Below is a table containing the most recently updated top 50 golfers in the world rankings following the conclusion of the 2013 FedEx Cup. Tiger Woods remains at #1. Notable movements over the last while are Henrik Stenson moving up to #4 while former world #1 Rory McIlory drops to #6.
| Rank |
Player / Country |
Points |
Events |
| 1 |
Tiger Woods, USA |
13.22 |
42 |
| 2 |
Adam Scott, AUS |
9.25 |
41 |
| 3 |
Phil Mickelson, USA |
8.52 |
49 |
| 4 |
Henrik Stenson, SWE |
8.23 |
52 |
| 5 |
Justin Rose, ENG |
7.78 |
52 |
| 6 |
Rory McIlroy, NIR |
7.50 |
48 |
| 7 |
Steve Stricker, USA |
6.88 |
40 |
| 8 |
Matt Kuchar, USA |
6.64 |
52 |
| 9 |
Brandt Snedeker, USA |
6.27 |
52 |
| 10 |
Jason Dufner, USA |
6.08 |
52 |
| 11 |
Graeme McDowell, NIR |
5.52 |
52 |
| 12 |
Zach Johnson, USA |
5.52 |
52 |
| 13 |
Jim Furyk, USA |
5.21 |
50 |
| 14 |
Keegan Bradley, USA |
5.11 |
52 |
| 15 |
Luke Donald, ENG |
5.10 |
51 |
| 16 |
Jason Day, AUS |
4.91 |
45 |
| 17 |
Sergio Garcia, ESP |
4.65 |
50 |
| 18 |
Lee Westwood, ENG |
4.62 |
52 |
| 19 |
Charl Schwartzel, RSA |
4.51 |
52 |
| 20 |
Ian Poulter, ENG |
4.47 |
48 |
| 21 |
Jordan Spieth, USA |
4.37 |
40 |
| 22 |
Ernie Els, RSA |
4.31 |
52 |
| 23 |
Dustin Johnson, USA |
4.26 |
48 |
| 24 |
Webb Simpson, USA |
4.18 |
52 |
| 25 |
Hunter Mahan, USA |
4.09 |
52 |
| 26 |
Bubba Watson, USA |
4.06 |
47 |
| 27 |
Nick Watney, USA |
3.99 |
52 |
| 28 |
Louis Oosthuizen, RSA |
3.99 |
52 |
| 29 |
Bill Haas, USA |
3.96 |
52 |
| 30 |
Hideki Matsuyama, JPN |
3.63 |
40 |
| 31 |
Matteo Manassero, ITA |
3.10 |
52 |
| 32 |
Graham Delaet, CAN |
3.01 |
50 |
| 33 |
Rickie Fowler, USA |
2.98 |
50 |
| 34 |
Billy Horschel, USA |
2.91 |
52 |
| 35 |
Jonas Blixt, SWE |
2.91 |
52 |
| 36 |
Branden Grace, RSA |
2.90 |
52 |
| 37 |
Kevin Streelman, USA |
2.90 |
52 |
| 38 |
Richard Sterne, RSA |
2.85 |
44 |
| 39 |
Peter Hanson, SWE |
2.84 |
52 |
| 40 |
Scott Piercy, USA |
2.80 |
52 |
| 41 |
Bo Van Pelt, USA |
2.78 |
52 |
| 42 |
Martin Kaymer, GER |
2.77 |
52 |
| 43 |
Jamie Donaldson, WAL |
2.66 |
48 |
| 44 |
Ryan Moore, USA |
2.62 |
48 |
| 45 |
Miguel A Jimenez, ESP |
2.59 |
48 |
| 46 |
Thomas Bjorn, DEN |
2.58 |
50 |
| 47 |
Francesco Molinari, ITA |
2.56 |
52 |
| 48 |
Boo Weekley, USA |
2.47 |
52 |
| 49 |
Thorbjorn Olesen, DEN |
2.46 |
52 |
| 50 |
D.A. Points, USA |
2.40 |
52 |
PGA Tour
Tour Championship by Coca-Cola
Dates: September 19-22
Venue: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Ga.
Golf Channel Airtimes (Eastern):
Thursday 1-6 p.m. (Live) / 6:30-11:30 p.m. (Replay)
Friday 1-6 p.m. (Live) / 8:30 p.m. -1:30 a.m. (Replay)
Saturday 10 a.m.-Noon (Live) / 9 p.m. –12:30 a.m. (NBC Replay)
Sunday 12-1 p.m. (Live) / 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (NBC Replay)
NBC Airtimes (Eastern)
Saturday Noon-3:30 p.m. (Live)
Sunday 1-6 p.m. (Live)
Headlining the Field – The field includes Woods, Stenson, Adam Scott, Matt Kuchar, Graham DeLaet, Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Steve Stricker, Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Jason Dufner, Gary Woodland, Jim Furyk, Kevin Streelman, Bill Haas, Hunter Mahan, Boo Weekley, Webb Simpson, D.A. Points, Billy Horschel, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Roberto Castro, Brendon de Jonge, Zach Johnson, Harris English, Charl Schwartzel and Lee Westwood.
