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Pretend we're in a Tour season just like 2004, with event purses set just as in actual fact.
Now, suppose we have a player who has full PGA Tour exempt status, but is outside the Top 500 (if not 1000) in World Rankings. He has hardly made the cut, let alone made a good check, all year. In fact, he hasn't really distinguished himself for a number of years.
Then, all of a sudden, the player catches lightning in a bottle - three PGA Tour victories plus 3 other Top-25 finishes including one Top-10.
Our resurgent mythical player finishes the year just outside the Top 40 on the Money List with just under (if not equal to or better than) $2,000,000 in official earnings. He might-just might-be right around the Top 100 in the World Rankings, but not necessarily near the Top 50 or Top 64.
Our mythical player gets to play in the PGA Championship, but does not qualify for the WGC-NEC Invitational, WGC-American Express Championship or Tour Championship. He is eligible for next year's Mercedes Championships, Players Championship, US Open and PGA Championship, but not the Masters or British Open. If his World Ranking should happen to put him among the Top 64 and it stays that way, then he could play in next year's WGC-Accenture Match Play.
Oh, yes - Thanks to his 3-victory season, our mythical player gets a 4-year PGA Tour exemption.
Our mythical player's victories are at the B.C. Open, Reno-Tahoe Open and Southern Farm Bureau Classic, and each win comes with a $540,000 1st prize, plus a low number of World Ranking points! Those events are, of course, played the same week that a major Championship (British Open) or WGC event (NEC, Amex) is played.
And there you have it - So, what do you think?
Pretend we're in a Tour season just like 2004, with event purses set just as in actual fact.
Now, suppose we have a player who has full PGA Tour exempt status, but is outside the Top 500 (if not 1000) in World Rankings. He has hardly made the cut, let alone made a good check, all year. In fact, he hasn't really distinguished himself for a number of years.
Then, all of a sudden, the player catches lightning in a bottle - three PGA Tour victories plus 3 other Top-25 finishes including one Top-10.
Our resurgent mythical player finishes the year just outside the Top 40 on the Money List with just under (if not equal to or better than) $2,000,000 in official earnings. He might-just might-be right around the Top 100 in the World Rankings, but not necessarily near the Top 50 or Top 64.
Our mythical player gets to play in the PGA Championship, but does not qualify for the WGC-NEC Invitational, WGC-American Express Championship or Tour Championship. He is eligible for next year's Mercedes Championships, Players Championship, US Open and PGA Championship, but not the Masters or British Open. If his World Ranking should happen to put him among the Top 64 and it stays that way, then he could play in next year's WGC-Accenture Match Play.
Oh, yes - Thanks to his 3-victory season, our mythical player gets a 4-year PGA Tour exemption.
Our mythical player's victories are at the B.C. Open, Reno-Tahoe Open and Southern Farm Bureau Classic, and each win comes with a $540,000 1st prize, plus a low number of World Ranking points! Those events are, of course, played the same week that a major Championship (British Open) or WGC event (NEC, Amex) is played.
And there you have it - So, what do you think?