A month ago, Webb Simpson and Luke Donald - with their families beside them - sat in a room inside the East Lake clubhouse and watched the closing holes of the Tour Championship, waiting to find out if either of them would win the FedEx Cup and its $10-million bonus, their fates ultimately determined by other golfers.

It turned out Bill Haas disappointed both Simpson and Donald that afternoon in Atlanta.

Starting today, though, Simpson and Donald have only each other to worry about as they chase the PGA Tour money title and, likely, the player of the year award in the Children's Miracle Network Classic at Disney World, the final event of the PGA Tour season.

"It makes it a lot easier to know," Simpson said Wednesday before departing Charlotte for Orlando. "You don't want to think about it too much while you're playing but at the same time, it's nice to know if he does this or I do this, it's done. There's not as many variables to be accounted for."

The reason Simpson and Donald are playing in Mickey Mouse's backyard is each other.

Donald is attempting to become the first player to lead both the PGA and European Tour money lists in the same season. He trails Simpson by $363,029 and if Donald finishes lower than a two-way tie for second, Simpson wins the money title (and Arnold Palmer trophy) regardless of how he plays.

Should Donald win at Disney World, Simpson could still claim the money title by finishing solo second. That's about as deep as the scenarios go.

Donald has made seven fewer starts on the PGA Tour than Simpson this year and added the Disney event when Simpson vaulted him on the money list with a second-place finish last week at the McGladrey Classic.

"(Simpson's) obviously gotten ahead of me. I know what I need to do," Donald said.

Simpson, meanwhile, had planned some downtime in his schedule but with the chance to win the money title in his third year on tour, he added the last two events of the Fall Series to his schedule. He didn't officially commit to play this week until shortly before the deadline last Friday after Donald announced his intention to play.

With two wins, two seconds and three third-place finishes this season, another win would probably assure Simpson of the player of the year award in addition to the money title. It's quite a jump from a year ago when Simpson didn't secure his tour privileges until the next-to-last event of the season.

"Talking to my wife, we just said if we don't win the money title or player of the year, in no way will we be disappointed," Simpson said.

"Whatever happens, we're going to be happy but we do want to finish strong and have a clean sweep. It would be awesome."

Donald and Simpson are acquainted but aren't close with each other largely because Donald plays half his season on the European Tour and Simpson is still relatively new to the tour. They'll get plenty of time together this week, paired the first two rounds, starting at 8:20 on the Palm Course today and at 11:50 on the Magnolia Course on Friday.