- FedExCup Points: 50,000
- Purse: $1.26 million
- Winning Share: $1,260,000
- Yards: 7,154
PGATOUR Staff
The top-five finishers in the FedExCup standings earn at least $1 million, in addition to their tournament earnings. The FedExCup champion, of course, gets the $10 million bonus deposited into his retirement account while second place earns $3 million, third place $2 million, fourth $1.5 million and fifth $1 million.
Right now, Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker and Phil Mickelson have a stranglehold on three of those five spots, but the other two are up for grabs at THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, which is the final event of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.
In particular, if Aaron Baddeley can finish ahead of K.J. Choi in the top half of the field, he will overtake Choi. Similarly, many scenarios with Baddeley finishing ahead of Rory Sabbatini enable Baddeley to overtake Sabbatini.
It is more difficult for anyone else to crack the top five.
Adam Scott and Jim Furyk can get into the top five with a third-place finish, but Furyk would likely be bumped by decent finishes from any two of the following -- Sabbatini, Choi and Baddeley. Scott could probably hold on to fourth or fifth in the FedExCup race by finishing third. Anything lower than third for anyone outside the current top six in the standings would give those players too few points to move into the top-fivge
A second-place finish would enable several more players to get in the final five. Scott, Furyk, Vijay Singh and Sergio Garcia would all be likely to finish in the top five with a second place at East Lake, and Geoff Ogilvy and Zach Johnson would have a solid chance. Charles Howell III, Ernie Els and Brandt Snedeker would be extreme long shots, but still a possibility.
Whoever wins has an excellent shot at a finish in the top five -- even Padraig Harrington, currently 30th in standings, would only be knocked out if Choi finishes ninth or better and Sabbatini finishes 13th or better.
