The 2011 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four

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tournaments that determined the season champion on the

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, began on August 25 and ended on September 25. It included the following four events: *

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* BMW Championship — Cog Hill Golf & Country Club,

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won the FedEx Cup by winning the Tour Championship in a playoff. These were the fifth

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. The point distributions can be seen

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Regular season rankings

The Barclays

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(ranked 21) and J. B. Holmes (66). The PGA Tour announced on Friday, August 26 that the event would be shortened to 54-holes due to the anticipated arrival of

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on Sunday, August 28. Of the 123 entrants, 72 made the second-round cut at 138 (−4).

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won by two strokes over defending champion

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and moved to first place in the standings. The top 100 players in the points standings advanced to the Deutsche Bank Championship. This included eight players who were outside the top 100 prior to The Barclays:

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, Bill Lunde,

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, John Merrick and

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Deutsche Bank Championship

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won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff over

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. Simpson moved to first place in the standings. The top 70 players in the points standings advanced to the BMW Championship. This included eight players who were outside the top 70 prior to the Deutsche Bank Championship:

, Blake Adams,

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, and

BMW Championship

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, U.S. Open, and (British) Open Championship.

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won the event by two strokes over

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and moved to third in the rankings. Three players who were outside the top 30 prior to the BMW Championship played their way into the Tour Championship:

, and

. With the FedEx Cup points reset after the BMW Championship, all 30 remaining players have at least a mathematical chance to secure the season crown, and any of the top five players can claim the FedEx Cup with a win in the Tour Championship.

Reset points

The points were reset after the BMW Championship.

Tour Championship

The Tour Championship was played September 22–25. All 30 golfers who qualified for the tournament played, and there was no cut.

won the tournament, in a playoff over

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, and the FedEx Cup.Bill Haas wins Tour Championship
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Final leaderboard

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Table of qualifying players

Table key:
* First-time Playoffs participant

References

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