By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM

Hunter Haas and Kris Blanks will miss the remainder of the 2012 season due to injury.

Haas, who is 149th in the FedExCup standings, announced on Monday via Twitter that he’s undergoing hip surgery and will be “out till next year.”

The 35-year-old made 12 cuts in 24 starts with one top 10 this year. He last played in July at the Reno-Tahoe Open, where he tied for 31st.

Blanks, meanwhile, is out with a shoulder injury. “Well it's official, I'm shutting it down for the rest of the season. Shoulder is still bothering me and I'm tired of hurting,” he said via Twitter.

The 39-year-old made just 11 cuts in 23 starts with only one finish in the top 25. He last played at last month’s John Deere Classic, where he missed the cut. It was his third missed cut in his last four starts.

Blanks, who is 138th in the FedExCup standings, was awaiting word Monday evening on whether or not he would need surgery.

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM

PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- Playing alongside Scott Piercy, who shot a 9-under 62 to take the clubhouse lead at 12 under, Kris Blanks had his own highlight with a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th hole.

Using a 4-iron from 216 yards, Blanks’ shot flew to the back right pin, bounced and went into the hole. He didn’t see it go in but knew it did once a roar came up from the crowd.

It was the first ace of Blanks’ career on the PGA TOUR and the second here this week.

On Saturday, Stewart Cink aced the 190-yard eighth hole with a 6-iron.

PGATOUR.COM’s countdown of the Top 100 Players to Watch in 2012 begins today.

Starting with Thursday’s unveiling of Nos. 91-100, we’ll unveil our list throughout the rest of December, with the No. 1 Player to Watch unveiled on Dec. 30.

Each day, we’ll also post a note in TOUR Report with the latest list of players.

That will give you an opportunity to weigh in on how you think those players will perform next year – and whether you think we have them ranked too low or too high. After all, just like snowflakes, no two lists will be the same.

So for the debut of this year’s list, here are Nos. 91-100. Click on each player’s link for his preview page, including this year’s new addition of the Three Wise Men – Chris DiMarco, Arron Oberholser and Craig Perks, who offer their takes on each of the players on the list .

Don’t forget to let us know what you think.

No. 91: Angel Cabrera

No. 92: Justin Leonard

No. 93: J. J. Killeen

No. 94: Scott Verplank

No. 95: Jimmy Walker

No. 96: Andres Romero

No. 97: Paul Goydos

No. 98: Ricky Barnes

No. 99: Kris Blanks

No. 100: Billy Hurley

ARCHIVE PAGE/ROLLOUT SCHEDULE OF TOP 100 PLAYERS TO WATCH IN 2012

By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- For the second straight year, Kris Blanks  doesn't have to sweat keeping his card.

He's taking a different approach to the Fall Series, though. And it showed in Thursday's 67 on the Magnolia Course that left Blanks one shot off the lead in the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic.

The strong start shouldn't come as a surprise, either. Blanks, who started the week 74th on the money list in his sophomore season, tied for 10th in Las Vegas and shared 11th last week at The McGladrey Classic.

"Last year once I had my card locked up, I pretty much took the Fall Series off," said Blanks, who was speaking figuratively after missing the cut in three of those four events. "... I just moved to Florida, I just had a new house, and was really just enjoying my accomplishment, keeping my card.
   
"This year, I'm trying to run through the finish line instead of coast. So it's been good. ... I'm still one of the last guys to leave the putting green, and I'm seeing results on the golf course. So it's a lot of fun."

Blanks, who birdied four of his first five holes Thursday, has completed quite a turnaround after missing six of his first eight cuts this season. First of all, Blanks went back to his old Titleist ball after experimenting with the new one. He also returned to the shafts he'd used previously after switching to compensate for the new ball.

"It took a couple weeks to kind of settle everything down," Blanks said.

An old instructor, V.J. Trolio, seeing that Blanks had gotten off track with the changes he'd made, weighed in, too. And one of Blanks' friends, Travis Perkins, started caddying for him -- which was the final piece of the puzzle, the TOUR pro said.

"(Trolio) just sent me a text message and saw I was struggling," Blanks said. "He said, you know, Bro, I could help you. Let's get back together. He came to New Orleans and we kind of got going the right direction. So between that, the caddie and just I play much better in the summertime anyway once it heats up.

“Then obviously you get some confidence going."

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – With a few exceptions, scoring appears to have become more difficult this windswept Thursday afternoon.

Derek Lamely, who won last year’s Puerto Rico Open, has moved into the logjam at 6 under after getting up-and-down for birdie at the par-4 fourth hole. Lamely, who entered the week ranked 188th on the money list but with a year remaining on his exemption from the win, is playing the more difficult Magnolia Course.

So is Kris Blanks and he’s prospering, too. Blanks, who is playing one group behind Lamely and has completed 16 holes, also birdied the fourth and stands 5 under for the tournament.

Over at the Palm Course, Paul Stankowski is 5 under through 15 holes. He started the week ranked No. 137 on the money list.

If anyone is hoping to make a move at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, now is the time. The final groups have reached what PGA TOUR Network’s Bob Stevens is calling “the Las Vegas strip.” Holes 13 through 16 at TPC Summerlin are four of the six easiest holes on the course, playing an average of 1.483 strokes under par for the week. That’s a substantial number considering the overall average score for the first three rounds was fractions of a stroke better than 2-under par. Here’s a look at how the top players on the leaderboard have fared this week on the Strip: Kevin Na: 7 under Tim Herron: 4 under Nick Watney: 8 under Carl Pettersson: 6 under Kris Blanks: 9 under Paul Goydos: 7 under Jhonattan Vegas: 6 under

Nick Watney and Kevin Na share the 54-hole lead at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. The duo, tied at 17 under, will be joined by Robert Garrigus (-16) in the final grouping Sunday at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. local time). Watney, a Vegas-area resident, birdied five of his last six holes Saturday as he made a late surge to the top of the leaderboard. Na did most of his damage on the more difficult front nine, managing just one birdie on the back nine as he shot a 5-under 66. Joining Garrigus one shot off the pace will be Kris Blanks. Two back are Tommy Gainey, Paul Goydos and Tim Herron. The six players tied with, or within two shots of Watney entering the final round, have a combined total of six PGA TOUR victories -- four belonging to Herron and two for Goydos. Watney has four, including two this year, as he rebounds from missed opportunities in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. The Regular Season points leader posted just one top-10 finish in the four Playoffs events, but has wasted no time coming back into form.

Kevin Na’s lead at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is up to two shots over Kris Blanks and Roland Thatcher. Na, at 16 under, 4 under for his round, is the only member of the final group in red numbers after the front nine today ( Click here to follow Na with Shot Tracker ). The final trio entered the day tied for the lead at 12 under. Jhonattan Vegas remains at that number, even through nine holes, while Charlie Wi had two bogeys and a birdie, giving one shot away. Thatcher’s name is new to the first page of the leaderboard this week. After opening with back-to-back 68s, he is 8 under through 17 holes in his second round. After starting the day tied for 37th, Thatcher has moved up 35 spots into a second-place tie.

The highest-ranked player in this week’s field (No. 3 on the money list) has emerged on the first page of the leaderboard. Nick Watney had two birdies through his first seven holes Saturday and has moved to 12 under, one shot behind current co-leaders Kris Blanks and Kevin Na. Watney, a Vegas area resident, is making his seventh start in nine weeks and is searching for his third victory of the 2011 season. Also making the most of moving day’s early stages is Bryce Molder, who joins Watney at 12 under. Molder started his round four shots back but has made up ground with four birdies on his first eight holes.