2012 FedEx Cup Standings: Tiger Woods Finishes In Third Behind Champion Brandt Snedeker

Tiger Woods could not pull off a comeback victory at the Tour Championship Sunday, finishing tied for eighth in the tournament and third overall in the final FedEx Cup standings.

Woods had a shot at his third FedEx Cup if he could just pull off the victory this past weekend, but he blew his chance pretty quickly Sunday, playing four-over on his first six holes. With a two-over final round, Woods finished nine strokes shy of what was necessary for the $10 million FedEx Cup pot.

Woods concludes 2012 winning three times in 19 starts with seven top five finishes along the way.

Rory McIlory was the only player to finish between Snedeker and Woods. Nick Watney and Phil Mickelson rounded out the top five.

Fellow California natives Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan finished 28th and 19th place, respectively, in the final FedEx Cup standings.

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2012 Tour Championship Purse: Tiger Woods Wins $248K

After four tough rounds at the 2012 Tour Championship, the purse has been announced for every golfer who competed this weekend. Brandt Snedeker was the big winner on Sunday, and for his efforts he will take home $1.44 million. Not a bad showing for the 31-year-old rising star.

Justin Rose finished in second place, three strokes back of Snedeker. He took home $864,000. Luke Donald and Ryan Moore tied for third place at -6, and they'll each receive $468,000 for their strong performances. Webb Simpson and Bubba Watson placed fifth and each won $304,000.

Tiger Woods placed eighth, shooting 2-under par for the tournament. He and Hunter Mahan both left with $248,000. Rory McIlroy finished in a tie for 10th place with four other golfers, and they all won $205.7K.

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The Tour Championship 2012: Brandt Snedeker Continues Brilliant 2012 With Tournament Victory, FedEx Cup Title

Brandt Snedeker looked confident and steady throughout his final round at the Tour Championship Sunday, taking home the tournament title along with FedEx Cup honors with a score of two-under.

Snedeker sunk three birdies on the back nine before dropping a bogey on his final hole but by then, the biggest victory of his eight-year career has already been secured. Snedeker's overall score of 10-under also earned him the $10 million dollar pot that comes with the FedEx Cup championship.

Snedeker began the tournament in fifth place in the FedEx Cup standings but contenders like Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy weren't able to seal the deal. Woods registered a +2 round thanks to four bogeys and a double bogey Sunday. Woods finished the tournament tied for eighth after a promising showing on Thursday's first round.

McIlroy appeared to be in the driver's seat for the FedEx Cup before turning in a miserable +4 round on Sunday.

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2012 Tour Championship: Brant Snedeker Hanging On To Final Round Lead

Brant Snedeker is playing steady and right now, it looks like that is all he will need to secure The Tour Championship. Snedeker is even through eight holes in today's final round, keeping him at eight-under, which is two shots clear of second place Ryan Moore and Justin Rose.

None of Snedeker's chasers are under par for the day, making his even play enough for the moment. Moore is also even today, while Rose is two-over, fourth place Jim Furyk is even and fifth place Bubba Watson is one-over. Without anyone going low, Snekeder isn't being asked to do much.

East Lake Golf Club is causing havoc for the players in the final round and only four players are under par. Webb Simpson is two-under through 14 holes, but that only got him to three-under so it's a little too late for him. Orange, CA native Hunter Mahan is having a great day at four-under, but he is already through 16 holes and is only two-under for the tournament.

Tiger Woods is working on his second over-par round of the tournament. He shot a 73 on Friday and is three-over today after 11 holes. That has him back at one-under for the tournament, seven shots off the pace.

The Tour Championship 2012: Brandt Snedeker, Justin Rose Lead After 3 Rounds Of Play

Brandt Snedeker shot a fantastic 6-under par for the third round of the Tour Championship, which vaulted him all the way to the top of the leaderboard.

Snedeker finished the third round at 8-under par for the tournament, which has him tied with Justin Rose for the lead entering the final round. Rose shot a 2-under par on Saturday.

Ryan Moore also moved up the leaderboard on Saturday, with his 5-under round leaving him at 6-under with one round to go. That score has Moore alone in third place after three rounds of play. Second-round leader Jim Furyk, Rory McIlroy and Bubba Watson are all tied for fourth place, sitting a single stroke behind Moore entering the final round of play.

