N’wide players deserve reward at Q-School

Congrats to Michael Putnam and Justin Hicks, Nationwide Tour Top 25 grads that sucked it up and endured the Q-School grind.

They had nothing to lose and something to gain: They improved their status going into the 2011 season by finishing among the 29 players who earned their Tour card. As a result, they can expect to get into a few more early-season events on the West Coast based on their priority number for tournament eligibility before the first re-shuffle.

Because they had already earned fully-exempt status, Putnam and Hicks didn’t count toward the 25 card-earners. As a result, Billy Horschel (he already had status through a major medical extension), Scott Gordon and Will Strickler snagged cards.?

Thinking out loud here, seems to me the PGA Tour has things backwards.?If two Nationwide Tour grads improve their status at Q-School, shouldn’t the benefactors of this largess be the next two (who don’t make it through Q-School) on the Nationwide Tour money list rather than the Q-School contenders? After all, shouldn’t the reward go to the players who slogged it out for an entire year and came oh-so-close, rather than a six-day wonder?

The Nationwide Tour is supposedly the breeding ground for the stars of tomorrow. I wish Gordon and Strickler luck as Tour rookies, but history suggests that they may be better served getting a year of seasoning. Nationwide Tour grads have a better track record of sticking than Q-School grads. This is something for Tour administrators to consider going forward.

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Florida players enjoying LPGA's Orlando stop

ORLANDO, Fla. – For the volunteer holding back the small army of Vicky Hurst fans early Thursday morning at Grand Cypress Golf Club, such a crowd of first-round followers on an unusually brisk Florida morning seemed to come as something of a shock.

“Which one is she?” the volunteer asked, careful not to let a single fan through his outstretched arms as he turned to squint down the par-4 16th.

No spectator in this group had a problem with that identification, as one of the bundled fans pointed out the young, all-black-clad Hurst as she stepped to the tee.

For Hurst, a Central Florida home-girl in the truest sense of the word, the LPGA tour’s return to Florida with the Tour Championship is an especially good thing. Born and raised in nearby Melbourne, Hurst drew one of the largest followings of the morning from her home course, Suntree Country Club, even in cool, windy conditions. Wearing homemade “Go Vicky Hurst!” pins, the assembled crowd peppered an otherwise low-key morning with encouraging shouts of “That’s our Vick!”

“They’ve all supported me since I was little, and I see them all the time at the golf course, so it was cool to see familiar faces watching the LPGA,” Hurst said after a first-round 6-over 78 that left her near the bottom of the leaderboard.

And with that, Hurst may be on to something. For the first time since 2008 – when three tournaments were staged here – the LPGA has a stop in Florida on its competition schedule. Many players see it as a step in the right direction for the LPGA, particularly those players who call the Sunshine State home. There are more than 50 of those on the LPGA, but Hurst is one of only a handful who have always claimed it.

As the Ginn Open at Reunion, the Stanford International Pro-Am at Aventura and the ADT Championship in West Palm Beach exited the schedule in 2008, the LPGA saw 2009 pass without a single Florida stop. It’s unfortunate for players who already spend a good part of the year chasing events outside the United States, plus the tour itself is stationed in Daytona Beach.

“A lot of players reside in Florida,” said Leta Lindley, an implant who lives in West Palm Beach. “There’s a lot of great golf courses here, so it is very nice to be back in the great golfing state. Very important to all of us, I think.”

Though sparse in the morning, crowds began to pick up as the day wore on and the temperature climbed. Morgan Pressel, who grew up playing in Boca Raton, notes that events here are made to attract crowds. Pressel, who posted 1-over 73 Thursday in the early wave of tee times, is living off the hanger this week instead of out of the suitcase, and it’s safe to say many of her peers are doing the same as more than 50 LPGA players take up residence in Florida.

“I was very impressed with the crowds that were out here today,” she said.

As Pressel noted, much of those crowds are golfers themselves, as Florida’s climate makes the state a draw for linksters. To be able to play for that type of fan is a detail that can’t be overlooked.

In fact Brittany Lincicome, another of the few native Floridians in the field this week, sees golf in her home state as being along the lines of baseball and apple pie: “It just makes sense to be in Florida.” In order for this relationship to work, as Lincicome pointed out, sponsors will need to take an interest, too.

“You think of Florida, Texas, California, you think of golf, so it’s kind of been unfortunate that we haven’t been playing golf in Florida,” she said. “... Now hopefully sponsors or somebody will kind of pick up on it attracts people, people come and people love golf, and hopefully we can get some more tournaments in Florida.”

As for Lincicome, originally from St. Petersburg, she’ll spend the week in a rented house nearby that sleeps 12-15. If all goes according to plan and Lincicome continues to advance through each of the week’s two cuts, it could turn out to be one very memorable event, both for the golf and the company she’ll keep. There’s nothing like a home crowd.

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Prepping for Q-School: 11 players to watch

Q-School’s make-or-break nature guarantees plenty of intrigue. A single stroke over 108 holes can be the difference between golfing rags and riches. One good week can vault an unknown to the PGA Tour, while former major champions can find themselves without full-time employment.

Q-School is a reality show actually based in real life, not some manufactured existence. This year’s event, which begins Wednesday at Orange County National outside Orlando, should be even more interesting than most editions. Among the entrants are former teen phenom Ty Tryon, two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton and Billy Hurley, a former Walker Cup team member who’s restarting his career after serving in the Navy.

These players already have interesting back stories that’ve been told countless times. But many players come to Q-School as relative unknowns, either fresh off the amateur circuit, or after years of toiling away from TV cameras on the mini-tours.

Here are 11 Q-School first-timers to watch this week:

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Joseph Bramlett: Bramlett was the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Amateur when he made the ’02 event as a 14-year-old. Five years later, he was a second-team All-American as a Stanford freshman, helping the Cardinal to the national title. The remainder of his college career was marred by wrist injuries, but he’s back in form.?

He won the prestigious Northeast Amateur this year, qualified for the U.S. Open, made the Round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur and made the Q-School finals in his first attempt. He’d be the first African-American since Adrian Stills in 1986 to earn a PGA Tour card at Q-School.

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Roberto Castro: Castro, a former Georgia Tech All-American, finished 62nd on the Nationwide Tour money list despite starting the season with no status. He Monday-qualified for the Cox Classic, then tied for 19th to earn a spot in the next week’s Wichita Open, where he finished runner-up. He had six top 25s in 12 Nationwide Tour starts, and finished seventh on the eGolf Professional Tour money list in just eight starts, thanks to a victory and runner-up.

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Dustin Garza: Garza was a first-team All-American at Wichita State this past season after winning seven times. (He claimed 12 titles over his final two seasons.) Despite that success, his pro career didn’t get off to a sterling start –?an 86 in his PGA Tour debut at the Travelers Championship –?but he’s in good shape now. Garza is in the mold of recent Kodak Challenge winner Troy Merritt –?a player who won a ton at a mid-major, then made the Q-School finals in his first attempt.

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Aaron Goldberg: Goldberg will be trying to follow in the footsteps of Graham DeLaet, who used the Canadian Tour as a springboard for Q-School success. DeLaet won the ’09 Canadian Tour Order of Merit, then earned his PGA Tour card at Q-School. (He finished 100th on this season’s PGA Tour money list.)?

Goldberg dominated the Canadian Tour this season. He won three times, and finished outside the top 10 only once in nine starts. He set the tour’s single-season earnings mark, with $156,118, and was the only player to earn six figures this season. Goldberg also Monday-qualified and made the cut at the PGA Tour’s Sony Open.

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Jason Kokrak: Kokrak, the medalist at the 2007 U.S. Amateur, was the leading money winner on the eGolf Professional Tour. The long-hitting Xavier product won twice and had six other top 10s in 11 starts. He also tied for 13th in the Nationwide Tour’s South Georgia Classic.

