E-notes: Two events remain, 'THE 25' taking shape ...

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Brendon de Jonge's tie for fifth last week at the Chattanooga Classic boosted him over the $400,000 mark in earnings this year. He's the fifth player in Tour history to reach that level. Troy Matteson holds the single season record collecting $495,009 in 2005.

Atwal

Nationwide Tour tournament winners have come from 20 countries outside the U.S. since the Tour began in 1990 following the addition of India with Arjun Atwal's victory last week in Chattanooga.

With just two events remaining on the schedule, David Branshaw is the man on the bubble in 25th place on the money list. Branshaw has $194,120 to date, just $644 ahead of Ryan Hietala.

The victory last week on the PGA TOUR by Marc Turnesa was the 235th win by a former Nationwide Tour player on the TOUR. He's the 17th player to graduate one year from the Nationwide Tour and win on the PGA TOUR the following season.

Each of the first three winners of the Miccosukee Championship earned $90,000 from the $500,000 purse. Marc Turnesa won $103,500 for last year's victory. This year's champion will walk away with $112,500 from the $625,000 purse.

Nolan

Last year, Keith Nolan was the only player on Tour to tee it up in every regular-season event when he started at the 2007 Miccosukee Championship his 31st start of the season. This year's ironmen are Matt Bettencourt, J.J. Killeen, David McKenzie, Jonathan Fricke, Jim Herman and Kelly Grunewald, with 27 starts in 28 tournaments through last week's Chattanooga Classic.

Cameron Yancey has accepted a sponsor's invitation to compete in the Miccosukee Championship. Yancey collected his first paycheck as a professional at the Canadian Tour's Lewis Chitengwa Memorial in May 2002, where he tied for fourth and earned $6,600. The 29-year-old was a freshman at the University of Virginia from 1997-98, on the same team as Chitengwa, who passed away in 2001 from a rare form of meningitis. He was also the first University of Virginia player to gain fully exempt status on the PGA TOUR, where in 2003 he ranked 231st on the money list. Other invited players include Miami pro Juan Weissenberg, a former Barry University golfer and a two-time winner on the Minor League Golf Tour. The other two sponsor exemptions are going to Camilo Benedetti and Lee Williams.

Tambellini

One player to watch is Roger Tambellini who is 28th on the money list. Tambellini was a PGA TOUR member in 2004 and 2006 and is aiming for a spot in "THE 25" to earn his way back to the TOUR next year. After four top 10s in April and May, Tambellini -- who had made 10 consecutive cuts before the streak ended last week at the Chattanooga Classic -- needs to finish his season well to secure his spot on TOUR next year. Tambellini has played in the Miccosukee Championship twice with a tie for 14th in 2003 and a tie for eighth last year. He has shot in the 60s every round, except the final round in 2003 when he shot 74, after taking the lead into the final round.

In the five-year history of the Miccosukee Championship, three of the four winners (D.J. Trahan, Bryce Molder and Marc Turnesa) earned their first Nationwide Tour victory at the Miccosukee Golf and Country Club. Craig Bowden, the 2003 champion, won for the first time at the 1998 Miami Valley Open. There was no event in 2005 when officials canceled the tournament due to Hurricane Wilma.

Sixteen players have played in every Miccosukee Championship. Jeff Klauk has the best record of the 16, with a tie for fourth in 2007 and total earnings of $39,471. Klauk (eighth on the 2008 money list) and Fran Quinn (58th on the money list) are the only two players to have made the cut in every Miccosukee Championship.