PGATour 3rd round cuts....??

How is this done and what is reason for its use? Thanks.

In a regular tour event, the cut is low 70 and ties. If that results in more than 78 players, there’s a second cut after the third round that takes it down to 70 and ties. I think it’s just a matter of getting the field to a manageable size so that it gives them the best chance of getting the tournament finished on Sunday. The tour hates a Monday finish.

Allocate some tourney purse $$ to a Saturday “showdown”. Relatively speaking, after the Friday cut, have 4 foursomes of the top cut missers play early Saturday morning for some prize money.

Miss the cut, miss the cut - no point having them detract from the tournament and stick around an extra day. Get those losers out of there.

What? The secondary cut is a result of too many players making the 36 hole cut. The goal is not to add more players on top of that. This is a bizarre response to the question posed.

> @OBbogey5 said:

> Allocate some tourney purse $$ to a Saturday “showdown”. Relatively speaking, after the Friday cut, have 4 foursomes of the top cut missers play early Saturday morning for some prize money.

> @Hawkeye77 said:

> Miss the cut, miss the cut - no point having them detract from the tournament and stick around an extra day. Get those losers out of there.

Feed them to the turtles!

> @golfandfishing said:

> What? The secondary cut is a result of too many players making the 36 hole cut. The goal is not to add more players on top of that. This is a bizarre response to the question posed.

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> > @OBbogey5 said:

> > Allocate some tourney purse $$ to a Saturday “showdown”. Relatively speaking, after the Friday cut, have 4 foursomes of the top cut missers play early Saturday morning for some prize money.

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But don't you want to keep the field strong. Cutting all those guys weakens the field. Now you only have to beat 69 guys. (TIC)

Why not just give everyone a trophy on Wednesday night and skip the actual competition part?

> @johnseg said:

> > @golfandfishing said:

> > What? The secondary cut is a result of too many players making the 36 hole cut. The goal is not to add more players on top of that. This is a bizarre response to the question posed.

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> > > @OBbogey5 said:

> > > Allocate some tourney purse $$ to a Saturday “showdown”. Relatively speaking, after the Friday cut, have 4 foursomes of the top cut missers play early Saturday morning for some prize money.

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> But don't you want to keep the field strong. Cutting all those guys weakens the field. Now you only have to beat 69 guys. (TIC)

> @golfandfishing said:

> What? The secondary cut is a result of too many players making the 36 hole cut. The goal is not to add more players on top of that. This is a bizarre response to the question posed.

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> > @OBbogey5 said:

> > Allocate some tourney purse $$ to a Saturday “showdown”. Relatively speaking, after the Friday cut, have 4 foursomes of the top cut missers play early Saturday morning for some prize money.

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Make the 2nd round cut more extreme then. These tournaments... you’ve got all day to play the rounds of golf. The only reasons they run out of time on Sunday is because they get too greedy and tee off too late, or weather. One of those obstacles can be remedied pretty easily.

> @Hawkeye77 said:

> Miss the cut, miss the cut - no point having them detract from the tournament and stick around an extra day. Get those losers out of there.

Except they made the cut.

Would you make up your mind? You wanted more players a few posts ago and now you want less? Are you just suggesting change because you don’t understand the item to begin with?

> @OBbogey5 said:

> > @golfandfishing said:

> > What? The secondary cut is a result of too many players making the 36 hole cut. The goal is not to add more players on top of that. This is a bizarre response to the question posed.

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> > > @OBbogey5 said:

> > > Allocate some tourney purse $$ to a Saturday “showdown”. Relatively speaking, after the Friday cut, have 4 foursomes of the top cut missers play early Saturday morning for some prize money.

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> Make the 2nd round cut more extreme then. These tournaments... you’ve got all day to play the rounds of golf. The only reasons they run out of time on Sunday is because they get too greedy and tee off too late, or weather. One of those obstacles can be remedied pretty easily.

> @garzar said:

> How is this done and what is reason for its use? Thanks.

Next season the 3rd round cut rule on the PGA Tour is gone. The 2nd round cut is being changed to the low 65 and ties instead of the current low 70 and ties.

> @grm24 said:

> > @garzar said:

> > How is this done and what is reason for its use? Thanks.

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> Next season the 3rd round cut rule on the PGA Tour is gone. The 2nd round cut is being changed to the low 65 and ties instead of the current low 70 and ties.

The players caved after years of resisting pressure from the PGA Tour hierarchy.

I wonder what is the highest anyone has placed who made the cut on the number? In a full field event has anyone won it I wonder?

Thanks for replies. It leads me to another question: say a guy makes the Friday cut. He's gettin' some $$$, right? Ok, so he makes the first cut but gets whacked after the third round, does he get another check? Again, thanks for the answers.

> @smashdn said:

**> I wonder what is the highest anyone has placed who made the cut on the number? ** In a full field event has anyone won it I wonder?

Winning. Rory McIlroy. 2010 Wells Fargo @ Quail Hollow.

> @garzar said:

> Thanks for replies. It leads me to another question: say a guy makes the Friday cut. He's gettin' some $$$, right? Ok, so he makes the first cut but gets whacked after the third round, does he get another check? Again, thanks for the answers.

No. The player gets 1 check just like everybody else that made the cut.

> @garzar said:

> Thanks for replies. It leads me to another question: say a guy makes the Friday cut. He's gettin' some $$$, right? Ok, so he makes the first cut but gets whacked after the third round, does he get another check? Again, thanks for the answers.

You get paid for making the cut, if you have a MDF designation after not making a secondary cut Saturday, you still get paid and get the ever popular FedEx points for making the cut, you just get an extra day for travel.

> @MidwestGolfBum said:

> > @garzar said:

> > Thanks for replies. It leads me to another question: say a guy makes the Friday cut. He's gettin' some $$$, right? Ok, so he makes the first cut but gets whacked after the third round, does he get another check? Again, thanks for the answers.

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> You get paid for making the cut, if you have a MDF designation after not making a secondary cut Saturday, you still get paid and get the ever popular FedEx points for making the cut, you just get an extra day for travel.

MDF??

> @garzar said:

> > @MidwestGolfBum said:

> > > @garzar said:

> > > Thanks for replies. It leads me to another question: say a guy makes the Friday cut. He's gettin' some $$$, right? Ok, so he makes the first cut but gets whacked after the third round, does he get another check? Again, thanks for the answers.

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> > You get paid for making the cut, if you have a MDF designation after not making a secondary cut Saturday, you still get paid and get the ever popular FedEx points for making the cut, you just get an extra day for travel.

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> MDF??

Made cut, Did not Finish.

> @jdl said:

> > @garzar said:

> > > @MidwestGolfBum said:

> > > > @garzar said:

> > > > Thanks for replies. It leads me to another question: say a guy makes the Friday cut. He's gettin' some $$$, right? Ok, so he makes the first cut but gets whacked after the third round, does he get another check? Again, thanks for the answers.

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> > > You get paid for making the cut, if you have a MDF designation after not making a secondary cut Saturday, you still get paid and get the ever popular FedEx points for making the cut, you just get an extra day for travel.

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> > MDF??

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> Made cut, Did not Finish.

Thanx

> @grm24 said:

> > @garzar said:

> > Thanks for replies. It leads me to another question: say a guy makes the Friday cut. He's gettin' some $$$, right? Ok, so he makes the first cut but gets whacked after the third round, does he get another check? Again, thanks for the answers.

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> No. The player gets 1 check just like everybody else that made the cut.

This is relieving to know... I was going to make a GoFundMe for the secondary cut players, but now I don't have to.