The FedExCup 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. Bill Haas is the current champion. This competition is sponsored by FedEx.

The PGA Tour has adjusted the rules around the FedExCup 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 FedExCup.

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]

Format[link]

Qualifying for the playoffs[link]

The following are the criteria for the 2011 season (unchanged since 2009).

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 FedExCup, but give the top players the best chance, with all of the top five players assured of winning the FedExCup by winning the Tour Championship.

Playoff events[link]

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.

Playoff rewards[link]

The Trophy

The player with the most points after the Tour Championship wins the FedExCup 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 126th through 150th place.

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 FedExCup 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 FedExCup six more times, the PGA Tour announced a change to the payout system effective in 2008. The top 10 finishers now receive the bulk of their FedExCup bonuses in cash up front; for example, the 2008 FedExCup champion received $9 million up front and $1 million in his tax-deferred retirement account. FedExCup bonuses to finishers below the top 10 are still paid solely into the players' retirement accounts.^[5]

The winner of the FedExCup also receives 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 FedExCup playoff events receive only the standard 2-year exemption.

Beginning 2008, any player among the Final Top 30 FedExCup 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 FedExCup 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").

Winners[link]

Year	Player	Country	Points	Margin	Events	Wins	Top 5s	Pre-Cup ranking	Pre-Cup points	Pre-Cup events
2011	Bill Haas	United States	2,760	15	4	1	1	15	1,273	22
2010	Jim Furyk	United States	2,980	252	3	1	1	3	1,691	18
2009	Tiger Woods	United States	4,000	1,080	4	1	3	1	3,341	13
2008	Vijay Singh	Fiji	125,101	551	4	2	2	7	15,034	19
2007	Tiger Woods	United States	123,033	12,578	3	2	3	1	30,574	13

Career FedExCup leaders[link]

Player	Country	Total Earnings ($)	2007 Earnings ($)	2008 Earnings ($)	2009 Earnings ($)	2010 Earnings ($)	2011 Earnings ($)
Tiger Woods	United States	20,275,000	10,000,000	110,000	10,000,000	133,000	32,000
Jim Furyk	United States	12,940,000	300,000	1,000,000	1,500,000	10,000,000	140,000
Vijay Singh	Fiji	10,870,000	500,000	10,000,000	75,000	110,000	185,000
Bill Haas	United States	10,411,000	32,000	80,000	134,000	165,000	10,000,000
Phil Mickelson	United States	6,230,000	2,000,000	700,000	3,000,000	280,000	250,000
Steve Stricker	United States	6,205,000	3,000,000	270,000	2,000,000	700,000	235,000
Luke Donald	England	4,410,000	165,000	70,000	175,000	2,000,000	2,000,000
Matt Kuchar	United States	4,080,000	75,000	70,000	135,000	3,000,000	800,000
Camilo Villegas	Colombia	3,713,000	205,000	3,000,000	133,000	225,000	150,000
Webb Simpson	United States	3,185,000			110,000	75,000	3,000,000

^[6]

See also[link]

• LPGA Tour Championship (formerly ADT Championship or LPGA Playoffs at the ADT) – a single-event playoff conducted by the LPGA.
• List of point distributions of the FedEx Cup

References[link]

External links[link]

Unless otherwise indicated, all are pgatour.com links.

• The PGA Tour's FedExCup Home Page
• PGA Tour Fan's Quick Guide to FedExCup
• FedExCup Points for Regular Season, Playoffs and Tour Championship Reset.

• Official FedExCup Points Standings
  • During Regular Season
  • During The Playoffs

• Official PGA Tour Schedule – FedExCup Regular and Playoff events, plus Fall Series events

• Initial announcement of the FedEx Cup Series
• June 2006 announcement giving details of the points system and bonus fund
• November 2006 announcement on size of playoff fields
• Notes: FedExCup winner to get five-year exemption

FedEx Corporation

Type	Public company
Traded as	NYSE: FDX S&P 500 Component
Industry	Courier
Founded	Little Rock, Arkansas (1971) as Federal Express Corporation
Founder(s)	Frederick W. Smith
Headquarters	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Frederick W. Smith (Chairman, President & CEO)
Products	See complete products listing.
Revenue	US$ 39.3 billion (FY 2011)[1]
Operating income	US$ 2 billion (FY 2010)[1]
Net income	US$ 1.2 billion (FY 2010)[1]
Total assets	US$ 25 billion (FY 2010)[1]
Total equity	US$ 14 billion (FY 2010)[1]
Employees	290,000 (May 2010)[1]
Subsidiaries	FedEx Office, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Custom Critical, FedEx Supply Chain, FedEx Trade Networks, FedEx Services
Website	www.FedEx.com

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), originally known as FDX Corporation, is a logistics services company, based in the United States with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee.^[2] The name "FedEx" is a syllabic abbreviation of the name of the company's original air division, Federal Express, which was used from 1973 until 2000.

