Barclays Golf Tournament 2009
The 2009 Golf Fedex Cup kick off the PGA’s playoffs this week with The Barclays Golf Tournament at Liberty National in Jersey City, NJ.
The playoff system known as the FedEx Cup has received some scrutiny in years past as some tour players have not been happy with the format. The format was again revised this year and here is a brief breakdown of the rules.
The playoffs are made up of four tournaments (The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship, and the Tour Championship) with the Barclays starting with the top 125 golfers in the current FedEx Cup Standings. Each week the field will be reduced; to top 100 in week two, to top 70 in week three, and then to the top 30 for the Tour Championship. Points are awarded each week with first place receiving 2500 points. The points will be reset for the Tour Championship with the first place being awarded 2500 points down to 210 for the 30th place golfer, so each player in the 30 man field has a mathematical chance of winning the FedEx Cup at the start of the Tour Championship.
Did you get all of that? Regardless of the points we are in for some great golf over the next month as the grand prize for winning the FedEx Cup is $10 million, so the tour’s best will be giving it their all. Below you can view a profile of the top ten golfers in the current FedEx Cup standings.
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Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods is of course numero uno going into the playoffs winning five tournaments thus far in 2009. |
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Steve Stricker
This has been one of Steve Stricker’s more solid years on tour nabbing wins at the John Deere Classic and the Crown Plaza Invitational earlier this year |
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Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson has had some great moments in 2009 winning at the Sony Open and the Valero Texas Open. |
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Kenny Perry
Kenny Perry has been one of the more dominating golfers the past couple of years winning 2 tournaments in 2009. |
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Lucas Glover
Lucas Glover, the good ol’ boy from South Carolina, became a fan favorite after his US Open win at Bethpage Black earlier this year |
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Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson has had a roller coaster ride of emotion in 2009 with his wife and mother both being diagnosed with breast cancer. |
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Y.E. Yang
Y.E. Yang nabbed one of the largest upsets in the golfing world at this year’s PGA Championship by defeating Tiger Woods in a head to head battle. |
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Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Ogilvy really broke onto the scene after winning the 2006 US Open and has kept the momentum going winning twice on tour in 2009. |
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Brian Gay
Besides his two wins this year at the Verizon Heritage and the St. Jude Classic, Gay’s season has been somewhat dismal. |
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Sean O’Hair
Even though he has only one win to show for, Sean O’Hair has played the best golf of his career in 2009. |
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