Several players vying for spot in 'THE 25'

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Nov. 3, 2008

MCKINNEY, Texas -- The Nationwide Tour's 30-tournament season comes to a pressure-packed conclusion this weekend at the Nationwide Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch near Dallas.

Tour players have been in a season-long quest to finish among "THE 25" leading money winners, which will ensure a PGA TOUR card for 2009. A number of players have already wrapped up their cards, but for those in and around the 25th spot, every stroke could have a bearing on the final outcome.

Below are the top-60 money winners who will be at TPC Craig Ranch this week. With a record $1 million purse and a first prize of $180,000 on the line, every player in the field has a shot at earning a TOUR card. The second-place payout is $108,000. Only $88,633 separates No. 25 Chris Tidland and No. 60 Joe Daley. The difference between Tidland and No. 26 Hunter Haas is a mere $469.

Top 60 on the Nationwide Tour money list

Position	Earnings	Name (wins)	Residence (Native of, if not U.S.)	College
1.	$415,835	Brendon de Jonge (1)	Charlotte, N.C. (Zimbabwe)	Virginia Tech
2.	$375,938	Jarrod Lyle (2)	Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
3.	$330,646	Bill Lunde (1)	Las Vegas, Nev.	UNLV
4.	$313,987	Scott Piercy (2)	Las Vegas, Nev.	San Diego State
5.	$313,930	Greg Chalmers (1)	Colleyville, Texas (Australia)
6.	$303,605	Greg Owen	Windermere, Fla. (England)
7.	$303,427	Darron Stiles (1)	Pinehurst, N.C.	Florida Southern
8.	$299,418	Jeff Klauk (1)	St. Augustine, Fla.	Florida Southern
9.	$281,260	Rick Price (1)	Jupiter, Fla.	Methodist
10.	$276,925	Kris Blanks (1)	Bluffton, S.C.	Huntingdon
11.	$271,509	Colt Knost (2)	Dallas, Texas	SMU
12.	$267,863	Matt Bettencourt (1)	Greenville, S.C.	Modesto J.C.
13.	$265,612	David Mathis (1)	Raleigh, N.C.	Campbell
14.	$263,919	Casey Wittenberg	Memphis, Tenn.	Oklahoma State
15.	$261,096	D.A. Points (1)	Ocoee, Fla.	Illinois
16.	$256,704	Peter Tomasulo	Long Beach, Calif.	California
17.	$252,986	Arjun Atwal (1)	Windermere, Fla. (India)
18.	$239,224	Brendon Todd (1)	Atlanta, Ga.	Georgia
19.	$234,144	Aron Price (1)	Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (Australia)	Georgia Southern
20.	$224,030	Matt Weibring	Dallas, Texas	Georgia Tech
21.	$221,185	Spencer Levin	Elk Grove, Calif.	New Mexico
22.	$213,902	Ricky Barnes	Scottsdale, Ariz.	Arizona
23.	$211,974	Marc Leishman (1)	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
24.	$210,215	Scott Gutschewski (1)	Propser, Texas	Nebraska
25.	$199,130	Chris Tidland (1)	Stillwater, Okla.	Oklahoma State
26.	$198,661	Hunter Haas	Dallas, Texas	Oklahoma
27.	$194,120	David Branshaw	Tampa, Fla.	Bridgewater (Va.)
28.	$193,476	Ryan Hietala (1)	Boise, Idaho	Texas-El Paso
29.	$191,002	Roger Tambellini	Scottsdale, Ariz.	Southern California
30.	$186,384	Bubba Dickerson	Hilliard, Fla.	Florida
31.	$179,861	Justin Hicks (1)	Royal Palm Beach, Fla.	Michigan
32.	$176,651	Bryce Molder	Scottsdale, Ariz.	Georgia Tech
33.	$172,039	Matt Every	Jacksonville Beach, Fla.	Florida
34.	$169,845	Daniel Summerhays	Farmington, Utah	Brigham Young
35.	$169,513	D.J. Brigman	Albuquerque, N.M.	New Mexico
36.	$166,856	Scott Dunlap (1)	Duluth, Ga.	Florida
37.	$159,996	Bryan DeCorso (1)	Ocoee, Fla. (Canada)	Kent State
38.	$159,124	Ewan Porter (1)	Sydney, Australia
39.	$157,881	Josh Broadway	Albany, Ga.	Troy State
40.	$157,113	Bob May	Las Vegas, Nev.	Oklahoma State
41.	$151,367	Jeff Brehaut	Los Altos, Calif.	Pacific
42.	$148,600	Chris Anderson	Windermere, Fla.	Mt. San Antonio
43.	$135,902	Skip Kendall	Windermere, Fla.	UNLV
44.	$130,286	Vance Veazey	Memphis, Tenn.	Mississippi
45.	$129,790	Alex Prugh	Spokane, Wash.	Washington
46.	$129,694	Won Joon Lee	Glenwood, NSW, Australia	Ha Nyang
47.	$129,309	Garrett Osborn	Birmingham, Ala.	Alabama-Bir.
48.	$127,791	Webb Simpson	Raleigh, N.C.	Wake Forest
49.	$127,506	Michael Putnam	Las Vegas, Nev.	Pepperdine
50.	$127,000	Gavin Coles (1)	Bathurst, NSW, Australia	N.C. State
51.	$121,238	Kyle Reifers	Charlotte, N.C.	Wake Forest
52.	$119,848	Oskar Bergman	Boden, Sweden
53.	$115,966	Chad Ginn	Alexandria, La.	Mississippi State
54.	$115,953	Garth Mulroy	Charlotte, N.C. (South Africa)	N.C. State
55.	$114,039	J.J. Killeen	Fort Worth, Texas	Texas Christian
56.	$111,956	Fran Quinn	Holden, Mass.	Northwestern
57.	$111,543	Tee McCabe *	Marco Island, Fla.	Miami (Ohio)
58.	$111,357	Chris Smith	Peru, Ind.	Ohio State
59.	$110,796	Chris Nallen	Tucson, Ariz.	Arizona
60.	$110,497	Joe Daley	Scottsdale, Ariz.	Old Dominion
* Withdrew due to wrist injury.