The second edition of the FedExCup is nearing its climax, with the grand prize of 10,000,000 USD up for grabs.
THE PGA TOUR PLAYOFFS FOR THE FEDEXCUP 
2. Aug 29 - Sept 1 : The Deutsche Bank Championship
3. Sept 4 - 7 : The BMW Championship
( Sept 18 - 21 : Ryder Cup 2008 ) - not a Playoff event, but scheduled between them
( Sept 18 - 21 : Ryder Cup 2008 ) - not a Playoff event, but scheduled between them
4. Sept 25 -28 : The TOUR Championship
After last week's tournament, i.e. The Wyndham Championship, the points standings in the FedExCup have been reset, to create the players seeding before the 4 playoff events about to start.
Here is the reset, click to enlarge:
The reset has Tiger Woods at the top with 100,000 points, but he will not compete for the rest of this year, after his season-ending surgery. He is the winner of the first FedExCup, which he dominated from start to finish: he didn't even bother to participate in the Barclays, finished 2nd in the Deutsche Bank and then won the BMW and the TOUR Championships.
At 99,500, the second in the reset is the veteran Kenny Perry who already has 3 wins this season and is looking for a strong finish to a great season. P.S. He will probably be as excited for the Ryder Cup 2008 which will take place between the BMW and the TOUR Championships; it was his greatest wish for this season, to be able to compete for the USA team at Valhalla Golf Club, near his hometown in the Bluegrass State.
Phil Mickelson is next at 99,250. "Lefty" is one of the favorites to win the trophy, but he'll have some strong opponents right behind him: Padraig Harrington, the winner of the last two majors of the season, at 99,000 points; the wonder-kid Anthony Kim at 98,750.
A look further down the post-reset standings shows that pretty much everybody is in the mix: Lee Janzen, who just creeped into the first 144 last week with a T15 finish, can shoot his way up the standings with a win at the Barclays. Janzen would pass the front-runners if they do not finish in the top 7.
Let the playoffs begin!!
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