While the principle information from this week's Q-Schools has been about the players in contention, I've been extra interested by the gamers who are not gambling as well as expected. Some of their ratings are quite stunning. And after 3 rounds, the PGA has only three extra to head, the LPGA simplest . Things are becoming tight.
For instance, Morgan Hoffman dropped from T5 to T44 whilst he shot seventy four on Friday. Even worse, Daniel Chopra dropped all of the way from T5 to T66 with a 3rd-spherical seventy six. Nick O'Hern and Rod Pampling are all the manner again at T75 -- no longer taking pictures over-par rounds, however simply now not getting something going. With the current leader at -18, the high-quality of these players is 10 pictures returned!
And they most effective have three days to make up floor. Hoffman is slightly putting directly to a Tour card proper now at -eight. (Yes, 10 strokes again.) For what it is really worth, Hoffman's possibilities is probably pretty suitable. In past years, averaging -three every spherical has usually been accurate enough to lock up a card.
A lot of acquainted names are even farther returned within the %. I was bowled over to locate Patrick Reed, the guy who Monday-certified for a number of occasions this 12 months, all of the manner returned at -3 (T98). And ET winner Alex Noren is even par (T132). I by no means could have predicted that.
At the LPGA's Q-School, the huge shocker for me is Mel Reid. Mel is T95, an fantastic 10 whilst the leader's at -thirteen. With simplest rounds left of their qualifier, I do not see how she will be able to probable make that up.
All of these players are at least "correct" players, and a few are super... But, to paraphrase Shakespeare, Q-School makes cowards folks all. Of direction, Hamlet become musing about the worry of dying, now not golf...
But whilst you're speaking approximately Q-School, possibly it's the suitable analogy.
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