Nationwide suspense builds at WNB

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2008 WNB Golf Classic | Preview | 07 Oct 2008

Jarrod Lyle

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The final three full field events of the 2008 Nationwide Tour season begin this week at the WNB Classic at the Midland Golf Club in Midland in west Texas. After a break of two weeks, the Tour will play this event followed by the Chattanooga Classic, the Miccosukee Championship in Florida and finally the limited field Tour Championship in Dallas.

The event was given a new name in 2007 after being known as the Permian Basin Open or Classic since its inaugural staging in 1992. The Midland Country Club was built in 1954 and designed by the prolific Texan, Ralph Plummer.

Most of the leading contenders on this year’s money list are in the field the notable exception being Greg Owen who is currently in 5th position.

The most significant contest this week is the battle for a place inside the top 25, who will gain access to the PGA Tour after the Tour Championship in early November.

There are many other tournaments within tournaments over the next few weeks however, including the race for the number one position, which earns a higher category on next year’s PGA Tour.

There’s also the race for the top 60 who will earn a start at the Tour Championship, the top 60 who are guaranteed full status in season 2009, those from 26th – 40th who will avoid Stage Two Q-School, and so it goes on.

Australasians are in abundance this week in Midland. Jarrod Lyle (2nd on the money list), Greg Chalmers (6th), Aron Price (20th), Ewan Porter (32nd), Marc Leishman (56th), Cameron Percy (60th), David McKenzie (64th,) Won Joon Lee (69th), Scott Gardiner (84th), Brad Iles (89th), Wade Ormsby (93rd), Kim Felton (103rd) Grant Waite (104th) and Paul Gow (114th) Andrew Bonhomme (203rd) and Steve Bowditch (231st) all have varying reasons to play well.

