Every said this after not getting his card at Q-School:

"You know, 25 guys are getting through and I'm not," he said. "It's 25 I'm better than, too."

The great thing about q-school is that is it SIX rounds and really lets the best golfers shine and recover from one bad round or a couple bad shots. This is low-class sour grapes from Every and, just like his BB appearance, it shows his small mind. Something about this guy (that everyone said is such a great player) that tells me that he is a mental midget and will always have an excuse.

No Matt, you are NOT better than them, check the SCOREBOARD. LOL

Tim

So True!

The brains of a gnat

Wow! how about that attitude.

BTW Tim, love your avatar, my all time favorite. Got to play 9 holes with the Mick
back in the '70's. He used a 5 wood off the tee and out drove us by 50-75 yards.
He was nice as could be.

This kid seems to be such a haughty immature punk. Just from what I see on T V.



GO BOMBERS!

Neat story. Post a pic of you and the Mick on the course if you have one! I never met him but was told that he was as strong as a bull!

I agree that Every's attitude is NOT going to help him one bit.

Tim

Big Break Mesquite

He's got game, but a lot to learn about graciousness.

If he was soo good than why didn't he win 3 on the nationwide and not have to qualify? The guys a moron....

He may be a good player, but if you're a prick, you're still a prick--no matter what type of golf you can play.

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJour...OLF01120908.htm


Interesting perspective on it, that's for certain. Later in the article, he goes on to say that "it's ridiculous that I'm not out there on Tour with what I've got to work with". I assume he's referring to his own talent in that one...

Yup...he's a tool.

It makes me wonder sometimes where guys get that kind of confidence. If he was truly better than those 25 he would have a tour card

Who is Matt Every?

haha exactly....

Having confidence in your game isn't bad, maybe if he keeps telling himself this he will get his card. Can't blame a guy for being upset after not getting you card going through a tough 6 rounds of golf, emotionally you gotta be broke down after all that stress.

Lets look at his professional record.

Didnt make it via 2007 Q School...

Didnt make it via 2008 Nationwide Tour money list....

Didnt make it via 3 wins on Nationwide Tour in 2008...

Didnt make it via 2008 Q School....

If he thinks he is really better than all those players why isnt he on the PGA tour!

Grow up, the PGA tour is performance based.

If you preform you win.

No one on any tour cares that you were on BB or what you did in college.

Well said.

That is the great thing about the PGA Tour, it is absolutely performance-based. (Except for the morons that continue to give Bozo Daly sponsor exemptions! )

I say put up or shut up. Noone wants to HEAR how good you are, they want to SEE it.

Tim

"You know, 25 guys are getting through and I'm not," he said. "It's 25 I'm better than, too."

If that was the case then you would be through no sweat. I am sure he will have a nice career and make some cash, someday...it is too bad that he has the " I am better than most and I deserve what is coming to me" attitude that many have today. It is this air of entitlement that is causing the problem. Go out and earn your respect and you will be better for it. Just because you think you are better than that or you think you deserve this because you did that, does not mean anything....especially in professional golf.

Prove me wrong....and I will gladly say you told me so and congratulate you on your success.

I understand what Every is saying here, in that he lost to guys that put it together for the six rounds and he got snuffed out.

While he may actually be a better player than the guys who qualified, it doesn't matter because he didnt qualify.

This is equivalent to Woody Austin saying he outplayed Tiger at the PGA, and somehow scored worse than Tiger.

Potential stays potential, until you turn it into results.

The only way Matt Every would come out right on this, is if the 20 out of 25 guys who qualified don't keep their cards for next year, AND he Monday Qualifies and then makes some cuts, preferably breaking the TOP 20.

That probably isn't going to happen, so the safe money is that he becomes a club pro somewhere shagging balls for Old Man Tinsdale.

not just a tool, a power tool.

I don't remember the guy from BB, even after looking at his picture. Not very memorable.

He might be a tool, but it would hardly surprise me if he made it. He's now exempt on the Nationwide, and missed his card by 4 shots in six rounds, not even a shot per round.

But, telling the press that you are better than the ones that made it shows no professional demeanor at all, which may in fact be part of his problem.

If he really belongs among the players on the tour, he needs to act like it.

When I hear crap like this I remind myself why golf is so great. It doesn't matter who you are, where you went to college and what your past accomplishments are...if somebody beats you on that particular day, tournament, etc they are the better player. Not many sports can say that.




3JACK

Wow...not cool at all. Note to Matt: If you were better you would have a card.

That's my question too.

Never heard of the guy....seems like a real dope though.

Probably because he lasted one episode on the BB after being All-American this and that at Florida.

He's working hard on getting himself solo practice rounds, isn't he?

Tee
Oh
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Ell

-mini

give yourself a little time to get through all of it......

http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/men/bios.php...;bio=every.html

Was it arrogance or confidence? Does anyone think that any of those guys went into Q school thinking that they were the 26th best there? Of course they didn't. I am defending the guy but sometimes confidence can often be misinterpreted as arrogance or in this instance, sour grapes.

Actually, in this case I think it's denial.

In this case, it may very well be. I have never been in the guy's shoes so I can't comment. I also haven't felt the pressure of Q school and having to fight for my livelihood but I know you can't go into it without the utmost confidence.

If I am correct, he is the guy from the BB and he was quite the prick on the show.

I find Tiger Woods to be confident when he speaks to the media. However, if I talk with his "confidence" and with his eloquence, I am considered a blowhard. Why is that?

