Bubble Watch: Plenty of points still on the table

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Aug. 2, 2011
By Chris Dunham, PGATOUR.COM staff

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The PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup are fast approaching. There are just three weeks and four events remaining for players to accumulate enough points for the 125-man field at The Barclays.

With the TOUR split between a pair of stops this week, a wealth of opportunities exist for movement arount the FedExCup bubble. Of the 31 players within 15 spots of the 125-man cut line, 28 are in action this week either at Firestone CC or Montreux G&CC.

Last week, Steven Bowditch and Josh Teater crossed the 125th position and moved inside the cut line, but both remain on the FedExCup bubble. Dropping out were Alex Cejka and Padraig Harrington.

In the two years since the changes to the FedExCup points system took place, 354 and 380 points have been required to qualify for the 125-man field at The Barclays. Currently 110 players have more than 354 points and 104 would be above a 380-point cut line.

Here's a look at the players within 15 spots above and below No. 125 in the FedExCup standings and their past performances at their respective events this week.

Bubble Watch
How the bubble players have performed at this week's events
Rank/Player FedExCup
points
Points
from 125
Event Starts Cuts
made
Wins Top 10s Top 25s Last
start

INSIDE THE BUBBLE
110. Ian Poulter 356 48 WGC 8 8 0 0 4 T65, 2010
111. Stuart Appleby 350 32 WGC 12 12 0 3 7 T63, 2010
112. Steven Bowditch 347 39 RTO 1 1 0 0 0 76th, 2006
113. Retief Goosen 343 35 WGC 10 10 0 3 6 T3, 2010
114. James Driscoll 337 29 RTO 1 0 0 0 0 MC, 2008
115. Arjun Atwal 332 24 WGC - - - - - N/A
116. Billy Mayfair 326 18 RTO 8 4 0 1 2 MC, 2010
117. Cameron Beckman 324 16 RTO 11 6 0 0 4 MC, 2010
118. Heath Slocum 324 16 WGC 1 1 0 0 0 T39, 2010
119. Rod Pampling 322 14 RTO 5 5 0 2 4 T21, 2010
120. Camilo Villegas 320 12 Not playing a TOUR event this week
121. David Mathis 320 12 RTO 1 0 0 0 0 MC, 2009
122. William McGirt 318 10 RTO - - - - - N/A
123. Dean Wilson 316 8 RTO 6 3 0 1 3 MC, 2010
124. Josh Teater 316 8 RTO 1 1 0 0 0 54th, 2010

ON THE BUBBLE
125. Matt Jones 308 RTO 2 2 0 0 1 T17, 2009

OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE
126. Ben Curtis 304 4 RTO 1 1 0 0 0 T49, 2005
127. Alex Cejka 303 5 Not playing a TOUR event this week
128. Padraig Harrington 301 7 WGC 12 12 0 2 7 T9, 2010
129. Michael Putnam 300 8 RTO 1 0 0 0 0 MC, 2007
130. Tim Clark 299 9 Not playing a TOUR event this week
131. Zack Miller 290 18 RTO - - - - - N/A
132. Ernie Els 290 18 WGC 11 11 0 2 7 T22, 2010
133. Stephen Ames 289 19 RTO 1 0 0 0 0 MC, 1999
134. Kent Jones 287 21 RTO 11 8 0 1 3 T5, 2010
135. Tiger Woods 287 21 WGC 11 11 7 10 10 T78, 2010
136. Roland Thatcher 282 26 RTO 2 2 0 1 1 T53, 2005
137. Scott Piercy 279 29 RTO 3 2 0 0 0 MC, 2010
138. Tim Petrovic 275 33 RTO 1 1 0 0 0 T49, 2007
139. Tag Ridings 273 35 RTO 6 4 0 1 2 T22, 2009
140. Steve Flesch 269 37 RTO 7 7 0 4 4 T31, 2010
WGC = WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
RTO = Reno-Tahoe Open
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