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Danny Lee: Remember him? Lee was supposed to join Rory, Rickie and Ryo as one of golf’s next big things. He won the 2008 U.S. Amateur, then became the youngest winner in European Tour history (a record since eclipsed by Matteo Manassero) when he claimed last year’s Johnnie Walker Classic as an amateur.?

Lee struggled in Europe this season, earning just 88,257 euros in 22 starts, with just one top 25. He finished 159th in the Race to Dubai, and dropped to 455th in the Official World Golf Ranking. On the plus side, he finished seventh in his last start before Q-School, the Kolon Korea Open in October. It was his first top 10 in more than a year.

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Richard Lee: How’s this for a back story: Lee, who grew up in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, dropped out of high school and moved in with a family friend in The Philippines to focus full-time on his golf career. He eventually returned to the U.S. and enrolled at Bellevue Community College before transferring to Washington, where he was an All-American in both seasons as a Husky. Lee turned pro earlier this year, and advanced out of pre-qualifying and two stages of Q-School to earn his spot at Orange County National. He’s playing for more than himself: Lee’s fan club includes his wife, Christine, and daughter, Israella.

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Ben Martin: Not many players get to participate in three major championships before they even turn pro, but Martin did. You may have seen him if you tuned in to the early coverage of the 2009 U.S. Open. Martin was 2 under par for his first 11 holes at Bethpage Black to take the lead before eventually missing the cut. That didn’t turn out to be the highlight of Martin’s year, though. He was runner-up at the U.S. Amateur later that year. He stayed amateur to play this year’s Masters and U.S. Open, missing the cut in both. He finished ninth at this year’s NCAA Championship. It took Martin, a Clemson product, just two starts to earn his first pro win on the eGolf Professional Tour. He made the Q-School finals in his first attempt.

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Pablo Martin: With all the hoopla about European stars not taking up PGA Tour membership, here’s one European Tour winner willing to go through Q-School’s rigors for a U.S. card. Martin won this season’s Alfred Dunhill Championship and the ’07 Portugal Open as an amateur. Martin was the 2006 Golfweek College Player of the Year while at Oklahoma State, but the Spaniard has spent his entire pro career on the other side of the pond. Martin is coming off a 16th-place finish at the WGC-HSBC Champions. He also made the cut at this year’s U.S. Open.

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Michael Thompson: Thompson was one of the country’s top amateurs when he turned pro in 2008: He was runner-up at the ’07 U.S. Am, first alternate for that year’s Walker Cup team, then low amateur at the ’08 U.S. Open (T-29). Thompson struggled shortly after turning pro in ’08, after an agent advised him to change his swing to hit the ball higher.?

Thompson returned to his old swing late last year and found success. He won the money list on both the 2009-10 Hooters Tour Winter Series and ’10 Hooters Tour, and was this year’s Hooters Tour player of the year.

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Dan Woltman: Woltman was one of the top amateurs in the U.S. in 2009, winning the Northeast Amateur and making the quarterfinals at the Western Amateur and the Round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur, but was a controversial omission from that year’s Walker Cup team. He spent this past season on the eGolf Professional Tour, finishing 29th on the money list.

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USGA selects 16 players for Walker practice session

Sixteen players have been invited by the U.S. Golf Association to attend a practice session for the 2011 Walker Cup. Steve Smyers, chair of the USGA’s International Team Selection Committee, shared the list of invitees with Golfweek:

? Blayne Barber, Auburn sophomore (No. 20 in Golfweek/amateurgolf.com U.S. Rankings): Round of 32, U.S. Amateur; Sweet 16, Western Amateur; 3rd, Southern Amateur; T-4 Players Amateur; 3rd, Jones Cup; Won, UNCG Bridgestone Golf Collegiate; No. 20 in Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.

? Patrick Cantlay, UCLA freshman (11): Semifinalist, U.S. Amateur; Runner-up, U.S. Amateur stroke play; 2nd, Southern Amateur; Won, Gifford Collegiate; No. 4 in Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.

