PGA tour Qualifying School

PGA TOUR Q SCHOOL

  Qualifying school is where all golfers in the world go and try to compete to become a member of the PGA tour.  This is the most stressful tournament for former PGA tour players because if after a full year on tour and if your outside of the top 125 on the money list then you have to go back to Q school to get your PGA card again.  Some people go to Q school for their whole life trying to make it to play on the PGA but the worst part is, it costs a lot of money.  To enter Q school you pay $2,400 to play in the Pre Qualification Stage and then if you make it through this stage then you pay another $2,600 which covers the next three stages if you make it that far.

   Q school is 17 rounds of golf and after the first 3 rounds there is a cut to who makes it to the First Stage and then after four rounds at the First Stage then there is another cut to who makes it to the Second Stage.  When you get to the second stage you are playing with old former PGA pros who either are to old and still want to play golf or the competition is just getting way better.  Second Stage is four rounds of golf and then if you make it through this you go to the Final Stage of Q School where you play with the best of the best golfers in the world who are all competiting to play on the PGA tour.  If you make it to the Final Stage you automatically get some type of exemptions into the Nationwide Tour which is the tour below the PGA but still playing with the best golfers in the world.  The Final Stage is 6 rounds long and I will be following the next few stages hoping that a kid from my county makes it through and onto the PGA tour.

www.pgatour.com/qschool

This week I will be focusing on a kid named Chris Gold who lives in Haddonfield, NJ and has played in many of the same tournaments that I have played in.  This would be a great story if a local made it onto the PGA tour.

After 3 rounds in the First stage he is in T14 and top 22 and ties make it to the second stage.

http://pgatq.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgatq11/event/pgatq1111/contest/1/leaderboard.htm