Movers: Valero Texas Open

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Oct. 14, 2008
By Mark Spoor, PGATOUR.com Coordinating Producer

• Last week: Valero Texas Open
• This week: Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open

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Biggest mover: Zach Johnson
He moved: 70 spots, from 125th to 55th
Because: He won the Valero Texas Open
The 2007 Masters champion entered the week with only one top-10 finish this year. There wasn't much he didn't do right. He followed his third-round 62 with a 64 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory over Charlie Wi (61), Mark Wilson (63) and Tim Wilkinson (64).

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Welcome to the top 100: Tim Wilkinson
He moved: 28 spots, from 112th to 84th
Because: He tied for second at the Valero Texas Open.
A Saturday 63 followed by a Sunday 64 nabbed Williamson his third top-10 finish of the season and his bext finish of 2008. Interestingly, before last week, Wilkinson hadn't shot a TOUR round in the 60s since mid-August. He shot four in Texas.

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Welcome to the top 80: Mark Wilson
He moved: 16 spots, from 81st to 65th
Because: He tied for second at the Valero Texas Open.
That runner-up run is Wilson's best of the year and also his highest finish since he won The Honda Classic in that playoff last year -- a span of 46 starts. It was too hard to predict -- Wilson tied for third in 2005. A final-round 63 moved Wilson up four spots on the leaderboard.

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Welcome to the top 60: Charlie Wi
He moved: 21 spots, from 78th to 57th
Because: He tied for second at the Valero Texas Open.
It's amazing what a Sunday 61 will do for your career. Wi's four-round total of 263 betters his career-low at the 2008 John Deere Classic by six strokes. His 17-under score also is a personal best. He shot the same score at the 2005 Southern Farm Bureau Classic, where he tied for fifth.

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Welcome to the top 125: Jeff Overton
He moved: 14 spots, from 134th to 120th
Because: He finished fifth at the Valero Texas Open.
Here's the perfect example of a guy taking full advantage of the Fall Series. His fifth-place run in Texas last week was his second consecutive top-10, which is noteworthy when you consider he's had just three top-10 finishes all year. He's made $324,912 in the three Fall Series events, more than 40 percent of his season total.

What's at stake in the Fall Series:
Win: Invitation to the Mercedes-Benz Championship, two-year PGA TOUR exemption
Top 30 Money List: Invitations to the Masters and U.S. Open
Top 70 Money List: Spots in the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard and the Memorial Tournament
Top 80 Money List: Invitation to the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
Top 125 Money List: Spots in the Verizon Heritage, THE PLAYERS Championship and AT&T National
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