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-21	Marc Leishman	67	66	66	68	267
2	-10	Keoke Cotner	70	71	69	68	278
3	-9	Aron Price	67	72	68	72	279
T4	-8	Darron Stiles	71	69	70	70	280
T4	-8	Greg Chalmers	70	72	70	68	280
T4	-8	Spencer Levin	66	70	72	72	280
T4	-8	Won Joon Lee	69	69	71	71	280
T8	-7	Brendon De Jonge	71	68	67	75	281
T8	-7	Brendon Todd	68	68	73	72	281
T8	-7	Cameron Percy	72	68	66	75	281
T8	-7	Fabian Gomez	69	73	68	71	281
T8	-7	Ricky Barnes	69	68	71	73	281
T13	-6	Tom Gillis	66	70	74	72	282
T13	-6	Vance Veazey	72	69	71	70	282
T15	-5	Brad Fritsch	71	72	68	72	283
T15	-5	Garrett Osborn	73	68	69	73	283
T15	-5	Ian Leggatt	72	68	72	71	283
T15	-5	Justin Hicks	74	67	68	74	283
T15	-5	Mark Brooks	74	70	68	71	283
T15	-5	Michael Boyd	69	67	68	79	283
T21	-4	Anders Hultman	72	69	70	73	284
T21	-4	Chris Smith	72	69	69	74	284
T21	-4	D.j. Brigman	71	72	69	72	284
T21	-4	Gary Christian	67	74	69	74	284
T21	-4	Hunter Haas	70	71	69	74	284
T21	-4	Roger Tambellini	73	70	69	72	284
T27	-3	Bob Burns	71	68	70	76	285
T27	-3	Bubba Dickerson	74	69	69	73	285
T27	-3	Henrik Bjornstad	71	72	71	71	285
T27	-3	Jeff Klauk	72	69	70	74	285
T27	-3	Michael Putnam	70	67	76	72	285
T27	-3	Miguel Angel Carballo	67	74	71	73	285
T27	-3	Reid Edstrom	66	75	71	73	285
T27	-3	Rich Barcelo	72	72	69	72	285
T35	-2	Bill Lunde	72	70	73	71	286
T35	-2	David Mckenzie	72	70	73	71	286
T35	-2	Fran Quinn	74	70	74	68	286
T35	-2	Jarrod Lyle	70	71	73	72	286
T35	-2	Ryan Hietala	72	72	72	70	286
T35	-2	Willie Wood	72	72	72	70	286
T41	-1	Casey Wittenberg	72	71	73	71	287
T41	-1	Jason Schultz	74	69	70	74	287
T41	-1	Oskar Bergman	70	72	76	69	287
T41	-1	Scott Piercy	73	68	70	76	287
T45	Ev	Alex Prugh	72	69	73	74	288
T45	Ev	Arjun Atwal	72	69	74	73	288
T45	Ev	Brian Smock	71	73	72	72	288
T45	Ev	Colt Knost	71	71	72	74	288
T49	+1	Esteban Toledo	71	73	71	74	289
T49	+1	Tyler Aldridge	71	71	72	75	289
T51	+2	Ben Bates	73	71	71	75	290
T51	+2	Steve Pate	72	71	73	74	290
T53	+3	Adam Rubinson	71	73	74	73	291
T53	+3	Grant Waite	71	71	73	76	291
T53	+3	Josh Mccumber	72	72	68	79	291
T53	+3	Kelly Grunewald	73	70	73	75	291
T57	+4	Andrew Dresser	74	69	73	76	292
T57	+4	Brian Guetz	72	72	72	76	292
T57	+4	Chad Ginn	71	72	74	75	292
T57	+4	D.a. Points	71	73	74	74	292
T57	+4	Joe Daley	69	75	73	75	292
T62	+5	Brock Mackenzie	71	70	76	76	293
T62	+5	Franklin Corpening	73	71	74	75	293
T62	+5	Scott Parel	71	73	71	78	293
T65	+6	Chris Kirk	73	71	77	73	294
T65	+6	Sebastian Fernandez	70	72	76	76	294
67	+7	Rick Price	71	70	75	79	295
68	+14	Scott Gordon	73	70	81	78	302
Cut +1
CUT	+1	Blaine Mccallister	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+1	David Branshaw	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+1	David Mathis	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Ewan Porter	71	74	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Jim Herman	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Jon Turcott	69	76	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Matt Every	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Paul Gow	72	73	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Peter Tomasulo	77	68	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Scott Gardiner	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Vince Jewell	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Wade Ormsby	74	71	-	-	145
CUT	+1	Will Dodson	73	72	-	-	145
CUT	+2	B.j. Staten	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Bradley Iles	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Bryce Molder	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Chris Tidland	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Dave Schultz	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Dean Larsson	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Dustin Risdon	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Jeff Brehaut	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Jim Lemon	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Kris Blanks	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Kyle Reifers	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Ryan Howison	69	77	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Todd Fischer	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Tom Byrum	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Tripp Isenhour	71	75	-	-	146
CUT	+3	David Hearn	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Garth Mulroy	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Justin Otto	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Matt Weibring	71	76	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Skip Kendall	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Steven Bowditch	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Steven Young	74	73	-	-	147
CUT	+4	Andrew Bonhomme	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Brendan Steele	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Daniel Summerhays	71	77	-	-	148
CUT	+4	David Morland Iv	72	76	-	-	148
CUT	+4	J.j. Killeen	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Jeremy Anderson	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Kim Felton	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Scott Gutschewski	74	74	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Tom Carter	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Blake Adams	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Bret Guetz	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Chris Thompson	74	75	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Dustin Bray	71	78	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Keith Nolan	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Kris Cox	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Mike Mccabe	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+6	Jim Rutledge	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Josh Broadaway	78	72	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Larry Bryan	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Lee M. Williamson	79	71	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Matt Bettencourt	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Patrick Damron	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Scott Dunlap	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Andy Connell	77	74	-	-	151
CUT	+8	Chris Nallen	76	76	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Doug Barron	76	76	-	-	152
CUT	+9	Bryan Decorso	74	79	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Darren Angel	72	81	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Matt Hansen	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Tee Mccabe	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	+10	Chris Anderson	79	75	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Chris Myers	78	76	-	-	154
CUT	+10	John Adams	76	78	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Jonathan Fricke	73	81	-	-	154
CUT	+11	John Kimbell	78	77	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Nick Malinowski	81	74	-	-	155
CUT	+12	Craig Bowden	76	80	-	-	156
CUT	+13	Rob Bradley	74	83	-	-	157
WD	-	Gibby Gilbert	-	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Jason Enloe	-	-	-	-	WD
WD	-	Tom Johnson	-	-	-	-	WD

Position	Score	Player	Country	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total

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Nationwide suspense builds at WNB

BY Bruce Young | Nationwide Tour | 2008 WNB Golf Classic | Preview | 07 Oct 2008

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