Golf World - July 16, 2012

Qualifying procedure
for 2014 announced

�� When the PGA Tour announced details of the 2014 tour qualifying system that will determine the 50 cards available through the Web.com Tour Finals—the year-end, three-tournament series featuring the top 75 players on the 2013 developmental circuit money list and the players who finished 126-200 on the 2013 PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list—it became clear that protecting the status of the Web.com’s best players was a priority.

The top 25 earners from the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season will be assured PGA Tour cards for 2014, with 25 other players with the highest cumulative earnings in the three events also advancing. “With the Web.com Tour becoming the pathway to the PGA Tour, it was important to continue rewarding season-long performance on the Web.com Tour,” said tour commissioner Tim Finchem.

The priority status for the 50 qualifiers will be determined by their ranking on the three-event money list. The sites for the tournaments, which are all expected to have $1 million purses, have yet to be announced.

“I’m tryIng to play my way on that eam.” —steve strIcker on the ryder cup

In addition, the money winner in the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season (and the leading money winner from the finals if it is not the same person) will be fully exempt in 2014 and will get an invitation to the Players Championship.

pga tour
Stricker eyes points as
the Ryder Cup nears
�� After making a bogey on the
par- 5 12th hole Friday at Greenbrier
Resort’s Old White course, Steve
Stricker was on the adios side of the
cut line at The Greenbrier Classic.
Then he ran off five straight birdies
to vault within five shots of Webb
Simpson’s 36-hole lead. It was doubly
important to the 45-year-old Stricker
who came to West Virginia with
Ryder Cup points on his mind.

RydeR Cup StandingS

The top eight players on the American points list after the PGA Championship qualify for the team. The top five players on the European earnings points list on Aug. 26 and the top five players on the World Ranking points list not already eligible make the European team. U.S. captain Davis Love III will make his four wild-card picks after the Deutsche Bank Championship, European captain José Maria Olazábal will choose two players after the Barclays.