Power Rankings: Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open

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The long and winding schedule of full-field tournaments on the Nationwide Tour will end this week at the new Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

For the first time the Nationwide Tour will play at the TPC Sawgrass Dye's Valley Course, and there will be plenty at stake as players have one last chance to get into the top 60 on the money list. The top 60 after this week's tournament will play in the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island.

It's the best of the best on the Nationwide Tour, as 95 of the top 100 players on the money list have committed to play.

On Sunday, Jason Gore resurrected his lost season by winning the Miccosukee Championship in Miami. He became the 23rd different winner on Tour this season, and it improved his money-list status from No. 124 to No. 39.

"It's been a rough year," said Gore, who last won the 84 Lumber Classic on the PGA TOUR in 2005. "That was really the goal this week, to just make enough to keep playing."

Players will be trying to get inside the top 60 and also inside the top 25, because at the end of the Tour Championship the top 25 on the money list earn PGA TOUR cards for 2011.

Power Rankings: Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open

Rank Player   Comment Jason GORE When Gore gets on a roll, look out. He has seven career Nationwide Tour wins, the most in history, and twice he has won in back-to-back weeks. With a much-needed jolt of confidence, he'll likely be in contention this week. Scott GUTSCHEWSKI A tie for second on Sunday gives him plenty of breathing room for finishing inside the top 25 on the money list -- and came at a good time because he had missed the previous two cuts. He was solid all week in Miami with rounds of 66-70-67-69. Jamie LOVEMARK The leading money winner on Tour played in the Frys.com Open on the PGA TOUR last week and finished tied for 30th. He has been very consistent on the Nationwide Tour this season with 14 cuts made in 20 tournaments and has eight top 10 finishes. Keegan BRADLEY He has been the most consistent player of late with four straight top-5 finishes. Because there have been so many different winners on Tour this season (22), it wouldn't be a surprise at all if Bradley made it yet another different winner. Chris KIRK Second on the money list, he has two victories this season. He played on the PGA TOUR earlier this month in the McGladrey Classic and tied for 15th. Last played in the Nationwide Tour earlier this month at the Soboba Golf Classic and tied for 47th.

John Dell has covered golf for the Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina for the last 17 years. His views do not necessarily represent the views of the PGA TOUR.