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<blockquote data-quote="WesterveltVictoryCigar" data-source="post: 1278322" data-attributes="member: 3734"><p>The traditional path was to go to Q school (a 6 round tournament) and if you did well enough, you would earn a tour card for the following season. Around 5 years ago, they changed the path so that Q school earned you a spot on the web.com tour instead. Then if you finished in the top 25 on the web.com season, you got a PGA tour card.</p><p></p><p>The other way is how a guy like Jordan Spieth made it and what Thomas is doing. If you can get a sponsor invite to an event and do well enough, then you can get a card. You have to earn enough FedEx cup points to equal the amount earned by last year's #150 finish. For last year, that was 319 points. If you reach that number then you can get special temporary status, which means you have unlimited exemptions into events. If you can then earn enough prize money to equal the total of #125 from last season, you earn a card for the next season. That's how Jon Rahm got his card for this season. Thomas got 245 points from the Genesis tournament and he also got 61 points from an HSBC event previously, so he just needs another 13 points. Probably a top 40 or so finish in the Honda would do it.</p><p></p><p>To keep your card you have to finish in the top 125. The guys who finish 126-200 have to play in the web.com finals events (4 tournaments) vs the top 75 from web.com. The top 25 in that event get tour cards for the next season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WesterveltVictoryCigar, post: 1278322, member: 3734"] The traditional path was to go to Q school (a 6 round tournament) and if you did well enough, you would earn a tour card for the following season. Around 5 years ago, they changed the path so that Q school earned you a spot on the web.com tour instead. Then if you finished in the top 25 on the web.com season, you got a PGA tour card. The other way is how a guy like Jordan Spieth made it and what Thomas is doing. If you can get a sponsor invite to an event and do well enough, then you can get a card. You have to earn enough FedEx cup points to equal the amount earned by last year's #150 finish. For last year, that was 319 points. If you reach that number then you can get special temporary status, which means you have unlimited exemptions into events. If you can then earn enough prize money to equal the total of #125 from last season, you earn a card for the next season. That's how Jon Rahm got his card for this season. Thomas got 245 points from the Genesis tournament and he also got 61 points from an HSBC event previously, so he just needs another 13 points. Probably a top 40 or so finish in the Honda would do it. To keep your card you have to finish in the top 125. The guys who finish 126-200 have to play in the web.com finals events (4 tournaments) vs the top 75 from web.com. The top 25 in that event get tour cards for the next season. [/QUOTE]
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