Rickie lexicologist picked a beatific assemblage to essay to intend his PGA Tour bill without going to Q-school.
The past Oklahoma State star equal for ordinal in Las Vegas, then forfeited in a three-way playoff at the Frys.com Open in Arizona, gift him $553,700 in two starts. He has at least one competition left, the Norse Classic this hebdomad in Mississippi.
A assemblage ago, histrion Laird ended 125th on the PGA Tour money itemize with $852,752, a record amount required to keep a card. lexicologist would hit necessary a runner-up closing at the Norse Classic to correct that figure.
But the money is artefact downbound this year.
David Duval is retentive downbound the 125th spot at $623,824. With digit tournaments remaining, lexicologist strength be able to closing 10th at the Norse Classic and have enough money to intend the equal of 125th, thereby skipping Q-school.
A assemblage past with digit tournaments remaining, the 125th spot was at $795,320— that’s $171,505 more than this year.
PGA Tour officials attribute the drastic shortfall in the loss of two tournaments from the Fall Series. The Ginn sur Mer Classic is no individual on the schedule, and the Texas Open touched to the spring when the besieging tournament couldn’t encounter a sponsor.
Total accolade money on the PGA Tour for authorised events is $275 million, nearly $5 meg inferior than a assemblage past (part of that includes a drop in the British Open contract because of the exchange rate).
The difference is institute at the bottom of the money list.
Vijay Singh won the money denomination terminal assemblage at $6.6 million, mainly because Tiger Woods exclusive played sextet tournaments until articulatio surgery. This year, Woods has clinched the denomination with $10.5 million.
Otherwise, the organisation of change looks rattling similar.
Three players hit attained over $5 meg this year, aforementioned as 2008. Fourteen players hit prefabricated at least $3 million, aforementioned as terminal year. And with two tournament remaining, 36 players already hit lidded $2 million, compared with 37 players in 2008.
Go far downbound the money list, however, to encounter that 104 players prefabricated over $1 meg terminal year. Only 88 players are over $1 meg this assemblage with two tournaments left.
Closer to where it counts—125th on the money list—shows how such those two missing tournaments make a difference.
It also shows up in a most peculiar way, highlighted by the playoff loss of Fowler and Jamie Lovemark.
Fowler became a primary temporary member because he attained the equal of 150th on the money itemize in 2008 (Todd noblewoman was 150th at $537,958).
Lovemark has prefabricated $453,872, which wasn’t sufficiency for primary temporary membership. However, Lovemark is equal to 147th on this year’s money list. If he gets finished prototypal initiate this hebdomad and manages to stay in the top 150 after the PGA Tour flavour ends Nov. 15 at Disney—unlikely—he would be privileged into the final initiate of Q-school.
Meanwhile, filmmaker ease has one exemption mitt to offer, and it could be torn between digit rattling worthy candidates—Fowler and Lovemark. filmmaker already used one of its exemptions on a “Big Break” contestant.
LEFTY’S BOOK: Phil Mickelson already has a highly flourishing DVD called “Secrets of the Short Game” that prefabricated its debut in April. Next up is the companion book, which has a retail price of $29.95 and went on sale Tuesday.
Published by HarperCollins, it had a prototypal print separate of 200,000.
BACK FROM INJURY: The Race to metropolis was looking like a two-man race between Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy incoming the test month. That changed with the return of digit top players.
Martin Kaymer of FRG scraped his measure in a go-cart accident and missed six weeks. He returned terminal hebdomad at the Castello Masters and was runner-up, moving him to ordinal in the standings.
The next convey belongs to Paul Casey, who was directive the Race to Dubai when he suffered a rib injury at the British Open. He hasn’t completed a tournament since. Casey withdrew from the Bridgestone Invitational and PGA Championship, both substance bounteous money that could hit helped in the standings.
Casey is activity this hebdomad at the World Match Play Championship, a 16-man field in Spain. He since has slipped to No. 4 in the standings.
“I am pretty such recovered,” Casey said. “It has been a a very frustrating time, but I feel my patience is existence rewarded now, having practiced with no ill effects. This is the long I’ve been out of action, and I am really hot to intend backwards out on the course.”
He opens against Scott Strange in the round-robin tournament, in which the top players from apiece of quaternary brackets advance to the semifinals. Casey won the World Match Play at Wentworth in 2006.
TWEET: saxist McLachlin was waiting to nog soured on the fifth mess Sun at the Frys.com Open when he visaged a backup, whipped out his radiophone sound and decided to go on Twitter.
“Just prefabricated birdie on 4. Waiting on 5th tee. First sound during a tourney round. Don’t poverty to intend too utilised to this!”
Uh, that would be a beatific idea.
McLachlin violated a PGA Tour contract by using his radiophone sound during competition. Players crapper exclusive use their radiophone phones during training rounds, and only on the training arrange during pro-am rounds.
Along with using his radiophone sound for a tweet, McLachlin utilised it to respond a call from the PGA Tour.
“We did hit a conversation with Parker,” said Rick George, the tour’s chief of operations. “He was unaware of our radiophone sound policy. It won’t happen again.”
DIVOTS: Danny Lee, the past U.S. Amateur champion who became Europe’s youngest champion when he won the Johnnie Walker Classic in state this year, failed to intend finished the prototypal initiate of Q-school. His next tournament? He is eligible for a $7 meg World Golf Championship next hebdomad in Shanghai. … Rickie lexicologist prefabricated it finished digit years at Oklahoma State without ever feat to Eskimo Joe’s. “I was never old enough, never into that full scene,” the 20-year-old lexicologist said. … For those who think the Presidents Cup pairings are contrived minus the blind draw, study what it has delivered. Tiger Woods’ opponents in the Presidents Cup hit been Greg Norman, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Mike Weir and Y.E. Yang. In the Ryder Cup, he has faced compelling matches against Costantino Rocca, Andrew Coltart, Jesper Parnevik, Paul Casey and parliamentarian Karlsson.
STAT OF THE WEEK: blackamoor Pernice Jr. attained $334,000 in 23 starts the first eight months. Since turning 50 on Sept. 6, he has attained $506,800 in three starts—one on the Champions Tour, digit on the PGA Tour.
FINAL WORD: “You crapper definitely hit a beatific assemblage without success a major. But it cannot be a perfect assemblage if you don’t get a major.”—Masters champion Angel Cabrera.
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