Web.com Tour Finals

[mrt99]

Might as well start a thread on this with the first of four events concluding today. A number of fairly big names are in position to secure their cards this afternoon. Bryson DeChambeau is leading and former PGA Tour winners DA Points, Will MacKenzie, Rory Sabbatini and Stuart Appleby are in the top 5. Last year ~$32k in the Finals was enough to get/keep your card while it took ~$36k in 2014.

 

Beef Johnston is playing but struggled a bit yesterday and last I checked is around 30th place.

[NaBUru38]

Non-American players qualified to the Web.com Tour finals:

 

PGA Tour

 

(non-member) THA Kiradech Aphibarnrat US$ 404 k

(non-member) ENG Andrew Johnston US$ 270 k

(non-member) KOR KT Kim US$ 22 k

 

126 AUS Matt Jones 3,530 pts

127 KOR Whee Kim 3,531

132 NZL Tim Wilkinson 3,549

143 AUS Stuart Appleby 3,615

146 Japan Hiroshi Iwata 3,636

150 ENG Greg Owen 3,656

152 COL Camilo Villegas 3,662

156 ZIM Brendon de Jonge 3,671

157 AUS Cameron Smith 3,671

164 SWE Henrik Norlander 3,702

166 RSA Thomas Aiken 3,707

168 AUS Cameron Percy 3,717

171 RSA Dawie van der Walt 3,736

172 MEX Carlos Ortiz 3,737

187 ARG Miguel Ángel Carballo 3,816

190 MEX Abraham Ancer 3,828

191 RSA Rory Sabbatini 3,832

195 AUS Rod Pampling 3,853

197 ARG Andrés Romero 3,855

 

Web.com Tour

 

28 GER Stephan Jaeger US$ 147 k

30 AUS Rhein Gibson US$ 144 k

44 DEN Sebastian Cappelen US$ 116 k

49 CAN Roger Sloan US$ 102 k

51 MEX Roberto Díaz US$ 96 k

59 CAN Adam Svensson US$ 78 k

64 ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño US$ 74 k

66 SCO Jimmy Gunn US$ 72 k

67 NZL Steven Alker US$ 72 k

69 CAN Albin Choi US$ 70 k

71 KOR Jin Park US$ 69 k

73 BRA Alexandre Rocha US$ 66 k

[rockinar]

PGA Tour players should not be allowed to go sandbag in Web.com finals to keep their card. They should lose their card and have to play all year on WebCom to get it back.

[EKELLY]

Beef will be okay, with a Euro Tour win, and he'll get sponsors exemptions everywhere.......

[mrt99]

Beef will be okay, with a Euro Tour win, and he'll get sponsors exemptions everywhere.......

 

I believe he'd only be able to take a limited number of sponsors exemptions unless he finishes in the Top 25 of the Finals and gains tour membership.

[rangersgoalie]

PGA Tour players should not be allowed to go sandbag in Web.com finals to keep their card. They should lose their card and have to play all year on WebCom to get it back.

 

Understand your thoughts, but the pga tour is IMO the top tour in the world, and if the Web.com guys aren't capable of beating the "sandbaggers" who lost their card, they aren't ready for the tour either.

[PGArox]

PGA Tour players should not be allowed to go sandbag in Web.com finals to keep their card. They should lose their card and have to play all year on WebCom to get it back.

 

Amen.

[mrt99]

4 way playoff in Cleveland. Lindheim, Etulain, Gonzales and DeChambeau. The first two had earned their cards during the regular season, the latter two have now earned their cards for next year (regardless of how the playoff goes). Zach Sucher birdied the last hole to finish alone in 5th and locked up his card. Past big tour winners Scott Stallings, D.A. Points, Will MacKenzie and Rory Sabbatini finished tied for sixth which means they still have a little work to do the next few weeks.

[golfandfishing]

PGA Tour players should not be allowed to go sandbag in Web.com finals to keep their card. They should lose their card and have to play all year on WebCom to get it back.

 

Less deserving than guys who couldn't get it done on the web.com tour? Either way I miss Q School.

[mrt99]

PGA Tour players should not be allowed to go sandbag in Web.com finals to keep their card. They should lose their card and have to play all year on WebCom to get it back.

 

Less deserving than guys who couldn't get it done on the web.com tour? Either way I miss Q School.

 

I do too. But that ship has sailed. Got to make the PGA Tour as close to a closed shop as possible...

 

As for the golf, DeChambeau beats Gonzales with a par on the 2nd playoff hole.

[PGArox]

I imagine Bryson never envisioned his maiden professional victory coming on the web.com TOUR, but a win's a win. :) Congrats, Bryson.

[DartBrigade]

Stoked to see Gonzales out there again next year

[mrt99]

Stoked to see Gonzales out there again next year

 

Practice round with Tiger in Napa???

[caloge]

PGA Tour players should not be allowed to go sandbag in Web.com finals to keep their card. They should lose their card and have to play all year on WebCom to get it back.

 

How are they sandbagging? I dont see what benefit there would ever be to sandbagging, but putting that aside, forcing a player to spend an entire year at the web.com tour makes no sense. So the 126th best player on PGA tour should automatically lose out to the 25th best player on the Web.com tour without even a chance to challenge for his spot?

 

Worse than that, what if you were the no1 guy on teh web.com tour, play a year in the pga, then narrowly miss the 125. Back to W.com for you!...or maybe let teh guy show he is still in that top 25 and give him another shot.

[NaBUru38]

PGA Tour players should not be allowed to go sandbag in Web.com finals to keep their card. They should lose their card and have to play all year on WebCom to get it back.

 

I disagree. I like the merged Finals, as it lets everyone see how good are the top Web.com Tour players versus the bottom PGA Tour players.

 

The Finals are like an extended Q-School.