Can Henrik Stenson Stay Ahead of Tiger Woods and Win FedEx Cup?

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Published: September 12, 2013

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This time of year, it's all about the math, not just the score for a tournament. Right now, Henrik Stenson is leading in the FedEx Cup. But he is just 14 points ahead of Tiger Woods.

At this week's event, the BMW Championship being held outside Chicago, the winner gets 2,500 points, and 70th place is worth five points. If Stenson finishes middle of the pack and Woods does also, it's that 14-point differential that will determine who's on first as they head to the Tour Championship.

Woods and Stenson don't have to finish No. 1 and No. 2 to change places in the rankings. This week, for example, 15th place is worth 280 points and 18th place is worth 265. If Woods finishes 15th and Stenson finishes 18th, Woods is then ahead of Stenson by one. Points awarded at the BMW decline rapidly after fourth place.  

If neither Stenson nor Woods wins BMW, they both might be lower in the top 10 by the end of the week, but they might both stay in the top five. It depends on how everyone else plays.

Regardless, they won't drop far, because first place at BMW is worth 2,500 points. Right now, Woods has 4,037 and Stenson has 4,051. No one lower than 19th place can overtake either Woods or Stenson at this juncture. It's the math.

Webb Simpson, in 20th place with 1,531 points, would be at 4,031 if he won BMW. If Woods and Stenson didn't play BMW, they would still be ahead of Simpson if he won BMW.

But that leaves 17 players who could jump over both Woods and Stenson by winning this week.

Right now Woods could overtake Stenson, as could Adam Scott, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose and others in the top 10 spots. It just depends on who ends up where on Sunday evening.    

Sure, the results are a matter of simple addition plus restacking the pecking order, but the permutations of who could move into what slot at the end of the week based on how the entire field per...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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