Week 8 Power Rankings: Liberty Mutual Legends

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Editor's note: Vartan Kupelian is the Champions Tour Insider and a PGATOUR.COM Contributor. Each week, Kupelian will size up the field and provide his top 5 players going into the tournament, based on factors such as the player's strengths, the course setup, recent performances, etc.

The Champions Tour is still looking for its first multiple winner of 2009. This week's Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf makes it twice as likely that someone will emerge with a second victory.

The Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf is a team event at The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa. It features competition in three divisions -- the Legends, Ralphael and Demaret.

Tom Watson and Andy North will defend their title in the Legends Division. They defeated Craig Stadler and Jeff Sluman by one stroke last year, thanks to an opening round 13-under-par 59 in the better ball format by the winners.

There have been seven different winners this year on the Champions Tour, with Nick Price the most recent to join the group with his popular victory last week at the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am.

Power Rankings: Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf

Rank Player   Comment Bernhard LANGER Failed to finish in the top 10 for the first time last week, posting a T13, but with 6-of-7, he's still got two more top 10s than anybody else. Continued his streak of being under-par in every tournament this year so he stays on top of the power rankings. Partner this week: Tom Lehman Loren ROBERTS Returns to No. 2 in the Power Rankings after a T3 at Outback with rounds of 71-69-67. He's chasing Langer and Andy Bean on the Charles Schwab Cup Points list and money list but isn't far off in either category. Partner this week: Mark Weibe Andy BEAN He's seventh in putting with a 28.72 putts per round average. The only golfer with a better average who's played as many rounds is Ben Crenshaw (28.22). When you're mentioned in the same sentence as Crenshaw when it comes to putting, you're doing very well. Partner this week: Jerry Pate Jay HAAS A sixth-place finish last week was his third top 10 of '09. He hasn't won yet but there certainly is a sense that it's not far off for Haas, who is fifth on the money list and tied for sixth on the Charles Schwab Cup Points list. He's T5 in the greens in regulation statistic. Partner this week: Ben Crenshaw Joey SINDELAR Sindelar finished T16 at Outback was the first time he has missed a top 7 finish in five starts. He's seventh in the scrambling statistic and tied for 10th in putting, which reflects a solid scoring game. Partner this week: John Cook