History[link]

FedEx Corporation is a Delaware corporation, incorporated October 2, 1997.^[3] FDX Corporation was founded in January 1998 with the acquisition of Caliber System Inc. by Federal Express. With the purchase of Caliber, FedEx started offering other services besides express shipping. Caliber subsidiaries included RPS, a small-package ground service; Roberts Express, an expedited shipping provider; Viking Freight, a regional, less than truckload freight carrier serving the Western United States; Caribbean Transportation Services, a provider of airfreight forwarding between the United States and the Caribbean; and Caliber Logistics and Caliber Technology, providers of logistics and technology solutions. FDX Corporation was founded to oversee all of the operations of those companies and its original air division, Federal Express.^[4] In the 1980s, FedEx planned, but later abandoned, a joint service with British Airways to have BA fly a Concorde to Shannon, Ireland with FedEx packages onboard and then FedEx would have flown the packages subsonically to their delivery points in Europe. Ron Ponder, a vice president at the time, was in charge of this proposed venture. In January 2000, FDX Corporation changed its name to FedEx Corporation and re-branded all of its subsidiaries. Federal Express became FedEx Express, RPS became FedEx Ground, Roberts Express became FedEx Custom Critical, and Caliber Logistics and Caliber Technology were combined to make up FedEx Global Logistics. A new subsidiary called FedEx Corporate Services was formed to centralize the sales, marketing, customer service for all of the subsidiaries. In February 2000, FedEx acquired Tower Group International, an international logistics company. FedEx also acquired WorldTariff, a customs duty and tax information company, TowerGroup and WorldTariff were re-branded to form FedEx Trade Networks.^[4]

FedEx Corp. acquired privately held Kinko's Inc. in February 2004 and rebranded it FedEx Kinko's. The acquisition was made to expand FedEx retail access to the general public. After the acquisition, all FedEx Kinko's locations exclusively offered only FedEx shipping.^[4] In June 2008, FedEx announced that they would be dropping the Kinko's name from their ship centers, with FedEx Kinko's changing to FedEx Office.^[5][6]

In September 2004, FedEx acquired Parcel Direct, a parcel consolidator, and re-branded it FedEx SmartPost.^[4]

In December 2007, the Internal Revenue Service of the United States 'tentatively decided' that FedEx Ground Division might be facing a tax liability of $319 million for 2002, due to misclassification of its operatives as independent contractors. Reversing a 1994 decision which allowed FedEx to classify its operatives that own their own vehicles, the IRS is auditing the years 2003 to 2006, with a view to assessing whether similar misclassification of operatives has taken place. FedEx denies that any irregularities in classification have taken place, but is facing legal action from operatives claiming benefits that would have accrued had they been classified as employees.^[7]

On October 22, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service withdrew its tentative assessment of tax and penalties for the 2002 calendar year ($319 million plus interest) against FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (“FedEx Ground”) relating to the classification of FedEx Ground’s owner-operators for federal employment tax purposes.

In June 2009, FedEx began a campaign against United Parcel Service (UPS) and the Teamsters union, accusing its competitor of receiving a bailout in an advertising campaign called "brown bailout". FedEx claims that signing the Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization bill, which would let some of its workers unionize more easily (and, according to the Memphis-based company, "could expose [its] customers at any time to local work stoppages that interrupt the flow of their time-sensitive, high-value shipments”),^[8] is equivalent to giving UPS a 'bailout'. Independent observers have heavily criticized FedEx's wording,^[8] claiming that it was "an abuse of the term".^[8] FedEx Express employees are regulated under the Railway Labor Act.^[9]

As of 2012 FedEx experimented with electric Fleet vehicles.^[10]

Operating units and logos[link]

FedEx is organized into operating units, each of which has its own version of the wordmark, designed by Lindon Leader of Landor Associates, of San Francisco, in 1994.^[11] The Fed is always purple and the Ex is in a different color for each division and grey for the overall corporation use. The original "FedEx" logo had the Ex in orange; it is now used as the FedEx Express wordmark. The FedEx wordmark is notable for containing a hidden right-pointing arrow in the negative space between the "E" and the "X", which was achieved by designing a proprietary font, based on Univers and Futura, to emphasize the arrow shape.^[11]

FEDEX OPERATING COMPANIES SCAC CODES FOR FEDEX:

The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) is a unique code used to identify transportation companies. It is typically two to four alphabetic letters long. It was developed by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association in the 1960s to help the transportation industry for computerizing data and records.

