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The Drive for "THE 25"
 
Oct. 8, 2007
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Jeremy Anderson moved up 16 spots.

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 WNB Golf Classic is the second 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), with their ranking on the list for the last two weeks.

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 Current Money Rank Rank Last Week Comment
Chad Collins 16th 16th Holding steady after T2 in Columbus jumped him from 66th to 13th on the money list
Martin Laird 17th 17th Scotsman and Athens winner has three missed cuts in last four outings on Nationwide Tour
Scott Sterling 18th 18th Winner in Australia and former No. 1 on money list is hanging in there
Skip Kendall 19th 19th Veteran needs to recapture excellent early-season form to return to the PGA TOUR
James Driscoll 20th 20th Three straight missed cuts after Xerox runner-up didn't help his chances
Jimmy Walker 21st 21st West Virginia winner has cooled off since breakthrough victory in August
Tom Scherrer 22nd 22nd Springfield win was was followed by disappointing August and September
Franklin Langham 23rd 23rd Runner-up in Springfield and win in Utah equaled a 132-spot advance
Michael Letzig 24th 24th Ranked between 11th and 24th since third event of the year on the Nationwide Tour
Brendan Pappas 25th 26th South African has been steady since Columbus, but still needs big push
Jeremy Anderson 26th 42nd n/a
Miguel Carballo 27th 25th Season-opening winner needs to stop the slide
Jay Williamson 28th 27th Fort Smith winner has been trying PGA TOUR since near-win at Travelers Championship
B.J. Staten 29th 32nd Left-hander is solid and capable of scoring the one big finish needed to crack top 25
Chris Nallen 30th 28th Has been treading water at No. 27 and No. 28 on the money list in the last month
D.A. Points 31st 29th Has been driving with two recent top-10 finishes. Was solo second in Boise.
Scott Gardiner 32nd 30th Aussie reached high point in Columbus; has dropped at east one spot a week since then
John Kimbell 33rd 31st Big hitter from Georgia won home-state event at Valdosta, but has made only four cuts since
Ron Whittaker 34th 34th Lanny Wadkins' nephew has five finishes of 31st or better since July 22
Greg Chalmers 35th 33rd Aussie was ranked as high as 16th earlier this year, but has missed three of last four cuts
Peter Tomasulo 39th 35th Has two straight top-10s -- has broken 70 eight times in last three events