Tiger Woods shot 3-under for the third round, bouncing back from a Friday that saw him shoot a 73. Woods is tied with a trio of other golfers at 4-under entering Sunday's play. Phil Mickelson went the other way on Saturday, as his 2-over par round saw him drop into a tie for 20th place.

Sunday's final round will be an interesting one, as several golfers could potentially come out on top of the FedEx Cup standings. The projected standings can be found here.

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The TOUR Championship 2012: Tiger Woods Returns To Top 10, Jim Furyk Holds Lead

Trying to rebound from a rough second round on Friday, Tiger Woods is 1-under through 12 holes in the third round of the 2012 TOUR Championship on Saturday. He's improved his overall score to 2-under, but he's still trailing leader Jim Furyk by five strokes at the East Lake Country Club in Atlanta, Ga.

At the moment, Furyk has held steady at 7-under overall through a few holes on Saturday, keeping his one-stroke lead. Justin Rose is currently tied for second place at 6-under with Bubba Watson, who birdied the third hole on Saturday to move up the leaderboard.

Ryan Moore has made a major run at East Lake, shooting 4-under in the first nine holes of the third round to move up to fourth on the leaderboard at 5-under. The tournament's initial favorite, Rory McIlroy, has dropped to 2-under overall after bogeying a pair of holes on the front nine Saturday.

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2012 Tour Championship: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Parings For Saturday

After two rounds of play at the 2012 Tour Championship, the third round is set for Saturday afternoon at the East Lake Golf Club. Jim Furyk is your current leader at 7-under par, with Justin Rose, Bubba Watson and Bo Van Pelt right behind him on the leaderboard. Tiger Woods did not have a good day on Friday and is now six strokes back of Furyk.

Here are the tee times for Saturday, courtesy of Golf.com. All times are Eastern Standard Time.

11:40 am Ernie Els, Nick Watney
11:50 am John Huh, Lee Westwood
12:00 pm Sergio Garcia, Keegan Bradley
12:10 pm Hunter Mahan, Adam Scott
12:20 pm Scott Piercy, Louis Oosthuizen
12:30 pm Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker
12:40 pm John Senden, Jason Dufner
12:50 pm Tiger Woods, Luke Donald
1:00 pm Rickie Fowler, Ryan Moore
1:10 pm Brandt Snedeker, Webb Simpson
1:20 pm Zach Johnson, Carl Pettersson
1:30 pm Rory McIlroy, Robert Garrigus
1:40 pm Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar
1:50 pm Bubba Watson, Bo Van Pelt
2:00 pm Jim Furyk, Justin Rose

TV: The Golf Channel will have the coverage from noon to 2 p.m. ET. NBC will then televise the rest of the action throughout the afternoon.

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Tour Championship 2012 Leaderboard: Tiger Woods Struggles In Second Round

The second round of the 2012 Tour Championship has wrapped up. There were numerous movers both up and down the leaderboard, including Tiger Woods. After a strong showing on Thursday, Woods struggled on Friday and shot 3-over-par to drop his overall score to 1-under for the tournament. He is now tied 12th place after entering the day as the co-leader.

Jim Furyk was the big mover in the second round, shooting six-under par to improve his overall score to 7-under and a spot atop the leaderboard. Furyk birdied seven of his first 10 holes, although two bogeys late on the Back 9 stopped him from having a historic day at East Lake Golf Club.

Justin Rose sits in second place at 6-under through 36 holes. He entered the day tied with Woods for the lead. Bubba Watson and Bo Van Pelt were solid yet again and sit at 5-under, while Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar are tied for fifth place at 4-under.

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The Tour Championship 2012: Jim Furyk Jumps Out To Leads, Tiger Woods Working Way Up

With most golfers a little through the halfway mark of Friday's 2012 Tour Championship round, Jim Furyk surged up the leaderboard to take sole possession of first place sitting at 8-under. He has seven birdies through his first eleven holes with nothing worse than par on everything else.

