Carl Pettersson Wins The 2008 Wyndham Championship

Carl Pettersson Wins The 2008 Wyndham Championship

Carl Pettersson caught fire on the back nine Sunday to win the Wyndham Championship by two shots over Scott McCarron.

Pettersson fired a closing round of two-under 68, and a final score of 21-under.

Pettersson also set new 36- and 54- hole scoring records along the way.

The big bonus for him though was winning the tournament vaulted him into the TOP 30 on the PGA tour Fed-EX cup points list.

Here’s the top 30. (Current Fedex Cup Standings)

Tiger Woods
Kenny Perry
Phil Mickelson
Padraig Harrington
Anthony Kim
Stewart Cink
Vijay Singh
Justin Leonard
Ryuji Imada
Geoff Ogilvy
Robert Allenby
Sergio Garcia
Carl Pettersson
Boo Weekley
Jim Furyk
Sean O’Hair
K.J. Choi
D.J. Trahan
Stuart Appleby
Trevor Immelman
Steve Stricker
J.B. Holmes
Chad Campbell
Adam Scott
Jeff Quinney
Andres Romero
Ben Curtis
Ernie Els
Briny Baird
Stephen Ames

Players that grabbed themselves a playoff appearance that before the Wyndham were on the outside looking in were:

Rich Beem
Martin Laird
J.J. Henry
Justin Bolli
and Lee Janzen

Players that played their way out of the Playoffs were:

Marco Dawson
Brett Rumford
Todd Hamilton
Tag Ridings
and Gavin Coles

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