Tiger Woods Wins FedEx Cup

On Sunday Phil Mickelson won the Tour Championship with Tiger Wood finishing at the second spot. Mickelson made a spectacular rally, closing with a 5-under-par 65 to go from four shots behind to a three-stroke victory. Phil was two back of Woods but finally finished three up. Tiger Woods did hit two late birdies but they were not enough to beat Mickelson; however, they did good to win him the FedEx cup and its $10 million first-place bonus. Mickelson gets $1 million too.

Phil Mickelson also collected a $3 million bonus for being second in the FedEx Cup points race. This was his third victory of the year and the 37th of his career; also this takes him to the second position in this week’s  Official World Golf Ranking.

For Tiger Woods it is a year of great recovery. The FedEx Cup win marked  the end of a season where he won six times and finished no worse than second position in 9 of the 17 tournaments he played – and all these after he returned from a knee injury.

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This win that Woods walked away with on this golf course was one that put him in the lead with the assurance that came with every shot.Woods won by a total of eight shots ahead of the other competitors on this course. He finished the course at 19 – under 265 to give him the lead. This was combined with his break in the course record with 62 in the third round and a close of a 3-under 68. These scores have led to Woods’ 10th win in the PGA Tour this year and his 71st win overall.

The runner up to Tiger Woods’ victory was Jim Furyk, who came behind with a 66, which allowed him to move to the third slot in the PGA Tour from spot 18. Even though this victory completely belongs to Woods, Furyk is planning on taking his best shot at the up and coming golf courses to challenge Woods to the end of the tournament. His recent move into place #3 is one that he holds with high hope for the next round of championship. Jim Furyk was followed by Marc Leishman, who holds third place in this round.

The next golf championship is not being disclosed by the officials of the PGA Tour. Experts are saying that this will be located outside of Hudson for this particular competition. For those playing in this tour, this leads to a new set of challenges and alterations that can lead the final results of the tour to a different direction.

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The number one rank that is currently in position for the Fed Ex Cup is Tiger Woods of the USA. His total points for this event are at 4,381. Following close behind in second rank is Steve Stricker whose points are now at 3,105. Heath Slocum is in third with 2,855 points, followed by Zach Johnson at 2,229 points and Kenny Perry at 2,075 points, all strong golfers from the United States. However, the labor day weekend games have brought in several changes to the leaderboard, as well as tighter scores for the FedEx Cup and the PGA Tour.

The players who are a part of the Fed Ex Cup are showing strong competition that is linked to the PGA Tour. These members are now tying up the rounds in Boston at the TPC golf course. This is currently being played with the Deutsche Bank Championship, which is making the competition move into a closer point system that will determine who will take the lead for the Fed Ex Cup.This is being observed particularly for Steve Stricker, Reitief Goosen and Sean o’Hair, all of them very nearly taking over the leader board in the second and third rounds of this competition.

The PGA Tour is expected to continue next week in Lemont, Illinois with the BMW Championship. The players will be working to out beat last year’s champion, Camilo Villegas. To end the rounds for September, will be the TOUR Championship in Atlanta, Georgia from 24-27 of September to add in an extra challenge to the tour and to the winning of this cup and the $7.5 million attached at each location.

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