Dates | August 25 – September 25, 2011 |
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Location |
Plainfield Country Club TPC Boston Cog Hill Golf & Country Club East Lake Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Field | 125 for The Barclays 100 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 |
Bill Haas | |
2,760 points | |
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The 2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, began on August 25 and ended on September 25. It included the following four events:
Bill Haas won the FedEx Cup by winning the Tour Championship in a playoff.
These were the fifth FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007.
The point distributions can be seen here.
The Barclays was played August 25–28. Of the 125 players eligible to play in the event, two did not enter: Charl Schwartzel (ranked 21) and J. B. Holmes (66). The PGA Tour announced on Friday, August 26 that the event would be shortened to 54-holes due to the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Irene on Sunday, August 28. Of the 123 entrants, 72 made the second-round cut at 138 (-4).
Dustin Johnson won by two strokes over defending champion Matt Kuchar and moved to first place in the standings. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included eight players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays: Camilo Villegas, Chris Stroud, Ian Poulter, Pádraig Harrington, Bill Lunde, William McGirt, John Merrick and Ernie Els.
The Deutsche Bank Championship was played September 2–5. Of the 100 players eligible to play in the event, one did not enter: J. B. Holmes. Of the 99 entrants, 78 made the second-round cut at one-over-par, 143