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Is Byron Nelson's record safe from Tiger Woods after all?

As Tiger Woods rolls into Bay Hill, chasing Byron Nelson's record for consecutive wins, the thinking is that his sixth straight win is a done deal. But all is not as it appears, writes Bob Harig. Story | Scores

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ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL - IN PROGRESS

	Player	Score	Thru
T1	Fred Couples (USA)	-5	F
T1	J.J. Henry (USA)	-5	F
T3	Tom Lehman (USA)	-4	F
T3	Lee Westwood (GBR)	-4	F
T3	Vijay Singh (FIJ)	-4	F
T3	Lucas Glover (USA)	-4	16
T7	Ken Duke (USA)	-3	F
T7	Jim Furyk (USA)	-3	F
T7	Cliff Kresge (USA)	-3	F
T7	Bubba Watson	-3	17
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Def. Champ: Vijay Singh - FIJ, 272 (8-under)

	Player	Score	Thru
0	Phil Blackmar (USA)	-	N/A
0	Kenny Knox (USA)	-	N/A
0	Mark O'Meara (USA)	-	N/A
0	Bruce Summerhays	-	N/A
0	Wayne Grady (AUS)	-	N/A
0	Wayne Levi (USA)	-	N/A
0	Tim Simpson	-	N/A
0	Jeff Sluman (USA)	-	N/A
0	Dave Eichelberger (USA)	-	N/A
0	Vicente Fernandez	-	N/A
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	Player	Score	Thru	Today
1	Ewan Porter	-13	F	-6
T2	Tee McCabe	-6	F	-1
T2	D.J. Brigman (USA)	-6	F	-2
4	Terry Price	-4	F	2
T5	Jarrod Lyle	-3	F	-1
T5	Fabian Gomez	-3	F	E
T7	Scott Gutschewski (USA)	-1	F	-1
T7	Alistair Presnell	-1	F	2
T7	D.A. Points (USA)	-1	F	-2
T10	Bryan Decorso	E	F	2
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FedExCup Standings

Rank	Player	Cup Points
1	Tiger Woods	9,225
2	Phil Mickelson	8,331
3	K.J. Choi	6,637
4	Justin Leonard	6,016
5	Stewart Cink	5,867
6	J.B. Holmes	5,849
7	Ryuji Imada	5,448
8	Steve Stricker	5,222
9	Daniel Chopra	4,911
10	D.J. Trahan	4,870

Rank	Player	Cup Points
11	Rory Sabbatini	4,839
12	Steve Lowery	4,781
13	Sean O'Hair	4,681
14	Ernie Els	4,586
15	Vijay Singh	4,547
16	Luke Donald	4,412
17	Stuart Appleby	3,608
18	Jeff Quinney	3,479
19	Steve Marino	3,471
20	Robert Allenby	3,081

Rank	Player	Cup Points
21	Brian Gay	2,828
22	Troy Matteson	2,797
23	Nathan Green	2,727
24	John Senden	2,608
25	Boo Weekley	2,549
26	Mark Calcavecchia	2,477
27	Stephen Ames	2,379
28	Kenny Perry	2,368
29	Steve Elkington	2,354
30	John Mallinger	2,351

Rank	Player	Cup Points
31	Brandt Snedeker	2,237
32	Jerry Kelly	2,229
33	Ben Crane	2,165
34	George McNeill	2,145
35	Kevin Sutherland	2,137
36	Kevin Na	2,117
37	Padraig Harrington	2,076
38	Chad Campbell	2,053
39	Dustin Johnson	2,011
40	Matt Jones	2,007

Rank	Player	Cup Points
41	Joe Durant	1,934
42	Corey Pavin	1,906
43	Charles Warren	1,906
44	Tom Pernice, Jr.	1,874
45	Charles Howell III	1,804
46	Mark Wilson	1,789
47	Mike Weir	1,783
48	Dudley Hart	1,752
49	Jim Furyk	1,751
50	Anthony Kim	1,715

Rank	Player	Cup Points
51	Hunter Mahan	1,692
52	John Merrick	1,672
53	Jonathan Byrd	1,655
54	Scott Verplank	1,648
55	Aaron Baddeley	1,619
56	Woody Austin	1,597
57	Matt Kuchar	1,580
58	Angel Cabrera	1,554
59	Billy Mayfair	1,553
60	Rod Pampling	1,520

Rank	Player	Cup Points
61	Nicholas Thompson	1,478
62	Pat Perez	1,443
63	Bill Haas	1,433
64	Charlie Wi	1,425
65	Mathew Goggin	1,365
66	Shane Bertsch	1,339
67	Nick Watney	1,297
68	Chez Reavie	1,288
69	Jason Gore	1,280
70	Jason Day	1,241

Rank	Player	Cup Points
71	Vaughn Taylor	1,207
72	Alex Cejka	1,169
73	Y.E. Yang	1,161
74	Parker McLachlin	1,101
75	Bart Bryant	1,097
76	Joe Ogilvie	1,074
77	Charley Hoffman	1,049
78	Cliff Kresge	1,038
79	Ryan Moore	1,029
80	Fred Couples	1,017

Rank	Player	Cup Points
81	Michael Letzig	973
82	Brian Davis	972
83	Carl Pettersson	961
84	Briny Baird	944
85	Doug LaBelle II	935
86	Tag Ridings	932
87	Paul Casey	889
88	Fred Funk	878
89	Justin Rose	861
90	Steve Flesch	852

Rank	Player	Cup Points
91	Camilo Villegas	848
92	Heath Slocum	843
93	Peter Lonard	818
94	Nick O'Hern	778
95	Patrick Sheehan	734
96	Roland Thatcher	731
97	Zach Johnson	730
98	Brett Rumford	724
99	Lee Janzen	718
100	Bubba Watson	711

Rank	Player	Cup Points
101	James Driscoll	699
102	Geoff Ogilvy	686
103	Kenneth Ferrie	684
104	Fredrik Jacobson	663
105	Frank Lickliter II	661
106	Tim Petrovic	658
107	Adam Scott	650
108	Jeff Maggert	645
109	Brent Geiberger	625
110	Michael Allen	602

Rank	Player	Cup Points
111	John Rollins	599
112	Rich Beem	597
113	Robert Gamez	588
114	Jesper Parnevik	568
115	Jose Coceres	550
116	Jay Williamson	532
117	Brett Quigley	525
118	Shigeki Maruyama	505
119	David Toms	476
120	Brad Adamonis	475

Rank	Player	Cup Points
121	Ryan Armour	471
122	Marc Turnesa	454
123	Nick Flanagan	451
124	Kevin Streelman	449
125	Lucas Glover	426
126	Daisuke Maruyama	417
127	Paul Stankowski	415
128	Paul Goydos	413
129	Tim Wilkinson	412
130	Jeff Overton	408

Rank	Player	Cup Points
131	Sergio Garcia	407
132	Tim Herron	386
133	Jin Park	368
134	Chris Stroud	344
135	Arron Oberholser	342
136	Cameron Beckman	334
137	Carlos Franco	333
138	Davis Love III	330
139	Brian Bateman	315
140	Trevor Immelman	314

Rank	Player	Cup Points
141	Craig Kanada	312
142	Chris Riley	301
143	Jason Bohn	297
144	Olin Browne	295

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