[Placebo]

Havn't heard much about him lately. Anyone have any updates?

[KascoPro]

I believe he was the first alternate, and was not able to get in this weeks event.

[shanking6678]

yeah i saw him at the monday qualifier this week he shot a -3 69 and missed by 3. he checked his phone every hole waiting for a call from the pga tour telling him he got in but never got one.

[willpeoples]

i am sure it is so aggravating being so close yet not get in. Also you have to travel to all the tournaments and just hope and pray...

[MCCA]

Help me understand he went through Q school so how many events does he get to play in on Tour?

[StaffBag]

I'm sure that he has been a victim of the dreaded "RE-SHUFFLE" that every Q-School graduate has to endure (other than the medalist of the Q-School.)

For those who don't know, just because there is a TOUR card won, doesn't mean that you get into everything. If someone finishes high enough at Q-School they get into the first few events on the West Coast Swing. IF they don't make enough money there is a re-shuffle of the rankings before Florida (I believe). If someone gets caught on the wrong side of the re-shuffle, they may not get into another event after the West coast until near the US OPEN!

(Ah, yes... the nature of the Q-School grad! Not exactly the total "dream" everyone thinks it is!)

[Onebulldogs]

MCCA, on Apr 4 2008, 10:52 PM, said:

Help me understand he went through Q school so how many events does he get to play in on Tour?

It depends upon the number of guys who want to play in a event and the number of sponsors exemptions he can get. At the start of the season, there is a ranking (Tiger is first) all the way down to the Q-School and NW guys. Everyone with a better number gets in before he does. Next, sponsors exemptions (Thanks John Daly) get spots.

Eventually, they reshuffle at least once, but he is already in the hole b/c of his inability to get in tournaments.

The good news, he will get into a lot of events into the summer as top guys play in the WGC and the FedEx Cup event and virtually all of the Fall Finish events.

[thenewbie]

you'll see him in about 10 months, at your local Nationwide tour event.

[Swingtheclub]

He has a lot of work to do if he wants to keep that card. Of course he needs to get in events but honestly he needs to play better when he does.
Here is his record so far
PGA TOUR
DATE TOURNAMENT NAME POS ROUNDS TOTAL
SCORE TO
PAR OFFICIAL
MONEY
1 2 3 4 5
1/13/08 Sony Open in Hawaii T69 73 67 -- -- -- 140 E $9,805.00
1/20/08 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic CUT 70 70 67 77 -- 284 -4 --
2/10/08 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am CUT 73 72 76 -- -- 221 +5 --
2/24/08 Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun T54 66 74 73 69 -- 282 +2 $8,085.00
3/02/08 The Honda Classic CUT 77 73 -- -- -- 150 +10 --
3/23/08 Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular T39 72 69 72 73 -- 286 -2 $12,294.55

His stats http://www.pgatour.c.../03/07/50/stats

[wwhitehead]

MCCA, on Apr 4 2008, 10:52 PM, said:

Help me understand he went through Q school so how many events does he get to play in on Tour?

There's no set number. He gets into events that guys ranked ahead of him don't want to (or can't) play. The week before a major, his chances aren't good.

WW

[MCCA]

Onebulldogs, on Apr 5 2008, 06:48 PM, said:

MCCA, on Apr 4 2008, 10:52 PM, said:

Help me understand he went through Q school so how many events does he get to play in on Tour?

It depends upon the number of guys who want to play in a event and the number of sponsors exemptions he can get. At the start of the season, there is a ranking (Tiger is first) all the way down to the Q-School and NW guys. Everyone with a better number gets in before he does. Next, sponsors exemptions (Thanks John Daly) get spots.

Eventually, they reshuffle at least once, but he is already in the hole b/c of his inability to get in tournaments.

The good news, he will get into a lot of events into the summer as top guys play in the WGC and the FedEx Cup event and virtually all of the Fall Finish events.

Thanks that make sense now.

[Pinehurst1999]

Guys like him, at the lower rankings will not get into most of the Floirda tournament, or even the Wachovia in Charlotte.