Movers and Shakers: Verizon Heritage

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Apr. 22, 2008
By Mark Spoor, PGATOUR.com Coordinating Producer

Plenty of movement all over the standings this week.

Last week: Verizon Heritage
This week: EDS Byron Nelson Championship
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Biggest mover: Anthony Kim
He moved: 51 spots, from 82nd to 31st
Because: He finished T2 at the Verizon Heritage
Three 67s in a row in the first three rounds lifted Kim to his second top-three finish of the year. He's in the field this week at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. He played well in that event last year, including a 67 on Sunday, but a Saturday 77 took him out of the top 50.

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Welcome to the top 10: Boo Weekley
He moved: 26 spots, from 33rd to seventh
Because: He won the Verizon Heritage -- again
For a guy that by his own admission just wants to hunt and fish, Weekley is starting a bit of a roll. His win Sunday was his fourth top-30 finish in a row and fourth top-10 effort of the year. He's also fourth on TOUR in total birdies this season, with 154.

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Welcome to the top 20: Jim Furyk
He moved: 10 spots, from 27th to 17th
Because: He finished fourth at the Verizon Heritage
Furyk's week at the Verizon Heritage ended with his third top-five finish of the season. Talk about consistent -- Furyk posted 68s in each of the first three rounds and a 69 on Sunday. After his final round, he said he'd spent the previous month (a tie for 33rd at the Masters and a missed cut in New Orleans) trying to be too perfect.

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Welcome to the top 100: Camilo Villegas
He moved: 25 spots, from 105th to 80th
Because: He finished T7 at the Verizon Heritage
Villegas missed the cut at the Masters after a 77 on Friday, but it seems as though those memories are long gone. Imagine this -- Villegas made bogey in three of five holes on the back nine Sunday and still shot 67. What's more, he had a top-10 despite 15 bogeys over the course of the week.

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Welcome to the field: Dean Wilson
He moved: 13 spots, from 137th to 124th
Because: He finished T23 at the Verizon Heritage
If not for three bogeys in his closing five holes on Sunday, Wilson likely would have climbed even higher. As it was, Wilson filed his second consecutive top-25 finish, backing up a tie for 20th at the Shell Houston Open earlier this month.

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