US PGA DOWNGRADES Q SCHOOL, ELEVATES NATIONWIDE TOUR
FROM THE PGATOUR.COM WEBSITE
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida -- US PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem announced on Tuesday that the Policy Board has approved significant changes to the structure of the qualifying system for the US PGA Tour, dramatically elevating the importance of the Nationwide Tour by establishing it as the primary pathway to the US PGA Tour.
Additionally, the Policy Board approved changing the start of the US PGA Tour season, beginning in October 2013.
With these changes, all 50 US PGA Tour membership cards will now be awarded through the Nationwide Tour.
The three final tournaments on the Nationwide Tour will combine US PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour players to determine who earns those 50 cards; and the annual Qualifying Tournament will become a pathway exclusively to the Nationwide Tour.
The start of the US PGA Tour 2013-14 season will begin in October 2013 and conclude in late September 2014 with the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola, the fourth and final FedExCup Playoff event.
In making this change, the fall (autumn) tournaments will begin awarding FedExCup points in 2013.
Finchem said that certain details must still be finalised, such as the competition system which will determine the 50 US PGA Tour cards, the level of FedExCup points to the US PGA Tour's autumn tournaments and other details.
The fields for the three final Nationwide Tour events, which will be held during the FedExCup Playoffs, will include the top 75 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list, the players ranked 126-200 on the US PGA Tour's FedExCup points list and non-members who meet certain eligibility standards.
"We are excited to announce these significant changes, as we strongly believe that they will strengthen both Tours," Finchem said.
"The Nationwide Tour, which has proven to be the most effective indicator of future success on the US PGA Tour, will now become the primary path to the Tour, starting in 2013 by awarding all 50 cards. And with the restructuring, those final three events will create a particularly exciting and dramatic finish to the season.
"In regard to the change to the start of the US PGA Tour season, the fall (autumn) tournaments certainly will benefit by becoming part of the FedExCup season. But the benefit also extends to FedEx, our telecasts of those tournaments and the understanding among fans that there's a true finality to the season, with the FedExCup and eligibility for the US PGA Tour concluding at the same time."
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida -- US PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem announced on Tuesday that the Policy Board has approved significant changes to the structure of the qualifying system for the US PGA Tour, dramatically elevating the importance of the Nationwide Tour by establishing it as the primary pathway to the US PGA Tour.
Additionally, the Policy Board approved changing the start of the US PGA Tour season, beginning in October 2013.
With these changes, all 50 US PGA Tour membership cards will now be awarded through the Nationwide Tour.
The three final tournaments on the Nationwide Tour will combine US PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour players to determine who earns those 50 cards; and the annual Qualifying Tournament will become a pathway exclusively to the Nationwide Tour.
The start of the US PGA Tour 2013-14 season will begin in October 2013 and conclude in late September 2014 with the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola, the fourth and final FedExCup Playoff event.
In making this change, the fall (autumn) tournaments will begin awarding FedExCup points in 2013.
Finchem said that certain details must still be finalised, such as the competition system which will determine the 50 US PGA Tour cards, the level of FedExCup points to the US PGA Tour's autumn tournaments and other details.
The fields for the three final Nationwide Tour events, which will be held during the FedExCup Playoffs, will include the top 75 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list, the players ranked 126-200 on the US PGA Tour's FedExCup points list and non-members who meet certain eligibility standards.
"We are excited to announce these significant changes, as we strongly believe that they will strengthen both Tours," Finchem said.
"The Nationwide Tour, which has proven to be the most effective indicator of future success on the US PGA Tour, will now become the primary path to the Tour, starting in 2013 by awarding all 50 cards. And with the restructuring, those final three events will create a particularly exciting and dramatic finish to the season.
"In regard to the change to the start of the US PGA Tour season, the fall (autumn) tournaments certainly will benefit by becoming part of the FedExCup season. But the benefit also extends to FedEx, our telecasts of those tournaments and the understanding among fans that there's a true finality to the season, with the FedExCup and eligibility for the US PGA Tour concluding at the same time."
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