Fed Ex Cup Points Corrected
/I reposted the March 13 list from MacDuff, and have since corrected it below. Sorry for the confusion!
When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
I reposted the March 13 list from MacDuff, and have since corrected it below. Sorry for the confusion!
Reader MacDuff has kindly computed the post-Bay Hill points standings for a 2006 FedEx Cup. This week I'm including the players outside the top 70 so you can see who would not be in the "playoffs" (again, using the top 70 number most often cited). The recent reports of taking as many as 125 for the final playoff series, while absurd, makes sense when you look at this list (note some of the names outside the top 70).
1 Sabbatini 10891.66 7
2 Toms 10509.37 6
3 C.Campbell 10175 8
4 Singh 10071.87 7
5 Glover 9854.16 7
6 Gf. Ogilvy 9387.5 6
7 Mickelson 8934.37 6
8 Petersson 8695.83 8
9 Pernice 8425 6
10 Furyk 8345.83 6
11 Verplank 8187.5 6
12 Donald 8109.37 5
13 T.Woods 7684.37 4
14 Chopra 7424.5 8
15 D.Wilson 7400 7
16 Lehman 7337.5 6
17 Appleby 7233.33 6
18 Mayfair 7191.66 7
19 Weir 7159.37 5
20 Parnevik 6817.5 7
21 Oberholser 6737.5 5
22 Barlow 6601 7
23 Van Pelt 6527.5 7
24 Franco 6237.5 6
25 Villegas 6200 6
26 Palmer 6166.66 6
27 Rollins 6137.5 6
28 Rose 5966.66 5
29 JB Holmes 5945.83 5
30 T.Clark 5892.5 6
31 J.Ogilvie 5845 6
32 Pampling 5792.5 5
33 Love III 5762.5 5
34 Gay 5662.5 7
35 Bjornstad 5655 6
36 G. Owen 5487.5 5
37 Olazabal 5450 4
38 Jobe 5392.5 5
39 Z.Johnson 5337.5 5
40 Jerry Kelly 5325 4
41 Warren 5295.83 5
42 Imada 5212.5 6
43 N.Green 5162.5 5
44 Garcia 5137.5 4
45 Calc 5125 6
46 Langer 5079.16 5
47 Bub Watson 5075 5
48 Choi 5062.5 5
49 Purdy 5037.5 5
50 Cink 5021.33 5
51 Funk 5000 6
52 DiMarco 4984.37 4
53 Bertsch 4900 6
54 Leonard 4895.83 5
55 Watney 4737.5 6
56 Bohn 4720.83 5
57 Senden 4625 4
58 Matteson 4600 6
59 M.Wilson 4590 4
60 Triplett 4575 3
61 Bryant 4500 4
62 Westwood 4437.5 4
63 Pat Perez 4437.5 6
64 Gore 4387.5 4
65 Olin Browne 4387.5 5
66 A.Scott 4375 3
67 J.Smith 4350 4
68 Atwal 4312.5 4
69 Allenby 4262.5 4
70 Baird 4200 5
71 Couples 4125 5
72 Harrington 4050 3
73 Frazar 4012.5 5
T74 Cook 4000 4
T74 Ames 4000 4
T76 Veazey 3962.5 4
T76 Kenny Perry 3962.5 4
78 Branshaw 3875 4
79 Curtis 3875 5
80 Hoffman 3852.5 4
81 Vn Taylor 3825 4
82 Howell III 3818.5 7
83 Estes 3775 3
84 Fischer 3775 6
85 J.Byrd 3750 3
86 Slocum 3725 6
87 Sluman 3725 7
88 Els 3662.5 4
89 Herron 3657.5 4
90 Immelman 3650 4
91 Goosen 3587.5 3
92 Kent Jones 3537.5 4
93 F.Jacobson 3512.5 3
94 Micheel 3500 4
95 JJ Henry 3487.5 3
96 Crane 3482.5 3
T97 S.Jones 3475 4
T97 Cabrera 3475 4
99 Hart 3362.5 3
100 Stankowski 3265.5 5
101 Beem 3256.25 4
102 Waldorf 3200 4
103 D. Howell 3175 2
104 Dickerson 3137.5 6
105 Gove 3125 3
106 Azinger 3112.5 4
107 Lonard 3100 4
108 Maggert 3006 5
109 S. Maruyama 3000 5
T110 Sean O'Hair 2912.5 4
T110 Ridings 2912.5 4
112 Br.Davis 2900 5
113 Garrigus 2850 3
114 JL Lewis 2800 5
115 Huston 2762.5 3
116 B. Quigley 2750 3
117 Points 2737.5 3
118 Mahan 2662.5 5
119 Levet 2637.5 5
120 Flesch 2600 4
121 Kaye 2487.5 3
122 Lowery 2475 3
123 D.Clarke 2462.5 2
124 Gamez 2462.5 3
125 Faxon 2450 4
126 M. Cambo 2437.5 2
127 Allen 2400 4
128 Goggin 2387.75 3
T129 Petrovic 2362.5 3
T129 Pavin 2362.5 3
131 Barron 2293.75 3
132 Lickliter II 2287.5 2
133 Stricker 2225 2
