FedExCup Guidebook: Facts and Figures

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Aug. 19, 2011

PLAYOFFS GUIDEBOOK: Click here for all sections

A look at various facts and figures, as well as miscellaneous records in the first four years of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup:

MAKING EVERY START: Steve Stricker and Hunter Mahan are the only two players to have started each of the first 16 PGA TOUR Playoff events in the first four years.

PLAYING EVERY ROUND: Since the start of the FedExCup in 2007, Steve Stricker is the only player to play in all 64 rounds of the PGA TOUR Playoffs.


CHAMPIONS PERFORMANCE: Here is a look at each of the FedExCup champions and how they performed in each Playoffs event during their winning run:

Year FedExCup champion The Barclays Deutsche Bank BMW Champ. TOUR Champ.
2010 Jim Furyk DNP T37 T15 Won
2009 Tiger Woods T2 T11 Won 2nd
2008 Vijay Singh Won Won T44 T22
2007 Tiger Woods - T2 Won Won

ADVANCING TO TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP: Five players have managed to reach the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola in each of the first four seasons. Here is how each of those players finished in the final FedExCup standings:

 
JIM FURYK

PHIL MICKELSON

STEVE STRICKER

ERNIE ELS

HUNTER MAHAN
2010 finish Won 13th 7th 9th 18th
2009 finish 4th 2nd 3rd 16th 27th
2008 finish 5th 7th 14th 13th 18th
2007 finish 11th 3rd 2nd 19th 15th

MOST TOP 10s: Here are the players who have produced the most top-10 finishes in the four events of the Playoffs:

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 TOTAL
Steve Stricker 3 1 3 3 10
Camilo Villegas 3 3 1 1 8
Jim Furyk 0 3 3 1 7
Tiger Woods 3 0 3 0 6
Ernie Els 1 2 2 1 6
Sergio Garcia 2 3 1 0 6
K.J. Choi 1 2 0 2 5
Phil Mickelson 2 1 1 1 5
Rory Sabbatini 4 0 0 1 5

MOST SINGLE-SEASON TOP 10s: Just two players have finished inside the top 10 in all four Playoffs events in a single Playoff season: Rory Sabbatini in 2007 (3rd at Barclays, T6 at Deutsche Bank, T10 at BMW, T9 at TOUR Championship) and Padraig Harrington in 2009 (T2 at Barclays, T4 at Deutsche Bank, T6 at BMW, T4 at TOUR Championship). Sabbatini finished 4th overall in the 2007 Playoffs; Harrington finished 7th overall in the 2009 Playoffs.

MULTIPLE WINS: Just five players have won multiple Playoffs events in the first four years: Tiger Woods (3 wins) and Steve Stricker, Camilo Villegas, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson (2 wins each).


MOST ROUNDS IN THE 60s: Here are the players who have shot the most rounds in the 60s during the first four years of the Playoffs:

Player Rounds in 60s Player Rounds in 60s
Steve Stricker 39 Camilo Villegas 28
Jim Furyk 30 Tiger Woods 28
Phil Mickelson 29 Robert Allenby 26
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