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Its long been known that players coming off the Nationwide Tour fare better than players going through Q School.
It may be a stunt but one that is likely needed. Does anybody watch golf in October? What tournaments are they talking about? I pretty much shut it off after the PGA anyway.
A few questions flow.
1. Known by who? Please publish the stats that you're relying on.
2. Does anybody watch golf in October? Yes. Golf is a worldwide game.
3. I don't understand. Can you rephrase the question?
From memory, there may have been another thread about this.
Anyway, I don't like the change. It's seems like it's a made for TV stunt & will adversely affect an elite foreign player (eg. from the Euro Tour) who wishes to try for his US tour card. As if a current top Euro player is going to play the Nationwide tour for a year ...
1. have you never heard them say on any broadcast that the Nationwide Tour is a great way to prepare for the PGA tour? And how much better players do coming off the Nationwide than going through Q school? I could get stats, but don't care enough to.
2. I get it, it was rhetorical. NFL starts in August so pretty much golf is an afterthought here in the states, which is what we are talking about right? The PGA Tour is still the US tour?
3. Which tournaments are going to be the so called playoffs? Which 3 "late season" events?
Speaking before researching: I don't like the idea of removing Q-school. Does that mean the only way to get to the TOUR is through the Nationwide? And what happens when you do get there and don't make the top 125... you have to go back through the Nationwide again? Sounds like the Nationwide Tour is about to quadruple in size.
I'm with limpalong here. It appears to be a gamble, and I'd bet against Finchem.
Playing well for 3 tournaments is not consistent, in my opinion. I bet a lot of the top college players are hating this change. They probably wanted a chance to go straight to the PGA Tour through Q-School.