Champions Tour
Pacific Links Hawaii Championship
Dates: September 20-22
Venue: Kapolei Golf Course, Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii
Golf Channel Airtimes (Eastern):
Friday 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Live) / 2:30-4:30 a.m. (Replay)
Saturday 6:30-9 p.m. (Live) / 3-5 a.m. (Replay)
Sunday 7-9 p.m. (Live) / 3:30-5:30 a.m. (Replay)
Headlining the Field – The field includes Singh, Couples, Price, Bernhard Langer, Kenny Perry, Corey Pavin, Rocco Mediate, Mark O’Meara and Hale Irwin.
European Tour
70th Open D’Italia Lindt
Dates: September 19-22
Venue: Golf Club Torino, Turin, Italy
Airtimes (Eastern):
Thursday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Live) / 12:30-3 a.m. (Replay)
Friday 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Live)
Saturday 12-3:30 p.m. (Live) / 1-3 a.m. (Replay)
Sunday 8-11:30 a.m. (Live) / 1-3:30 a.m. (Replay)
Headlining the Field – The field includes Matteo Manassero, Nicolas Colsaerts, Alvaro Quiros, Francesco Molinari, Peter Uihlein, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Shane Lowry and David Duval.
The 2013 Tour Championship field is set. The top 30 players listed below make it to the Tour Championship at East Lake this week. Despite the penalty controversy, Tiger Woods managed to overtake Henrik Stenson and comes in with the lead. Notably absent from this list is Rory McIlory.
The table below shows the current FedEx Cup standings on the left, player name in the middle and current points on the right.
| 1 |
Tiger Woods |
2500 |
| 2 |
Henrik Stenson |
2250 |
| 3 |
Adam Scott |
2000 |
| 4 |
Zach Johnson |
1800 |
| 5 |
Matt Kuchar |
1600 |
| 6 |
Steve Stricker |
1400 |
| 7 |
Graham DeLaet |
1200 |
| 8 |
Phil Mickelson |
1000 |
| 9 |
Justin Rose |
800 |
| 10 |
Brandt Snedeker |
600 |
| 11 |
Jim Furyk |
480 |
| 12 |
Nick Watney |
460 |
| 13 |
Jordan Spieth |
440 |
| 14 |
Jason Day |
420 |
| 15 |
Hunter Mahan |
400 |
| 16 |
Keegan Bradley |
380 |
| 17 |
Gary Woodland |
360 |
| 18 |
Bill Haas |
340 |
| 19 |
Kevin Streelman |
320 |
| 20 |
Jason Dufner |
310 |
| 21 |
Webb Simpson |
300 |
| 22 |
Billy Horschel |
290 |
| 23 |
Charl Schwartzel |
280 |
| 24 |
Roberto Castro |
270 |
| 25 |
Sergio Garcia |
260 |
| 26 |
Boo Weekley |
250 |
| 27 |
Brendon de Jonge |
240 |
| 28 |
D.A. Points |
230 |
| 29 |
Luke Donald |
220 |
| 30 |
Dustin Johnson |
210 |
Dustin Johnson - Photo by Tony Korologos © 2011
I admit I expected more from Dustin Johnson this year. Translated: A major victory. Perhaps the fact that DJ had a knee issue bothering him hurt his chances a bit.
Today Dustin Johnson had cartilage repaired in his right knee. Apparently that had been a problem since around July. Johnson has obviously withdrawn from this week’s Chevron World Challenge.
Best of luck to DJ on a quick recovery. He should be back on Tour by mid January.
Dustin Johnson moves to #1 in FedEx Cup points
Dustin Johnson goes -19 to win the first round of the FedEx Cup playoffs at the Barclays. -19? Wow. Like I mentioned on twitter, as much as I love Donal Ross courses, most are so old that they’re way too short for Tour players. Oh, I forgot to mention that the -19 score was in an event shortened to 54 holes! Wow.
The funny part about DJ’s demolition of this course, is that he tore up the front and didn’t do that much on the back! DJ was -2 on the back. Yes, the side which had two par-5’s and a 289 yard par-4. DJ was -17 on the front, with two rounds of 29 and one 30. The front only had one par-5.
Stats
DJ’s stats for the Barclays are quite impressive. Here are a few reasons DJ won:
T2 in eagles
T1 in birdies (21)
T5 in bogeys
2nd in driving distance
T8 in putts per round
T7 in putts per green in regulation
T9 in greens in regulation
T1 in sand saves
Now DJ is in a great position in FedEx Cup points, 1st.
Good Show
The ever consistent Matt Kuchar moved himself up the food chain quite a bit with the 2nd place finish, though he probably should have gotten himself into a playoff with DJ were it not for the two consecutive bogeys on the back in the final round. Kuch moves from 12th to 2nd in playoff points.
Brand Snedeker and Vijay Singh improved their causes in the playoff race, moving from 18th to 6th and 36th to 8th respectively. Singh was not playing terribly well earlier this year, but seems to be sniffing blood or in this case, sniffing the the $10 million in cash.
Current FedEx Cup Standings
How’s your favorite player doing in the playoffs? See the chart below:
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