Pressure builds on Nationwide Tour

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2007 Utah Energy Solutions Championship | Preview | 06 Sep 2007

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The Nationwide Tour returns from a week’s break to play the Utah Energy Solutions Championship in Sandy, Utah.

The Willow Creek Country Club will play host to the event for the 9th occasion, the William Neff layout measuring 7104 yards.

With eight events, including this week, remaining on the 2007 Nationwide Tour calendar, the pressure starts to build for those players looking to gain access to the PGA Tour and, for those already looking assured, the chance to move further up the money list.

The leading three money winners are not in the field. Roland Thatcher and Jason Day are taking breaks for various reasons while the number two player on the money list, Nick Flanagan, is back in Australia preparing to head to New York in ten days time for his first event as a PGA Tour cardholder. Flanagan was on the Gold Coast earlier this week attending a press conference promoting his achievements and the Australasian events this summer.

There are several members of the PGA Tour taking advantage of a start on the Nationwide Tour while they await their next start on the PGA Tour. For them the next event most are eligible to play on the PGA Tour is the Turning Point Resort event in New York.

The Australians playing this week include the improving Matthew Jones, who moved to 17th on the Nationwide Tour money list when he finished runner up two weeks ago. Scott Gardiner is on the outside looking in as far as the top 25 is concerned and Greg Chalmers, who is in 30th place on the money list, is in a similar situation.

