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Nak ajak berangan sikit. Sesiapa yang memenangi FedExCup akan memenangi USD 10 million. Kedua USD 3 m, ketiga USD 2 m sehingga lah ke tempat 144 akan mendapat USD 32,000. Kalau kita mendapat tempat ke 144 pun kita akan mendapat USD 32,000 atau RM 96,000. Dengan syarat kita menjadi pro dan terpilih memasuki PGA Tour. Mungkin kita boleh melatih cucu kita untuk menjadi pro golfer untuk selain dari bertanding dalam FedExCup juga mengikuti pro circuit yang lain.Boleh hidup kalau main sekurang kurang nya macam Tongchai Jaidee.
Pemenang pertama FedExCup ialah Tiger Woods pada tahun 2007. Pada tahun 2008, Vijay Singh memenangi nya, mungkin kerana Tiger Woods cedera dan tidak bertanding dalam beberapa pertandingan yang telah ditetapkan. Kedudukan sekarang ini memasuki ‘Playoffs Finale’, ialah Tiger Woods – 2500 point diikuti dengan Steve Stricker – 2250 point, Jim Furyck – 2000 point, Zach Johnson – 1800 point, Heath Slocum – 1600 point dan Padraig Harrington – 1400 point ditempat keenam.Tempat ke30 ialah John Senden dengan 210 point. Vijay Singh tidak termasuk langsung dalam playoffs ini. Point dia tak cukup. Favourite saya Fred Couples dan Sergio Garcia pun terkeluar. Hanya 30 pemain yang akan bermain di playoff terakhir diEast Lake Golf Course diAtlanta, Georgia, USA. Playoffs ini akan bermula pada 24 hingga 27 September 2009 diGolf Channel Saluran 815. Secara kasar nya diMalaysia ia akan bermula pada 25 Sep 2009. Kalau tengok perbezaan masa selama 12 jam antara kita di Malaysia dengan Atlanta, tee off pertama nya pada jam 1145 pagi pada 24/09/09 bermakna jam 1145 malam pada 24/09/09 kita.
Yang menariknya sesiapa sahaja boleh memenangi pertandingan ini. sebab selepas the BMW Championship baru baru ini point yang didapati pemain telah di-reset menjadikan yang pertama dengan point 2500, kedua 2250 dan seterusnya. tetapi yang berpeluang terbaik sekali ialah Top 5 yang berpeluang cerah untuk memenangi Cup ini,Yang bawah dari kelima, mempunyai peluang yang tipis. Hanya boleh mencuba memperbaiki kedudukan dengan harapan dapat menangi duit yang lebih.
Diperturunkan dibawah ini write up yang saya dapati di Wikipedia Encyclopedia untuk tatapan members sekelian. Banyak lagi website yang boleh dilayari untuk mendapat butir butir lain. Happy Reading and Happy Viewing.

From Wikipedia Encyclopedia

The FedEx Cup is a championship trophy for the PGA Tour. Its introduction marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Announced in November 2005, it was first awarded in 2007 after a NASCAR-like points race. Vijay Singh is the current champion. This competition is sponsored by FedEx.
The PGA Tour has adjusted the rules around the FedEx Cup in each of the two years since its introduction in 2007. Each set of changes was introduced to address issues that arose the previous year, particularly with the playoffs portion of the FedEx Cup.
In February 2008, the changes were designed to allow more golfers a chance to improve their positions on the points list as the playoffs progress. The changes involve a tightening of the playoff reset points and awarding more points to playoff participants. This is effectively a penalty on those players that skip a playoff event.[1]
In November 2008, the changes were designed to help ensure that the championship would not be won until after the final playoff event. This resulted from the fact that Vijay Singh had accumulated enough points through the first three playoff events in 2008 to guarantee that he would win the Cup by simply finishing the final event.[2
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The following are the criteria for the 2009 season.
For the first portion of the season, the "regular season", from January through the latter part of August, PGA Tour players can earn points in each event they play. The number of points for winning each tournament varies from 250 to 600, depending on the quality of the field for each event, with the typical tournament awarding 500. Fewer points are awarded to other players who finish each tournament, based on their final position.
