Movers and Shakers: Bridgestone, Reno-Tahoe

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Two tournaments means plenty of movement in the FedExCup standings.

• Last week: World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational | Legends Reno-Tahoe Open
• This week: PGA Championship

• MORE FEDEXCUP: Complete point standings | Points watch | What's next
• THIS WEEK'S PRIZE CODE: Absolutely positively

Biggest mover: Parker McLachlin
He moved: 46 spots, from 93 to 47th
Because: He won the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open.
Thanks to his win on Sunday, McLachlin will now be playing in the PGA Championship next week at Oakland Hills. He also became the ninth first-time winner on the PGA TOUR in 2008. McLachlin now has three top-10 finishes this season and he's cracked the $1 million mark in 2008 earnings.

Welcome to the top 50: Lee Westwood
He moved: 45 spots, from 88th to 43rd
Because: He tied for second in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.
Westwood now as two top-three finishes in his last three TOUR starts. The other, of course, being his third-place finish at the U.S. Open. In those three starts, Westwood has accumulated 4,180 FedExCup points, nearly three quarters of his season total.

Welcome to the field: Chris DiMarco
He moved: 26 spots, from 163rd to 137th
Because: He tied for sixth in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.
DiMarco was third in the field at Firestone in driving accuracy. The issue now appears to be which DiMarco will show up each week. Case in point: DiMarco has two top-15 finishes in his last five starts. However, in the same time span, he has a pair of missed cuts.

Welcome to the top 100: John Rollins
He moved: 24 spots, from 103rd to 79th
Because: He tied for second at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open.
It's not often that you move up the standings on a Sunday when you make a double bogey and a bogey on the back nine. Rollins pulled it off in Reno, moving from third to second after a final-round 71. Rollins now has two top-10s in his last four TOUR starts.

Look out for: Stuart Appleby
He moved: 23 spots, from 42nd to 19th
Because: He tied for second in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.
Appleby started the season with five consecutive top-10 finishes. Since then, he's had one -- and it happened Sunday. If he were to start a five-tournament string of top-10 finishes now, it would likely take him through THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola.