FedExCup notes: Rd. 3, Transitions Championship

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The field has hit the fairways for the third round of the Transitions Championship. Check out how FedExCup scenarios are unfolding.

Quick Facts:

• Only three players could pass Geoff Ogilvy with a victory this week - Kenny Perry, Zach Johnson, and Nick Watney

• Watney would pass Ogilvy with a solo second place finish.

• Only 23 players could move into the top 5 with a victory.

Player Notes:

Steve Stricker
FedExCup Rank: 8
FedExCup Points: 611

• The highest ranked player in the FedExCup points standings without a victory, Stricker could move into third with a victory this week.

• Even without a victory Stricker is averaging over 100 points per start.

• Stricker ranks second on the PGA TOUR in scrambling and is eighth in scoring average.

Nick Watney
FedExCup Rank: 3
FedExCup Points: 970

• The highest ranked FedExCup player in the field Watney would pass Geoff Ogilvy with a win or a solo second-place finish.

• Not counting the 500 points Watney earned for his win at the Buick Invitational, he still is averaging 94 points per start.

• For the second straight week Watney finds himself starting the third round in the last group, and it is probably not a coincidence that he ranks third on the PGA TOUR in second-round scoring average.

Charles Howell III
FedExCup Rank: 42
FedExCup Points: 233

• Howell could move as high as sixth with a victory this week.

• The only way Howell can move into the top-10 in the standings is with a victory.

• After finishing the inaugural 2007 FedExCup competition in the top 30, Howell did not fair as well in 2008 finishing 95th in the standings.

Retief Goosen
FedExCup Rank: 37
FedExCup Points: 259

• Goosen could move as high as fifth with a victory, but he cannot move into the top 10 unless he wins.

• Finishing 89th in 2007 and 108th in 2008, Goosen has yet to make it past the second round of the playoffs.

• Goosen has missed the cut in three of the four Playoff events in which he has played, and finished tied for 60th in the fourth.