? Bud Cauley, Alabama junior (32): Member, 2009 Walker Cup team (3-1-0); 5th, Southern Amateur; Second-team All-American in 2009; Won, 2009 Players Amateur; No. 10 in Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.

? Alex Ching, San Diego junior (27): Runner-up, NCAA Championship; Round of 16, U.S. Amateur; Round of 64, British Amateur; T-13, 2009 NCAA Championship.

? David Chung, Stanford junior (2): U.S. Amateur runner-up; Won, Western Amateur; Won, Porter Cup; T-9, World Amateur Team Championship; Won, 2009 North & South; Member, Member, U.S. Palmer Cup team (4-0-0).

? Harris English, Georgia senior (18): Quarterfinals, U.S. Amateur Public Links; Round of 16, U.S. Amateur; T-10, Porter Cup; T-27, Nationwide Tour’s Stadion Athens Classic; T-8, Jones Cup.

? John Hahn, Kent State senior (19): Round of 16, U.S. Amateur; T-6, NCAA Championship; Won, Gopher Invitational; Won, 2009 Western Amateur.

? Russell Henley, Georgia senior (4): T-16, U.S. Open; 4th, Porter Cup; T-7, Southern Amateur; Fred Haskins Award winner; Golfweek College Player of the Year; Won, Brickyard Collegiate; Won, SEC Championship; T-34, Nationwide Tour’s Stadion Athens Classic; Member, U.S. Palmer Cup (3-0-1).

? Scott Langley, Illinois senior (3): T-16, U.S. Open; Won, NCAA Championship; Quarterfinals, U.S. Amateur; T-31, World Amateur Team Championship; No. 22, Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.

? Gregor Main, UCLA junior (13): Runner-up, Western Amateur; Won, 2009 Southern Amateur; T-5, Pacific Coast Amateur; T-9, NCAA Championship; Made cut (70th), 2009 PGA Tour’s Buick Invitational; No. 26, Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.

? Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine senior (15); Won, Pacific Coast Amateur; T-7, Southern Amateur; 2nd, Sahalee Players Championship; Qualified, 2010 U.S. Open; Won, William H. Tucker Intercollegiate.

? Patrick Reed, Augusta State junior (T-6): Round of 32, U.S. Amateur; Round of 16, U.S. Amateur Public Links; T-2, U.S. Amateur Public Links stroke play; T-7, Sunnehanna Amateur; Won, Jones Cup; Semifinals, 2009 Western Amateur; Semifinals, 2008 U.S. Amateur; No. 14 in Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.

? Nathan Smith, mid-am (T-6); Three-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion (2010, ’09, ’03); Medalist, 2010 and 2009 U.S. Mid-Am; Member, 2009 Walker Cup team (2-0-1); 2nd, Sunnehanna Amateur; T-6, Jones Cup; 5th, Copa de las Americas.

? Jordan Spieth, high-school senior (41): T-16, PGA Tour’s Byron Nelson Championship; Won, AJGA Ping Invitational; Won, 2009 U.S. Junior; Medalist, 2009 U.S. Junior. T-2, AJGA Junior Players Champonship; 5th, Azalea Invitational.

? Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State junior (1): Member, 2009 Walker Cup team (4-0-0); Won, U.S. Amateur; Won, Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational; T-4, World Amateur Team Championship; T-2, Porter Cup; Won, Sahalee Players Championship; T-7, Sunnehanna Amateur; T-2, NCAA Championship; Won, NCAA Southeast Regional; No. 1, Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.

? Andrew Yun, Stanford sophomore (T-6) : Round of 32, U.S. Amateur Public Links; T-8, Players Amateur; Won, Dogwood Invitational; T-4, Northeast Amateur; Won, The Prestige; No. 3, Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings; T-2, 2009 Porter Cup; Sweet 16, 2009 Western Amateur.

The practice session will be held the first week in January at Old Memorial Golf Club in Tampa, Fla. The session will provide an opportunity for team-building, alternate shot practice and will allow prospective team members to meet captain Jim Holtgrieve and the USGA selectors.

