Greenbriar No-Names Potter and Kelly Raise Questions About Demise of Q-School

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Published: July 10, 2012

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Some people can only stand to watch golf if Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson or Rickie Fowler or  Bubba Watson or Rory McIlroy are playing.  But ask yourself one question:  Would Greenbriar have been the most exciting tournament this year if Ted Potter, Jr., the ultimate winner, and Troy Kelly, playoff loser, had been a contest between Phil and Tiger?  The answer is yes. 

And yet these two guys, who most golf experts never mind golf fans, had never heard of before Sunday, both beat Tiger and Phil. Not only did Potter and Kelly make it to a playoff, they also beat US Open Champ Webb Simpson, former US Open Champ Jim Furyk, Fed Ex Cup champ Bill Haas, PGA champ Keegan Bradley, as well as Hyundai Tournament of Champions winner Steve Stricker and FedEx St. Jude winner Dustin Johnson, to name just a few.  They have to have some game.  

These two CinderFellas are the essence of the dream that every golfer has. That if they just have one good week at Q-School or if they can Monday qualify, they can make it on the PGA Tour.   

Are Ted and Troy the reason to keep some PGA Tour cards available from Q-School instead of giving them all to Web.com players?  Or do they prove the point that PGA Tour is making, that the Web.com Tour is the place to groom future PGA Tour stars?

Potter, 28, got to the PGA Tour via his 2012 finish in the Web.com Tour.   It was a struggle the whole way.  How much of a struggle?  He was 0 for 24 in making cuts during his rookie Web.com Tour season. 



Potter was the NGA Hooters Tour Player of the year in 2006.  He was a member of the Web.com Tour in 2004 and 2007 and 2010-2011.  Before 2012 he had not started in a PGA Tour event.

Even with a card, he was not on the automatic entry list for Greenbriar.  He had to Monday qualify to get in.  By winning, he became the fi...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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