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Heat Index: PGA Championship
 
Aug. 7, 2007
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Peter Lonard's tie for fourth at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational was worth a 1,155 points in the Race for the FedExCup:

Moving on Up
Rank Player Rank Last Week Positions Gained
79 Steve Flesch 140 61
122 Kevin Stadler 157 35
87 Charles Warren 115 28
90 Chris DiMarco 118 28
160 Rich Barcelo 185 25
169 Brendon de Jonge 190 21
65 Peter Lonard 84 19
20 Justin Rose 37 17
128 John Merrick 143 15
214 Carlos Franco 228 14
95 Shaun Micheel 107 12

After a month-long reign, K.J. Choi slipped from first to fourth among players who have been hot for their last four events:

Shaping Up for Playoffs
Rank Player Average FedExCup Points in Last 4 Events
1 Woods, Tiger 2,130
2 Furyk, Jim 1,789
3 Sabbatini, Rory 1,719
4 Choi, K.J. 1,468
5 Harrington, Padraig 1,360
6 Cabrera, Angel 1,289
7 Clark, Tim 1,231
8 Byrd, Jonathan 1,188
9 Bateman, Brian 1,138
10 Stricker, Steve 1,021
11 Rose, Justin 902
12 Singh, Vijay 852
13 Garcia, Sergio 838
14 Mahan, Hunter 709
15 Flesch, Steve 687
16 Verplank, Scott 625
17 Langer, Bernhard 625
18 Ogilvie, Joe 593
19 Perez, Pat 552
20 Snedeker, Brandt 541

Jim Furyk is almost a lock to finish in the top 10 every time he tees it up:

A guaranteed paycheck
Players who finish in the Top 10 50 percent of the time or more (in the last 8 events).
Rank Player Percentage of Times Finishing in the Top 10
T1 Furyk, Jim 62.5
T1 Rose, Justin 62.5
T1 Verplank, Scott 62.5
T1 Woods, Tiger 62.5
T5 Mahan, Hunter 50.0
T5 Sabbatini, Rory 50.0
T5 Snedeker, Brandt 50.0

More Furyk:

A guaranteed paycheck, Part 2
Players who finish in the Top 30 80 percent of the time or more (in the last 8 events)
Rank Player Percentage of Times Finishing in the Top 30
1 Furyk, Jim 100.0
T2 Choi, K.J. 87.5
T2 Mahan, Hunter 87.5
T2 Rose, Justin 87.5
T2 Singh, Vijay 87.5
T2 Woods, Tiger 87.5