11.   While the Nelson field might still get better in future years and its courses more mature, attendance may have hit its outer limits.

12.   The field got stronger Friday when Yuko Arimori of Japan withdrew and was replaced by marathoner Yoko Shibui.

13.   The field has gotten a reputation around the league.

14.   Uncertainty over whether winter wheat fields will still get some rain as well as delays in spring planting also buoyed markets, according to Roose.

15.   More than half the field even got on the course at the Colonial Country club course at Fort Worth.