If everything goes according to schedule,
next December will be the last time that the
PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament won’t earn
anyone a ticket straight to the big show.
A proposed new plan, starting in 2013, would
merge the top 75 players from the Nationwide
Tour with the 75 players from the PGA Tour
who failed to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs.
They would play a three-tournament series,
and the top 50 would earn PGA Tour cards. The
rest could go back to Q-School to try to earn
status on the Nationwide Tour.
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Lorena Ochoa announced Thursday that she
gave birth to her first child, a boy named Pedro.
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Patrick Cantlay, the world’s No. 1 amateur, has received a sponsor’s exemption into the 2012 Northern Trust Open, it has been reported. CLICK to read more.
visit, www.caringbridge.org/visit/devonquigley.
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After an 11-year run on Maui, the last four
at Kaanapali, the Champions Tour Skins Game
will not be held in 2012, two Kaanapali officials
confirmed on Monday.
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The PGA Tour of Australasia announced two
new events for next year – the Perth International Golf Championship co-sanctioned by the
European Tour and the NZ PGA Pro-am
Championship.
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A change in the Official World Golf Ranking
in 2012 means tournaments like the Chevron
World Challenge and Nedbank Golf Challenge
will offer fewer world ranking points to its very
limited fields.
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Mike Weir hopes to return to the PGA Tour
at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
next year, the Canadian, who had elbow surgery
in August, wrote in the blog on his website.
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Devon Quigley, the 27-year-old son of
Champions Tour player Dana Quigley, was in
critical condition following a harrowing car accident on Dec. 1. For updates on his condition
J.B. Holmes withdrew from last week’s
Franklin Templeton Shootout as he continues to
recover from brain surgery.
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LPGA commissioner Mike Whan announced
last week that the RR Donnelley LPGA A
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