"Damned right it's the land of opportunity."

Steve Elling with some interesting math on the number of playing opportunities as the tour wraps up it's final official event this week in Orlando.

Of the 21 guys between Nos. 126-150 from 2009's money list who haven't moved on to the Champions Tour or sustained an injury, only three made fewer than 20 starts this year. Nine had solid seasons, improved their standing on the tournament pecking order through the year and made more than 25 starts.

Yet seemingly everybody fed freely from the money trough this year -- or at least had a knife and a fork and ample opportunity to dig in. According to the tour, those from the top 125 in 2009 already have averaged 26.95 starts. The last guy to earn his card out of Qualifying School last fall has managed 21.

In all, the top 25 players promoted from the Nationwide after the 2009 season and the top 25 from Q-school last fall have averaged 25.85 starts.