I'm not going to spoil anything - the weather did that already.
BMW Championship - Final Fed Ex Cup Qualifying - Spoiler Alert
I rained again overnight on top of soggy conditions leaving holes 9 and 18 unplayable. So, the final round has been postponed until Monday, if then. There is rain forecast again Monday.
IF the tournament is called after 54 holes due to rain, Jordan Spieth is out of the finals of the Fed Ex cup sitting on the 31st spot with only the top 30 moving on.
If 1/2 the field can somehow finish Monday, then the remaining field would have to come back Tuesday to finish their rounds and thus set the Top 30 by playing it out.
mikeintopeka IF the tournament is called after 54 holes due to rain, Jordan Spieth is out of the finals of the Fed Ex cup sitting on the 31st spot with only the top 30 moving on.
If 1/2 the field can somehow finish Monday, then the remaining field would have to come back Tuesday to finish their rounds and thus set the Top 30 by playing it out.
I am guessing Xander is kicking his butt for the 3 putt on 18.
mikeintopeka If 1/2 the field can somehow finish Monday, then the remaining field would have to come back Tuesday to finish their rounds and thus set the Top 30 by playing it out.
They get a week off before the Tour Championship, correct?
sdandrea1 They get a week off before the Tour Championship, correct?
They do get a week off before the Championship.
Tiger has been quoted as telling reporters how grueling this has been for him and he needs a break for physical and mental reasons. I'm going to assume he will benefit the most from the break if he can regroup and put together another 4 rounds that get him in the hunt.
Rickochet How many in this tournament plan to play next weekend?
I think Spieth needs to if he misses the cut.
He faces a fine and suspension for not playing enough.
He would be the first person to screw this up in the two years it's been in play.
https://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/2018/09/09/jordan-spieth-faces-fine-suspension-tour-championship/
Spuzz I think Spieth needs to if he misses the cut.
He faces a fine and suspension for not playing enough.
He would be the first person to screw this up in the two years it's been in play.
Reminds me of the sign that said, "Lack of planning on your part is not considered an emergency on our part."
He can still play in the silly season, no? Am I missing something?
And the tour ain't gonna do squat to Jordan! Lol
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ode And the tour ain't gonna do squat to Jordan!
PGA season is over when the playoffs begin.
If the BMW is shortened, I'm sure they will do nothing. OTOH, if it goes 72 holes, and he misses the cut for next week, he'll get hammered. Rules were made, examples will be set for the future. He is not Lexi, he knows the rules!
ode He can still play in the silly season, no? Am I missing something?
And the tour ain't gonna do squat to Jordan! Lol
It's my understanding the Fed Ex Championship wraps up the 2017-2018 season with the $10M bonus the cherry on top. The silly season starts the 2018-2019 tournament year.
One of the articles I read about Spieth's dilemna is everything fell in to place so he would meet the minimum appearance requirement (Ryder Cup, first Fed Ex elimination events, etc.) except for having one shitty round Friday (a +1 71) that bumped him out of the top 30. And now he's at the mercy of Mother Nature in the morning to have an opportunity to play his way back in. Jordan is Chairman of the Tour Players Advisory Committee so he's not going to ask for an exception. He could have received an automatic exemption by appearing in just one new tournament he hadn't played in the previous 4 years. Just one. I REALLY like Jordan but is he a little bit snooty about which tournaments he plays? He just had to enter ONE new tournament and given that site a 'name' bump and the fans in that region a chance to see him.
Maybe we will see more top players enter events during the silly season. It gives them a jump on money earned, Fed Ex points, and an auto exemption from the mandatory 25 events by the end of the year.
So what is the fine if he gets one?
Gotta be honest, seems really silly. That said, fine him and suspend him.....I want max pain imparted, cuz that will really help the tour when he agrees to play in 3 Podunk events to meet his suspension, lol....
"C'mon Jordan"
Rickochet So what is the fine if he gets one?
I've read several sources that reported his problem earlier today and not one mentioned the amount of the fine. No one has ever breached the rule since it was implemented 2 years ago among the couple of hundred players it would have applied to.
The Euros have had a similar rule in place for a lot longer. Their players association threatened some heavy stuff like not being eligible for the Ryder Cup team if you didn't have the minimum appearances in their own events. The US PGA Tour lost some Euro entrants during our seasons because they had to stay in the homeland to get in their obligations.
So much for being an independent contractor!
mikeintopeka I just don't see this rule being beneficial in many ways, you've pointed out a few reasons why.....the other will be the slap on the wrist he gets if the scenario plays out. Not like he thumbed his nose at the system, but he was putting all his eggs in a basket. Guess they are not independent contractors!
I can't imagine that the PGA makes a new rule and when the first offender breaks the rule they don't do something about it. Spieth screwed up. All he had to do was one more stinkin' tournament.