• FDE – FedEx Express
• FDEG – FedEx Ground
• FXFE – FedEx Freight
• FDCC – FedEx Custom Critical

FedEx Express Airbus A310-200

FedEx Ground delivery truck

FedEx Freight Truck

• FedEx Express (Orange "Ex"): The original overnight courier services, providing next day air service within the United States and time-definite international service. FedEx Express operates one of the largest civil aircraft fleets in the world and the largest fleet of wide bodied civil aircraft; it also carries more freight than any other airline.^[12]
  • Caribbean Transport Services: Until 2008, a part of FedEx Freight. Provides airfreight forwarding services between the US mainland, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and other Caribbean islands.
• FedEx Ground (Green "Ex"): Guaranteed day-definite delivery within Canada and the United States at a cost savings as compared to time-definite FedEx Express. Uses a large fleet of trucks which are owned by the independent owner/operators and drivers are independent contractors who control individual delivery routes and territories. Formerly Roadway Package System (RPS).^[13]
  • FedEx Home Delivery: A division of FedEx Ground, specializing in residential delivery Tuesday through Saturday and offers delivery options to provide more flexibility for residential recipients. The logo includes a drawing of a dog carrying a package . FedEx Home Delivery only operates in the United States. To make up the difference, FedEx Ground in Canada performs the business deliveries and residential deliveries.^[14]
  • FedEx SmartPost (Grey "Ex"): Consolidates parcels from merchants such as e-commerce and catalog companies and uses the United States Postal Service for the final delivery. Formerly the independent company Parcel Direct until FedEx acquired them for $120M in 2004.^[15]
• FedEx Freight (Red "Ex"): Less than truckload (LTL) and other freight services. The second largest LTL carrier in the United States, with $4.5 billion in revenue for 2008.^[16]
  • FedEx Freight, Inc: Formerly American Freightways, Viking Freight, and Watkins Motor Lines.
  • FedEx Freight Canada: Formerly Watkins Canada Express.
  • FedEx Custom Critical: Delivers urgent, valuable, or hazardous items using trucks and chartered aircraft. Freight not accepted for transport includes perishable food, alcohol, livestock, household goods, hazardous waste and money.^[17] Drivers are independent contractors who own their vehicles. Service in Mexico uses interline carriers. Formerly Roberts Cartage or Roberts Express.
• FedEx Trade Networks (Yellow "Ex"): Provides services relating to customs, insurance, and transportation advice. Formerly C.J. Tower & Sons, then Tower Group International.
• FedEx Supply Chain Services (Grey "Ex"): Provides logistics services including Critical Inventory Logistics, Transportation Management Services, Fulfillment Services, etc. Formerly Roadway Logistics System, then Caliber Logistics.
• FedEx Corporate Services (Grey "Ex"): Provides global marketing, planning and information technology (IT) services for the other FedEx operating companies.
• FedEx TechConnect: Offering a customer service toll-free telephone line for customer questions. It is operated by an automated operator then will prompt the user to a live agent for uses of tracking, claims, scheduling pick-ups (Express, Ground, Same Day, Custom Critical, Freight Express, and Freight LTL), compliments and complaints, locations (both staffed counter locations and drop-boxes), ordering supplies, setting up FedEx accounts, billing etc. Formerly FCIS or FedEx Customer Information Services.

FedEx Kinko's

• FedEx Office (formerly FedEx Kinko's) (Blue "Ex"): The retail arm of the corporation, offers copying and digital printing, professional finishing, document creation, Internet access, computer rentals, signs and graphics, direct mail, Web-based printing, and FedEx shipping. Formerly an independent company, known as Kinko's until it was acquired by FedEx in 2004 and rebranded to FedEx Kinko's. In June 2008 the company was finally rebranded as FedEx Office.^[18]
  • FedEx Office and Print Centers: Provides services such as copying, printing, Internet access and FedEx shipping.
  • FedEx Ship Centers: Provides a central location for FedEx customers to deposit their packages for shipping, also offering a self service photocopy and fax machine, office products for packing and shipping, boxes and packaging services. Formerly, these locations were called FedEx World Service Centers.
  • Both FedEx Office and Print Centers and Ship Centers now offer Hold at Locations for FedEx Ground & FedEx Express shipments for easy pick up. Transfer to Office/Ship centers takes 1 to 2 business days (example: calling the customer service line one day prior to pick up. This ensures package is put with proper route of courier that services that area).

