| Geoff Ogilvy |
SBS Championship |
No |
| Hard to imagine someone having momentum in the first event of the year but he did successfully defend his title. |
| Ryan Palmer |
Sony Open |
Yes |
| This was his season-opener, too, but an opening 65 set the tone for a week where Palmer shot in the 60s each day. |
| Bill Haas |
Bob Hope Classic |
No |
| He didn't break 73 in missing the cut the previous week, although he did shoot five rounds in the 60s in Palm Springs |
| Ben Crane |
Farmers Insurance Open |
Yes |
| He concentrates on the process, not on results so momentum is usually the last thing from his mind but you can't ignore that 65 he shot on Thursday. |
| Steve Stricker |
Northern Trust Open |
Yes |
| This was Stricker's fourth win in 15 starts and he made sure it would happen when he built a six-shot lead entering the final round. |
| Dustin Johnson |
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am |
Yes |
| Six of his last seven rounds in the 60s around the Monterey Peninsula indicated he certainly was doing something right. |
| Ian Poulter |
World Golf Championships-Accenture |
No |
| Match play is a different animal -- but Poulter, who was making his season's debut, gained confidence with every win. |
| Cameron Beckman |
Mayakoba Golf Classic |
No |
| He'd missed two cuts and tied for 80th in his third start but four rounds in the 60s in Mexico did the trick. |
| Hunter Mahan |
Waste Management Phoenix Open |
No |
| He had lost in Round 1 in Tucson the previous week and hadn't finished higher than 27th in a stroke play event, but weekend 65s sealed the deal. |
| Camilo Villegas |
The Honda Classic |
Yes |
| The Colombian had won the consolation final at Accenture and tied for eighth in Phoenix so his third TOUR win wasn't a surprise. |
| Ernie Els |
World Golf Championships-CA |
Yes |
| That tie for 67th at The Honda Classic was an aberration -- Els had finished 17th or better in his other four previous starts. |
| Derek Lamely |
Puerto Rico Open |
No |
| The rookie had missed the cut in four of his previous six starts and his best finish in the ones where hed cashed checks was 18th. |
| Jim Furyk |
Transitions Championship |
No |
| Furyk is too good a player to ever count out but with a tie for 20th his best stroke play result there was nothing to really recommend him -- at that time. |
| Ernie Els |
Arnold Palmer Invitational |
Yes |
| It was easy for the Big Easy to ride the momentum he gained two weeks earlier at Doral. |
| Anthony Kim |
Shell Houston Open |
Yes |
| Despite a torn ligament at the base of his thumb, Kim was playing well -- just think about that solo second at The Honda Classic three weeks earlier. |
| Phil Mickelson |
Masters Tournament |
No |
| Mickelson rarely leaves the West Coast without a win, but Lefty is the type who can turn on a dime and Augusta National simply brings out the best in him. |
| Jim Furyk |
Verizon Heritage |
Yes |
| He'd already won once and tied for 11th in his next start -- and after four rounds in the 60s at Harbour Town you knew Furyk was primed. |
| Jason Bohn |
Zurich Classic of New Orleans |
Yes |
| He did have two finishes of 11th or better and he matched his season's low of 65 in the first round so that got things going in the right direction. |
| Rory McIlroy |
Wells Fargo Championship |
Yes |
| He lost in the second round of the Match Play and hadn't finished higher than 40th in stroke play but made his momentum with a closing 62. |
| Tim Clark |
THE PLAYERS Championship |
Yes |
| With three top-10s in 2010 before he got to TPC Sawgrass -- and eight runners-up in his career -- Clark was a victory waiting to happen. |
| Adam Scott |
Valero Texas Open |
No |
| He appeared to have turned the corner after a win at the Australian Masters during the off-season but the win in Texas was his first top 10 in 10 starts of 2010. |
| Jason Day |
HP Byron Nelson Championship |
Yes |
| The 22-year-old's 2010 results were nothing to write home about but he seized momentum with rounds of 66-65 and went on to win. |
| Zach Johnson |
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial |
Yes |
| After nine top-10s in 2009 he needed to put four rounds together and he finally did in Fort Worth where he didnt shoot higher than 66. |
| Justin Rose |
Memorial Tournament |
No |
| He finished third at The Honda Classic and had three other finishes of 14th or better, but that tie for 72nd at Fort Worth couldn't have been a confidence builder. |
| Lee Westwood |
St. Jude Classic |
Yes |
| He's the No. 3 player in the world, for goodness sakes, who had finished second at the Masters and tied for third at THE PLAYERS Championship. |
| Graeme McDowell |
U.S. Open |
Yes |
| The Northern Irishman won the Celtic Manor Wales Open two weeks before he came to Pebble Beach and was steady when Dustin Johnson faltered. |
| Bubba Watson |
Travelers Championship |
Yes |
| He'd tied for second and finished solo third already in 2010 |
and even Ellen Degeneres believed in him. |
| Justin Rose |
AT&T National |
Yes |
| We'd waited for him to win since he burst on the scene as a 17-year-old is it any surprise he followed that first win with another three weeks later? |
| Steve Stricker |
John Deere Classic |
Yes |
| A second win of the season for the steady Stricker can be considered part of a momentum run even if it did come 10 starts after the first. |
| Louis Oosthuizen |
British Open |
Yes |
| We may have overlooked him here in the states but the South African had already won once on the European Tour this year. |
| Matt Bettencourt |
Reno-Tahoe Open |
No |
| This is a man who had missed 13 cuts and only finished higher than 40th once in 22 starts prior to picking up his first TOUR win. |
| Carl Pettersson |
RBC Canadian Open |
Yes |
| His third top-10 of the season had come two weeks before the Swede won in Canada and that 60 in the third round didnt hurt. |
| Stuart Appleby |
The Greenbrier Classic |
No |
| Granted, he had two top-10s in 2010 but that 59 on Sunday carried him through to victory. |
| Hunter Mahan |
World Golf Championships-Bridgestone |
No |
| That victory in Phoenix was months ago and the talented 20-something only had one top-10 in 13 starts since. |
| Bill Lunde |
Turning Stone Resort Championship |
No |
| His first TOUR victory came in his 23rd start of the year and was just his third top-10. |
| Martin Kaymer |
PGA Championship |
Yes |
| The 25-year-old German won on the European Tour already in 2010 and posted ties for eighth and seventh at the U.S. Open and British Open, respectively. |
| Arjun Atwal |
Wyndham Championship |
Yes |
| He successfully Monday-qualified to gain a spot and maintained that momentum when he opened with a 61 on the way to his first TOUR victory. |
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