T134 Geiberger 2225 3
T134 Dawson 2225 3
136 RS Johnson 2212.5 2
137 Bren Jones 2050 2
138 Sindelar 2050 4
139 Baddeley 2043.5 4
140 Kevin Na 2037.5 2
John Hawkins's latest Golf World column is also posted on his "blog" (uh, note to GD: a web log is not a blog when you are copying and pasting material published elsewhere on the same web site!)
Anyway, it's an interesting column in that it throws out some of the ideas circulating on the Tour's FedEx Cup "playoff" system.
It sounds like the FedEx Cup could go one of two ways.
One, is a legitimate playoff system that forces top players to play more often, assuming they'd like to be part of a huge payoff at season's end. The points breakdown would produce something similar to what MacDuff has concocted and shared with us here. On paper, a setup with equal points for all events (and extra for majors) would be the ideal "incentivization" system that the Tour's pension program was supposed to provide.
Or, the FedEx Cup will have a cut off of 125 players to make the "playoffs." There would be a points padding system for stronger field events to coddle international players and those who don't like to play more than 20 events. Just what the big names need, more incentive to play less.
But there is one positive with the latter. It would help golf continue to follow the example led by that once-popular sport known as tennis: shift to a power game, have top stars play sporatically and rarely against each other.
(And please, no emails about how splendid Roger Federer is...it's UNWATCHABLE!)
Thanks again to reader MacDuff for this list, which does include points for the Mercedes and WGC Match Play, but no extra points for the limited field events (as is reportedly being considered). The Top 70:
1 Sabbatini 10891.66 7
2 Toms 10509.37 6
3 Mickelson 8934.37 6
4 C.Campbell 8850 7
5 Glover 8529.16 6
6 Singh 8371.87 6
7 Gf. Ogilvy 8350 5
8 Donald 8109.37 5
9 Petersson 7308.33 7
10 Mayfair 7191.66 7
11 Chopra 7149.5 7
12 Furyk 7133.33 5
13 Lehman 6962.5 5
14 Appleby 6858.33 5
15 Parnevik 6817.5 7
16 Pernice 6800 5
17 Oberholser 6737.5 5
18 Verplank 6712.5 5
19 Barlow 6601 7
20 T.Woods 6471.87 3
21 Palmer 6166.66 6
22 Rollins 6137.5 6
23 Villegas 5925 5
24 D.Wilson 5925 6
25 T.Clark 5892.5 6
26 Weir 5834.37 4
27 Love III 5762.5 5
28 Van Pelt 5490 6
29 JB Holmes 5433.33 4
30 Franco 5412.5 5
31 Jerry Kelly 5325 4
32 Imada 5212.5 6
33 N.Green 5137.5 4
34 Calc 5125 6
35 Cink 5021.33 5
36 J.Ogilvie 5020 5
37 DiMarco 4984.37 4
38 Leonard 4895.83 5
39 Bjornstad 4830 5
40 Bertsch 4725 5
41 Z.Johnson 4687.5 4
42 Senden 4625 4
43 Gay 4625 6
44 Matteson 4600 6
45 Langer 4429.16 4
46 Olazabal 4412.5 3
47 Olin Browne 4387.5 5
48 A.Scott 4375 3
49 Jobe 4355 4
50 J.Smith 4350 4
51 Rose 4341.66 4
52 Atwal 4312.5 4
53 Bub Watson 4250 4
54 Choi 4237.5 4
55 Watney 4225 5
56 Baird 4200 5
57 Couples 4125 5
58 Warren 4083.33 4
59 Harrington 4050 3
60 Cook 4000 4
60 Ames 4000 4
62 Veazey 3962.5 4
62 Kenny Perry 3962.5 4
64 Hoffman 3852.5 4
65 Vn Taylor 3825 4
66 Branshaw 3812.5 3
67 Estes 3775 3
68 Fischer 3775 6
69 M.Wilson 3765 3
70 J.Byrd 3750 3
Reader MacDuff came up with a simple points system for the FedEx Cup. The actual breakdown of points is causing all sorts of fun and apparently not-so-pretty internal debates within the Tour.
