BMW Championship 2013: FedEx Cup Still in Range for Uninspiring Tiger Woods

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Published: September 16, 2013

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Amplified by his pedestrian final-round showing at the BMW Championship on Monday, Tiger Woods has been anything but money during the first three events of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Yet the world’s top-ranked player is still the odds-on favorite to cash a check for $10 million at the conclusion of the TOUR Championship on Sunday, with or without a victory.

Welcome to the PGA Tour’s confounding playoff system that has the potential to favor position over form when the championship is ultimately decided.

Tiger fired an even-par 71 in Monday’s rain-delayed final at Conway Farms and finished in a distant tie for 11th, seven shots behind winner Zach Johnson. Woods entered the final round trailing 54-hole leader Jim Furyk by just four shots, but never got anything going on the greens and faded out of contention early in his round.

That effort followed a tie for 65th at the Deutsche Bank Championship two weeks ago.



Woods reflected on his poor putting performance:

I think I had somewhere in the neighborhood of either five to seven three-putts this week. That's a lot. It was not a very good putting week. It's just one of those weeks where I just didn't have it.

If I quit eliminating the simple mistakes on the greens, I would have been all right. I would have been in there with a better chance. But I'm in good shape going into (this) week.

Despite those recent subpar performances, Tiger enters the season-ending TOUR Championship atop the FedEx Cup standings and in control of his own destiny, largely on the strength of his five PGA Tour victories.

If Woods wins at East Lake, he captures his third FedEx title and first since 2009 no matter what anyone else does. If he finishes near the lead and no other player among the top five of the FedEx Cup standings wins, he still likely gets the huge payday despite failing to win a single playoff...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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