RUSSELL KNOX QUALIFIED IN 48TH PLACE
MARTIN LAIRD MISSED FEDEX CUP
PLAY-OFFS BY TWO PLACES
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
It's not nearly the end of August yet but the professional golf tours over in America are entering play-offs mode.
The end-of-season play-offs concept originated, I think, in the NFL (American Football), and was so successful in stimulating interest that a few years ago the US PGA Tour thought they should copy.
So we have the FedEx Cup play-offs for the top 125 money-winners and also Web.Com Tour play-offs to decide the top 25 who will gain promotion to the Big League.
Russell Knox qualified for the FedEx Cup play-offs, being 66th in the US PGA Tour money list. He has won $1,350,830.
Fellow Scot Martin Laird (pictured above) missed out by two places - he is 127th - in the Fedex table but 138th in the US PGA Tour's money table for 2014, having earned $583,663.
Highlander Jimmy Gunn has not had a good first season on the Web.Com Tour. He is 113th in its money list with $36,031.
There is one more event to go in its regular season programme. Gunn would need to win it to make the top 25. Maybe even that would not be enough.
What Jimmy has to worry about is finishing high enough in the rankings so that he does not have to go back to Q School which in the last year or two has merged with the Web.Com Tour end-of-season schedule.
I don't pretend to understand it all but good luck to Messrs Knox, Laird and Gunn.
2014 MONEY TABLES
totals in US dollars, players from USA unless stated otherwise
US PGA TOUR
1 Rory McIlroy (N Ireland), 6,965,890
2 Jimmy Walker 5,337,340
3 Bubba Watson 5,185,611
4 Jim Furyk 4,635,595
5 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 4,371,100
6 Dustin Johnson 4,249,180
7 Matt Kuchar 4,129,969
8 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 4,007,537
9 Rickie Fowler 3,942,317
10 Jordan Spieth 3,8564,682
SELECTED TOTALS
12 Justin Rose (England) 3,493,735
34 Phil Mickelson 2,119,875
36 Graeme McDowell (N Ireland) 2,009,330
62 Luke Donald (England) 1,433,840
66 Russell Knox (Scotland) 1,350,830
78 Lee Westwood (England) 1,205,264
105 Brian Davis (England) 827,419
111 Paul Casey (England) 807,768
138 Martin Laird (Scotland) 583,663
CHAMPIONS TOUR
1 Bernhard Langer (Germany) 2,652,520
2 Colin Montgomerie (Scotland) 1,865,121
3 Jay Haas 1,200,967
4 Kenny Perry 1,183,900
5 Jeff Sluman 1,084,816
SELECTED TOTAL
32 Roger Chapman (England) 329,154
75 Sandy Lyle (Scotland) 85,893
WEB.COM TOUR
1 Carlos Ortiz 371,403
2 Andrew Putnam 320,438
3 Zack Sucher4 294,166
4 Justin Thomas 271,061
5 Alex Cejka (Germany) 263.648
SELECTED TOTALS
26 Greg Owen (England) 139,243
95 David Skinns (England) 43,308
113 Jimmy Gunn (Scotland) 36,031
LPGA TOUR
1 Stacy Lewis 2,0p31,832
2 Michelle Wie 1,627,653
3 Inbee Park (S Korea) 1,146,814
4 Lydia Ko (NZ) 1,234,749
5 Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) 940,315
SELECTED TOTAL
26 Catriona Matthew (Scotland) 394,303
PLAY-OFFS BY TWO PLACES
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
It's not nearly the end of August yet but the professional golf tours over in America are entering play-offs mode.
The end-of-season play-offs concept originated, I think, in the NFL (American Football), and was so successful in stimulating interest that a few years ago the US PGA Tour thought they should copy.
So we have the FedEx Cup play-offs for the top 125 money-winners and also Web.Com Tour play-offs to decide the top 25 who will gain promotion to the Big League.
Russell Knox qualified for the FedEx Cup play-offs, being 66th in the US PGA Tour money list. He has won $1,350,830.
Fellow Scot Martin Laird (pictured above) missed out by two places - he is 127th - in the Fedex table but 138th in the US PGA Tour's money table for 2014, having earned $583,663.
Highlander Jimmy Gunn has not had a good first season on the Web.Com Tour. He is 113th in its money list with $36,031.
There is one more event to go in its regular season programme. Gunn would need to win it to make the top 25. Maybe even that would not be enough.
What Jimmy has to worry about is finishing high enough in the rankings so that he does not have to go back to Q School which in the last year or two has merged with the Web.Com Tour end-of-season schedule.
I don't pretend to understand it all but good luck to Messrs Knox, Laird and Gunn.
2014 MONEY TABLES
totals in US dollars, players from USA unless stated otherwise
US PGA TOUR
1 Rory McIlroy (N Ireland), 6,965,890
2 Jimmy Walker 5,337,340
3 Bubba Watson 5,185,611
4 Jim Furyk 4,635,595
5 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 4,371,100
6 Dustin Johnson 4,249,180
7 Matt Kuchar 4,129,969
8 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 4,007,537
9 Rickie Fowler 3,942,317
10 Jordan Spieth 3,8564,682
SELECTED TOTALS
12 Justin Rose (England) 3,493,735
34 Phil Mickelson 2,119,875
36 Graeme McDowell (N Ireland) 2,009,330
62 Luke Donald (England) 1,433,840
66 Russell Knox (Scotland) 1,350,830
78 Lee Westwood (England) 1,205,264
105 Brian Davis (England) 827,419
111 Paul Casey (England) 807,768
138 Martin Laird (Scotland) 583,663
CHAMPIONS TOUR
1 Bernhard Langer (Germany) 2,652,520
2 Colin Montgomerie (Scotland) 1,865,121
3 Jay Haas 1,200,967
4 Kenny Perry 1,183,900
5 Jeff Sluman 1,084,816
SELECTED TOTAL
32 Roger Chapman (England) 329,154
75 Sandy Lyle (Scotland) 85,893
WEB.COM TOUR
1 Carlos Ortiz 371,403
2 Andrew Putnam 320,438
3 Zack Sucher4 294,166
4 Justin Thomas 271,061
5 Alex Cejka (Germany) 263.648
SELECTED TOTALS
26 Greg Owen (England) 139,243
95 David Skinns (England) 43,308
113 Jimmy Gunn (Scotland) 36,031
LPGA TOUR
1 Stacy Lewis 2,0p31,832
2 Michelle Wie 1,627,653
3 Inbee Park (S Korea) 1,146,814
4 Lydia Ko (NZ) 1,234,749
5 Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) 940,315
SELECTED TOTAL
26 Catriona Matthew (Scotland) 394,303
Labels: US PGA TOUR
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