Following his romp at Kiawah, McIlroy kept his foot on the accelerator. Competing in his first FedEx Cup Playoffs, he won the Deutsche Bank and BMW Championships in back-to-back weeks to solidify his spot at the top of golf's pecking order and all but wrap up his first PGA Tour Player of the Year Award. McIlroy and Woods will enter the 2012 Ryder Cup as the unquestioned top guns for their respective squads.