May. 20, 2009
By Mike Vitti, PGATOUR.COM
Changes at the Top
Zach Johnson's victory at the Valero Texas Open moved him to the top of the standings and ahead of Geoff Ogilvy by 94 points.
There are 25 players this week who can move into the top 10 in the standings, but 20 of them will have to win to do it.
At 50th in the standings, Bob Estes is the lowest ranked player who could move into the top 10 this week. Players currently outside of the top 50 that need to make a move soon include: Anthony Kim (51st), Robert Allenby (56th), Stuart Appleby (114th), Vijay Singh (98th), and Adam Scott (69th).
| FedExCup Standings |
| Top players in the field at the HP Byron Nelson Championship |
| Brian Gay |
10 |
927 |
1,427 |
3 |
1,227 |
7 |
1,117 |
7 |
| Dustin Johnson |
12 |
833 |
1,333 |
5 |
1,133 |
7 |
1,023 |
8 |
| Charley Hoffman |
13 |
804 |
1,304 |
5 |
1,104 |
7 |
994 |
8 |
| Charles Howell III |
15 |
772 |
1,272 |
5 |
1,072 |
7 |
962 |
8 |
| Kevin Na |
17 |
761 |
1,261 |
6 |
1,061 |
7 |
951 |
9 |
| David Toms |
18 |
741 |
1,241 |
6 |
1,041 |
7 |
931 |
10 |
| John Rollins |
19 |
714 |
1,214 |
7 |
1,014 |
8 |
904 |
11 |
| Y.E. Yang |
21 |
690 |
1,190 |
7 |
990 |
8 |
880 |
12 |
| Ian Poulter |
24 |
648 |
1,148 |
7 |
948 |
10 |
838 |
12 |
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| Featured FedExCup player |
| Ian Poulter |
• Poulter moved from 62nd to 24th in the standings with his second place finish at THE PLAYERS Championship and could move into the top 10 this week with a victory or solo second. • Finishing in the top 25 six times in seven starts this season, Poulter is averaging about 93 points per start. • Poulter currently leads the PGA TOUR in scrambling and is tied for second in par 4 scoring average. |
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