Bill Haas (Jay's Son) Progress Report

[FrankoSport]

Greetings ...

Bill Haas, son of Jay Haas, is progressing fairly well in his first few months as a pro.
He currently has $260,719 in PGA Tour earnings. Matching or bettering the earnings of the 150th player on the 2003 PGA Tour Money list (Mike Groh - $348,976) will earn Bill Haas Special Temporary Member Status.

Special Temporary Members are eligible for unlimited sponsor invitations and Top-10 Finishes, as well as a spot in the Final Stage (bypassing 1st two stages) of the 2004 PGA Tour Q-School.

As a non-member without Special Status, Bill Haas has use of 7 sponsor invitations (apparently all used) and 5 Top-10-and-Ties Finisher exemptions (at least one used).

For the just-concluded Deutsche Bank USA Classic, Haas voluntarily took himself through the Monday Open Qualifier route, which any non-member has unlimited use of, and secured one of 4 available spots for the field.

Thru the first 3 rounds at Deutsche Bank, Bill played well enough to put him in position to secure that Special Temporary Membership. Unfortunately, a final round 73 spoiled his chances. However, Haas did secure a Top-10 and Ties finish, which will get him into next week's $4.4 million Bell Canadian Open.

2004 Deutsche Bank USA Classic Final Scores-Earnings

2004 PGA Tour Regular Members Money List -- 2004 PGA Tour Non-Members Money List

2004 PGA Tour Exemption Categories -- 2004 Bell Canadian Open Prize Money Chart

 

[DDL]

I'm curious how it's decided who gets exemptios. I remember last year that jay Haas was defeated by some Korean guy at the Amateur Championships, and an Aussie won. Do you have to have connections or a famous last name to get exemtions or does performance at the Amateurs matter at all?

 

[efnef]

quote:Originally posted by DDL

I'm curious how it's decided who gets exemptios. I remember last year that jay Haas was defeated by some Korean guy at the Amateur Championships, and an Aussie won. Do you have to have connections or a famous last name to get exemtions or does performance at the Amateurs matter at all?

Sponsors of the tournaments can use their exemptions to invite anyone they want to fill out the field. They are going to invite players that will attract patrons, which of course means more $$$. So yes, a famous name (Haas, Stadler, etc.) helps, or a lot of press helps (Michelle Wie), or notable acheivement at the amatur level can help (Michelle Wie again or US Amatur winners), and so on. The Golf Channel used their own sponsor's exemptions to get their Big Break Winners on the Canadian Tour events they helped sponsor.