PGATOUR.COM - E-Notes: Week of Aug. 27, 2007

FedExCup Points: 50,000
Purse: $7.0 million
Winning Share: $1,260,000
Yards: 7,415

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E-Notes: Week of Aug. 27, 2007

Aug. 28, 2007

Three former winners of the Deutsche Bank Championship are ranked among the top 10 on the points list entering the second week of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. Tiger Woods (#4), Vijay Singh (#6) and Adam Scott (#10) are all former champs in Boston. In fact, all three have finished second in the event, too, and to each other. When Singh won in 2004, Woods and Scott were the runners-up. When Woods won last year, Singh was the runner-up.

Following his victory at the Wachovia Championship in late April, Tiger Woods took the lead in the FedExCup and never lost it for the rest of the PGA TOUR Regular Season. He began the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup with 30,574 points, didn't play last week at The Barclays and finds himself in fourth as he defends the title he won last year at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

This week's field at the Deutsche Bank Championship will feature 18 of the Top 20 players in the Official World Golf Ranking.

More on the field at the Deutsche Bank Championship: The field will include 20 former major championship winners, seven rookies and 83 players who have won PGA TOUR events during their careers.

The battle for a spot in the Top 70 and the opportunity to advance to the third week of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup should be very close. Only 812 points separate #63 (Steve Marino) from #76 (Brian Davis). You can earn that amount with a two-way tie for 16th this week.

PGATOUR.com's Live@ video coverage will be available all four days this week on the par-3 16th hole at TPC Boston.

After winning The Barclays last week, Steve Stricker has taken over the lead in the FedExCup points race. He's also moved up to fifth in the Official World Golf Ranking, his highest placement ever. He was 12th following the 1997 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

Tiger Woods has won at least one tournament in each of the last 12 years, the longest current streak on the PGA TOUR. He has at least one victory every year since his rookie season in 1996. Vijay Singh is second on the list, with wins in each of the last six seasons. This season, Woods recorded victories at the Buick Invitational, the World Golf Championships-CA Championship, the Wachovia Championship, the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championship

For the first time in its history, Phil Mickelson is playing in the Deutsche Bank Championship. Mickelson, fifth in the FedExCup standings, recorded his first PLAYERS Championship victory earlier this year at TPC Sawgrass. He also won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in his fourth event of 2007. In his last start, Mickelson tied for seventh at The Barclays.

Also making their first appearance at the Deutsche Bank Championship are Rory Sabbatini and Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and Padraig Harrington. Sabbatini is currently third in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, while Els is in 10th. Last week at The Barclays, Sabbatini finished third. Els tied for fourth.

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