Sep. 3, 2009
By PGATOUR.COM Staff
NORTON, Mass. -- The top 70 players on the FedExCup points list following the conclusion of the Deutsche Bank Championship will move on to next week's BMW Championship. So which players can go ahead and punch their tickets for Cog Hill? Any player currently ranked 33rd or higher cannot fall lower than 70th this week and will advance in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.
MORE DEUTSCHE BANK: How players have fared | Inside the field | Power Rankings | Picks |Sleepers
| Safe |
| Players guaranteed to advance to next week's event |
| 1 |
Tiger Woods |
1 |
3 |
| 2 |
Steve Stricker |
1 |
6 |
| 3 |
Heath Slocum |
1 |
7 |
| 4 |
Zach Johnson |
1 |
14 |
| 5 |
Kenny Perry |
1 |
17 |
| 6 |
Y.E. Yang |
2 |
24 |
| 7 |
Nick Watney |
2 |
24 |
| 8 |
Brian Gay |
2 |
24 |
| 9 |
Lucas Glover |
2 |
26 |
| 10 |
Phil Mickelson |
2 |
27 |
| 11 |
Ernie Els |
2 |
28 |
| 12 |
Geoff Ogilvy |
2 |
31 |
| 13 |
David Toms |
2 |
32 |
| 14 |
Padraig Harrington |
2 |
32 |
| 15 |
Hunter Mahan |
2 |
34 |
| 16 |
Sean O'Hair |
2 |
36 |
| 17 |
Retief Goosen |
2 |
37 |
| 18 |
Jim Furyk |
2 |
37 |
| 19 |
Stewart Cink |
2 |
41 |
| 20 |
Dustin Johnson |
2 |
42 |
| 21 |
Ian Poulter |
2 |
49 |
| 22 |
Kevin Na |
2 |
51 |
| 23 |
Steve Marino |
2 |
55 |
| 24 |
Tim Clark |
2 |
55 |
| 25 |
Luke Donald |
2 |
62 |
| 26 |
Rory Sabbatini |
2 |
62 |
| 27 |
Paul Casey* |
2 |
62 |
| 28 |
Jerry Kelly |
2 |
62 |
| 29 |
Mike Weir |
2 |
63 |
| 30 |
Charley Hoffman |
2 |
63 |
| 31 |
John Rollins |
2 |
64 |
| 32 |
Robert Allenby |
2 |
64 |
| 33 |
Paul Goydos |
2 |
66 |
|
| Probable |
| Players likely to advance to next week's event |
| 34 |
Anthony Kim |
2 |
74 |
| 35 |
Ryan Moore |
2 |
75 |
| 36 |
Justin Leonard |
2 |
76 |
| 37 |
Scott Verplank |
2 |
76 |
| 38 |
Angel Cabrera |
2 |
83 |
| 39 |
John Senden |
2 |
83 |
| 40 |
Davis Love III |
2 |
83 |
| 41 |
Webb Simpson |
2 |
87 |
| 42 |
Charles Howell III |
2 |
88 |
| 43 |
Pat Perez |
2 |
92 |
| 44 |
Brandt Snedeker |
2 |
92 |
| 45 |
Bo Van Pelt |
2 |
92 |
| 46 |
Jason Day |
2 |
93 |
| 47 |
Mark Wilson |
2 |
94 |
| 48 |
Fredrik Jacobson |
2 |
94 |
| 49 |
John Mallinger |
2 |
94 |
| 50 |
Camilo Villegas |
2 |
95 |
| 51 |
Ben Crane |
2 |
98 |
| 52 |
Brian Davis |
2 |
100 |
| 53 |
Nathan Green |
2 |
100 |
| 54 |
Chad Campbell |
2 |
100 |
| 55 |
J.B. Holmes |
2 |
100 |
| 56 |
Jonathan Byrd |
2 |
100 |
|
| Question marks |
| Players whose status for next week depends on their performance at TPC Boston |
| 57 |
Jason Dufner |
- |
68 |
| 58 |
Kevin Sutherland |
- |
66 |
| 59 |
Brett Quigley |
- |
65 |
| 60 |
Matt Kuchar |
- |
63 |
| 61 |
Bill Haas |
- |
63 |
| 62 |
John Merrick |
- |
63 |
| 63 |
Lee Janzen |
- |
58 |
| 64 |
Boo Weekley |
- |
56 |
| 65 |
Bob Estes |
- |
55 |
| 66 |
Greg Owen |
- |
54 |
| 67 |
Fred Couples |
- |
52 |
| 68 |
D.A. Points |
- |
52 |
| 69 |
Charlie Wi |
- |
50 |
| 70 |
Briny Baird |
- |
49 |
| 71 |
Sergio Garcia |
67 |
46 |
| 72 |
Bubba Watson |
67 |
46 |
| 73 |
J.J. Henry |
66 |
45 |
| 74 |
Bryce Molder |
65 |
44 |
| 75 |
Woody Austin |
65 |
44 |
| 76 |
Mathew Goggin |
64 |
43 |
| 77 |
Tim Petrovic |
62 |
41 |
| 78 |
Vijay Singh |
61 |
40 |
| 79 |
Jeff Klauk |
60 |
39 |
| 80 |
Justin Rose |
58 |
37 |
| 81 |
Jason Bohn |
58 |
37 |
| 82 |
Jeff Overton |
52 |
31 |
| 83 |
Troy Matteson |
52 |
31 |
| 84 |
Michael Letzig |
51 |
30 |
| 85 |
Richard S. Johnson |
50 |
29 |
| 86 |
Rod Pampling |
50 |
29 |
| 87 |
Stephen Ames |
50 |
29 |
| 88 |
Ted Purdy |
47 |
26 |
| 89 |
Kevin Streelman |
46 |
25 |
| 90 |
Scott McCarron |
45 |
24 |
| 91 |
James Nitties |
43 |
22 |
| 92 |
Kevin Stadler |
43 |
22 |
| 93 |
Marc Leishman |
41 |
20 |
| 94 |
Greg Chalmers |
40 |
19 |
| 95 |
D.J. Trahan |
40 |
19 |
| 96 |
3 Scott Piercy |
38 |
17 |
| 97 |
Cameron Beckman |
36 |
15 |
| 98 |
Nick O'Hern |
34 |
13 |
| 99 |
Ryuji Imada |
31 |
12 |
| 100 |
Daniel Chopra |
30 |
12 |
|
| Who'll be No. 1? |
| Four players can potentially pass Tiger Woods this week for the No. 1 position |
| Player |
If he finishes: |
and if Tiger finishes: |
| Steve Stricker |
1st
2nd |
3rd-26th
27th or worse |
| Heath Slocum |
1st |
4th or worse |
| Zach Johnson |
1st |
12th or worse |
| Kenny Perry |
1st |
32nd or worse |
|
| Deutsche Bank notes |
| • Anyone who wins will move into the top five of the FedExCup rankings |
| • Any player ranked 71st or worse must make the cut and improve his ranking. Players should need approximately 750-800 cumulative points to advance to the BMW Championship. |
| • Five rookies remain in the Playoffs: Webb Simpson (41), Jeff Klauk (79), James Nitties (91), Marc Leishman (93) and Scott Piercy (96) |
| • Heath Slocum (3), Ernie Els (11), Padraig Harrington (14) and Ian Poulter (21) all moved into the top 30 with their performance at The Barclays |
| • Els (11) is the highest-ranked player without a win in 2009; Troy Matteson (83) is the highest-ranked player without a top-10 finish. |
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