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Nationwide Tour: The drive for 'THE 25'
 
Oct. 1, 2007
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Nationwide Tour: Money Leaders | Top 10 Finishes

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Nick Flanagan

Only the top-25 money winners will earn 2008 PGA TOUR cards at the conclusion of the Nationwide Tour Championship at Barona Creek near San Diego Nov. 1-4.

This week's Mark Christopher Charity Classic begins the run of the final five events of 2007. The following charts the progress of players who are in the thick of THE 25 competition (Nos. 16-35), since July's Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational.

The top 15 have all but secured their TOUR cards for 2008, led by leading money winner Roland Thatcher, No. 2 Nick Flanagan, who earned a three-win promotion to the PGA TOUR, and No. 3 Jason Day of Australia.

The Drive for 25
Player Rank on Money List Rank on July 15 Comment
Chad Collins 16th 13th Holding steady after T2 in Columbus jumped him from 66th to 13th on the money list
Martin Laird 17th 12th Scotsman and Athens winner has three missed cuts in last four outings on Nationwide Tour
Scott Sterling 18th 14th Winner in Australia and former No. 1 on money list is hanging in there
Skip Kendall 19th 9th Veteran needs to recapture excellent early-season form to return to the PGA TOUR
James Driscoll 20th 23rd Three straight missed cuts after Xerox runner-up didn't help his chances
Jimmy Walker 21st 53rd West Virginia winner has cooled off since breakthrough victory in August
Tom Scherrer 22nd 63rd Springfield win was was followed by disappointing August and September
Franklin Langham 23rd 155th Runner-up in Springfield and win in Utah equaled a 132-spot advance
Michael Letzig 24th 21st Ranked between 11th and 24th since third event of the year on the Nationwide Tour
Miguel Carballo 25th 16th Season-opening winner needs to stop the slide
Brendan Pappas 26th 29th South African has been steady since Columbus, but still needs big push
Jay Williamson 27th 11th Fort Smith winner has been trying PGA TOUR since near-win at Travelers Championship
Chris Nallen 28th 15th Has been treading water at No. 27 and No. 28 on the money list in the last month
D.A. Points 29th 85th Has been driving with two recent top-10 finishes. Was solo second in Boise.
Scott Gardiner 30th 17th Aussie reached high point in Columbus; has dropped at east one spot a week since then
John Kimbell 31st 18th Big hitter from Georgia won home-state event at Valdosta, but has made only four cuts since
B.J. Staten 32nd 27th Left-hander is solid and capable of scoring the one big finish needed to crack top 25
Greg Chalmers 33rd 25th Aussie was ranked as high as 16th earlier this year, but has missed three of last four cuts
Ron Whittaker 34th 64th Lanny Wadkins' nephew has five finishes of 31st or better since July 22
Peter Tomasulo 35th 40th Has two straight top-10s -- has broken 70 eight times in last three events