FanHouse Bart Bryant

ATLANTA -- John Senden isn't apologizing for being in this week's Tour Championship.

"Points are points," he said. "If every shot counts, then I'm No. 30.''

He's right. The top 30 golfers on the FedEx Cup points list are at East Lake Golf Club this week, and Senden was the last guy in. It's the way he arrived that makes it interesting.

Two weeks ago at the BMW Championship, where this week's field was settled, Senden bogeyed the 17th hole of his final round and saw his projected finish drop him to 31st on the points list and out of action.

Senden was conceding as much, standing outside the scoring tent at Cog Hill lamenting the close call. But then a strange thing happened.

It was at the 1999 Bay Hill Invitational that Tiger Woods and Steve Williams first worked together. Woods wound up cashing a 56th-place check that week ($5,625 -- woo hoo!), and it would be his worst finish at Arnold Palmer's event.

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Every Monday during the PGA Tour season, Monday Pin Placement will run as a wrap-up of the weekend's action, with a little commentary mixed in. We'll focus on what you may have missed while you were out grinding on the putting green.

The Argument Against PGA West -- David Duval (right) has been floundering for a while now, but a place that brings back positive memories for Duval is PGA West. In 1999, at the height of his dominance on the PGA Tour, Duval fired a 59 on the last day at the Bob Hope Classic, a round that also included an exclamation-mark eagle putt on the 18th hole that gave him a one-shot win.

We continued with part two of your FanHouse Media Guide.

• Charlie Beljan -- DNP -- He qualified for the U.S. Open, so he is probably happy just to be there. The 23-year-old has been one of the most consistent golfers on the Gateway Tour, currently eighth on the Player of the Year list.

• Yohann Benson -- DNP -- Maybe the most random profile on the Gateway Tour website. His interests - Montreal Canadiens, New York Yankees and Jack Daniels. The USGA just put out a collective sigh that Benson isn't paired with John Daly for the first two rounds. Also, he's single ladies.

• Brian Bergstol -- DNP -- Hey, a 23-year-old assistant golf pro is in the field? Somebody notify Jim Nantz, he loves this stuff.

• Travis Bertoni -- DNP -- I know he played at Cal Poly and I can tell you he's playing some mini-tour golf, but my favorite bit of information is him throwing the deuces in his Facebook profile picture. On a side note, Bertoni was heard saying he thinks those 2000 Lakers championship rings are so sick!

• Jason Bohn -- DNP -- Bohn won the 2005 B.C. Open and once made a hole-in-one worth a million bucks. I'm still on the fence on which one is better, a million bucks or winning a free ball from every member in the hole-in-one club at my home course. Tough choice.

• Jeffrey Bors -- DNP -- It appears Bors went all Adam Morrison on us after qualifying for Torrey Pines. "It's...I don't know...it's...hard to think about...it's the ultimate," cracked Bors, wiping his hand across his suddenly teary-eyed face. "Anyone who loves the game and loves competing wants to play in the Open." To his credit, I'd probably look like a group of guys after "Brian's Song" if I qualified.

• D.J. Brigman -- t-30 -- Brigman is currently 25th on the Nationwide Tour money list, the last possible spot for exemption into the PGA Tour at year's end. A solid year so far, look for Brigman to be one of the few qualifiers to make the cut in San Diego.

• Bart Bryant -- t-32 -- Hey, would you lookie there! Younger brother and older brother, together at the U.S. Open after Bart qualified in sectionals. If the USGA really wanted a power pairing, they'd go with the Bryant brothers.
  

• Brad Bryant -- t-13 -- Big Brother Brad hasn't played in a major on the PGA tour since 1996, so you might consider him a touch rusty with those young bucks. No matter what happens this week, he'll still have the nickname Dr. Dirt because of his 5 o'clock shadow, so there's that.

• Jonathan Byrd (above) -- t-15 -- Not to be confused with yummy Jonathan Byrds, the golfer namesake has won three times on tour including last year's John Deere Classic. Two top tens and five top 25s so far this season are pretty mediocre for a guy like Byrd.