Smyers said that players not invited to the session still will be considered for the 2011 Walker Cup team. “I fully expect someone not (at Old Memorial) to play their way onto the team,” he said.

The 2011 Walker Cup will be played Sept. 10-11 at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Scotland.

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UCLA players adopt numbers on uniforms

SAN MARTIN, Calif. – Ever since O.D. Vincent started wearing ties at UCLA, the Bruins have been known for doing things a little differently.

This year, the team has numbers displayed on their bags and uniforms. It’s not necessarily a new theory – the Vanderbilt women’s team tried it a few years ago – but one that is rarely used.?

The numbers are displayed on UCLA players’ bags and clothing.

UCLA head coach Derek Freeman said he added the numbers to give his players a sense of “ownership” over their performance. “Not only do they think, ‘I’m a UCLA golfer,’ but ‘I’m No. 10’ or ‘I’m No. 4,’ ” Freeman said.?

Instead of viewing themselves as anonymous members of team, the Bruins are unique individuals striving for a common goal; this leads to a sense of accountability.

Some players simply chose numbers they like. Others chose numbers with a back story. Here are the numbers from UCLA’s starting six at the Gifford Collegiate Championship.

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Patrick Cantlay – No. 4 (favorite number)

Mario Clemens - No. 24 (Clemens is a big Kobe Bryant fan)

Connor Driscoll - No. 7 (favorite number)

Pontus Widegren - No. 23 (his old hockey number)

Gregor Main – No. 234 (birdies on a par-3, par-4 and par-5)

Pedro Figueiredo – No. 10 (Figueiredo, who's Portugese, is a big soccer fan. No. 10 is often worn by a team’s top goal scorer)

Alex Kim, who’s playing as an individual, chose No. 47, as in AK47.?

Freeman is No. 212. Why? The team’s mantra is ‘212 Degrees,’ the temperature at which water boils. Since water cannot boil at 211 degrees, the implication is that one degree – the degree that pushes water to its boiling point – makes a huge difference. It’s an effort to push players to put in that small incremental increase in effort that makes a huge difference.

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Little-known players emerge as college stars

As college golf’s talent pool gets deeper and deeper, there are more players starring for teams outside the traditional “power conferences.” Here are five such players. Though this following fivesome may not compete at Isleworth or Olympia Fields, it has put together impressive performances this fall.

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Jeff Karlsson, Kennesaw State junior

2010-11 Golfweek rank: 54

2009-10 Golfweek rank: 160

Jeff Karlsson only began playing golf at 15 years old, but has developed into a top amateur in both this country and his native land.

Karlsson represented Sweden at the recent World Amateur Team Championship. He played in the No. 1 position, ahead of Augusta State’s Henrik Norlander and Arizona State’s Jesper Kennegard, both All-Americans.

Karlsson, who stands 6-foot-3, finished fourth at this year’s European Amateur, and sixth in a Challenge Tour event.

While his quick development is impressive, it’s not the first thing those watching him will notice. Karlsson has a bizarre, and lengthy, pre-shot routine. After Karlsson addresses the ball, he stands over it for almost 30 seconds, and takes one hand off the club about eight times. He tugs his shirt sleeves, adjusts his shoulders and shakes out his elbows. It brings to mind Sergio Garcia’s struggles in 2002 to start his swing.

In three events this season, Karlsson has finished first, second and sixth, for a head-to-head record of 214-6-1. He won the Sam Hall Intercollegiate for a second consecutive season, shooting a 14-under 199 total.

Kennesaw State head coach Jay Moseley said Karlsson’s athleticism allowed him to find quick success on the fairways. Moseley said Karlsson is good at any ball sport, except basketball.

“He is a special talent. He was pretty raw when he came to college and even last fall his wedge game was well below average but his long game is an impressive combination of length and accuracy,” Moseley said. “He has focused on his wedge game over the past year and it is very respectable. He has basically become a complete, well-rounded player.”

