Notes: AT&T Classic

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• While international players have enjoyed great success on the PGA TOUR this year by winning eight tournaments, they have not traditionally done well at the AT&T Classic. Since the tournament began in 1967, only three players from outside the U.S. have won -- Bob Charles of New Zealand in 1967, Dave Barr of Canada in 1987 and Retief Goosen of South Africa in 2002.

• International players may not have been winning in Atlanta but they've been coming very close of late. Mike Weir (2001), Jesper Parnevik (2002), Mark Hensby (2003), Arjun Atwal and Jose Maria Olazabal (2005), Jose Maria Olazabal (2006) and Ryuji Imada (2007), have all finished second in Atlanta.

• Will the trend continue? Players in their 20s have won nine times on the PGA TOUR this year, including six of the last seven events.

• With his tie for 10th finish last week at THE PLAYERS, J.B. Holmes moved back into the top 10 in the FedExCup standings. Holmes is now ninth after moving up three spots. The biggest jumps, however, were made by Paul Goydos (up 104 spots to 42nd) and Sergio Garcia (up 101 places to 14th).

• Last week both Sergio Garcia and Tom Lehman passed the $20-million mark in career earnings on the PGA TOUR.

• Zach Johnson must love the Peach State. All three of his career wins have come in Georgia, including two at the AT&T Classic. He won twice in the state last year at The Masters Tournament and the AT&T Classic and finished second in the only other tournament in Georgia. While he didn't win THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, he did shoot a course-record 60 during the week.

• Sergio Garcia finished second at THE PLAYERS Championship in 2007 before winning the tournament last week. The only other player in the history of THE PLAYERS to finish second one season and win the next was Tiger Woods. Woods was the runner-up in 2000 before winning in 2001.

• When Ben Curtis three-putted his 12th hole in the second round of last week's PLAYERS Championship, it ended a streak of 374 holes without a three-putt -- the longest streak on TOUR this year.