2009 PGA TOUR preview: Top 100 Players to Watch

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Dec. 19, 2008

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Ben Curtis has got to feel pretty good about 2009 after completing a career year with $2.6 million that included a pair of runner-up finishes. He nearly tripled his earnings from 2007 and bettered 2006 when Curtis won two times on TOUR. There was no major championship, to be sure, but he came close in a tie for second at the PGA Championship. That marked his third top-10 in a major since the Ohioan burst onto the scene with a victory at the Open Championship in his first appearance at a major. The Kent State grad started 2008 slowly with that solo second at the Wachovia Championship in May where he closed with a 65 -- marking his first top-10. For the year, Curtis posted five top-10s, eight top-25s and he made the cut in all but four starts. -- Helen Ross

The chart above represents this player's rank on TOUR in 2008 for five skill ratings categories. Each category is based on an aggregate score which is calculated from key statistics for that skill area.

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