Nationwide Graduates' Performance
How the Top-25 Golfers Stand Through the Buick Invitational
Tiger Woods won the Buick Invitational again, making it five of the last six, but some new PGA Tour card-holders also faired well.
As the 2008 PGA Tour season continues to get underway, several of the Nationwide Tour graduates who received their PGA Tour cards this year continue to prove themselves and earn some much-deserved respect. Here’s how "The 25," in order of their 2007 Nationwide Tour finish, are doing so far, with their Buick results and season Fedex Cup standing (bold indicates Top-100)
1. Richard Johnson, Wales - (Buick finish) T126 MC, (Fedex Ranking) NR
2. Roland Thatcher, United States - (Buick) T35, (Fedex) 129th
3. Nick Flanagan, Australia - (Buick) T67, (Fedex) T149
4. Jon Mills, Canada - (Buick) T44, (Fedex) 129th
5. Jason Day, Australia - (Buick) T49, (Fedex) T125
6. Nicholas Thompson, United States - (Buick) T106 MC, (Fedex) 41st
7. Matthew Jones, Australia - (Buick) T23, (Fedex) 39th
8. Justin Bolli, United States - (Buick) T49, (Fedex) 122nd
9. Patrick Sheehan, United States - (Buick) T95 MC, (Fedex) 85th
10. Paul Claxton, United States - (Buick) T126 MC, (Fedex) 110th
11. Ron Whittaker, United States - (Buick) T119 MC, (Fedex) NR
12. Michael Letzig, United States - (Buick)T134 MC, (Fedex) 122nd
13. Martin Laird, Scotland - (Buick) T67, (Fedex) 86th
14. Kyle Thompson, United States - (Buick) T119 MC, (Fedex) 87th
15. Omar Uresti, United States - (Buick) T67, (Fedex) T149
16. Marc Turnesa, United States - (Buick) T36, (Fedex) 113th
17. Brad Elder, United States - (Buick) T106 MC, (Fedex) NR
18. Chez Reavie, United States - (Buick) T119, (Fedex) 15th
19. John Riegger, United States - (Buick) DNP, (Fedex) T143
20. Tom Scherrer, United States - (Buick) DNP, (Fedex) T127
21. Scott Sterling, United States - (Buick) T67, (Fedex) 99th
22. Brenden Pappas, South Africa - (Buick) T95 MC, (Fedex) NR
23. Chad Collins, United States - (Buick) DNP, (Fedex) T92
24. James Driscoll, United States - (Buick) DNP, (Fedex) T77
25. Jimmy Walker, United States - (Buick) DNP, (Fedex) 136th
Only seven players missed the cut at the Buick Invitational; five other Nationwide Tour graduates did not play in the event. Overall, their showing was strong, with top honors among the group going to Matthew Jones of Australia, with a T23 finish. For the season, Chez Reavie is maintaining the best game, which has given him a 15th-place Fedex Ranking.
This week, the Tour is in Scottsdale, Arizona for the always popular, never quiet FBR Open. Aaron Baddeley is the defending champion. Chances are, by today Gary McCord has mentioned building a dome over the 17th hole at least half-dozen times. He thinks it’s still a clever idea.
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Source: PGATOUR.com and Suite101.com Golf.
