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    Rookie's unusual week ends in win at Wells Fargo

    Derek Ernst didn't come out of nowhere to win the Wells Fargo Championship. He actually was driving a rental car toward Athens, Ga., the fourth alternate who figured he might as well spend the week playing in the minor leagues.He wound up a playoff winner at Quail Hollow with a game that wins anywhere.It's easy to get caught up in the elements that make his victory Sunday so amazing.Ernst is a 22-year-old rookie who was finishing up at UNLV at this time a year ago. He was No. 1,207 in the world ranking, having played only eight PGA Tour events, one of them last year when he earned a spot through Monday qualifying. He had made only two cuts this year, which led to being the No. 4 alternate.Players like Ernst don't typically get into a tournament like the Wells Fargo Championship. But there was so much talk about the shabby shape of the greens — and they were worse than players were told — that several players decided not to play.Ernst got the phone call Monday that he was in at Quail Ho...

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      Charl Schwartzel of South Africa birdied the last two holes to narrowly get inside the top 70 in the FedEx Cup and advance to the third playoff event next week at Cr...

    2. FedEx Cup playoffs start with a bang: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy in same group

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    3. Barclays wants to take FedEx Cup playoff to Bethpage Black, says person informed of plans

      The Barclays wants to take its FedEx Cup playoff event to Bethpage Black in 2012.A person informed of the plans told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Barclays ...

    4. No one ever said the FedEx Cup was perfect, but no one has come up with a better solution

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    5. Nearly 5 years in, does the FedEx Cup work?

      Give the PGA Tour credit for its proactive approach to make golf more interesting as the leaves start turning colors and football season begins.Instead of having a f...

    6. Haas wins Tour Championship, FedEx Cup

      Bill Haas parred the third playoff to Sunday to defeat Hunter Mahan and win the Tour Championship.Haas also won the $10 million prize for finishing first in the race...

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      PGA Pro Stewart Cink gives us his pick

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    11. Furyk opts for the straight and narrow

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    12. Furyk trying to move forward

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    1. Final qualifying event for FedEx Cup playoffs; who made the cut in the majors

      Gary Woodland, Y.E. Yang and Chez Reavie all made it to the Tour Championship for a chance to compete for the $10 million bonus prize in the FedEx Cup finale.One yea...

    2. Bill Haas Wins High-Stakes FedEx Cup

      Bill Haas made a stunning par save from shallow water, then won the high-stakes FedEx Cup on Sunday worth $11.44 million in the most riveting conclusion of the PGA T...

    3. PGA Tour gets big sponsorship renewal, keeping FedEx Cup through 2017

      The PGA Tour is keeping the FedEx Cup for at least five more years with a significant sponsorship renewal.Commissioner Tim Finchem announced Wednesday that FedEx has...

    4. Snedeker ready for Masters talk at RBC Heritage

      Brandt Snedeker stepped in front of the cameras, offered a few opening remarks about the RBC Heritage and then took a breath."Go ahead," he told the group. "I know i...

    5. Winners of tour events in fall get Masters invite

      The Masters has found a way to keep its field small and let in more PGA Tour winners.The PGA Tour is going to a wraparound schedule in October. That means the tourna...

    6. The FedEx Cup carrot takes on different sizes depending on the player

      Marc Leishman remembers the nervous feeling as he stood over a short putt on the final hole of the BMW Championship. It was his first time in the FedEx Cup, and the ...

    7. FedEx Cup playoffs: Where the sum of the parts is greater than $10 million

      Phil Mickelson, an exception in so many ways, calculated the odds and did the math.Remember, this is the guy who once had his caddie tend the flag when he was 72 yar...

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