BMW Championship - Final Fed Ex Cup Qualifying - Spoiler Alert
I don't think a fine is going to be a problem for Jordan but a bigger impact would be a short term suspension. Anyone else see the irony in a penalty suspending you from the Tour for a period of time so you can't enter any events because the penalty is for not playing in enough events?
Regardless, I have a feeling Spieth is doing some tossing and turning in bed tonight.
"If he fails to qualify and comes up short, it is unclear what would happen. No player has violated the policy, but the tour's regulations stipulate that he could receive a major fine (believed to be $20,000) or a suspension."
per ESPN report
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Ok, I'm saying slap on wrist, ie fine or some sort of pathway to make up for it next year based on circumstances. But I want to reiterate, he should be tared and feathered before the opening tee shots at the 3 events he should be suspended at, with his patent "c'mon Jordan", blared over the intercom, whilst tar and feather.
Par4QC - Golf Magazine is reporting the same thing.
I know Jordan played in Australia in November as their Open's defending champ. It is reported his appearance fee was $1M before he stepped on the first tee. That makes a $20k fine a small cost of doing business and chump change for him. I can't find info on any other non-sanctioned appearances he made that were concurrent with PGA Tour events...not that big of a deal at this point.
...and they're off using tee times for the front and back 9 to try and get as many in as possible if they really do have a short window before rain is forecasted again this afternoon.
mikeintopeka ...and they're off using tee times for the front and back 9 to try and get as many in as possible if they really do have a short window before rain is forecasted again this afternoon.
Is there any TV coverage this morning?
My tv program directory shows the Golf Channel picking it up at 9a (Central). (Golf Channel now running a banner on the Morning Drive confirming this.)
Jordan has not started the way he needs to get inside the Top 30. He's plus 1 after his first 3 holes starting on the back nine. Time to shift it into gear Jordan!
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mikeintopeka My tv program directory shows the Golf Channel picking it up at 9a (Central). (Golf Channel now running a banner on the Morning Drive confirming this.)
Lady on GC just said TV coverage at 10. 
I don't understand. They are showing live coverage on the practice tee. Why can't they show live coverage on the course? Surely Johnny M has taken a big crap by now.
Rickochet - um, that would be 9am Central time zone. Go to www.pgatour.com and click on 'leaderboad' for constant refreshes of scores right now. You can even set up your own favorites to follow and it has a shot tracker feature to track how your favorites are playing any current hole. I use it weekly.
There's a fat lady in a long formal gown in the gallery following Jordan. Reports are she's warming up her pipes as Spieth is +3 on the round.
mikeintopeka There's a fat lady in a long formal gown in the gallery following Jordan. Reports are she's warming up her pipes as Spieth is +3 on the round.
Looks like Bradley is helping. He just bogied and put Spieth at #30.
Back to 31st. Jordan's balky putter is the monkey on his back.
Rickochet Looks like Bradley is helping. He just bogied and put Spieth at #30. Conspiracy Theory Time - payoff to avoid the slap-on-the-wrist and the embarrassment of making a stupid decision on Jordan's part.
I don't understand the points calculations but Keegan Bradley is firmly inside the top 30. Leishman sits at #30 and that is one guy Spieth needs to leap frog. Leishman is helping at even par on the day. Patton Kiziere is at 29th and plus one so maybe he is wearing a horse collar too. The back nines of these players will be interesting but the most pressure is still on Jordan with the impending consequences of missing the Championship.
Lights out for Jordan. He's bogeyed his 16th and 17th so it looks like a 31st final position even if he birdies the 18th (par 5 hole #9).
He won't get suspended. The Tour would then be cutting off their nose to spite their face. He's a big name and puts fannies in the gallery still. He'll get a fine, it will be a trivial amount, Jordan will assure them that he will meet the minimum requirements next season, all will be forgiven (except the trivial fine that won't amount to anything).
But... it's a wakeup call. Or should be. They're giving him an incredible stage, and I'm sure his sponsors won't mind if he competes in another event or two next season to go along with that.
He does have some means of an obligation, not just to his sponsors, but the Tour. So the fine will be levied, whatever it is, and if he's as good a kid as I think he is - he'll comply. Jordan (as well as Thomas, DJ, Rory etc) all need to be reminded from time to time that they've not quite yet fulfilled the requirements to achieve legendary status comparable to that of Phil and Tiger.
But suspension of any meaningful duration? What are we to make of Monahan suspending Spieth for the first three weeks of the upcoming season? It's not a suspension. It's time off. It's time off from when he'd ordinarily not be playing anyway. It would be like Goodell suspending an NFL player for the upcoming bye week.
It would be a "suspension" in name only. And the fine ain't gonna amount to nothing.
But it should be a wakeup call. "Look, kid... we love ya and we want ya, but you gotta do your part here to meet the bare minimum of what you've agreed to."
That's all this will be.