The ultimate goal is to be among the Top 125 Points Leaders following the final event of the regular season. Only those players who are regular full-time members of the PGA Tour will earn points. A non-member who joins the PGA Tour in mid-season will be eligible to earn points in the first event he plays after officially joining the Tour.
After the final event of the regular season, the top 125 players participate in the playoffs. The number of points for winning each playoff tournament is 2500 - five times the amount for a typical regular season tournament. Points won in playoff events are added to those for the regular season, and the fields are reduced as the playoffs proceed.
After the third playoff event, the top 30 players move to the final event. Points are reset at that time, so the #1 player has 2500 points, the #2 player has 2250 points, down to the #30 player who is given 210 points. The goal is to ensure that any of the 30 players has a chance to win the FedEx Cup, but give the top players the best chance, with all of the top five players assured of winning the FedEx Cup by winning the Tour Championship
[edit] Playoff events
Event Players Cut
The Barclays
Top 125 points leaders
(after the Wyndham Championship) 36-hole cut to top 70 players plus ties
Deutsche Bank Championship
Top 100 points leaders
(after The Barclays)
BMW Championship
Top 70 points leaders
(after the Deutsche Bank Championship) None
The Tour Championship
Top 30 points leaders
(after the BMW Championship)
Once the final 125 playoff qualifiers are set, no alternates will be allowed. It is possible for any player among the final 125 (then 100, then 70) to skip a playoff event prior to the Tour Championship, but if he did he would risk his standing on the points list, and this could potentially result in him being eliminated from the playoffs.
For the Tour Championship itself, only the Top 30 Points Leaders after the BMW Championship will be eligible. If for any reason a player among the Top 30 does not compete in the Tour Championship, he will not be replaced.
[edit] Playoff rewards
The player with the most points after The Tour Championship will win the FedEx Cup itself and $10 million of a $35 million bonus fund. The runner-up gets $3 million, 3rd place $2 million, 4th place $1.5 million, 5th place $1 million, and so on down to $32,000 for 144th place. However, in 2007, the money was placed into their tax-deferred retirement accounts, not given in cash. Players under 45 are not able to access any 2007 FedEx Cup bonuses (as opposed to prize money earned in the tournaments themselves) until turning 45. They can invest their bonus in any manner they choose, and once they turn 45, can choose to defer payment until they turn 60 or play in fewer than 15 PGA Tour events in a season. Once a player chooses to take payments from his fund, he will receive monthly checks for five years.[3][4]
Because of possible legislation affecting deferred retirement plans, in the wake of business stories that speculated that Tiger Woods could amass a $1 billion retirement fund if he won the FedEx Cup six more times, the PGA Tour announced a change to the payout system effective in 2008. The top 10 finishers will now receive the bulk of their FedEx Cup bonuses in cash up front; for example, the 2008 FedEx Cup champion will receive $9 million up front and $1 million in his tax-deferred retirement account. FedEx Cup bonuses to finishers below the top 10 will continue to be paid solely into the players' retirement accounts.[5]
The winner of the FedEx Cup will also receive a five year exemption on the PGA Tour. This mirrors the exemption for the Leading Money Winner title (PGA Tour Exemption Category 8), but it may not have any practical implications. Players have almost never relied on the Leading Money Winner exemption, as they are usually exempt by other means. With the exception of the Tour Championship, which awards a 3-year PGA Tour exemption, winners of FedEx Cup playoff events will receive only the standard 2-year exemption.
Beginning 2008, any player among the Final Top 30 FedEx Cup Points Leaders after the Tour Championship, if not exempt by other means, is placed in PGA Tour Exemption Category 18, which is just above the category for the Top 125 Official Money List leaders.
Remaining FedEx Cup qualifiers for the next year will come from the PGA Tour's Official Money List. This particular list will be finalized after the PGA Tour Fall Series, a group of official PGA Tour events that follow the Tour Championship.
As always, the top 125 players on the money list will be fully exempt for the following year, with other golfers either eligible through other exemptions or needing to qualify by other means (e.g. "Qualifying school").