1.   A good fall helped solidify his spot in the starting rotation.

2.   Along the way, they also could stamp themselves as the team of the decade and solidify their spot as one of the all-time great teams.

3.   Edwards held on to his job and has continued to improve, and Hawthorne has solidified the spot left vacant by Reese.

4.   It also helped Mathis solidify a spot in the regular playing pool for the United States.

5.   Left guard Noah King, who got his first career start on Saturday night over Jason Burks, may have solidified a spot there.

6.   Faldo is skipping Pebble Beach and the Buick Invitational in San Diego to play the Dubai Desert Classic, his last chance to solidify his spot on the fence.