FedExCup notes: Memorial

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• Tiger Woods' first place standing is not safe this week, the first time in the last 11 weeks he has not been assured of keeping his lead. Mickelson needs 2,400 points to move into first, so a solo second would suffice. Each of the top 50 players in the field has a chance to move into 10th or higher, and of those 50, 40 have won on the PGA TOUR at least once in his career.

• A number of players in the field who did well in 2007 are doing significantly better this year, including 6 who have earned more points this year than in all of last year. Of the players in the field who finished among the top 70 seeds for the 2007 PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, the players below are the ones who are not only well ahead of their pace to this point last year, they are within 1,000 points of last year's total. All of them made the cut at the Memorial last year, with Kenny Perry and Rod Pampling finishing T3.

• There have been 20 different winners of 23 events so far this year. Fifteen of those 20 winners are in the field this week, 14 of whom are seeking to become the third player this year to record multiple victories. Of this year's winners in the field, only four didn't tally points at the Memorial -- Mickelson and Holmes missed the cut, while Wagner and Kraft weren't eligible for the field.