2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs

The 2008 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, were held from August 21 to September 28. They consisted of four events:
*The Barclays
*Deutsche Bank Championship
*BMW Championship
*The Tour Championship

These were the second FedEx Cup playoffs since their inception in 2007. After the first three events, Vijay Singh was assured of winning the 2008 FedEx Cup as long as he completed all four rounds of The Tour Championship without disqualification, which he proceeded to do.

The point distributions can be seen here.

Regular season rankings

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Deutsche Bank Championship

The Deutsche Bank Championship was played from August 29 to September 1. 120 players were eligible to play but five did not enter: [ [http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r505/field.html Deutsche Bank Championship] - Field] Tiger Woods (15) - knee, Luke Donald (71) - wrist, Lee Westwood (76) and Justin Rose (103) - played the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, Alex Čejka (120) - arm. Of the 115 players who entered the tournament, 86 of them made the 36-hole cut at -3. There was a second, 54-hole cut, that reduced the field to 72 players, again at -3. Vijay Singh, who won the first playoff event, won by shooting a tournament record -22 (262). The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship.

[http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r060/results.html Full leaderboard]

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