The players were given four models for points breakdowns this week. Talk at the Nissan focused on some sort of weighted system for events with better fields, using, what else, but the World Rankings. In other words, the system might protect those playing in the limited field events that feature more players high in the rankings. When in fact many others believe the system should reward consistent and persistent play.
Davis Love had this to say at Doral earlier in the week:
It's just a matter of how do you tweak it so you get, like NASCAR, you get the guys in there you want, you get the best players that make it, and the best players are incentivized to play. The NASCAR thing wouldn't work, if you got seeded No. 1 and all you had to do was show up for the races and you would win; that's not exciting.
So they want you to make the Top 10, and they want you to race hard the rest of the season. That's what they want here. We want guys to race hard, get a top ranking and then want you to have to play hard to win, and play all of them. So that's the balance
MacDuff offers this look at the top 70 based on a rather sensible points breakdown (25 pts as a base for those making cut and finishing last, with top ten having a better differential and the top spot "getting a hefty bonus.") He also lists the events played. Note that everyone in the top 10 had played at least 5 events.
It appears that solid, consistent and frequent play would be rewarded under a system where points are rewarded equally from tournament to tournament.
And that last trait will make those internal FedEx discussions quite interesting. Apologies for the formatting...and thanks again to MacDuff for doing this:
Sabbatini 10891.66 7
C.Campbell 8025 6
Mickelson 7484.37 5
Furyk 7133.33 5
Singh 7021.87 5
Petersson 6983.33 6
Lehman 6962.5 5
Appleby 6858.33 5
Glover 6754.16 5
Oberholser 6737.5 5
Toms 6709.37 4
Gf. Ogilvy 6400 4
Weir 5834.37 4
Palmer 5691.66 5
Rollins 5662.5 5
Donald 5609.37 4
JB Holmes 5433.33 4
Verplank 5362.5 4
N.Green 5137.5 4
T.Clark 5067.5 5
Barlow 5051 5
Cink 5021.33 5
Van Pelt 5015 5
Parnevik 4905 5
Leonard 4862.5 4
J.Ogilvie 4545 4
Chopra 4512 5
Mayfair 4491.66 5
Calc 4450 5
Olazabal 4412.5 3
Olin Browne 4387.5 5
A.Scott 4375 3
Jobe 4355 4
Rose 4341.66 4
DiMarco 4159.37 3
Watney 4137.5 4
Matteson 4100 4
Bub Watson 4000 3
Love III 3987.5 3
T.Woods 3971.87 3
Vn Taylor 3825 4
Branshaw 3812.5 3
Pernice 3787.5 3
Estes 3775 3
J.Byrd 3750 3
D.Wilson 3737.5 4
Kelly 3725 3
Bertsch 3700 4
Choi 3675 3
Bohn 3650 3
Couples 3650 4
Triplett 3537.5 2
Bjornstad 3530 4
Atwal 3487.5 3
Immelman 3487.5 3
Crane 3482.5 3
Gay 3475 4
J.Smith 3462.5 3
Slocum 3450 4
Warren 3420.83 3
Senden 3412.5 3
Gore 3350 3
Z.Johnson 3337.5 3
Garcia 3325 2
Perry 3300 3
Pampling 3292.5 4
Bryant 3287.5 3
Purdy 3262.5 4
Maruyama 3225 5
Langer 3129.16 3
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