PIng
Head Pro
Why is this happening mid-season? I thought tour cards ran for a whole season - October to October?
Poulter needs 40k to keep tour card
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fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
hes on a medial exemption carried over from last season
PIng
Head Pro
Thanks Fundy, just googled it and I get it now. I hope he makes it, although he's not one of my favorites I'd rather watch him than some journeyman USA pro.
snell
Journeyman Pro
Hoping he does it in Texas.
I wasn't a massive fan of his, but changed my opinion after reading his book a couple of years back.
I wasn't a massive fan of his, but changed my opinion after reading his book a couple of years back.
Tommo21
Tour Winner
I was never a big fan of Poulter, but he's going through what many golfers go through. To stay in the PGA tour takes a bit of doing and it wasn't all that long ago that hardly any uk pros could cut it there. The man gets lots of pelters on twitter because he likes to show off his spoils, but he makes no bones about it, but he's not stupid, he sees some of these cars as investments. At the end of the day all they need to do is un follow. He does know where he's come from, appreciates what golf has given him, but he's worked hard for what he's got. 41 is not old and if he makes it there is no reason why he cant carry on and compete. I like the fact he's trying to work through this and he's one of golfs characters that the tour can ill afford to loose in my opinion.
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
Of course you can but when they are young and of school age then you may not want to.
I think he'll get it done this week
Yes and yes,he would also get invites next year but a very limited playing schedule.
virtuocity
Tour Winner
I can't imagine the horror of only being able to play in the European Tour. #prayforpoults
If he's not good enough to make 40th place (or whatever), then he doesn't deserve his card.
If he's not good enough to make 40th place (or whatever), then he doesn't deserve his card.
Steve Bamford
Head Pro
He's certainly is in a precarious position. This is what he needs to achieve this week in San Antonio:
He is in need of 63 FedExCup points or $30,624. Based on the $6,200,000 purse this week, he will need roughly a top-30
finish. In his only other start at the Valero Texas Open, Poulter finished T37 in 2013.
Now it's his 10th of 10 Major Medical appearances. If he misses out this week, he will be living of scraps really on the Tour and would naturally need to finish in the Top 125 in the FedEx Cup to earn his card for 2017/18. Difficult to do, but I'm sure he'd get a good number of sponsor's invites across the coming weeks into the summer. Hardly ideal though.
He is in need of 63 FedExCup points or $30,624. Based on the $6,200,000 purse this week, he will need roughly a top-30
finish. In his only other start at the Valero Texas Open, Poulter finished T37 in 2013.
Now it's his 10th of 10 Major Medical appearances. If he misses out this week, he will be living of scraps really on the Tour and would naturally need to finish in the Top 125 in the FedEx Cup to earn his card for 2017/18. Difficult to do, but I'm sure he'd get a good number of sponsor's invites across the coming weeks into the summer. Hardly ideal though.
dufferman
Journeyman Pro
You say that, his entire life and his 4 kid's lives are set in Orlando, if he misses out and had to play the European tour it would mean either living away from his family for the majority of the year or upturning their lives to move back here. I know a lot of people don't like him, but having to move continents with or without your family is tough.
Saying all that, he could fund himself for a few years selling some of those cars...
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
He could play plenty on the European tour without moving back here. He's only a 9 hour flight away and he wouldn't be playing week on week out. Maybe in a way it's what he needs.
He also has the option of dropping to web.com for a year and regain his card through their OOM. They still play for good money on that tour.
There is no Q school for the PGA tour anymore
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Deleted member 15344
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What makes you think he's good enough to play on the European Tour.
Because he clearly is.
Rubbish if he cant make it on the PGA he wont make it on the European.
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Deleted member 15344
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He has been "making it" on both tours for over 15 years now.
And plenty of golfers that have struggled on the PGA Tour to then move back to ET and be fine
You have already stated your dislike for him so it's quite clear any judgement about him will be clouded by that but the guy is trying to get back into form after a good period out injured. He has proven himself plenty of times
I'm not judging him i'm saying that the standard in Europe is very high just look how well the Euro guys get on when they play the PGA,dont assume they can just breeze back and clean up in Europe those days are long gone....
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Which ET guys are doing well on he PGA ? Cant recall many winners over the last couple of years - Colsearts struggled and went back , Beef isnt doing great , Castano is struggling , Molinari isnt pulling up trees. So which European guys are you talking about beyond the guys that haven been regular PGA tour members for years. The ET isnt anywhere near as strong or as high a standard as the PGA.
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
What makes you think he's good enough to play on the European Tour
Because he is, he is a member and has playing rights. I'd suggest that's good enough.
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
He had 10 events to make enough money after recovery from injury. It was always going to be tough on him. He's almost there just now and I believe he'll do it.
To say he can't make it on the PGA tour is nonsense, he's played on it for years, been in the worlds top 50 for years.
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
What makes you think he's good enough to play on the European Tour
errrrrrrrrr..........His lifetime earnings [£23.5m] guarantee him a start in most events for probably the next 10 years.
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