As the leading player at the John Deere Classic inside the top-10, not otherwise exempt, John Senden gained the last spot in the 2006 British Open field.

• John Senden’s victory gives the Australians seven victories in 2006, matching the most by another country in one season. In 2004, six Aussies compiled seven victories led by Adam Scott with two. The others: Stuart Appleby, Mark Hensby, Rod Pampling, Craig Parry and Andre Stolz. Senden joins Stuart Appleby (2), Geoff Ogilvy (2), Pampling and Aaron Baddeley with wins this season.

• John Senden became just the third player to hold/share the third-round lead and go on to victory since the John Deere Classic moved to the TPC Deere Run in 2000 and the first to do so since J.P. Hayes shared the lead in 2002 on the way to his win. David Gossett was the other in 2001.

• The win by John Senden this week makes it three in a row for first-time winners on TOUR. Senden follows in the footsteps of J.J. Henry at the Buick Championship and Trevor Immelman at the Cialis Western Open. The longest streak is five straight first-time winners in 2002.

• Jason Gore recorded three eagles on his back nine during the final round of the John Deere Classic. His eagles came on the par-5 10th and 17th holes and the par-4 14th hole. He is the third player to record three eagles in a round this season – Arjun Atwal (Buick Invitational) and Bubba Watson (Zurich Classic of New Orleans). He is the first player to do so at this tournament since this record was kept in 1980.

• It’s that time of year again for Jason Gore. As the weather heats up so does his game. Last year on the Nationwide Tour, Gore posted four top-10s, including three wins in the month of July. After posting just one top-10 in his first 19 starts this season, Gore recorded back-to-back T10s at last week’s Cialis Western Open and this week’s John Deere Classic.

• 2002 champion J.P. Hayes picked up his first top-10 of the season, a runner-up finish, in his ninth start. It was his first top-10 on TOUR since he tied for fourth at the 2005 Reno-Tahoe Open and his first at the tournament since his victory. His check for $432,000 also makes him the first player in tournament history to earn over $1,000,000 at the tournament with $1,021,499.

• Alex Cejka, making his 17th start of the season, posted his first top-10, tying for third. It was his first top-10 on TOUR since he tied for ninth at the 2004 WGC-NEC Invitational.

• Left-handed rookie B.J. Staten recorded the first top-10 of his career as he tied for fifth. Staten was making his 12th start of the season and his career and this was just the fifth cut he has made. His previous best finish was tied for 31st at the Buick Championship.

• John Riegger used a final-round best 7-under 64 to post his first top-10 (tied for fifth) on TOUR since a seventh-place finish at the 2004 Sony Open in Hawaii. Patrick Sheehan’s seventh-place finish was his first top-10 on TOUR since he tied for fifth at the 2005 Bay Hill Invitational.

• In the first 28 starts of his career, rookie Bubba Dickerson did not post any top-25s. When he tied for tenth on Sunday in his 19th start this season, it gave him his third straight, including two top-10s. He finished tied for fifth at the Buick Championship two weeks ago and tied for 21st at last week’s Cialis Western Open. He came into the Buick Championship ranked No. 164 on the TOUR money list and now sits inside the top 125 at No. 117.

• Rookie Jeff Overton posted his first career top-10 on the PGA TOUR with his tie for 10th on Sunday. He did it in his 16th start this season and his 17th start on TOUR.

• Kent Jones used a 5-under 66 on Sunday to post his first top-10 (tied for seventh) of the season and his first on TOUR since trying for tenth at the 2005 Deutsche Bank Championship.

• Defending champion Sean O’Hair finished tied for 39th with a total of 8-under 276.

• Todd Hamilton recorded his first top-10 of the season after tying for tenth. It was his first top-10 on TOUR since trying for sixth at the 2004 WGC-American Express Championship. All three of Hamilton’s previous top-10s on TOUR came during the 2004 season, the other two were wins at The Honda Classic and the British Open. He went 50 starts in between the last top-10 and this one.

• Paul Stankowski was playing in the 14th and last tournament of his Major Medical Extension exemption. To date this season, he had earned $168,437 of the $180,390 ($11,953 shy) he needed to be able to play out of that category for the remainder of the year. He finished the tournament in a tie for 57th and missed by $3,033. Since he finished 150th on the money list in 2004, he will play out of the Non-Exempt Major Medical Extension category for the remainder of the year.

• Jay Williamson was playing in the 15th and last tournament of his Major Medical Extension exemption. He needed to make $179,163 to keep his playing privileges on TOUR for the rest of the year but finished tied for 39th and made just $15,200. He will have no status on the PGA TOUR for the remainder of the season, but can accept Sponsor Exemptions from tournaments.

• Zach Johnson was the only player in the field to hit all 14 fairways on Sunday. He finished the week tied for fourth in Driving Accuracy (87.5%/49 of 56). Jason Bohn led the field hitting 51 of 56 (91.1%).

• There were six bogey-free rounds on Sunday – B.J. Staten, Billy Mayfair, Jeff Overton, John Huston, Zach Johnson and Sean O’Hair. Staten finished the tournament with 48 straight holes without a bogey. There were a total of 26 bogey-free rounds during the week with Staten’s streak of 48 the longest.

• In the John Deere Classic Birdies for Charity program, there were 311 birdies made today, bringing the total for the week to 1,974 birdies.