Fast Money
If your goal is to be top dog on the PGA Tour, it is critical to get off to a fast start, right? Not necessarily. The last player to lead the money list after the West Coast and Florida swings and then go on to win the earnings title was Tiger Woods in 2002.* Below are the Tour pros who topped the money list heading into the Masters and where they finished the season.
* None of the six FedEx Cup winners led the money list going into the Masters
YEAR | $ LEADER | $ FINISH |
2012 | Hunter Mahan | 9th |
2011 | Mark Wilson | 19th |
2010 | Ernie Els | 3rd |
2009 | Geoff Ogilvy | 8th |
2008 | Tiger Woods | 2nd |
2007 | Vijay Singh | 3rd |
2006 | Rory Sabbatini | 12th |
2005 | Phil Mickelson | 3rd |
2004 | Phil Mickelson | 3rd |
2003 | Tiger Woods | 2nd |