Webb Simpson continued his climb
last week and now ranks No. 10 in the FedExCup
standings.
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notes With his second victory of the 2011 season last week at
the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Bubba Watson took his first
career FedExCup lead. Mark Wilson, who also has won two events this
season, led the standings for the previous 12 weeks, but fell to
third – behind Watson and Luke Donald – following the
Zurich Classic. Watson’s lead may not be safe, though. Seven
of the top 10 in the standings are in the field at this
week’s Wells Fargo Championship and any of them could unseat
Watson with a victory at Quail Hollow.
BEST WITHOUT A 2011 WIN: Matt Kuchar? Hunter Mahan? Steve
Marino? Try Webb Simpson, who suffered a heartbreaking defeat at
last week's Zurich Classic. With his second runner-up finish of the
season, though, Simpson moved to No. 10 in the FedExCup standings,
63 points ahead of Matt Kuchar. Simpson has made eight cuts in 10
starts this year and has converted seven of those into top-25
finishes. His last seven starts dating back to the start of
February: T8, T24, 2nd, cut, T16, T14 and P2. Not a bad stretch. A
win this week could move Simpson atop the standings.
BIGGEST MOVERS: George McNeill tied for sixth in New Orleans
and moved up 57 spots to 115th in the standings. Tying with McNeill
at the Zurich Classic was Matt Jones, who climbed from 142nd to
99th. Winner of the inaugural Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open last
year on the Nationwide Tour, David Mathis moved up 45 spots to
123rd with a tie for eighth last week.
NOTABLE DROPS: Sean O’Hair missed his fifth
consecutive cut last week and fell 11 spots to 161st in the
standings. The 28-year-old three-time TOUR winner also
parted ways with longtime swing coach Sean Foley
this week. Taking the biggest tumble this week was Kris Blanks,
who also missed the cut in New Orleans and dropped 12 spots to No.
153.
MORE ON LAST WEEK’S WINNER: Watson moved atop the
FedExCup standings for the first time in his career with his
victory at the Zurich Classic. It was his third TOUR victory in the
last 19 starts after he did not win the first 121 starts of his
career. Watson has amassed 1,339 FedExCup points already this
season. That total would have placed him at No. 12 in the standings
at the close of the 2010 regular season. He didn’t reach that
number last year until his final Regular Season start – a P2
at the PGA Championship – boosted him to a season total of
1,498 points.