{"id":327858,"date":"2011-03-21T22:01:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T22:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/"},"modified":"2011-03-21T22:01:18","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T22:01:18","slug":"pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Tour considers change of season-ending format (AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)\u2014The PGA Tour is considering a change to the end of its
\nseason in which players who don\u2019t make the FedEx Cup playoffs would compete for
\ntheir cards in a series of tournaments against top Nationwide Tour players.<\/p>\n

PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw confirmed the policy board has given preliminary
\napproval to the concept, although it is in the early stages of discussion. The
\ntour began informing players by memo late Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Another change being contemplated is Q-school at the end of the year
\nproviding access only to the Nationwide Tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are still a number of steps,\u201d Votaw said.<\/p>\n

The tour has been looking at ways to strengthen the Nationwide Tour, its
\ndevelopmental circuit. It is looking for a new umbrella sponsor, because
\nNationwide has said it would not renew its contract after 2012.<\/p>\n

Under the preliminary plan, the top 125 on the FedEx Cup standings after the
\nWyndham Championship would advance to the playoffs and compete for $35 million
\nin bonus money, with $10 million for the winner.<\/p>\n

Those who don\u2019t make the top 125 would have the option of playing a series
\nof three tournaments along with top Nationwide Tour players. Those tournaments
\nalso would have a points structure, and it would determine who gets PGA Tour
\ncards the following season.<\/p>\n

Among the numbers being mentioned for the three-tournament series is 75
\nplayers from the FedEx Cup standings and the top 50 players from the Nationwide
\nTour money list, with the top 50 players from that series earning their cards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number from the Nationwide that goes to the three-tournament series
\nhasn\u2019t been determined yet,\u201d Votaw said. \u201cAnd the question of how many cards
\nhas not been, either.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the plan goes through, that means players could no longer go straight
\nfrom Q-school to the PGA Tour. If a player doesn\u2019t make the FedEx Cup playoffs
\nand doesn\u2019t make it through the three-tournament series, he still could compete
\nthe following year on limited status as a past champion or depending on how high
\nhe finished beyond the top 125. That part wouldn\u2019t change.<\/p>\n

The PGA Tour over the past several years has been awarding more cards
\nthrough the Nationwide Tour money list than those who make it through six rounds
\nof Q-school. It feels players are more prepared for the big leagues after going
\nthrough an entire season of traveling and trying to make cuts in the minors.<\/p>\n

Such a change, however, would eliminate dreams of long shots who go make it
\nthrough Q-school, some of them fresh out of college, others who have toiled
\nthrough mini-tours.<\/p>\n

J.B. Holmes<\/a> and Dustin Johnson<\/a> are among those who went straight from
\ncollege and made it through Q-school, then won in their rookie season. A year
\nago, Rickie Fowler<\/a> went from Q-school to a spot on the Ryder Cup team.<\/p>\n

Some tour officials feel those players are exceptions, and that the quality
\nof fields would be strengthened.<\/p>\n

It also would add a layer of drama to the end of the year\u2014PGA Tour players
\nwho struggled and Nationwide Tour players who performed well, meeting in a
\ncutthroat series of events.<\/p>\n

Still to be determined is how the Fall Series, which typically is held after
\nthe FedEx Cup, would be effected.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Read More:
\nPGA Tour considers change of season-ending format (AP)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)\u2014The PGA Tour is considering a change to the end of its season in which players who don\u2019t make the FedEx Cup playoffs would compete for their cards in a series of tournaments against top Nationwide Tour players. PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw confirmed the policy board has given preliminary approval to the concept, although it is in the early stages of discussion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nPGA Tour considers change of season-ending format (AP) - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"PGA Tour considers change of season-ending format (AP) - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)\u2014The PGA Tour is considering a change to the end of its season in which players who don\u2019t make the FedEx Cup playoffs would compete for their cards in a series of tournaments against top Nationwide Tour players. PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw confirmed the policy board has given preliminary approval to the concept, although it is in the early stages of discussion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6ead968bi.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"PGA Tour considers change of season-ending format (AP)\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-21T22:01:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/\"},\"wordCount\":560,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6ead968bi.gif\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/\",\"name\":\"PGA Tour considers change of season-ending format (AP) - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6ead968bi.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-21T22:01:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6ead968bi.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6ead968bi.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PGA Tour considers change of season-ending format (AP) - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"PGA Tour considers change of season-ending format (AP) - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)\u2014The PGA Tour is considering a change to the end of its season in which players who don\u2019t make the FedEx Cup playoffs would compete for their cards in a series of tournaments against top Nationwide Tour players. PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw confirmed the policy board has given preliminary approval to the concept, although it is in the early stages of discussion","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6ead968bi.gif","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"PGA Tour considers change of season-ending format (AP)","datePublished":"2011-03-21T22:01:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/"},"wordCount":560,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6ead968bi.gif","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/","name":"PGA Tour considers change of season-ending format (AP) - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6ead968bi.gif","datePublished":"2011-03-21T22:01:18+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/21\/pga-tour-considers-change-of-season-ending-format-ap\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6ead968bi.gif","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/6ead968bi.gif"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}