Apr. 5, 2010
By Anne Szeker, PGATOUR.COM Producer
After opening his PGA TOUR season with two top 25 finishes, Canada's Graham DeLaet hit a slump, which included five-straight missed cuts. He started to find his game again with a T24 in Puerto Rico, and earned the honor of biggest FedExCup mover of the week with a T3 at last week's Shell Houston Open. DeLaet vaulted up the standings 75 places to 52nd.
Vaughn Taylor may have just missed making the Masters, but his second place finish moved him 52 spots up the FedExCup standings to break into the top 25 at 22nd. Top 10 finishes also significantly boosted Shaun Micheel, Kevin Stadler and Jeff Maggert's points totals. And Anthony Kim's win bumped Steve Stricker out of the No. 2 spot.
Steve Elkington and Kris Blanks were the biggest downward movers, falling 12 places each. Blanks has struggled since his second place finish at the Puerto Rico Open, which had moved him up 109 places in the FedExCup standings. He was T52 at Bay Hill and missed the cut in Houston to drop to 83rd this week.
The following are the biggest movers -- up and down -- after the 2010 Shell Houston Open.
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| Biggest Movers |
| Rising |
| Rank |
Player |
Last Week |
Change |
Most recent finish |
| 52 |
Graham DeLaet |
127 |
+75 |
T3 at the Shell Houston Open |
| 109 |
Shaun Micheel |
177 |
+68 |
Fifth at the Shell Houston Open |
| 22 |
Vaughn Taylor |
74 |
+52 |
Second at the Shell Houston Open |
| 161 |
Roland Thatcher |
207 |
+46 |
T22 at the Shell Houston Open |
| 50 |
Kevin Stadler |
87 |
+37 |
T6 at the Shell Houston Open |
| 53 |
Jeff Maggert |
90 |
+37 |
T6 at the Shell Houston Open |
| 134 |
James Driscoll |
164 |
+30 |
T14 at the Shell Houston Open |
| 144 |
J.J. Henry |
174 |
+30 |
T25 at the Shell Houston Open |
| 100 |
Blake Adams |
124 |
+24 |
T14 at the Shell Houston Open |
| 2 |
Anthony Kim |
26 |
+24 |
Won the Shell Houston Open |
| 89 |
Ben Curtis |
113 |
+24 |
T14 at the Shell Houston Open |
| Falling |
| 87 |
Steve Elkington |
75 |
-12 |
Missed cut at the Shell Houston Open |
| 83 |
Kris Blanks |
71 |
-12 |
Missed cut at the Shell Houston Open |
| 80 |
Jason Dufner |
69 |
-11 |
Missed cut at the Shell Houston Open |
| 78 |
Briny Baird |
68 |
-10 |
W/D at the Shell Houston Open |
| 88 |
Heath Slocum |
78 |
-10 |
T66 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational |
| 66 |
George McNeill |
56 |
-10 |
T40 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational |
| 90 |
Jonathan Byrd |
80 |
-10 |
Missed cut at the Shell Houston Open |
| 94 |
Jeff Quinney |
84 |
-10 |
Missed cut at the Shell Houston Open |
| 64 |
Chad Collins |
54 |
-10 |
Missed cut at Arnold Palmer Invitational |
| 91 |
Matt Jones |
81 |
-10 |
Missed cut at the Shell Houston Open |
| 61 |
Cameron Beckman |
52 |
-9 |
Missed cut at the Shell Houston Open |
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