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Jarred Bossio, Idaho junior

2010-11 Golfweek rank: 30

2009-10 Golfweek rank: 562

Jarred Bossio, of Olympia, Wash., was one of a handful of locals to make match play at this year’s U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay. He also was one of the surprising names in the match-play bracket.

His perfomance at Chambers Bay was just the beginning of an impressive recent stretch. He started the college season with a second-place finish at the Palouse Ridge Intercollegiate (with rounds of 68-65-70), a third-place finish at the Husky Invitational (thanks to a final-round 63) and a fifth-place finish at the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate (where he shot a final-round 64).

His head-to-head record is 229-7-1.

Bossio’s strength is his ability to shape his shots, Idaho head coach John Means said. Bossio has made strides with his short game this fall, Means added.

“He has the ability to hit the shot that is required and is fearless when it comes to hitting that shot,” he said. “He is also a fierce competitor who believes in his ability to perform at the highest level.”

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Harold Varner, East Carolina junior

2010-11 Golfweek rank: 58

2009-10 Golfweek rank: 228

Varner couldn’t have asked for a better way to close his fall season. He shot 20-under 196 (65-66-66) to win the OBX Intercollegiate Oct. 26 by nine shots. It was his first college victory.

At the OBX Intercollegiate, he had 33 birdie putts of 15 feet or less in 54 holes, McPhaul said. He described Varner as an “explosive and accurate” driver, but also said Varner has developed the ability to take speed and hands out of the swing, which allows him to better control his trajectory.

“Harold has developed a quiet confidence during competition that usually equates to patience,” McPhaul said. “He knows good stuff is bound to happen if he just keeps on working the process.”

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Scott Travers, Santa Clara senior

2010-11 Golfweek rank: 256

2009-10 Golfweek rank: 107

One year before his breakout season, Santa Clara’s Scott Travers had to redshirt due to mononucleosis. Rob Miller, head coach at Santa Clara, said that was a “blessing” for his star player.

“He worked hard on his game and came to play,” Miller said. Travers redshirted in 2008-09 because of mono, then won West Coast Conference Player of the Year honors last season.

Travers finished fourth in his most recent event, the St. Mary’s Invitational. He was tied for the 36-hole lead at Bayonet and Blackhorse near the Monterey Peninsula, but struggled to a 77 and finished five shots back.

That result is surprising, considering Travers’ success this year in California. Travers won both the California Amateur and Southern California Amateur. Only three players have won both titles in the same season, and none since 1942.?

The keys to Travers’ success? His short game.

“He is deadly accurate with any sort of wedge in his hand which gives him a lot of birdie opportunities,” Miller said. “He is a fearless putter. You rarely see him “baby” a putt. If he happens to miss a short one and hits it four feet past the cup, he just putts it again and doesn’t worry about it.

“He scares me to death but it works for him.”

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Nick Delio, Cal State-Northridge senior

2010-11 Golfweek rank: 101

2009-10 Golfweek rank: 156

Delio has improved with each start this season, finishing 20th at the Palouse Ridge Intercollegiate, sixth at the Santa Clara Cabo Collegiate, and winning the Bill Cullum Invitational by four shots.?

Delio has been a first-team, All-Big West selection in all three of his seasons. He won last season’s Southwest Regional, a win that earned him a spot in the NCAA Championship as an individual. He finished 103rd at the Honors Course.

He also has won the past two Southern California Match Play Championships, and tied for 16th at this year’s Sunnehanna Amateur.

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A look ahead

The Gifford Collegiate at CordeValle

Nov. 8-10

CordeValle Golf Resort, San Martin, Calif.

The skinny: UCLA, the No. 1 team in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, hosts its “home” event nearly five hours from campus. The Bruins have finished second in their first two events this season. Not only is the Gifford a chance for UCLA to validate its ranking with a victory, but it’s the last major college competition of the fall season. UCLA’s Pedro Figueiredo?is coming off a ninth-place finish at last week’s World Amateur Team Championshhip.

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