Political donations and lobbying[link]

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, FedEx Corp is the 21st largest campaign contributor in the United States. The company has donated over $21 million since 1990, 45% of which went to Democrats and 55% to Republicans. Strong ties to the White House and members of Congress allow access to international trade and tax cut rebates as well as the rules of the business practices of the United States Postal Service. In 2001, FedEx sealed a $9 billion deal with the USPS to transport all of the post office's overnight and express deliveries.^[19]

In 2005, FedEx was among 53 entities that contributed the maximum of $250,000 to sponsor the second inauguration of President George W. Bush.^[20][21][22]

During the first three months of 2010, FedEx spent nearly $4.9 million lobbying the federal government (UPS, FedEx's main competitor, spent $1.6 million on lobbying over the same period), a 4% increase from the $4.7 million spent during the last quarter of 2009, but more than twice what it spent on lobbying during the first quarter of 2009.^[23]

Advertising[link]

This unreferenced section requires citations to ensure verifiability.

Some of FedEx's best-known ad campaigns:

• “When it Absolutely, Positively has to be there overnight” – 1978–1983
• “It’s not Just a Package, It’s Your Business” – 1987–1988
• “Our Most Important Package is Yours” – 1991–1994
• “Absolutely, Positively Anytime” – 1995
• “The Way the World Works,” 1996–1998
• “Be Absolutely Sure,” 1998–2000
• “This is a Job for FedEx,” 2001–2002
• “Don’t worry, there’s a FedEx for that,” 2002–2003
• “Relax, it’s FedEx,” 2004–2008
• "We Understand," 2009–present
• "WeLiveToDeliver" 2009–present
• "Brown Bailout" 2009–present
• "The World On Time" 2009–present

John Moschitta ad[link]

In 1981, their advertising firm Ally & Gargano hired performer John Moschitta, Jr., known for his fast speech delivery, to do an ad for Federal Express titled "Fast Paced World". This single commercial would be cited years later by New York as one of the most memorable ads ever.^[24]

Motorsports[link]

• From 1997 to 2002, FedEx was the title sponsor of Champ Car World Series when it was known as CART. The series was known as the "CART FedEx Championship Series", which led to the official "Champ Car" designation in reference to the fact they were the FedEx Championship.
• FedEx became the sponsor of the No.11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Toyota owned by Joe Gibbs Racing in 2005. FedEx uses four (predominantly black) paint schemes to showcase its different products (Express, Freight, Ground, and Office), and in 2005 also ran a special scheme to promote a charity event at the FedEx St. Jude Classic golf tournament. The 11 car is driven by Denny Hamlin.
• FedEx previously sponsored the Formula One team McLaren. Prior to that FedEx had sponsored Ferrari, Benetton (now Renault) and Williams F1.
• FedEx does not currently sponsor any F1 team, but does have its brand logo placed on the McLaren crash suit collar.

Football[link]

• From 1989 to 2010, FedEx was the title sponsor of the Orange Bowl, played in Miami, Florida.^[25]
• FedExField, home of the National Football League's Washington Redskins in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.^[26]

Other sports[link]

• FedEx sponsors FedExForum, home of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies and the University of Memphis men's basketball team.
• Beginning in 2007, FedEx became the title sponsor of the FedEx Cup, a championship trophy for the PGA Tour.

See also[link]

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• ARAMEX (competitor)
• BAX Global (competitor)
• Cast Away (movie)
• Choice Logistics (competitor)
• Courier
• DHL Express (competitor)
• Freight company
• Package delivery
• Point-to-point transit (shipping model)
• Purolator Courier (competitor)
• Spoke-hub distribution paradigm (shipping model)
• TNT N.V. (competitor)
• Top 100 US Federal Contractors
• United Parcel Service (competitor)
• Volumetric weight

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: FedEx

• FedEx – Index of national homepages
• Official FedEx Blog
• Fredrick Smith: No Overnight Success Dean Foust, Business Week

v t e FedEx Corporation Established 1971 Founder Frederick W. Smith Subsidiaries and Divisions FedEx Express · FedEx Ground · FedEx Freight · FedEx Custom Critical · FedEx Office · FedEx Trade Networks · FedEx Supply Chain · FedEx Corporate Services · FedEx TechConnect · FedEx SmartPost Air hubs Memphis · Indianapolis · Anchorage · Oakland · Newark · Fort Worth · Miami · Paris · Guangzhou · Cologne · Toronto Related Flying Tiger Line · American Freightways · Asia Airfreight · FedEx Institute of Technology · KIAC · FedEx Field · FedEx Racing · Cast Away Annual Revenue: $34.7 billion USD (2010) · Employees: 290,000 (2010) · Stock Symbol: FDX · Website: fedex.com · Products: Freight Forwarding Services, Logistics Services

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Look up cup in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A cup is any of a variety of drinkware used to consume food or beverage. Cup or cups may also refer to:

In archaeology

• For Cup and ring marks, the cup refers to a type of carved hole in petroglyphs

In cooking:

