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Number Crunch: BMW Championship
PGATOUR.com Coordinating Producer
It's a question that we've batted about in the PGATOUR.com offices ever since the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup was conceived: Once the Playoffs start, which is more important, the tournament or the Playoffs.
It's a tough call, to be sure. so I am chickening out.
In the next two Number Crunches, you'll see numbers that pertain both to the tournament and to the Playoffs.
NUMBER THAT CAN WIN YOU A BET
1899The first year that this tournament -- previously called the Western Open -- was held. Only the U.S. Open and British Open are older.
NUMBER THAT NOW MAKES MORE SENSE IN A BOWLING COLUMN
0Before Willie Anderson won the 1902 version of this tournament with a score of 299, the number of players that had broken 300 in a 72-hole tournament in the U.S.
MORE INTERESTING NUMBERS
1Of the first three tournaments in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, the number of events where the points leader has played. First-week leader Tiger Woods did not play The Barclays and third-week leader Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from this week's tournament.
1Of the players that have played all 144 holes of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, the number that have zero three-putts -- Doug LaBelle II, who was eliminated last week.
1.642Arron Oberholser's putting average in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. He leads the field in this category.
2The number of amateurs who have won this tournament, Chick Evans in 1910 and Scott Verplank in 1985.
5The number of times Walter Hagen won this tournament (1916, 1921, 1926-27, 1932), the most of any player.
5The number of players that have won this tournament three times: Macdonald Smith (1912, 1925, 1933), Jim Barnes (1914, 1917, 1919), Ralph Guldahl (1936, 1937, 1938), Tom Watson (1974, 1977, 1984), and Tiger Woods (1997, 1999, 2003).
26.50Bob Heintz's putts-per-round average through the first two tournaments of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. He leads the field in that category.
63The 18-hole tournament scoring record at the BMW Championship, done by Jeff Sluman in 1992; John Adams in 1993; Dudley Hart in 1998 and Nick Price, Brian Henninger, and Stephen Ames in 2000.
67.85Phil Mickelson's scoring average in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, the lowest among players that have played all eight rounds.
82.14Brian Davis' driving accuracy percentage for the first eight rounds of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, the highest among players that have played all eight rounds. Davis was elminated from contention last week after finishing 76th in the points.
271The number of FedExCup points separating 30th-place Jonathan Byrd with 31st-place David Toms. Only the top 30 advance to the TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola.
2,413The number of points separating first-place Phil Mickelson and second-place Steve Stricker in the FedExCup standings.
