Power Rankings: Price Cutter Charity Championship

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The race for the leading money winner on the Nationwide Tour just got a little more interesting.

Thanks to J.J. Killeen's second straight victory on Sunday at the Cox Classic in Omaha, Neb., he has moved within striking distance of money leader Mathew Goggin.

Killeen shot a final-round 69 to complete his 22 under for the week. He was also 22 under the week before in Utah.

"I don't have any plans to lay low," Killeen said about continuing to push the accelerator this season.

The Nationwide Tour moves to Springfield, Mo., this week for the Price Cutter Charity Championship Presented by Dr Pepper. It's the fifth straight week of a key tournament during an eight-week stretch.

The total purse for this week's tournament is $625,000 with $112,500 going to the winner.

Here are this week's power rankings:

Power Rankings: Price Cutter Charity Championship Presented by Dr Pepper

Rank   Player Comment J.J. KILLEEN When a guy is 44 under par during his last two tournaments and both of them are wins, it's hard to get off that bandwagon. In his fourth season on the Nationwide Tour, he's really come into his own and has a confidence level that's off the charts. Can he win three in a row? That would give him a promotion to the PGA TOUR. Jonas BLIXT In his last two tournaments, he has quietly tied for 12th and second. He shot a 64 on Sunday and is on a bit of a roll. He struggled early in the season, at one point missing four cuts in five tournaments. But Blixt is rounding into shape at the right time and the former Florida State player oringinally from Sweden is now 28th on the money list. Danny LEE Lee continues to get into the mix and was very consistent this past week, winding up tieing for second in Omaha. He bogeyed his second hole of the tournament, but then went 69 straight without a bogey. Lee has climbed to No. 10 on the money list with five top-10 finishes in nine starts on the Nationwide Tour this season. Russell KNOX Knox was another player who got into the spirit of making birdies this past week. He tied for seventh and this comes only a couple of weeks after he had a victory. He is solidly in seventh on the money list and has made four straight cuts. Ken DUKE The PGA TOUR veteran has found something of late thanks to a tie for 37th and a tie for second in his last two Nationwide Tour tournaments. In his second round in Omaha, he fired a 63 and kept it going on the weekend. Before his last two tournaments, Duke had missed five cuts but has now jumped from 91st to 44th on the money list.

John Dell has covered golf for the Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina for the last 17 years. His views do not necessarily represent the views of the PGA TOUR. You can reach him at johndell@triad.rr.com.