Round 4 Notes: THE TOUR Championship

• Jim Furyk carded a final-round even-par 70 on Sunday to win THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola by one stroke over Luke Donald. It is the 16th win of his career on the PGA TOUR.

• With the win, Furyk collected 2,500 points to win the fourth annual FedExCup, joining past winners Tiger Woods (2007, 2009) and Vijay Singh (2008). He finished with 2,980 points, while Matt Kuchar finished second with 2,728 points.

• In addition to the $1.35 million first-place prize for winning the TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, Furyk also collects $10 million for winning the FedExCup.

Jim Furyk, No. 1 in the Final FedExCup Standings, 67-65-70-70 -- 272, -8, 1st

• Furyk was a perfect 9 of 9 in sand saves this week, including hitting a 57-foot, 7-inch sand shot to 26 inches for the clinching putt on the 72nd hole.

• The win is a career-high third of the season for Furyk (Transitions Championship, The Heritage, THE TOUR Championship). He posted two wins during the 2003 and 2006 seasons.

• Furyk hit 53 of 72 greens this week, tied with Nick Watney for best among the 30-player field.

• Furyk was ruled ineligible for the first Playoff event at The Barclays for missing his Wednesday pro-am tee time. As a result, he dropped to No. 8 in the standings. A T37 finish at the Deutsche Bank Championship dropped him to No. 11 in the standings. He then finished T15 at the BMW Championship to enter THE TOUR Championship as the No. 11 seed.

Luke Donald, No. 3 in the Final FedExCup Standings, 66-66-71-70 -- 273, -7, 2nd

Luke Donald, winner of the 2002 Viking Classic and the 2006 Honda Classic, recorded the 10thrunner-up finish of his PGA TOUR career this week (198 starts). Since the 2004 season -- when Donald posted his first runner-up finish at the Buick Invitational -- only Tiger Woods (15) and Jim Furyk (13) have more second-place finishes.

Nick Watney, No. 12 in the Final FedExCup standings, 71-74-63-67 -- 275, -5, T4

• One day after closing with nine birdies on the final 11 holes en route to a third-round 7-under 63 (which included an East Lake Golf Club back-nine record with a 7-under 28), Nick Watney carded a 5-under 30 on the front nine to pull within one shot of the lead as he made the turn on Sunday afternoon. Beginning on No. 8 Saturday, Watney played his next 20 holes (through No. 9 on Sunday) at 14-under-par. He failed to make a back-nine charge, however, finishing with a 3-under 67 to finish T4.

Miscellaneous Stats

• In the nine years THE TOUR Championship has been played at East Lake, no player has shot over par in the final round and gone on to win. The highest final round by a winner was even-par 70 by Jim Furyk in 2010 and Hal Sutton in 1998.

• The top-5 players on the FedExCup points list entering the week would have won the FedExCup with a victory at East Lake. Here's a look at how they finished this week and their final FedExCup ranking: Matt Kuchar (T25, 2nd), Dustin Johnson (T22, 5th), Charley Hoffman (6th, 4th), Steve Stricker (T25, 7th) and Paul Casey (T4, 6th).

• Four players in the field have made it to THE TOUR Championship in all four seasons of the FedExCup:

• Chad Campbell (2003) and Bart Bryant (2005) are the only players to win THE TOUR Championship in their first start. Here's a look at this week's first-timers: Paul Casey (T4), Charley Hoffman (6), Kevin Streelman (T9), Ryan Moore (T9), Jason Day (T17), Bo Van Pelt (24), Matt Kuchar (T25), Jeff Overton (29), Ryan Palmer (28) and Martin Laird (30).

• Here's a look at players who have earned the most money in a TOUR season without a win:

• Ernie Els finished T7 this week in his 300th official start on the PGA TOUR. It was announced on Wednesday that he will be induced in 2011 to the World Golf Hall of Fame.

• Ryan Palmer finished 28thin his 200th official start on TOUR.

• Furyk (1st) and Els (T7) now have eight top-10 finishes at THE TOUR Championship, second only to Vijay Singh's 12 top-10 finishes.

• Defending champion Phil Mickelson finished T22 in his attempt to become the first player to successfully defend THE TOUR Championship. Tiger Woods finished second in 2000 to record the best finish by a defending champion at THE TOUR Championship. Mickelson needed a three-way tie for second or better this week to have supplanted Tiger Woods as the top-ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking.

• In the 23-year history of THE TOUR Championship, the third-round leader/co-leader has gone on to win the tournament 15 times, with Jim Furyk the first to do so since Tiger Woods in 2007. The largest come-from-behind victory at the event was five strokes by Camilo Villegas in 2008.

• The third-round leader/co-leader has won 16 of 40 stroke-play events this season, with Furyk the first to do so since Arjun Atwal at the Wyndham Championship.

• Steve Stricker (T25), the only player to have played in all 64 rounds of the Playoffs, leads the TOUR with 39 rounds in the 60s in Playoff events. He posted two this week, matching 2-under 68s in rounds two and three.

• Three players have finished inside the top 15 in the FedExCup standings in the first four seasons:

• Kevin Streelman (No. 102) started The Playoffs outside the top 100 but played his way into THE TOUR Championship at No. 29. He finished T9 this week to finish 25th in the FedExCup.

• Past winners of THE TOUR Championship and their results this week: 2000 and 2009 champion Phil Mickelson (T22), 2004 champion Retief Goosen (3rd), 2008 champion Camilo Villegas (T9) and 2006 champion Adam Scott (27th).

• Sub-par rounds at East Lake GC: R1 -- Nine (of 30), R2 -- 14, R3 -- 14, R4 -- 12.

• Furyk managed the only bogey-free round of the week, with a first-round 3-under 67.

• Scoring Averages at the par-70 East Lake Golf Club:

• Round-by-round scoring averages for THE TOUR Championship at East Lake GC:

• The par-4 fifth hole played the toughest this week with a 4.267 average. The par-5 15th was the easiest at 4.467.

• Inclement weather forced a suspension of play on Sunday beginning at 1:10 p.m. Play resumed at 3:01 p.m.