Q-School Gets An "A+"
Hello. Well, what drama on Monday in the 6th round of the PGA Q-School. So many stories of guys who either made or missed getting their cards by the narrowest of margins.
First, hats off to Jonathan Kaye, Kyle Reifers, Brian Bateman and Joca Van Zyl. They were all facing long putts for -8 on their last hole when -9 looked like it would be the number. I'm not sure if they all knew where they stood, but those who did were rewarded for grinding out their putts. All of them made it, and qualified as -8 ended up being the magic number.
Other guys such as Mark Wilson, Steve Allan and Bob May (yes, that Bob May, part of the greatest playoff I ever saw, the 2000 PGA) had shots to get to -9 that just missed, settled for pars that gave them -8, then found out it was good enough.
And then there were those guys such as Tom Byrum, Bryn Parry and Mario Tiziano, who bogeyed the last hole to finish -7 and miss by a shot. What a heartbreaker! If they weren't suicidal after that, they have a better makeup than most.
Finally, Michael Bradley looked like the Titanic out there, losing shot after shot. He seemed to almost want to miss getting his card, but his final putt for -8 was very clutch.
There are now 40 players from Q-School joining the 25 Nationwide Tour grads, 125 exempt PGA Tour players, and some former PGA champs who don't qualify in any other category (think Duffy Waldorf and Lee Janzen among others) who are going to be fighting it out on the 2007 PGA Tour season. The question is, how will these guys get enough starts to retain their cards? They will have to be patient when signing up for tournaments and playing in the ones they do get into. Otherwise, they'll have to experience all of the pain of Q-School again next year.
Good luck to all players as they get ready! It will be quite a holiday season for them.
Regards,
Steve
First, hats off to Jonathan Kaye, Kyle Reifers, Brian Bateman and Joca Van Zyl. They were all facing long putts for -8 on their last hole when -9 looked like it would be the number. I'm not sure if they all knew where they stood, but those who did were rewarded for grinding out their putts. All of them made it, and qualified as -8 ended up being the magic number.
Other guys such as Mark Wilson, Steve Allan and Bob May (yes, that Bob May, part of the greatest playoff I ever saw, the 2000 PGA) had shots to get to -9 that just missed, settled for pars that gave them -8, then found out it was good enough.
And then there were those guys such as Tom Byrum, Bryn Parry and Mario Tiziano, who bogeyed the last hole to finish -7 and miss by a shot. What a heartbreaker! If they weren't suicidal after that, they have a better makeup than most.
Finally, Michael Bradley looked like the Titanic out there, losing shot after shot. He seemed to almost want to miss getting his card, but his final putt for -8 was very clutch.
There are now 40 players from Q-School joining the 25 Nationwide Tour grads, 125 exempt PGA Tour players, and some former PGA champs who don't qualify in any other category (think Duffy Waldorf and Lee Janzen among others) who are going to be fighting it out on the 2007 PGA Tour season. The question is, how will these guys get enough starts to retain their cards? They will have to be patient when signing up for tournaments and playing in the ones they do get into. Otherwise, they'll have to experience all of the pain of Q-School again next year.
Good luck to all players as they get ready! It will be quite a holiday season for them.
Regards,
Steve
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