Q-school: Who's playing in Champions Tour finals?Nov. 4, 2011 | By PGATOUR.COM Staff | PGATOUR.com FINAL QUALIFYING STAGE The final qualifying stage begins Nov. 15. It is contested over 72 holes. The field size at the Final Qualifying Stage is scheduled to be 78 players. For more information on Champions Tour q-school, click here. Tuesday-Friday, Nov. 15-18 (Practice rounds on Nov. 13-14)
Final Qualifying Stage Exemptions: The following shall be exempt into the Final Qualifying Stage. a. The top five finishers (positions 1 - 5) in the 2011 Senior PGA Professional National Championship. b. The leading available player (to a floor of fifth position) on the 2011 European Seniors Tour Order of Merit through Oct. 16, 2011. c. The leading available player (to a floor of fifth position) on the 2011 Japan Golf Tour Organization Seniors Tour Order of Merit through Oct. 16, 2011. d. Those players not otherwise exempt who are in the Top 75 on the 2011 Champions Tour Official Money List through Oct. 16, 2011. e. Those players not otherwise exempt who are in the Top 75 of the 2011 Champions Tour All-Time Money List through Oct. 16, 2011. f. 2010 Forward: On a two-time only basis, players who (i) have won an official event (awarding official money and official victory status, excluding team events) on the PGA TOUR or the Champions Tour, or are a PGA TOUR Veteran Member (i.e., have a minimum of 150 career cuts in official money PGA TOUR events); and (ii) are 50 years of age or older, or will turn age 50 on or before the day of the first tournament obligation of the last five (5) or 20% (whichever is greater) full-field open tournaments of the 2012 season. Prize Money: Prize money will be distributed among the top 30 finishers and those tied for 30th place at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Final Tournament. The winner will receive $30,000. Notes: Of the five players who earned exempt status at last year's National Qualifying Tournament, Phil Blackmar performed best in 2011, finishing No. 58 on the money list, but will be forced to return to this year's Qualifying Tournament. Last year's Qualifying Tournament medalist Keith Clearwater finished No. 97, while Lee Rinker (59th), John Morse (90th) and Frankie Minoza (123rd) also failed to retain exempt status. Eleven non-American players representing nine different countries will tee it up in the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament Finals -- Per-Arne Brostedt (SWE), Ian Doig (CAN), Peter Fowler (NZL), Rick Gibson (PHI), Mike Harwood (AUS), Mikael Hogberg (SWE), Barry Lane (ENG), Miguel Martin (ESP), Mark Mouland (WAL), Jim Rutledge (CAN) and Nobu Yuhara (JPN). Florida, with 15, is the state with the most representatives at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament Finals. Arizona, the state hosting the event, has the second-most with eight players. Brothers Robin Freeman and Jeff Freeman will contest the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament Finals after both advanced through regional qualifying -- Robin was medalist at Primm Valley GC in Las Vegas while Jeff finished T6 at the Palm Course at Disney World in Orlando. Robin Freeman, the medalist at Champions Tour regional qualifying in Las Vegas two weeks ago, has the distinction of being the only player in history to win the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament twice. Freeman topped the field in 1988 and 1993 in La Quinta, Calif. (Dunes Course and PGA West Jack Nicklaus Course). |
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