Yes Sir.....what stinks is that my friend Jeff Overton, played better week in and week out, and got like 146th on the money list, and JB played good in 1 event and BAM exemption, with a ton of cash!! haha...Thats golf I guess!
With the very watchable show that JB put on when he won, that is fine with me: I want to see him do it again.
I looked up some stats.........Overton had one more Top 25 finish than Holmes and about a million less in earnings. Overton isn't in the top 300 in the WGR and Holmes is 91st. You're right about one big victory going a long way.
BTW........Holmes made 16 cuts in 26 events and Overton made 19 cuts in 28 events.
yea they are pretty close...Overton made like $500,000 in earnings and that isnt in the top 125...Thats crazy!! I think he finished 139th on the money list or something like that........Did you see Overton on ESPN make that double eagle on the last hole to make the cut at a tourney? He knocked a 2 iron in from like 240 or something!
Yes Sir.....what stinks is that my friend Jeff Overton, played better week in and week out, and got like 146th on the money list, and JB played good in 1 event and BAM exemption, with a ton of cash!! haha...Thats golf I guess!
I like the fact that a victory is rewarded much more than playing well week in and week out....I don't like rewarding mediocrity. You are right about a ton of cash...I wonder, beyond official prize $$, how much a win is worth by the time you add in incentives for winning playing a certain ball, clubs, clothes, shoes...etc??? Anyone have a clue? I remember reading several years ago about Garrett Willis forgetting to sign his Titleist ball contract before he went out and won at Phoenix (or somewhere out west). He said it was the best mistake he made. Apparently the rookie contract to play Titleist back then was around $50k. He didn't say how much but it sounded like he got considerably more for signing after he had won an event...
Yes Sir.....what stinks is that my friend Jeff Overton, played better week in and week out, and got like 146th on the money list, and JB played good in 1 event and BAM exemption, with a ton of cash!! haha...Thats golf I guess!
Considering he had to play well enough for four rounds in the 2006 FBR Open to beat a field that included Phil Mickelson, Chris DeMarco, J. J. Henry, V.J. Singh, Trevor Immelman, David Toms, and several other highly regarded players the guy deserves the money the the exemption.
He won about a million for that win and about $100,000 for the rest of the year.Seeing that he won early in the year (2006) is he exempt for 2007 & 2008?
Actually he won about $1.487 million for the year. J.B Holmes had two top ten finishes and four top twenty five finishes. He did make 16 cuts but he got a lot of low finishes. If I was him I'd be concerned. It indicates he needs to improve his consistency in order to compete on tour. The good thing is he has a couple of years to do that with his exemption. If he can't get his act together after his exemptions expire he'll end up losing his card if he doesn't get more consistent.
Yea, but the guy at 95th on the money list can shoot much worse than the guy who has his card from Q-school, except he gets to play in 4-5x more tournaments, enough for him to make enough to stay on the list. The guy from Q-school can do better perhaps, but not get into enough tournaments to make the top 125 money list....so how can he 'knock' off the guy at 95th position (who may play worse than him)?
Keep in mind that a guy that's 95th on the money list earned the right to get into those tournaments based on his performance on the PGA Tour. Most guys comming out of Q-School either don't have that level of PGA experience or were on the PGA Tour before and couldn't maintain that level of performance.
The beauty of the PGA Tour exemption system is that it's performance based, pure, plain and simple. If you are able to compete at a high level, win or win major tournaments the exemptions will take care of themselves. Q-Schools graduates have to climb the "Exemption Mountain" by out performing their peers on tour whenever they get the chance. From a competitve standpoint pro golf doesn't allow many guys to rest on their laurels.
December 9th, 2006, 09:07 PM
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