FedexCup: Round 4 Verizon Heritage Notes

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Lucas Glover
117th, 936 pts
Earning an average of only 104 points per start, Glover has not recorded a top-10 finish in 2008. In six final rounds this season Glover has only recorded one round under par.

Boo Weekley
33rd, 3,247 pts
I think we have seen this before.....Entering the Verizon last year, Weekley had 3,063 points and was 36th in the standings. This year he has 3,247 points and is ranked 33rd. Boo's tournaments last year tended to be feast or famine -- he missed nine cuts, but averaged nearly 700 points (a top 10 finish) when he played the weekend. This year, he's only missed two cuts, but he's averaging about a 20th place finish when he makes the cut. Streaking...Recording seven consecutive rounds in the 60s, Boo has yet to record a round in the 70s at Harbour Town.

Anthony Kim
82nd 1,715 pts
Anthony Kim could move into the top 10 in the FedExCup standings with a victory this week. A solo second could put Kim into the top-25. While Saturdays have been good for Kim (T-5 in third round scoring), Sundays have proven to be a bit more difficult as he ranks T-74 in final round scoring average.

Cliff Kresge
56th 2,387 pts
Me, you, and Boo...like Boo Weekley Kresge entered Verizon in about the same position in 2008 that he held in 2007. In 2007 Kresge was 54th after the Masters, this year he is 56th. Last year Kresge finished the regular season with 3,125 points and was 99th heading into the playoffs, but with a top 10 finish this week he can surpass all of last year's FedExCup points total. A win would put him solidly in the top 10 in the standings.

Stewart Cink
6th 7,746 pts
With a top 10 finish, Cink could move to 3rd in the FedExCup standings, and become the highest ranked player without a victory in 2008. A top-10 finish would be Cink's fifth such finish this year, tying him with Tiger Woods and Stuart Appleby for the TOUR lead in that category.

Jim Furyk
27th, 3,999 pts
Furyk was the 9th seed in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup last year, and is currently 27th in the points standings. But there's no need for concern -- he didn't really heat up last year until June was in sight. From May 27th through the end of July, he earned nearly 12,000 points, which would have been good for 9th seed all by itself. After finishing in the top-10 in three consecutive years Furyk missed the cut at Verizon in 2007, but looks to be back on track this year. A top-5 finish would move Furyk into the top-20 in the FedExCup standings.

Aaron Baddeley
55th 2,452 pts
One of the stars from last year's playoffs, Baddeley really needs a strong finish at Verizon to improve his positioning. ? Baddeley had an outside chance to win the FedExCup last year when THE TOUR Championship began, needing a win and some help from others ahead of him, but under the new Playoffs points system, his 2nd at Deutsche Bank and 5th at BMW Championship would have allowed him to control his own destiny at the TOUR Championship Presented by Coca-Cola-- a win would secure the FedExCup. A top-5 would move Baddeley to around 30th in the standings, but a win would put him in the top-10.

Robert Allenby
29th 3,605 pts
Last year Allenby made it to the TOUR Championship Presented by Coca-Cola, but at this point in the season Allenby had recorded six top-10 finishes and was 11th in the FedExCup standings. A strong finish this week will get him back on track to get back to the final event.

Davis Love III
148th 558 pts
If the playoffs started today Love would not be participating, however, a top-10 finish could get him into the top-100 and give him some momentum for the remainder of the regular season.

Jason Bohn
141st 599 pts
A big move up the leaderboard would really help Bohn's FedExCup position, and since he is currently tied for fifth in final round scoring average a top-5 finish may be very likely.

Following is a chart of the players in the field who made the Playoffs last year and are nonetheless dramatically ahead of last year's pace.