PGA Money List Top-10 - Week 15
Money leaders, World Golf Ranking and Fedex standings for this week
After one of the toughest Masters Tournaments in recent memory, champion Zach Johnson makes his first entry into the top-10 this week. Tiger Woods takes the top spot.
1. Tiger Woods - Official World Golf Ranking, 1, Fedex Cup standing, 2nd - Did Tiger have a bad week or, like everyone else, succumb to possibly the toughest conditions ever at Augusta? It doesn’t really matter. As always, when he doesn’t win, he’s near the top. His T2 finish was good enough to unseat Singh as the money leader.
2. Vijay Singh - OWGR, 7, Fedex Cup standing, 1st - If not for the 79 on Saturday, Vijay could be wearing the green jacket again. Solid play under any conditions is one of his trademarks. He’s 1st in the all-around ranking, 3rd in scoring and 9th in birdies.
3. Charles Howell, III - OWGR, 16, Fedex Cup standing, 3rd - A T30, though respectable at this years Masters, was considerably worse than Howell had hoped. Still, he ranks well (6th) in scoring average and other statistical categories.
4. Phil Mickelson - OWGR, 4th, Fedex Cup standings, 4th - The media has portrayed Lefty’s week at Augusta as horrible and tried to compare it to the 2006 U.S. Open, much to his chagrin. But he had a T24 finish; not what he wanted, but still solid. He continues to rank well in birdie average (1st), all-around (3rd), and putting average (4th).
5. John Rollins - OWGR, 42, Fedex Cup standing, 5th - Rollins continued his solid play at the Masters Tournament by finishing T20. It doesn’t sound great, but consider that venerable old Augusta National proved it can still be among the toughest. His best statistical categories are the all-around ranking (5th) and scoring average (13th).
6. Adam Scott - OWGR, 3, Fedex Cup standing, 6th - His twelve-over par at the Masters was good enough for a T27 finish and continue his unbroken streak of cuts made this year. Scott ranks 7th in birdie average and 15th in sand save percentage.
7. Aaron Baddeley - OWGR, 26, Fedex Cup standing, 7th - A final-round 80 capped off a mediocre week for Badds. His 19-over par was good enough for a tie for 52nd place at the year’s first major. Despite his performance this week, he is in the middle of a good year. He ranks 7th in top-10 finishes and 12th in putting average.
8. Zach Johnson - OWGR, 15, Fedex Cup standing, 9th - Becoming the 2007 Masters Champion, and receiving the $1,305,000 Masters winner purse, enabled Johnson to improve 62 positions on the PGA TOUR Money List. He seemingly came out of nowhere, but his OWGR position says otherwise. He’s ranked 6th in driving accuracy, 7th in putts per round and 15th in scoring average. Look for continued great play out of Johnson, the latest Major champion.
9. Henrik Stensen - OWGR, 6th, Fedex Cup standing, 12th - Last week, Suite Golf called Stensen a toss-up for the Masters. He finished T17. Given the difficulty of the course and the tournament, his performance was a bit above "toss-up" status. He’s finished in the top-25 or better in each of his four starts.
10. Geoff Ogilvy - OWGR, 9th, Fedex Cup standing, 10th - Despite a third-round 81, Ogilvy managed a top-25 finish this week. He’s having a great year, but only ranks well in one statistical category: 6th in sand save percentage.
32. Boo Weekley - OWGR, 115, Fedex Cup standing, 36th - Absent from the Masters, Weekley dropped a bit in each category. He’ll be back in action at The Heritage.
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Source for the Money List Top-10 stats: PGATour.com.