• Measuring cup, a measuring instrument for liquids and powders, used primarily in cooking
• Cup (unit), a customary unit of volume and measure.
• A type of traditional English punch

In clothing

• The cup of a brassiere, the part that covers the breasts
• A protective cup in a jockstrap designed to protect the male genitalia

In mathematics, science and technology:

• Silphium perfoliatum or "Cup-plant", a member of the sunflower family, native to North America
• The cup product in algebraic topology, denoted by the operator Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): \smile

• Common Unix Printing System, commonly known as CUPS, a Unix print server
• Cup (volume), a customary unit of volume

In music:

• "Cups", a song by Underworld

In other contexts:

• Fuddling cup, a three dimensional puzzle
• A cup-shaped trophy or sports winning prize, e.g. World Cup, Davis Cup or League Cup
  • Cup, a nickname for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• The Suit of Cups, one of the four traditional suits of the Italian suited Tarot deck or of Latin suited playing cards
• A object the general shape of a drinking cup and capable of holding fluid, whether it holds a cup (measure) or not.

See also[link]

• Stemware
• The Cup (disambiguation)
• CUP (disambiguation)

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Brandt Snedeker
Personal information
Born	(1980-12-08) December 8, 1980 (age 31) Nashville, Tennessee
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Nashville, Tennessee
Spouse	Mandy
Children	Lilly (b. 2011)
Career
College	Vanderbilt University
Turned professional	2004
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
Nationwide Tour	2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T3: 2008
U.S. Open	T8: 2010
The Open Championship	CUT: 2008, 2009, 2011
PGA Championship	T18: 2007
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year	2007

Brandt Snedeker (born December 8, 1980) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Early years through College[link]

Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He was introduced to golf by his maternal grandmother, who managed a golf course in Missouri.^[1] He attended Montgomery Bell Academy and then Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links in 2003 before turning professional.

Professional career[link]

2004-2006: On the Nationwide Tour[link]

Snedeker played on the Nationwide Tour from 2004 until 2006, when he finished 9th on the tour money list after victories at the Showdown at Somerby and the Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic, thus earning a PGA Tour spot for 2007. While on the Nationwide Tour, Snedeker recorded two wins, two runner ups, 12 tops 10s and earned $549,564.

2007: PGA Tour Rookie of the Year[link]

Snedeker garnered immediate attention in January 2007 after shooting a course record equaling 61 in the first round of the Buick Invitational. He led the tournament by three strokes after 36 holes^[2] but due to a 74 in the third round he finished in third place. He made eight consecutive cuts starting at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in January and ending at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. In that span he recorded three top-25 finishes. Snedeker did not play as well as he hoped in the month of April. In four tournaments in April, he made two cuts including a finish of T16 at the Verizon Heritage. From May to early June Snedeker made the cut in two of the four tournaments he entered. This included an impressive T12 finish at the prestigious Players Championship. Snedeker would then go on a hot streak starting at the Stanford St. Jude Championship on June 10. He finished in a tie for fifth at that tournament and by doing so surpassed $1 million in earnings on tour in 2007. He finished in a tie for 23rd at the U.S. Open the following week. He recorded two top-10 finishes in early July including a tie for 10th at the Buick Open. This finish put Snedeker into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.^[3] Later in July he finished in a tie for 7th at the Canadian Open. Two weeks after the Canadian, Snedeker played in the PGA Championship for the first time. Snedeker finished in an impressive tie for 18th place. Snedeker picked up his first PGA Tour victory the next week at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. This win propelled him to a world ranking of 55th.^[4] The Wyndham Championship was the last regular season event before the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Snedeker entered the playoffs in 9th place in the point standings. He played in all four playoff events. He recorded finishes of missed cut, T47, T14 and T29. Snedeker finished in 20th place in the final points standings and that earned him a bonus check of $225,000. Due to his great performance on tour he was named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for 2007.^[5] Snedeker entered 29 PGA Tour events in 2007. He made 23 cuts including one win, a third place finish, six top-10 finishes and 13 top-25 finishes.^[6] He earned $2,836,643 which put him in 17th on the final money list and he finished 2007 ranked 47th in the world rankings.

2008[link]

Snedeker began the year with a tied for 10th finish at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. He finished tied for 9th at the FBR Open in February and tied for 8th at the PODS Championship in March. Snedeker recorded his first top-10 in a major at the 2008 Masters Tournament where he finished tied for third. He went into the final round in second place, two strokes behind eventual winner Trevor Immelman but Snedeker shot a final round 77. Following his third place finish at the 2008 Masters Tournament, Snedeker reached a new high of 32nd in the world rankings. Snedeker finished in the top-10 for the second time in a major at the 2008 U.S. Open where he finished tied for 9th. For the rest of year Snedeker struggled to maintain his early season consistency and did not record another top-10 finish for the season. Snedeker made 19 of 26 cuts on the year and recorded five top-10s, seven top-25s and earned $1,531,442 while finishing 34th in the FedEx Cup standings.

