Movers and Shakers: Stanford St. Jude

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For the sixth consecutive week, the biggest mover was not the winner of the tournament. Also, special credit this week to Bob Heintz, who moved up 54 spots to 156th after his tie for 11th place last week, and to Gavin Coles, who moved up 43 spots to 130th after he tied for eighth. Since neither of them moved into the 125-man playoff field, they did not make the column proper.

Last week: Stanford St. Jude Championship
This week: The U.S. Open
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Biggest mover: Alex Cejka
He moved: 27 spots, from 102nd to 75th
Because: He tied for fourth at the Stanford St. Jude Championship.
Cejka played the first seven holes Sunday at 4 over, but still managed an even-par 70 that gave him his third top-10 finish of the season. Cejka has also strung together two consecutive made cuts, something he hadn't done in more than two months.

Welcome to the top five: Justin Leonard
He moved: Nine spots, from 12th to third
Because: He won the Stanford St. Jude Championship.
Leonard lost a one-stroke lead with two holes left to force the playoff, but came back to win. It'll be interesting to see how that translates this week at Torrey Pines. He now has five top-10 finishes in 15 starts on TOUR this season. Leonard is now third in scoring average on the TOUR at 70.36.

Welcome to the top 15: Trevor Immelman
He moved: 13 spots, from 26th to 13th
Because: He tied for second at the Stanford St. Jude Championship.
After winning The Masters, Immelman missed the cut in his next two starts. He tied for 30th two weeks ago at the Memorial Tournament, then he made the three-man playoff with Leonard and Robert Allenby on Sunday. "that was exciting, and obviously my game is coming together somewhat for next week," he said. Indeed.

Welcome to the field: Bob Estes
He moved: 12 spots, from 131st to 119th
Because: He tied for 13th at the Stanford St. Jude Championship.
A nearly flawless Sunday kept Estes near the top of the leaderboard. A one-bogey 71 gave Estes his best finish since he tied for sixth at the Shell Houston Open. Unfortunately, in his four starts between those two events, he missed four cuts. Interestingly, Estes is in the top 10 on TOUR in one category -- Round 3 scoring average.

Look out for: Robert Allenby
He moved: 11 spots, from 22nd to 11th
Because: He tied for second at the Stanford St. Jude Championship.
A final-round 65 vaulted Allenby from 23rd into a playoff on Sunday. Allenby now has five top-10 finishes in 16 starts this year. More importantly, he has not missed a cut since the Sony Open in Hawaii -- back in January. His worst finishes during that stretch are ties for 42nd at both The Masters and THE PLAYERS.