Inside the field: WNB Golf Classic

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Oct. 8, 2008

A total of 129 players will participate in the WNB Golf Classic when it begins on Thursday. Who's playing in Midland, Texas? We've analyzed the field based on these categories:

'THE 25'

The top 25 players on the Nationwide Tour Money List

Rank	Player	Events	Money
1	Brendon de Jonge	24	$378,973
2	Jarrod Lyle	22	$371,062
3	Scott Piercy	15	$310,329
4	Bill Lunde	23	$309,848
6	Greg Chalmers	21	$293,258
7	Jeff Klauk	23	$289,810
8	Darron Stiles	24	$279,442
9	Rick Price	22	$272,394
10	David Mathis	22	$265,612
11	Colt Knost	19	$264,890
12	Casey Wittenberg	21	$255,142
13	Peter Tomasulo	22	$248,992
14	Kris Blanks	22	$242,925
15	Brendon Todd	19	$206,924
16	Scott Gutschewski	22	$205,978
17	Matt Weibring	18	$195,431
18	Chris Tidland	17	$194,480
19	Matt Bettencourt	25	$193,843
20	Aron Price	23	$193,517
21	David Branshaw	20	$192,283
22	Spencer Levin	24	$191,306
23	Ryan Hietala	23	$190,694
24	Roger Tambellini	21	$182,405
25	Ricky Barnes	22	$174,477

2008 Tournament Winners

Player	Event(s) won	Tournament
Kris Blanks	1	Bank of America Open
Scott Gutschewski	1	The Rex Hospital Open
Gavin Coles	1	Chitimacha Louisiana Open Pres'd by Dynamic Industries
Scott Dunlap	1	Panama Movistar Championship
Jarrod Lyle	2	Mexico Open Presented by Corona, Knoxville Open Presented by Food City
Darron Stiles	1	HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship
Greg Chalmers	1	Henrico County Open
Bryan DeCorso	1	South Georgia Classic
Colt Knost	2	Fort Smith Classic Presented by Stephens Inc., Price Cutter Charity Championship Presented by Dr Pepper
David Mathis	1	BMW Charity Pro-Am
Jeff Klauk	1	Melwood Prince George's County Open
Justin Hicks	1	Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic Presented by Samsung
Rick Price	1	Nationwide Tour Players Cup
Bill Lunde	1	Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational
Ryan Hietala	1	Cox Classic Presented by Chevrolet
Scott Piercy	1	Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open
Brendon de Jonge	1	Xerox Classic
Ewan Porter	1	Moonah Classic
Aron Price	1	Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship
Chris Tidland	1	Albertsons Boise Open pres'd by Kraft
Brendon Todd	1	Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank

PGA TOUR Winners

Player	Event(s) won	Tournament
Mark Brooks	7	1988 Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open, 1991 Greater Milwaukee Open, 1991 KMart Greater Greensboro Open, 1994 Kemper Open, 1996 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, 1996 PGA Championship, 1996 Shell Houston Open
Bob Burns	1	2002 Disney Golf Classic
Tom Byrum	1	1989 Kemper Open
J.L. Lewis	2	1999 John Deere Classic, 2003 84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania
Blaine McCallister	5	1988 Hardee's Golf Classic, 1989 Honda Classic, 1989 Bank of Boston Classic, 1991 H.E.B. Texas Open, 1993 B.C. Open
Steve Pate	6	1987 Southwest Golf Classic, 1988 MONY Tournament of Champions, 1988 Shearson Lehman Hutton Andy Williams Open, 1991 Honda Classic, 1992 Buick Invitational of California, 1998 CVS Charity Classic
Dicky Pride	1	1994 Federal Express St. Jude Classic
Chris Riley	1	2002 Reno-Tahoe Open
Chris Smith	1	2002 Buick Classic
Grant Waite	1	1993 Kemper Open
Garrett Willis	1	2001 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open
Willie Wood	1	1996 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic

Past Winners of the WNB Golf Classic

Player (Year)

Kevin Johnson (2000)

D.J. Brigman (2003)

Kris Cox (2005)

International players

	Argentina	Miguel Angel Carballo, Sebastian Fernandez, Fabian Gomez
	Australia	Andrew Bonhomme, Andrew Buckle, Greg Chalmers, Gavin Coles, Kim Felton, Scott Gardiner, Won Joon Lee, Marc Leishman, Jarrod Lyle, David McKenzie, Wade Ormsby, Ewan Porter, Cameron Percy, Aron Price
	Canada	Bryan DeCorso, Brad Fritsch, David Hearn, Dean Larsson, Jim Rutledge
	England	Gary Christian
	India	Arjun Atwal
	Ireland	Keith Nolan
	Mexico	Esteban Toledo
	New Zealand	Bradley Iles, Grant Waite
	Norway	Henrik Bjornstad
	Scotland	Steven Young
	South Africa	Garth Mulroy
	Sweden	Oskar Bergman
	Zimbabwe	Brendon De Jonge