Steven Bowditch, Kim Felton, Mark Hensby, Michael Long, David McKenzie, Aron Price and Phil Tataurangi round out the ANZ contingent.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-20	Franklin Langham	63	67	66	68	264
2	-18	Richard Johnson	67	64	67	68	266
T3	-17	Edward Loar	65	66	69	67	267
T3	-17	Mark Hensby	67	66	67	67	267
T5	-16	Chris Tidland	68	67	67	66	268
T5	-16	Fabian Gomez	72	65	65	66	268
T5	-16	Ron Whittaker	66	66	68	68	268
T8	-15	Adam Meyer	68	68	66	67	269
T8	-15	D.a. Points	68	70	64	67	269
T8	-15	Jeremy Anderson	67	66	66	70	269
T8	-15	Vance Veazey	66	66	68	69	269
T12	-14	Chris Baryla	66	67	68	69	270
T12	-14	Craig Lile	63	68	68	71	270
T12	-14	David Mathis	67	70	66	67	270
T12	-14	Jon Mills	71	66	67	66	270
T12	-14	Matt Weibring	68	70	63	69	270
T17	-13	Bob Burns	70	67	70	64	271
T17	-13	Patrick Sheehan	67	69	67	68	271
T17	-13	Todd Demsey	64	74	64	69	271
T20	-12	Aron Price	68	68	66	70	272
T20	-12	Brock Mackenzie	70	65	66	71	272
T20	-12	Chris Anderson	66	67	70	69	272
T20	-12	Tim Wilkinson	66	67	70	69	272
T20	-12	Tom Scherrer	65	68	70	69	272
T25	-11	Chris Nallen	70	67	67	69	273
T25	-11	John Riegger	66	68	72	67	273
T25	-11	Kevin Gessino-kraft	67	68	70	68	273
T25	-11	Ricky Barnes	69	69	68	67	273
T25	-11	Tag Ridings	71	67	66	69	273
T30	-10	Daniel Summerhays	68	70	70	66	274
T30	-10	David Mckenzie	68	66	71	69	274
T30	-10	Hunter Haas	70	67	65	72	274
T30	-10	Jason Allred	69	67	67	71	274
T30	-10	Jeff Klauk	66	68	67	73	274
T30	-10	Justin Bolli	66	68	70	70	274
T30	-10	Lee Williams	68	69	70	67	274
T30	-10	Mark Wiebe	67	69	66	72	274
T30	-10	Matthew Jones	68	70	69	67	274
T30	-10	Scott Gardiner	67	67	71	69	274
T40	-9	Aaron Watkins	70	68	68	69	275
T40	-9	Brad Adamonis	69	69	66	71	275
T40	-9	Garrett Willis	67	64	70	74	275
T40	-9	Jason Schultz	67	66	72	70	275
T44	-8	Chris Thompson	68	68	69	71	276
T44	-8	Garrett Clegg	67	70	71	68	276
T44	-8	Glen Day	68	69	69	70	276
T44	-8	Marc Turnesa	68	68	72	68	276
T44	-8	Michael Long	67	67	70	72	276
T44	-8	Peter Tomasulo	67	68	74	67	276
T50	-7	Curtis Malm	64	72	68	73	277
T50	-7	Fran Quinn	70	68	66	73	277
T50	-7	Keith Nolan	68	68	68	73	277
T50	-7	Scott Parel	68	67	67	75	277
T50	-7	Todd Fischer	69	68	71	69	277
T55	-6	Jim Mcgovern	70	68	69	71	278
T55	-6	Michael Letzig	72	66	64	76	278
T55	-6	Zoran Zorkic	70	66	74	68	278
T58	-5	Brenden Pappas	69	69	70	71	279
T58	-5	Kris Blanks	68	68	69	74	279
T58	-5	Pat Bates	72	66	71	70	279
T61	-4	Esteban Toledo	69	69	67	75	280
T61	-4	Justin Hicks	68	69	72	71	280
T63	-3	Martin Laird	68	69	72	72	281
T63	-3	Steven Bowditch	70	65	67	79	281
65	Ev	Barry Schenk	72	65	73	74	284
Cut -4
CUT	-3	Blake Adams	68	71	-	-	139
CUT	-3	Brad Elder	68	71	-	-	139
CUT	-3	Chris Smith	70	69	-	-	139
CUT	-3	Deane Pappas	72	67	-	-	139
CUT	-3	Kevin Johnson	69	70	-	-	139
CUT	-3	Ryan Hietala	71	68	-	-	139
CUT	-3	Stephen Gangluff	68	71	-	-	139
CUT	-2	Kenny Ebalo	72	68	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Andrew Pratt	71	69	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Ben Bates	69	71	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Camilo Benedetti	71	69	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Danny Briggs	74	66	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Garth Mulroy	70	70	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Greg Chalmers	69	71	-	-	140
CUT	-2	James Driscoll	72	68	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Jay Don Blake	70	70	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Keoke Cotner	70	70	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Lee M. Williamson	72	68	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Mike Sposa	72	68	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Rick Price	72	68	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Steve Pate	74	66	-	-	140
CUT	-2	Tom Carter	71	69	-	-	140
CUT	-1	Andrew Johnson	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Brad Ott	67	74	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Chad Collins	69	72	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Dan Forsman	72	69	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Gabriel Hjertstedt	68	73	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Gary Woodland	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Jon Turcott	71	70	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Joseph Alfieri	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Mario Tiziani	70	71	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Nicholas Thompson	72	69	-	-	141
CUT	-1	Wil Collins	73	68	-	-	141
CUT	Ev	Gary Christian	68	74	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Matthew Call	73	69	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	B.j. Staten	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Chez Reavie	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	David Morland Iv	76	66	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Jason Enloe	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Jay Williamson	74	68	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Josh Broadaway	77	65	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Kelly Grunewald	74	68	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Kenneth Staton	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Kyle Mccarthy	75	67	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Phil Tataurangi	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Richard Swift	71	71	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Ryan Howison	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	Ev	Tyler Leon	72	70	-	-	142
CUT	+1	Isaac Jimison	73	70	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Boyd Summerhays	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Chris Riley	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Darron Stiles	71	72	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Elliot Gealy	76	67	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Ian Leggatt	69	74	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Jess Daley	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Josh Williams	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Kim Felton	67	76	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Kyle Thompson	72	71	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Roger Tambellini	74	69	-	-	143
CUT	+1	Scott Sterling	73	70	-	-	143
CUT	+2	Mark Owen	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	+2	David Hearn	73	71	-	-	144
CUT	+2	Ryan Ellis	74	70	-	-	144
CUT	+2	Tim O'neal	71	73	-	-	144
CUT	+3	Michael Maness	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+3	D.j. Brigman	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+3	Dustin Bray	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+3	Nick Malinowski	76	69	-	-	145
CUT	+3	Rich Barcelo	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+3	Sal Spallone	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+4	Brad Fritsch	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Jeff Wood	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Joe Daley	77	69	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Michael Nicoletti	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Miguel Angel Carballo	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Steve Schneiter	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+4	Tee Mccabe	70	76	-	-	146
CUT	+5	Will Dottley	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+5	Jimmy Walker	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+6	Tony Finau	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+6	Jason Caron	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+6	Omar Uresti	75

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Pressure builds on Nationwide Tour

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2007 Utah Energy Solutions Championship | Preview | 06 Sep 2007