Top 100 players to watch in 2012: No. 3 Webb Simpson Webb Simpson started the 2011 PGA TOUR season ranked a distant 208th in the world. But Simpson ended it ranked 10th after a career year where he won two times to send expectations rising for the new year Wyndham Championship Deutsche Bank Championship Wake Forest golfers Deutsche Bank victory Chevron eagle Simpson's season could have been even better, too. He finished second twice, losing once in a playoff, before he finally broke through in front of family and friends at the Wyndham Championship. The former Wake Forest All-American then had five top-10 finishes in his next six starts, including a playoff win over Chez Reavie at the Deutsche Bank Championship and a playoff loss to Ben Crane at the McGladrey Classic. Simpson wasn't done yet, either. With his third second-place finish of the season at Sea Island, the 26-year-old took over the lead on the TOUR money list. That set up a last-ditch duel with Luke Donald at the Children's Miracle Network Classic that the Englishman won as Simpson finished sixth. His first Presidents Cup was another confidence-builder as Simpson teamed with Bubba Watson to go 3-1 in the leadoff position each day for the victorious Americans.