The PGA TOUR announced improvements to the 2009 playoffs and FedEx Cup. The best change for the upcoming season is THE TOUR Championship will count. The season-ending event will carry the same field of 30 golfers but, all playoff points will be reset so the entire field will have a shot at the $10 million [...]
Vijay Singh is the PGA Tour Playoff champion, hoisting the FedEx Cup after a 22nd place finish at THE TOUR Championship. Singh separated himself with victories in the first two events – The Barclays and the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Singh was having a good year until getting on fire in August. The first two-thirds of the [...]
The FedEx Cup was a coming out party for runner up Camilo Villegas. He missed the cut at The Barclays, the first playoff event, by one shot…a shot that later cost him $7 million. Then, a tie for third at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Finally, Villegas wins his first two events on the PGA Tour [...]
First, Camilo Villegas beat Sergio Garcia in a sudden death playoff to win THE TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club. Then, Vijay Singh raised the FedEx Cup as the overall winner of the PGA Tour’s playoffs.
Villegas and Garcia played the 18th hole in the playoff, a 236 yard par-3. Villegas made the green off [...]
Sergio Garcia took charge in the third round of THE TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club and holds a two-shot lead over Phil Mickelson and Anthony Kim heading into the final round.
Garcia shot 67 with four birdies and a bogey to take a three shot lead. He started the day three back of Kim, [...]
Anthony Kim shot a one-under par, 69, in the second round of THE TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club to hold a two shot advantage over Sergio Garcia.
Kim was one-under through six holes but made back-to-back bogeys on the seventh and eighth holes. He bounced back quickly with birdies on nine, 10 and 12 [...]
Anthony Kim continues his tear on the golf course bringing momentum from the Ryder Cup to THE TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia. Kim shot 64 in the opening round of the final FedEx Cup tournament to take a four shot lead over Phil Mickelson, Trevor Immelman and Ernie Els.
Kim started [...]
The FedEx Cup champion will be crowned this week at the THE TOUR Championship in Atlanta, GA. East Lake Country Club will play host to the final event of the PGA playoffs.
Vijay SIngh just has to finish four rounds of golf to hoist the second annual FedEx Cup. After winning the first two playoff events, [...]
With the FedEx Cup all but wrapped up by Vijay Singh, how can the PGA Tour improve the competitive atmosphere of the playoffs?
The current system was tweaked to have all players play the four events and have a close points race heading into THE TOUR Championship. With Singh winning the first two events, he put [...]
Vijay Singh can take it easy at THE TOUR Championship as his 44th place finish earned him enough points to clinch the FedEx Cup and the $10 million bonus. The catch…he just has to finish four rounds. The Tour will take this week off before the Ryder Cup begins on September 18th, with THE TOUR Championship [...]
