Q School 108 holes tournament

[Queen of the Beach]

So I haven't been watching PGA Q School coverage and I'm not sure if any of you guys are? But is playing 6 rounds in 6 days a good or fair way to determine who will get their card? Sorry maybe I'm asking a silly question? I think playing 4 competitive rounds in 4 days is very tough and pretty gruelling. Aren't these guys less experienced? Meaning they don't make that many cuts and have less Sunday experience? Does spreading the final tournament over 6 days make it easier?

[Grass Roots Tour]

Nice avitar change but still not the real you.

The 6 rounds is designed to determine the best of the field. Not who can hold it together for 72 holes. The pressure is part of the test.
A lot of these guys are seasoned vetrans who skill slipped or they were injured long enough to not earn the $$$ required to keep their card. Every once and again you even get major championship winners finding themselves back at qschool.
Theres nothing "easier" about playing for your livlyhood, regardless of how few holes you play.

I cant find coverage on TV and Im disappointed about it. Anyone know where and when its on?

[nailer]

Saturday 12/31:30 PM - 4:00 PM ETTGC Sunday 12/41:30 PM - 4:00 PM ETTGC Monday 12/512:30 PM - 4:00 PM ETTGC

[EDSGolf]

The 4th round was on TV today on TGC.

[AnnikaFan]

i'm have only been following lpga q school..

Go Ayi! Japanese Phenom!

Britney Lang and Morgan Pressel are not on the leaderboard...though still can make the cut..if they don't mess up

[el tigre]

So I haven't been watching PGA Q School coverage and I'm not sure if any of you guys are? But is playing 6 rounds in 6 days a good or fair way to determine who will get their card? Sorry maybe I'm asking a silly question? I think playing 4 competitive rounds in 4 days is very tough and pretty gruelling. Aren't these guys less experienced? Meaning they don't make that many cuts and have less Sunday experience? Does spreading the final tournament over 6 days make it easier? I think spreading it over 6 days makes it easier to determine who deserves to get their card, because one excellent round is not good enough. Let's face it - if you shoot 63 in the first round of a regular PGA tournament and then shoot par for the final three rounds you will probably be in the top 30.

Trying to finish in the top 125 on the PGA Tour is very tough and pretty gruelling. These guys are supposed to be the best in the world. The longer the tournament, the greater the probability that the cream will rise to the top.

[chiantibro]

I think spreading it over 6 days makes it easier to determine who deserves to get their card, because one excellent round is not good enough. Let's face it - if you shoot 63 in the first round of a regular PGA tournament and then shoot par for the final three rounds you will probably be in the top 30.

Trying to finish in the top 125 on the PGA Tour is very tough and pretty gruelling. These guys are supposed to be the best in the world. The longer the tournament, the greater the probability that the cream will rise to the top.
I'd like to be a bartender in the player's lounge this week. I'm sure there are some great conversations, with more than a few guys "steadying the nerves".

[duffer_devon]

Congrats to Ian Leggat !! The Cambridge Native has secured his PGA Tour card for 2006.

He sits at -12 under T14 - Doesn't look like the number is going to move either. -11 gets the card.

All those wannabes, that means you have to average about 2 under par over 6 rounds to get your card. Start practicing.

[Faemow]

Here's some quick questions, let's say a player tries out for Q-school but unfortunately misses the cut. What do they do for the rest of the year? Small city-wide tourney's? Back to work at the pizza parlour? I read on the PGA site that to take part in Q-school it's 3 stages. Each stage costing big $$. I know players from the PGA and Nationwide Tour are exempt from certain rounds, but as a hack golfer that's a lot of dough and a lot of stressful golf. The guys who try out for Q-school, a portion of them are amateurs rite? that don't earn cash prizes, are they paid by sponsors? Lastly how do you get onto the Nationwide Tour? Is it the same as the Canadian Tour?

[Queen of the Beach]

Nice avitar change but still not the real you.


Thanks GRT... I noticed you changed your avatar also. And it is NOT the real you either. If you had come to the tournament this year you would have met the real me though.
Anyhow, thanks for explaining...I didn't realize that some of the guys competing in Qschool were actually seasoned vets. :p

Trying to finish in the top 125 on the PGA Tour is very tough and pretty gruelling. These guys are supposed to be the best in the world. The longer the tournament, the greater the probability that the cream will rise to the top.
I wonder if that means that if schedules permitted, some PGA tournaments would be 5 or 6 days long too?

[el tigre]

I wonder if that means that if schedules permitted, some PGA tournaments would be 5 or 6 days long too? Many tournaments have a pro-am on the Wednesday (Canadian Open is one), where the scores don't count but participation is mandatory for the pros. It becomes another practice round for the pros, but the tournaments make big $$$ from the amateurs so I doubt if they'll want to cancel them to extend the tournaments any longer.

That being said, the Bob Hope Classic is a 5-day tournament with a format that includes a pro-am practice round and then a pro-am tournament for the first 4 rounds and then a final round of pros only. The Michelin tournament in Las Vegas used to be 5 days, but they cut it back to 4. Also, you could potentially play 5 days at the Accenture Match-Play tournament if you make it to the semi-finals.