May. 4, 2010
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Twelve months ago, Jason Bohn and Ryan Palmer were not only well outside the top 30 in FedExCup points, they were well outside the top 125 just looking to get into the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup.
But thanks to their respective wins on the PGA TOUR this season, Bohn and Palmer are firmly in the top 30 at the halfway mark of the 2010 regular season.
Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, were not even part of the FedExCup race, but both rookies have positioned themselves as contenders in the first part of this year.
Here's a look at the current top 30 and where they stood a year ago.
| Year-over-year performance through Week 17 |
| 2010 |
| Player |
2010 RANK |
Points |
Events |
Wins |
Top 10s |
2009 RANK |
Points |
Events |
Wins |
Top 10s |
| Ernie Els |
1 |
1396 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
46 |
406 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
| Jim Furyk |
2 |
1296 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
34 |
482 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
| Phil Mickelson |
3 |
1233 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1363 |
9 |
2 |
5 |
| Anthony Kim |
4 |
1215 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
43 |
416 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
| Camilo Villegas |
5 |
972 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
28 |
568 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
| Steve Stricker |
6 |
966 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
911 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
| Dustin Johnson |
7 |
903 |
11 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
789 |
11 |
1 |
2 |
| Matt Kuchar |
8 |
849 |
12 |
0 |
4 |
64 |
306 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
| Bill Haas |
9 |
838 |
11 |
1 |
2 |
84 |
248 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
| Hunter Mahan |
10 |
795 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
36 |
464 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
| Ben Crane |
11 |
782 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
48 |
398 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
| Jason Bohn |
12 |
749 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
139 |
143 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
| K.J. Choi |
13 |
746 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
57 |
342 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
| Luke Donald |
14 |
743 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
22 |
651 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
| Robert Allenby |
15 |
731 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
60 |
325 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
| Ian Poulter |
16 |
702 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
62 |
318 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
| Geoff Ogilvy |
17 |
689 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1387 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
| J.B. Holmes |
18 |
664 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
31 |
508 |
12 |
0 |
2 |
| Rickie Fowler |
19 |
659 |
12 |
0 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Paul Casey |
20 |
640 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
968 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
| Retief Goosen |
21 |
605 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
11 |
852 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
| Ryan Palmer |
22 |
604 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
139 |
143 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Nick Watney |
23 |
604 |
11 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1236 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
| Bubba Watson |
24 |
590 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
32 |
493 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
| Rory McIlroy |
25 |
579 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Kevin Na |
26 |
569 |
12 |
0 |
3 |
25 |
581 |
11 |
0 |
4 |
| Charles Howell III |
27 |
552 |
13 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
772 |
13 |
0 |
3 |
| Y.E.Yang |
28 |
533 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
18 |
690 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
| Bo Van Pelt |
29 |
523 |
12 |
0 |
2 |
52 |
375 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
| Tim Clark |
30 |
509 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
38 |
459 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
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