BECAUSE TIGER IS A WINNER, and I am not.

Winning gives you the benefit of the doubt on being confident/arrogant. Losing and remaining openly confident makes you look like an arrogant arse, whether you are or not.

Also, I have seen Every swing on the Big Break and he will not make it on tour. Look at who is successful on tour, look at the quality of their shots. Every doesn't have that. He would have to do a 180 with his game, just to get that level. Safe money is on him never making it.

Sure, these comments probably aren't the greatest thing to say, but I would tend to cut the guys some slack. A slip-up by a young pro.

I can imagine it's pretty easy to make a mistake when talking with the media immediately after finishing up what was undoubtedly a frustrating Qualifying Tournament. Come on guys...Every had just finished up and missed his card. He was fairly close, but missed. I'm sure the emotions and frustrations were stewing "just a bit".

Like I said...not great comments. But I'm sure he knows all too well about the "reality check" you guys are trying to give him.

It's good to see that there's a worthy successor for Woody Austin and Frank Lickliter II waiting in the wings.

I remeber him on BB, he got knocked out on the first show didnt he?

He looked like a right spilt brat on that show, he looked like he couldent be botherd, and that there was no point in him trying because i got the feeling that even though he got knocked out first show, he still had a smug look that kind of said: "im better than all of you anyway so i dont care"

It seems people around him(media) made him think he is better then he is, or he could of just screwed up bad.

I really don't see what is so bad abotu his comments. I mean if you are going to play professional golf, an individual sport, you have to belive in yourself. It's not like he came out and said he was the #1 player in golf, or going to beat Tiger Woods.

The interview was probably don't right after his round, and this is the 2nd year he has just missed out on getting his card. I'd be pissed too.

So what if he's pissed! Just because you're pissed you don't have to be an intellectual retard and state, "I'm better than the 25 guys..." when you didn't get the job done.

Two words Mr. Every.

Be Graceful!

Someone should tell Every that you get out of golf what you put in.
Keep putting the crap in, Matt. You'll get plenty out. Let your golf do the talking in future methinks.

yes he has the right to be pissed i belive too(as i would be), he should belive in himself, but he should not of said it out loud, I think even if it was right after the round, the mental atitude needed now adays is controal on and off the course

I don't personally have a problem with the comment either. Maybe not the wisest thing to say, but if you are playing at that level and don't believe what he said then you don't have a chance. I also think you always have to take quotes that are sensational like this with a grain of salt when they are printed and you have the entire context.

All that being said, the guy can play and I'd be willing to bet he has a successful PGA Tour career one day. You don't have the amateur and collegiate success he had without a tremendous amount of talent.

I think we all know Matt can play and that he is not confident, that's not the dispute. The debate is that he wasn't gracious in defeat and wished the other 25 guys that were better over the 6 days well and get back to work.

If it was the Hartford Open, and he popped off like that....I would say he needs to quite down. But Q-School is a completely different beast. They are out there playing for their livelyhood. It is like you going through an interview process for a job and not getting and it.

Then I would be less impressed. If you don't get a job after an interview, you don't start kicking over trash cans and slapping people on the back of the head on the way out. Bottom line he was unprofessional and not gracious IMO.

PLAY BETTER and SHUT UP is what I would say to him. All he's done is b**** and moan. It's simple, shut your hole and play.

I am willing to cut the guy a break after the most grueling week of any professional golfers life. Then come off the course and have some reporter throw a mic in his face. Keep in mind this is his hometown newspaper. He has probably known the reporter for several years and thought he was unloading to a buddy after a being devastated. Lets hope he learns from this gaffe and never lets it happen again. I wont cut the guy a break the next time.

The guy shot 68, 68, 70, 71, 71, 68 to finish 3 off the number so it is not like he played terrible.

in 2005 he did finish 15th in the u.s open while he was still in college...........maybe he thinks that how he should play every week............a bit unrealistic maybe.........just a thought.....kids come out of college and soon find out that it is not that easy playing for a living against seasoned pros......its frustrating i am sure

I would hope someone that thinks they're better than all of the players that got onto the Tour through Q-School would think they can play better than just 15th every week....

-mini

Look the long and short is he made the comments, and is he truly was better than the 20 players who got their cards at Q school, was he then also better than the 25 players who finished on top of the Nationwide Tour top money list, and was he better than the players who won three tourey's on the Nationwide tour??? Give me a break Matt, you had plenty of chances, and there were still 10 other guys in front of you on the money list before the top 25. You had three ways to get to the tour this year, and you flat out failed at all three, so back to the Nationwide for another year, and making $130,000 isn't a terrible wage while doing something you love. He needs to take his smug attitude and keep it in his left pocket.

I checked Every's Nationwide Tour stats....

He finished 34th on the money list driven by 4 top 10's but only made 12 of 26 cuts....so he lacked consistency...

His ballstriking & putting stats were pretty good & he averaged 4.05 birdies which ranked 6th on that tour..... but he was only 92nd in sand saves (42.68%) & 117th in scrambling (51.55%)

So Mr Every, shut your pie hole & work on your short game!

HAHAHAHAHA oooooooo dam you got b**** slapped Every!!

But in all seriousness that is exactly what I saw and thought, a guy who probably played University courses that didn't have super tough setup, and he could just bomb it out there and not hit fairways and then get up and down, and now that he can't do that he is just a little better than avg Nation Wide tour guy.