2009[link]

Snedeker struggled in 2009, making only 14 of 26 cuts and failing to make the cut in 9 of his first 12 tournaments he played. His play improved in the summer as he had had two consecutive top-5 finishes, a tie for 5th place at the AT&T National, and a tie for 2nd place at the John Deere Classic. These were soon followed by two more top-5 finishes at the RBC Canadian Open and the Wyndham Championship. Despite this mid season form he missed the cut in all four of the years majors. One factor contributing to Snedeker's uneven play in 2009 was his health. He missed seven consecutive tournaments in the middle of the season due to a rib injury. Snedeker finished the season 55th on the money list.

2010[link]

Snedeker started the 2010 season well with a top-10 finish at the Bob Hope Classic which he then followed up with a runner-up finish at the Farmers Insurance Open. Snedeker played consistently throughout the early season making eight consecutive cuts through to April. However he then missed five of his next seven cuts and did not record a single top-25 finish until the US Open where Snedeker achieved his best ever finish at a US Open finishing in a tie for 8th place at Pebble Beach Golf Links. For the rest of season he played steadily and recorded two more top-10s at the Wyndham Championship and the end of season playoff event the Deutsche Bank Championship. Snedeker ended the year 48th on the money list.

2011[link]

Snedeker had an inconsistent start to the 2011 season missing his first cut at the Bob Hope Classic then following that with two consecutive top-10 finishes at the Farmers Insurance Open and the Waste Management Phoenix Open. This was then followed by a further two missed cuts and a withdrawal from the Honda Classic to attend the birth of his first child. He returned to the tour with a 4th place finish at the Transitions Championship and then at years first Major Championship, The Masters Tournament finished in a tie for 15th. The following week Snedeker had a chance to win his second PGA Tour title at the Valero Texas Open but made a number of mistakes on the back nine on Sunday which cost him victory, eventually finishing alone in 4th. Snedeker did however earn his second PGA Tour title the week after at The Heritage beating Luke Donald in a sudden-death playoff at the third extra hole. Snedeker shot a 64 seven-under-par round to recover from six shots back on the Sunday to tie Donald after the Englishman had to up and down on the last to make the playoff. The first two extra holes were parred by both players, but when Donald's par chip missed on the third extra hole, Snedeker sealed the win.^[7] This win took Snedeker to 38th in the world rankings. In November 2011, Snedeker underwent elective surgery on his right hip in order to fix a degenerative issue. This sidelined him for six to eight weeks at the end of year, however Snedeker confirmed he wished to sort the problem out now in order to be fully fit for the 2012 season.^[8] Snedeker finished the season 14th on the money list.

2012[link]

Snedeker won his third PGA Tour title at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. He started the day seven shots behind the leader Kyle Stanley, but after firing a final round 67 he was the leader in the clubhouse while the final group completed its rounds. Stanley had a three stroke lead coming the final hole, but pitched his third shot into the water resulting in a triple bogey 8 to take the tournament to a playoff. After both players made birdie on the first extra hole, Snedeker prevailed with an up-and-down for par on the second hole after Stanley missed his par putt.^[9] Snedeker entered the top 20 in the Official World Golf Ranking after his win.

Personal life[link]

Snedeker resides in Nashville with his wife Mandy plus their daughter Lily who was born on March 3, 2011. He currently works with Todd Anderson of the Sea Island Golf Club.

His brother, Haymes Snedeker, won The Big Break X: Michigan, and earned a shot at Q school and the PGA Tour.^[10]

Amateur wins (1)[link]

• 2003 U.S. Amateur Public Links

Professional wins (5)[link]

PGA Tour wins (3)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Aug 19, 2007	Wyndham Championship	–20 (70-67-66-63=266)	2 strokes	Tim Petrovic, Billy Mayfair Jeff Overton
2	Apr 24, 2011	The Heritage	–12 (69-67-72-64=272)	Playoff	Luke Donald
3	Jan 29, 2012	Farmers Insurance Open	–16 (67-64-74-67=272)	Playoff	Kyle Stanley

PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2011	The Heritage	Luke Donald	Won with par on third extra hole
2	2012	Farmers Insurance Open	Kyle Stanley	Won with par on second extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (2)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jul 16, 2006	Scholarship America Showdown	–16 (70-67-68-67=272)	Playoff1	Jeff Quinney
2	Oct 15, 2006	Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic	–16 (66-67-70-69=272)	Playoff2	Aron Price

¹Defeated Quinney with birdie on third extra hole.
²Defeated Price with birdie on first extra hole.

