2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs
| Dates | August 21 – September 28, 2008 |
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Ridgewood Country Club TPC Boston Bellerive Country Club East Lake Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Field | 144 for The Barclays 120 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 |
 Vijay Singh
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| 125,101 points | |
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The 2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, were held from August 21 to September 28. They consisted of four events:
These were the second FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007. After the first three events, Vijay Singh was assured of winning the 2008 FedEx Cup as long as he completed all four rounds of The Tour Championship without disqualification, which he proceeded to do. Tiger Woods, having topped the regular season points list after playing in only six events, did not play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs due to knee surgery.
The point distributions can be seen here.
For the full list see here
The Barclays was played August 21–24. 144 players were eligible to play but nine did not enter:Tiger Woods (1) - knee, Luke Donald (44) - wrist, Lee Westwood (50) - personal decision, Justin Rose (78) - played KLM Open, Alex Čejka (91) - arm, Jason Bohn (96) - back, Bob Tway (119) - caddied for son Kevin in U.S. Amateur,Bob Estes (124) - getting married,Roland Thatcher (140) - wrist. Of the 135 players who entered the tournament, 72 of them made the cut. The cut was 1-over par. Vijay Singh won in a playoff over Sergio García and Kevin Sutherland. The top 120 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship.
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