PGA TOUR Notes: Week of Sept. 17, 2007  • Tiger Woods played his last two events in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup in a collective 45-under par. Only once in his career has he been better than that in back-to-back events. He finished 48-under in the 2002 World Golf Championships-American Express Championship and the Walt Disney World Classic.  Tiger Woods was all smiles after being crowned the FedExCup champion. (Lecka/WireImage) • More on Tiger: In his last six starts, Woods has posted 19 rounds in the 60s (out of 24), including the last 11 in a row. • One more on Tiger: His 67.79 Scoring Average equals the all-time TOUR best set by Woods himself in the 2000 season. • Just one more: The win was Tiger's seventh of the year. It's the fourth time in his career that he's won seven or more tournaments. No one else in the history of the TOUR has four seven or more win seasons. • Rory Sabbatini was the only player to finish in the Top-10 in all four PGA TOUR Playoff events for the FedExCup. He finished fourth in the overall competition. • The Fall Series begins this week at the Turning Stone Resort Championship with Steve Allan holding down the 125th spot on the money list with $568,059. There are seven events left in the season to secure a spot among the Top 125 and maintain full eligibility for the 2008 season. • Looking for candidates for Comeback Player of the Year? Here are a few that deserve mention: • Nick Flanagan is making his 2007 PGA TOUR debut this week after winning his third Nationwide Tour title earlier this season. Flanagan won the Henrico County Open followed by a victory at the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs. Flanagan hopes to continue his Empire State success. Flanagan's third Nationwide Tour title this year came at the Xerox Classic in Rochester in August, about 100 miles east of Verona. In his career, Flanagan has played seven previous PGA TOUR events, with his best finish a tie for 23rd at the 2005 British Open. Here is a look at how other players who earned the Three-Win Promotion have done in their first PGA TOUR event once they moved to the PGA TOUR:
• In 2006, flooding forced a move from En-Joie Golf Club to Atunyote Golf Club at Turning Stone Resort outside Syracuse. En-Joie Golf Club recently hosted its first Champions Tour event, the Dick's Sporting Goods Open. This will be the first year of the Turning Stone Resort Championship and second PGA TOUR event at Atunyote Golf Club. • John Rollins has had good success in upstate New York since joining the PGA TOUR. Rollins, won the 2006 B.C. Open presented by Turning Stone Resort and has had two other top-10 finishes in the area. He tied for second at the B.C. Open in 2005 and tied for ninth in 2004. In 18 rounds (14 at En-Joie Golf Club and four at Atunyote Golf Club at Turning Stone Resort), Rollins has never had an over-par round. Here is Rollins' complete breakdown:
• John Rollins has won all of his tournaments in the northeast, capturing the B.C. Open presented by Turning Stone Resort a year ago in Verona, NY, four years after winning the Bell Canadian Open in Markham, Ontario. His lone Nationwide Tour victory, the 2001 Hershey Open, was in Hershey, PA, 200 miles south of Verona. • In the field this week is Fred Funk, winner of the 1996 B.C. Open. Funk, who turned 51 on June 14, has won twice this year, once on the PGA TOUR (Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya - Cancun) and once on the Champions Tour (Turtle Bay Championship). Funk made the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup and played in the first two events -- The Barclays and the Deutsche Bank Championship. |
