Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open

(McKinney, TX) - The Nationwide Tour's 30-tournament season comes to a pressure-packed conclusion this weekend at the Nationwide Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch (Nov. 6-9) near Dallas. Tour players have been in a season-long quest to finish among "The 25" leading money winners, which will ensure a PGA TOUR card for 2009. A number of players have already wrapped up their cards, but for those in and around the 25th spot, every single stroke could have bearing on the final outcome.

Below are the top-60 money winners who will be at TPC Craig Ranch this week. With a record $1 million purse and a first prize of $180,000 on the line, every player in the field has a shot at earning a TOUR card. The second-place payout is $108,000. Only $88,633 separates No. 25 Chris Tidland and No. 60 Joe Daley. The difference between Tidland and No. 26 Hunter Haas is a mere $469.  Wichita Open alums and former champions are noted in bold face.

.           $ $ $                            Name

415,835                         Brendon de Jonge
375,938                         Jarrod Lyle
330,646                         Bill Lunde
313,987                         Scott Piercy  2008 Champion 313,930                         Greg Chalmers
303,605                         Greg Owen
303,427                           Darron Stiles
299,418                         Jeff Klauk  2003 Champion
281,260                         Rick Price 276,925                         Kris Blanks 271,509                         Colt Knost 267,863                         Matt Bettencourt
265,612                         David Mathis
263,919                         Casey Wittenberg
261,096                         D.A. Points
256,704                         Peter Tomasulo
252,986                         Arjun Atwal 239,224                         Brendon Todd
234,144                         Aron Price
224,030                         Matt Weibring
221,185                         Spencer Levin 213,902                         Ricky Barnes
211,974                         Marc Leishman 210,215                         Scott Gutschewski 199,130                         Chris Tidland
198,661                         Hunter Haas
194,120                         David Branshaw 193,476                         Ryan Hietala 191,002                         Roger Tambellini
186,384                         Bubba Dickerson
179,861                         Justin Hicks 176,651                         Bryce Molder
172,039                         Matt Every
169,845                         Daniel Summerhays 169,513                         D.J. Brigman
166,856                         Scott Dunlap
159,996                         Bryan DeCorso
159,124                         Ewan Porter
157,881                         Josh Broadway
157,113                         Bob May
151,367                         Jeff Brehaut 148,600                         Chris Anderson
135,902                         Skip Kendall
130,286                         Vance Veazey
129,790                         Alex Prugh
129,694                         Won Joon Lee
129,309                         Garrett Osborn
127,791                         Webb Simpson 127,506                         Michael Putnam
127,000                         Gavin Coles
121,238                         Kyle Reifers
119,848                         Oskar Bergman 
115,966                         Chad Ginn
115,953                         Garth Mulroy
114,039                         J.J. Killeen
111,956                         Fran Quinn
111,543                         Tee McCabe *
111,357                         Chris Smith
110,796                         Chris Nallen
110,497                         Joe Daley  2005  Champion

* Withdrew due to wrist injury