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The race for 60th: What they need
 
Oct. 26, 2007
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By Kin Lo
PGATOUR.com ShotLink Analyst

The Miccosukee Championship is the final opportunity for players to qualify for next week's Nationwide Tour Championship. Only the top 60 players on the money list make the field for the season-ending event where "THE 25" who receive their PGA TOUR cards for 2008 will be decided.

Last year, two players earned their way into the Nationwide Tour Championship with their performances at Miccosukee. Steve Marino tied for seventh place and jumped from 61st to 54th on the money list, and Gary Christian moved from 63rd to 58th with his share of 10th.

Perhaps the most memorable performance came from D.J. Trahan in 2004, when he won the Miccosukee Championship to jump from 70th on the money list to 26th. He then went on to finish 15th at the Nationwide Tour Championship and earn his TOUR card for 2005.

We have projected the 60th position on the money list after the Miccosukee Classic to be approximately $93,000. This estimate is derived by analyzing trends in historical data maintained by the Nationwide Tour, coupled with current year performance and purse sizes

The table below shows players who are entered in this week's event, and how they will need to perform in order to have a realistic chance of finishing within the top 60 on the money list. This projection could fluctuate, and players close to the threshold will need to perform well this week to guarantee a spot in next week's Nationwide Tour Championship -- and the chance to graduate to the PGA TOUR in 2008.

On The Bubble
Player Current Rank Money Earned Money Needed for Top 60 Place Needed For Top 60
Jim McGovern 47 $125,629 ($32,629) --
Tim Wilkinson 48 $125,279 ($32,279) --
Todd Demsey 49 $117,394 ($24,394) --
Rick Price 52 $107,850 ($14,850) --
Tee McCabe 53 $107,163 ($14,163) --
David Hearn 54 $101,004 ($8,004) --
Gary Christian 55 $100,138 ($7,138) --
Hunter Haas 56 $99,901 ($6,901) --
Arjun Atwal 57 $98,741 ($5,741) --
Fabian Gomez 59 $92,549 $451 55
Joe Daley 60 $92,193 $807 55
David Morland IV 61 $91,948 $1,052 55
Todd Fischer 62 $91,276 $1,724 55
Kris Blanks 63 $90,831 $2,169 48
Tag Ridings 64 $89,736 $3,264 37
Scott Parel 65 $85,758 $7,242 20
Keoke Cotner 66 $85,384 $7,616 19
Kelly Grunewald 67 $83,461 $9,539 16
Chris Baryla 68 $81,417 $11,583 13
Jason Allred 69 $81,071 $11,929 13
Ricky Barnes 70 $80,646 $12,354 12
Jon Turcott 71 $80,471 $12,529 12
Tommy Tolles 72 $79,881 $13,119 12
Scott Dunlap 73 $79,830 $13,170 12
David Lutterus 74 $79,679 $13,321 11
Henrik Bjornstad 75 $79,340 $13,660 11
David Mathis 76 $77,207 $15,793 9
Jason Caron 77 $76,142 $16,858 8
Justin Hicks 78 $74,022 $18,978 7
Tom Carter 79 $73,377 $19,623 6
Matt Weibring 82 $70,497 $22,503 5
Keith Nolan 83 $70,060 $22,940 5
Danny Ellis 84 $69,952 $23,048 4
Chris Smith 85 $69,765 $23,235 4
Bryn Parry 86 $69,236 $23,764 4
Lee M. Williamson 87 $68,886 $24,114 4
Roger Tambellini 88 $68,749 $24,251 4
Chris Thompson 89 $66,617 $26,383 4
Kevin Gessino-Kraft 90 $66,233 $26,767 4
Camilo Benedetti 92 $62,308 $30,692 3
Zoran Zorkic 93 $60,600 $32,400 3
Steven Bowditch 95 $56,173 $36,827 3
Tim O'Neal 96 $55,448 $37,552 3
Lee Williams 97 $55,079 $37,921 3
Deane Pappas 98 $54,546 $38,454 3
Chris Anderson 99 $54,526 $38,474 3
Kyle McCarthy 100 $54,067 $38,933 3
Edward Loar 101 $53,214 $39,786 2
Fran Quinn 102 $51,274 $41,726 2
Jess Daley 104 $49,289 $43,711 2
Tommy Biershenk 105 $49,055 $43,945 2
Brad Ott 106 $48,987 $44,013 2
Mario Tiziani 107 $48,394 $44,606 2
Aaron Watkins 109 $47,830 $45,170 2
Andrew Johnson 110 $47,173 $45,827 2
Matt Hansen 111 $47,072 $45,928 2
Stephen Gangluff 113 $44,047 $48,953 2
Sal Spallone 114 $43,244 $49,756 2
Daniel Summerhays 116 $41,579 $51,421 2
Ben Bates 117 $40,724 $52,276 2
Michael Long 119 $37,815 $55,185 2
Danny Briggs 124 $35,047 $57,953 2
Dustin Bray 127 $32,159 $60,841 2
Bradley Hughes 129 $30,877 $62,123 1
Mike Heinen 142 $27,894 $65,106 1
Kenneth Staton 145 $26,279 $66,721 1
Adam Riddering 147 $25,299 $67,701 1
Ryan Hietala 151 $23,640 $69,360 1
Curtis Malm 153 $22,857 $70,143 1
John Morse 156 $21,631 $71,369 1
Ryan Blaum 167 $20,079 $72,921 1
Brad Fritsch 170 $19,484 $73,516 1
Pat Bates 172 $19,028 $73,972 1
Ted Potter, Jr. 187 $16,014 $76,986 1
Guy Boros 189 $14,487 $78,513 1
Scott Weatherly 196 $13,687 $79,313 1
Kevin Johnson 204 $11,300 $81,700 1
Emlyn Aubrey 215 $7,896 $85,104 1
Mike Sposa 226 $5,995 $87,005 1
Andy Morse 233 $5,515 $87,485 1
John M. Kelly 249 $4,365 $88,635 1
Jamie Broce 250 $4,123 $88,877 1
Randy Leen 252 $4,080 $88,920 1
Pete Jordan 254 $4,000 $89,000 1
Nick Malinowski 270 $3,211 $89,789 1
David Gossett 310 $1,620 $91,380 1
Mike Hulbert 330 $1,366 $91,634 1
Tyler Williamson 338 $1,259 $91,741 1
NOTE: The projected 60th place money total is $93,000.