Furyk leads fellow American Matt Kuchar by two strokes. Robert Garrigus, Zach Johnson and Tigers Woods round out the top five with all three at 4-under on the day.

Woods has an even score on the day after balancing his first hole bogey out with a birdie on the par-4 third. He still has more than enough time to make up some ground though as he's only through his first six holes on the day.

Rory McIlroy, most people's FedEx Cup favorite, is currently 2-under overall with his 1-under round Friday. McIlroy still has five holes to play.

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2012 Tour Championship: Second Round Leaderboard Update

Jim Furyk and Matt Kuchar have the hottest rounds on the course during the second round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, vaulting atop the leaderboard with a flurry of birdies on Friday.

Furyk has vaulted himself atop the leaderboard at 5-under after making four birdies over his first seven holes of the day. Matt Kuchar is in solo second at 5-under, while Justin Rose is alone in third place at 4-under after a par on his first hole. Tiger Woods made bogey to fall back to 3-under after just one hole on Friday.

FedEx Cup points leader Rory McIlroy is tied with Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan, Zach Johnson and Brandt Snedeker at 2-under for the week, while Phil Mickelson can't get much going on Friday as he sits 1-over through his first eight holes, even par for the tournament.

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2012 TOUR Championship: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Pairings For Friday

The 2012 TOUR Championship has Tiger Woods in the lead after he finished the first round at 4-under. Woods is tied with Justin Rose in first place.

The TOUR Championship's second round starts tomorrow, and Woods will tee off at 11:05 a.m. PT in the final group with Rose. John Huh is in the first group with Nick Watney, as he's in next-to-last place. Also in contention is Hunter Mahan, who currently stands at 2-under. He'll be teeing off at 10:35 a.m. PT.

Television coverage of the tournament for Friday will be on the Golf Channel from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m PT.

Here are the tee times for Friday's round at East Lake Golf Club. The times are all Pacific:

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Tour Championship 2012 Leaderboard: Tiger Woods Leads After First Round

After the first round of play at the 2012 Tour Championship, Tiger Woods is tied with Justin Rose for the overall tournament lead. Despite a rocky start to the day, Woods played well down the back-nine and is now at 4-under after 18 holes.

Scott Piercy, Bo Van Pelt, Matt Kuchar and Steve Stricker are all tied for third place at 3-under overall and just one stroke back of the leaders. Hunter Mahan, Adam Scott, Robert Garrigus, Zach Johnson and Brandt Snedeker are tied for seventh place at 2-under par. Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy, who currently leads the FedEx Cup Standings, are two of seven golfers currently tied for 12th at 1-under overall.

You can find the complete leaderboard here, courtesy of Golf.com.

The second round of the 2012 Tour Championship is scheduled to begin early Friday morning at East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, Ga.

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The Tour Championship 2012: Jim Furyk In Early Three-Way Tie For The Lead

The Tour Championship got underway on Thursday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, and it's shaping up to be a showdown between the top 30 players left in the PGA Tour Playoffs.

Jim Furyk, Bo Van Pelt and Scott Piercy currently sit atop the leaderboard at 2-under for the day. Lee Westwood, Ryan Moore, Sergio Garcia, Matt Kuchar, Carl Pettersson and Justin Rose are the only other players currently under par at East Lake, sitting at 1-under.

FedEx Cup points leader Rory McIlroy has started his round with a bogey on the first, while his playing partner Tiger Woods made par and is even through his first hole of the day. Phil Mickelson is even though his first two holes.

Two-over is currently the highest score on the course, meaning only four shots separate first place and last place so far.

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2012 TOUR Championship: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Pairings For Thursday

The 2012 FedEx Cup playoffs come to their conclusion at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA as the TOUR Championship gets underway on Thursday morning.

The field has been whittled away to the top 30 players over the last three weeks of playoff action, with the 15 pairings based on each player's Fedex Cup points. All eyes will be on the top two players this weekend as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy battle for the FedEx Cup.

TV coverage will be on the Golf Channel from 1-6 p.m. ET with encore coverage from 8:30 p.m.- 1:30 a.m. Radio coverage will be on Sirus XM from 12-6 p.m. ET.

Here are the remainder of the tee times and pairings for the first round. All times ET.

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