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With the inaugural PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup down to its grand finale this week at THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Brandt Snedeker and Boo Weekley stand out as the remaining members of Team Nationwide still in the hunt.

Brandt Snedeker is by far the highest-placed rookie on the 2007 PGA TOUR so far. (WireImage)

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Snedeker tied for 14th place at the BMW Championship on Sunday, a result good enough to move him from 17th place in the FedExCup standings up to 15th place with 96,516 points. Weekley tied for 57th place in the 70-man field and is 22nd on the points list with 95,734 markers. By contrast, BMW Championship winner and points leader Tiger Wods has 112,733 points.

Only five players remain mathematically eligible to win the FedExCup -- Woods, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, K.J. Choi and Rory Sabbatini. But Snedeker and Weekley will be battling the other players in the 30-man field at East Lake for a for a share of the $7 million purse and the remainder of the FedExCup bonus pool that doesn't go to the winner.

As he has virtually all year, Snedeker put together a solid week at Cog Hill, highlighted by a third-round 65 and containing no real hiccups as he finished at 8-under 276. For the week, he carded 15 birdies, 50 pars and seven bogeys. He tied for 10th in Putts per Round (averaging 27.8), tied for 13th in Sand Saves (77.8%), and tied for 21st in the field in Driving Average (hitting 69.6% of his fairways).

Weekley struggled to an opening 75 at Cog Hill, but bounced back to end the week at 2-over 286. He carded a dozen birdies, 47 pars, a dozen bogeys and a double bogey on the week and, somewhat surprisingly, his best statistical category was Driving Average, where he tied for 14th place by hitting 73.2 percent of his fairways. For the year, Weekley ranks 83rd in Driving Average, hitting 63.7% of his fairways.

Two other Team Nationwide members, Ken Duke and Jeff Quinney, also qualified for the BMW Championship but did not advance to THE TOUR Championship. Duke tied for 52nd at even-par 284 at Cog Hill and finishes his playoff chase 45th in the points with 93,171, while Quinney tied for 63rd at 5-over 289 and ends his playoff hunt 51st in the points with 92532.

For the year, Duke is 41st on the PGA TOUR money list with $1,588,738, while Quinney is 48th on the cash chart with $1,443,409 in season earnings. Both have already guaranteed their spots on the 2008 PGA TOUR, even without playing in any of the seven Fall Series events that begin the week after THE TOUR Championship. At the end of those events in early November, the top 125 on the money list will receive full playing privileges for 2008.