Results in major championships[link]

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

U.S. national team appearances[link]

• World Cup: 2008

References[link]

External links[link]

• Brandt Snedeker at the PGA Tour official site
• Brandt Snedeker at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Rickie Fowler
Fowler in July 2010
Personal information
Full name	Rick Yutaka Fowler
Born	(1988-12-13) December 13, 1988 (age 23) Murrieta, California
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Jupiter, Florida
Career
College	Oklahoma State University
Turned professional	2009
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T27: 2012
U.S. Open	T60: 2008
The Open Championship	T5: 2011
PGA Championship	T51: 2011
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year	2010

Rick Yutaka Fowler (born December 13, 1988) is an American professional golfer. He was the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world for 36 weeks in 2007 and 2008.

Amateur career[link]

Fowler was born and raised in Murrieta, California,^[1] where he went to Murrieta Valley High School. For years he played only on a driving range and is almost entirely self-taught. During his freshman year in high school, he posted an all-time course record of 62 at his home course, SCGA, in Murrieta, California.^{[citation needed]} In his senior year in high school, Fowler won the SW League Final with a total score of 64–69=133, and led his team to the state final in 2007. After high school he attended Oklahoma State University. He posted his first collegiate victory at the Fighting Illini Invitational hosted by the University of Illinois on October 1, 2007, by shooting a 203 (70-63-70) to win the tournament by one stroke.^[2]

In the summer of 2005 Fowler won the Western Junior and competed in the U.S. Amateur, where he was defeated by the eventual champion Richie Ramsay.

In 2006 Fowler shot a 137 for two rounds at the U.S. Junior Amateur and was knocked out in the second round of match play. The championship was won by Philip Francis.

Fowler represented the United States in its victory at the 2007 Walker Cup. His record was 2–0 in foursomes and 1–1 in singles making his overall record 3–1. Billy Horschel was his partner for both of their foursome victories. That year Fowler won the Sunnehanna Amateur in June and the Players Amateur in July.

In 2008 Fowler repeated as Sunnehanna Amateur champion. In the first round of the U.S. Open, Fowler shot a −1 (70) and was in a tie for 7th place. He was one of three amateurs to make the cut, along with Derek Fathauer and Michael Thompson. He ended the tournament tied for 60th. In October 2008 Fowler played on the Eisenhower Trophy team that finished second.

In 2009 Fowler made his second and last appearance in the Walker Cup. He won all four matches in which he played as the U.S. won by a seven-point margin. His partner in both foursomes matches was Bud Cauley. He also finished third in the Sunnehanna Amateur in 2009.

Professional career[link]

After the Walker Cup, Fowler turned professional and played the Albertsons Boise Open on the Nationwide Tour for his pro debut.^[3] In September 2009, it was announced that Fowler signed a multi-year equipment deal with Titleist.^[4] He also signed a clothing deal with Puma in the same month.^[5] He has since signed a deal with Rolex.

Fowler's first PGA Tour event as a professional was the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open where he finished tied for seventh.^[6] His second PGA Tour event was at the Frys.com Open played at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. He finished tied for second after losing to Troy Matteson in a threeway playoff that included Jamie Lovemark. Fowler's score of 18 under par included a hole in one on the fifth hole in his final round. Fowler also notched an eagle in each of his four rounds.^[7]

In December 2009, Fowler successfully gained a 2010 PGA Tour card through qualifying school, finishing T15.^[8]

2010[link]

In February 2010 Fowler finished second at the Waste Management Phoenix Open with a score of 15 under par at the TPC of Scottsdale course in Scottsdale, Arizona. In June 2010 Fowler notched his third PGA Tour runner-up finish at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. Fowler entered the final round in the lead, before shooting a 73 to finish behind tournament winner, Justin Rose, who recorded his first PGA Tour victory. This performance took Fowler into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

In September 2010 he was chosen as a captain's pick for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.^[9] At age 21 years and 9 months when the matches began, Fowler became the youngest U.S. Ryder Cup player of all time, and only European Sergio García was younger when he made his Ryder Cup debut in 1999. Fowler forfeited a hole during foursomes competition on the first match day because of a rules violation, by taking a permissible free drop from muddy conditions in an improper location, a mistake U.S. captain Corey Pavin attributed to Fowler's inexperience.^[10] On the final day of the competition in his singles match against Edoardo Molinari, Fowler birdied the last 4 holes to halve the match after having been 4 down after 12 holes.^[11]

Fowler won the Rookie of the Year award,^[12] controversially claiming the award over Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy.^[13][14]

2011[link]

