FedExCup notes: Zurich Classic of New Orleans

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John Merrick is back in action this week after his tie for sixth at the Masters.

• With his victory last week at the Verizon Heritage, Brian Gay earned 500 points and jumped 22 spaces to seventh in the standings.

• Lee Janzen moved up 62 places to 78th, while Todd Hamilton moved 63 to 84th, after they both tied for fourth at last week's Verizon Heritage.

• Having finished in the top five twice at the TPC Louisiana, Woody Austin is looking to continue his climb up the standings this week after moving up 21 places to 76th due to his tie for 11th finish at the Verizon Heritage.

This week's field
• At third and fourth in the standings, Kenny Perry and Nick Watney are the only two players who can pass Geoff Ogilvy for first place this week, but they won't have to win to do it. Perry needs a solo fourth place finish or better to move into first, while Watney needs to finish in no worse than a two-way tie for third.

• Only 22 players can move into the top 10 with a victory this week with K.J. Choi at 58th being the lowest that can make the move.

FedExCup Player of the Week: John Merrick

• With three top 10 finishes in eleven starts, Merrick is averaging almost 100 points per start and enters this week ranked 22nd in the FedExCup standings.

• Merrick has qualified for the playoffs in each of the first two years of the FedExCup competition, finishing 129th in 2007 and 40th in 2008.