The Heat Index: The hottest golfers in recent weeks

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Sep. 14, 2009
By PGATOUR.COM Staff

Which players have revved up their games? Who has the most momentum? The Heat Index showcases the hottest PGA TOUR players in their most recent starts. Here are the hottest golfers going into THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola:

FedExCup points

Highest average of FedExCup points earned in a player's last four starts

Rk.	Player	Avg. points per start	In the field next week?
1	Woods, Tiger	1,024	Yes
2	Stricker, Steve	884	Yes
3	Slocum, Heath	663	Yes
4	Harrington, Padraig	524	Yes
5	Furyk, Jim	482	Yes
6	Verplank, Scott	444	Yes
7	Leishman, Marc	393	Yes
8	Dufner, Jason	359	Yes
9	Els, Ernie	300	Yes
10	O'Hair, Sean	288	Yes
11	Johnson, Dustin	282	Yes
12	Johnson, Zach	271	Yes
13	Garcia, Sergio	253	No
14	Na, Kevin	245	Yes
15	Snedeker, Brandt	228	No
16	Yang, Y.E.	224	Yes
17	Haas, Bill	224	No
18	Marino, Steve	203	Yes
19	Kuchar, Matt	202	No
20	Watney, Nick	196	Yes
21	Cabrera, Angel	182	Yes
22	Jacobson, Fredrik	180	No
23	Moore, Ryan	173	No
24	Sutherland, Kevin	169	No
25	Poulter, Ian	169	No