyk 20 2,121 2 6 2,814 480
12 9 Geoff Ogilvy 18 2,121 1 2 2,814 460
13 10 Justin Rose 21 2,105 2 4 2,830 440
14 15 Adam Scott 19 2,083 1 4 2,852 420
15 8 Hunter Mahan 23 2,058 2 3 2,877 400
16 13 Ryan Palmer 24 1,988 1 4 2,947 380
17 20 Retief Goosen 18 1,976 0 9 2,959 360
18 12 Bubba Watson 21 1,948 1 4 2,987 340
19 17 Zach Johnson 23 1,896 1 2 3,039 320
20 41 Kevin Na 24 1,837 0 4 3,098 310
21 22 Tim Clark 22 1,757 1 6 3,178 300
22 18 Ben Crane 23 1,732 1 5 3,203 290
23 52 K.J. Choi 21 1,725 0 3 3,210 280
24 19 Jeff Overton 25 1,669 0 6 3,266 270
25 33 Camilo Villegas 19 1,621 1 6 3,314 260
26 58 Ryan Moore 23 1,610 0 5 3,325 250
27 27 Robert Allenby 20 1,604 0 4 3,331 240
28 30 Nick Watney 22 1,584 0 6 3,351 230
29 26 Kevin Streelman 26 1,575 0 4 3,360 220
30 23 Bo Van Pelt 25 1,572
Notable omissions..
42. Tiger
36. Rory McIlroy
39. Ian Poulter
41. Anthony Kim
68. Stephen Ames
73. Paddy Harrington
As you can see there was so much at stake last weekend at the BMW, and obviously Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey did themselves huge favours with their 1,2 finish, as did Charlie Hoffman who came from no where into the top 5 with his win the week before.
Conversely Rory McIlroy, Paddy Harrington and Ian Poulter who chose to chase the Fed Ex pot of gold as opposed to the Race To Dubai didn't make it into the final field.
Finally consider the year Matt Kuchar has had.
1st Fed Ex Points
1st Money List $4.75m
1st Top 10's with 11
1st in Scrambling ( 29th in Driving accuracy )
1st in Scoring Average 69.57
So the stage is set and tomorrow I will look at where they are playing this week and in particular how our guys on the Nationwide Tour are doing, with the Top 25 there getting their PGA tour cards next year.
Bryan Angus bryanangus4@gmail.com
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