In July 2011 Fowler tied the 54-hole lead at the AT&T National, but an early double bogey on Sunday derailed his opportunity for his first PGA Tour win. Two weeks later Fowler recorded his most successful result to date in a major tournament by finishing tied for 5th in The Open Championship at Royal St George's.^[15] In August, Fowler finished in a tie for second at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational behind winner Adam Scott, lifting him to 28 in the world rankings.^[16]

At the 2011 PGA Championship Fowler carded 74–69–75–68 to finish with a six-over par total of 286, finishing in a tie for 51st place. Early on the third day Fowler rocketed up the leaderboard with three birdies in the first five holes only to falter later in the round with two triple bogeys, effectively ending his hopes of a first major championship and PGA tour win.^[17]

At the first FedEx Cup playoff event, Fowler finished T52 at The Barclays in the last week in August. The following week he again finished T52 at the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second FedEx Cup playoff event, after carding a disappointing six over par final round 77. At that point Fowler was positioned 37 in the FedEx Cup points standings and required a strong performance at the BMW Championship to qualify in the top thirty for the The Tour Championship; a performance which eluded him, finishing in 48th place. In finishing 43rd in the FedEx Cup, Fowler earned a $132,000 bonus.^[18]

In October Fowler enjoyed his first professional win with victory in the OneAsia Tour's Kolon Korea Open, securing a six shot victory over Rory McIlroy.

Fowler ended 2011 ranked 32nd on the Official World Golf Ranking.^[19]

In September 2011 Fowler, alongside Graeme McDowell, was part of the PGA Tour's These Guys are Good campaign.^[20][21]

2012[link]

Fowler won the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 6, 2012 on the first extra hole of a sudden-death playoff. Replaying the 18th hole, he defeated Rory McIlroy and D. A. Points with a birdie to gain his first PGA Tour win. Fowler shot a 69 (–3) in the final round to finish in a three-way tie after 72 holes at Quail Hollow Club. This win enabled Fowler to break the Top 25 in the world, placing him at number 24. The following week at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Fowler played the final hole at -11 under par and had a birdie opportunity to bring him within one of leader and eventual winner Matt Kuchar. However, Fowler pushed his putt to the right and finished in a tie for second, his fifth second place finish of his career.

Personal[link]

Fowler resides in Jupiter, Florida; he moved to Florida from Las Vegas when the 2010 season ended.^[22] Fowler's middle name, Yutaka, comes from his maternal grandfather, who is Japanese.^[23] His maternal grandmother is Navajo.^[24] On the final day of a golf tournament Fowler wears orange^[25] in honor of Oklahoma State University.^[26]

Fowler is one of four golfers in the "Golf Boys" group along with fellow PGA Tour players Ben Crane, Bubba Watson and Hunter Mahan. The Golf Boys released a YouTube video of the song "Oh Oh Oh" on the eve of the 2011 U.S. Open. Farmers Insurance is donating $1,000 for every 100,000 views of the video. The charitable proceeds will support both Farmers and Ben Crane charitable initiatives.^[27]

In 2012 Fowler filmed a commercial for Crowne Plaza Hotels entitled "It's Good to be Rickie" and featured golf commentator, Ian Baker Finch.

Amateur wins[link]

• 2005 Western Junior
• 2007 Sunnehanna Amateur, Players Amateur
• 2008 Sunnehanna Amateur, Big 12 Championship

Professional wins (2)[link]

PGA Tour wins (1)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 6, 2012	Wells Fargo Championship	–14 (66-72-67-69=274)	Playoff	Rory McIlroy, D. A. Points

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2009	Frys.com Open	Troy Matteson, Jamie Lovemark	Matteson won with birdie on second extra hole
2	2012	Wells Fargo Championship	Rory McIlroy, D. A. Points	Won with birdie on first extra hole

OneAsia Tour wins (1)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Oct 9, 2011	Kolon Korea Open	–16 (67-70-63-68=268)	6 strokes	Rory McIlroy

Results in major championships[link]

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Results in World Golf Championships[link]

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

PGA Tour career summary[link]

• official as of May 13, 2012 ^[28]

U.S. national team appearances[link]

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners)
• Palmer Cup: 2008
• Eisenhower Trophy: 2008 (individual winner)

Professional

• Ryder Cup: 2010

Equipment[link]

• Driver: Cobra AMP 8.5 (open position) | Mitsubishi White Board 73X
• Fairway: Adams Super XTD Hybrid 15*, Cobra Amp 15*, Ping i20 15* (he has been trying different 3 woods each week)
• Hybrids: Adams Pro Black 20*
• Irons: Cobra AMP Pro RF prototype 4-9 | Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
• Wedge: Titleist Vokey Spin Milled C-C 47, 51, 55, 59
• Putter: Scotty Cameron GoLo 34 inches
• Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

See also[link]

• 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

References[link]