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Playoff points system has yet another unintended effect

By Bob Harig
ESPN.com

Thursday, September 25, 2008

ATLANTA -- Give Bubba Watson credit for seeing the big picture. He is thankful to be here at the Tour Championship, fully aware that a $112,000 payday awaits him for beating no one -- and a lot more if he does anything this weekend at East Lake Golf Club. That doesn't include the $175,000 bonus he would get for finishing 30th in the FedEx Cup standings. Or the spot in the 2009 Masters. And the U.S. Open. And the WGC-CA Championship. All because he had a couple of decent, certainly not excep ...

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