LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Most players used to come to Disney to play golf and enjoy the theme parks. As the final tournament of the PGA Tour season, the Children’s Miracle Network Classic has a much more serious tone this year.

Most guys here are simply trying to save their jobs.

No one feels it quite like Ted Purdy, who has plunged from No. 110 on the money list at the start of the Fall Series to No. 125, giving him a $4,118 (all figures US) lead over J.B. Holmes.

If he misses the cut and Holmes makes it to the weekend, Purdy will lose his full exemption for 2008.

“Never was I worried about keeping my card until the last couple of weeks,” Purdy said. “I’ve played my way into this situation.”

He’s not alone.

Since the Fall Series began, nine players have fallen outside of the top 125 in what has proven to be an unpredictable set of circumstances. Tour officials figured something around $700,000 would be enough to finish in the top 125, but that number has been moving north every week.

One reason is because the top stars have taken the year off, leaving more players out of the top 100 on the money list into fields and raising the chances of them either winning (George McNeill) or doing well enough to secure their cards (Mark Hensby, Michael Allen).

I wish I could be in Florida right now! Warm breezes, palm trees, sandy beaches.

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