PGA Tour: Will New Plans Make Qualifying School Obsolete?

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Published: March 26, 2011

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The PGA Tour announced earlier this week that it is exploring ways to change the manner tour cards for the next season are won and lost.

Ty Votaw, a spokesman for the PGA Tour, announced that discussions involving the manner have been approved but are still in their introductory stages.

The reason for all of this is simple: to strengthen the Nationwide Tour.

The Nationwide Tour, the PGA Tour's developmental tour, is losing its title after the 2012 season and is looking for a new title sponsor. 

At this point, the PGA Tour needs to do all it can to foster interest in golf's version of the minor leagues.

The most probable plan being discussed involves the players who fall outside of the top 125 in FedEx Cup standings. Those who make the top 125 following the Wyndham Championship will be eligible to play for the FedEx Cup trophy and the $35 million in prize money. For all intents and purposes, this will remain the same.

The route for those who fall outside of the top 125 looks a lot different than in previous years.

The players who fail to make the FedEx Cup playoffs will have the opportunity to compete in a three-tournament series with the top Nationwide Tour players.

It is believed that this three-tournament series will have a point system similar to that of the FedEx Cup and will comprise the players who finished from 126-200 in the PGA Tour rankings, as well as the top 50 Nationwide Tour players.

After the three tournaments, the top 50 in the new rankings will receive PGA Tour cards for the next season.

Such a change would eliminate the ability of a player to go straight from college to Qualifying School (also known as Q-School) to the big stage without playing a year on the Nationwide Tour. 

And while I am sure the proposition has its critics, there could be nothing better for the state of both tours. 

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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