Lee Westwood is the new leader in the Race to Dubai standings after breaking a two-year duck without a victory at the Portugal Masters.
Since his last win, the Englishman has lost in three play-offs and amassed 29 top-ten finishes, but he rounded off a consistent week on the Algarve with a third 66 in four rounds to beat Francesco Molinari by two strokes.
Firmer greens seem set to await players at this week's final event of the season-long FedEx Cup play-off series - the Tour Championship.
All of the PGA Tour golfers have battled hard in a long season in a bid to be among the top 30 point-scorers in the FedEx Cup standings, with this being the cut-off level for entry into the event.
Recent PGA Championship victor YE Yang has revealed that he will miss a tournament next year to play a round with former US president George Bush.
Yang used his TaylorMade golf clubs to become the first Asian to win a major when he held off the challenge of Tiger Woods by three strokes to win at Hazeltine.
Fred Funk is not widely regarded as one of the longest hitters on tour but he has begun to witness greater yardage off the tee of late thanks to a new TaylorMade Tour Burner Driver.
Funk has seen a resurgence in form in recent weeks, losing out in a play-off at the Senior British Open at Sunningdale before going on to claim a six-stroke victory in the Senior US Open.
Mathew Goggin will be looking to match the position he achieved heading into the final round of the Open Championship at the RBC Canadian Open this week.
The Australian produced a strong opening three rounds with his TaylorMade Golf Clubs at Turnberry to enter the last 18 holes in the final pairing with Tom Watson, in a share of the lead.
