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PGA TOUR Canada announces 2023 Qualifying Tournament information

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida — PGA TOUR Canada announced Wednesday it will hold six Qualifying Tournaments to determine Tour membership for the 2023 season, with registration beginning Monday, January 9, 2023, at noon EST. The Tour will hold five Qualifying Tournaments in the U.S., beginning in late-February, and conclude with its final qualifier in Canada a week before the Tour’s regular season, its ninth in history, begins.

PGA TOUR Canada completed its season in September, crowning the Fortinet Cup Points List leader – Edmonton’s Wil Bateman – as Player of the Year. Bateman became the inaugural winner of the Fortinet Cup after winning twice in 2022 and is now a fully exempt member of the Korn Ferry Tour for the 2023 season. Players hoping to follow in Bateman’s footsteps can begin by earning PGA TOUR Canada membership, with playing spots available at the six Qualifying Tournaments.

“We are coming off a remarkably successful season, and we will continue to build on that momentum in 2023. The first steps are at our Qualifying Tournaments, where players can get on the path that will take them to their ultimate destination, which is the PGA TOUR,” said PGA TOUR Canada Executive Director Scott Pritchard. “Through the years, we’ve been fortunate that so many players are interested in pursuing their professional dreams by playing on PGA TOUR Canada. We anticipate there will be strong demand by players to come to our Tour, as players know about the quality of courses, the cities we visit and the caliber of competition PGA TOUR Canada offers.”

The qualifiers begin with two tournaments in Florida (Weston and Howey-in-the-Hills) on consecutive weeks in late-February, early March. The action starts February 21-24 at The Club at Weston Hills’ Tour Course, as it hosts a Qualifying Tournament for a second consecutive year. The Howey-in-the-Hills tournament is at historic Mission Inn Resort and Club, a long-time host of both PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournaments. It has hosted six previous PGA TOUR Canada qualifiers. The following week, the RTJ Golf Trail at Highland Oaks in Dothan, Alabama, is the site for a third consecutive year.

A month later, the qualifiers move west, with events at Wigwam Golf Club in the Phoenix suburb of Litchfield Park, Arizona (April 4-7) and at Soboba Springs Golf Course in San Jacinto, California (April 11-14).

Notable PGA TOUR members to emerge from these sites in recent years include Cameron Young (medalist at Dothan in 2020), Will Zalatoris (runner-up at Wigwam Golf Club in 2019), Alex Smalley (T3 at Howey-in-the-Hills in 2020), Hayden Buckley (T4 at Wigwam Golf Club in 2019), Carson Young (T7 at Howey-in-the-Hills in 2020) and Philip Knowles (T9 at Howey-in the-Hills in 2019).

Bateman finished T5 at the Wigwam Golf Club site in 2021, retained membership for 2022 via the points list and won the Fortinet Cup with his two-win season.

The final Qualifying Tournament is set for June 6-9 in Courtenay, British Columbia. Crowne Isle Resort and Golf Club has previously hosted seven Qualifying Tournaments. PGA TOUR Canada’s season begins the week after this Q-School.

Here is a look at the six tournaments that will all be 72-hole, Tuesday-to-Friday, no-cut events:

February 21-24

The Club at Weston Hills (Tour)

Weston, Florida

February 28-March 3

Mission Inn Resort and Club (El Campeon)

Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida

RTJ Golf Trail at Highland Oaks

(Highlands/Marshwood)

Dothan, Alabama

Wigwam GC (Gold)

Litchfield Park, Arizona

April 11-14

Soboba Springs GC

San Jacinto, California

Crowne Isle Resort and GC

Courtenay, British Columbia

“This is a great lineup of tournaments that will test players’ skills and abilities. Those who emerge with Tour cards will have another strong PGA TOUR Canada schedule to play in 2023, with a chance to continue progressing in their professional careers,” Pritchard added.

Among player benefits available, a three-time winner on the Tour would earn automatic promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour. Additionally, the top five players on the 2023 Fortinet Cup Points List will receive 2024 Korn Ferry Tour membership, with the player finishing first earning fully exempt status. The top five players will also be exempt into the Final Stage of the 2023 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, competing for a PGA TOUR card, which will be awarded to top-five finishers and ties. Those in the sixth-through-25th Fortinet Cup positions are exempt into the Second Stage of the 2023 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. In addition, the top 60 players on the final Fortinet Cup standings will retain their PGA TOUR Canada playing privileges for 2024.

PGA TOUR Canada will announce its complete regular season schedule in early 2023.

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PGA TOUR Canada announces 2023 Qualifying Tournament information

PGA TOUR Canada announced it will hold six Qualifying Tournaments to determine Tour membership for the 2023 season – five in the U.S., beginning in late-February and concluding with a final qualifier in Canada a week before the Tour’s regular season begins.

PGA TOUR Canada completed its season in September, crowning the Fortinet Cup Points List leader – Edmonton’s Wil Bateman – as Player of the Year. Bateman became the inaugural winner of the Fortinet Cup after winning twice in 2022 and is now a fully exempt member of the Korn Ferry Tour for the 2023 season. Players hoping to follow in Bateman’s footsteps can begin by earning PGA TOUR Canada membership, with playing spots available at the six Qualifying Tournaments. 

“We are coming off a remarkably successful season, and we will continue to build on that momentum in 2023. The first steps are at our Qualifying Tournaments, where players can get on the path that will take them to their ultimate destination, which is the PGA TOUR,” said PGA TOUR Canada Executive Director Scott Pritchard. “Through the years, we’ve been fortunate that so many players are interested in pursuing their professional dreams by playing on PGA TOUR Canada. We anticipate there will be strong demand by players to come to our Tour, as players know about the quality of courses, the cities we visit and the caliber of competition PGA TOUR Canada offers.”

The qualifiers begin with two tournaments in Florida (Weston and Howey-in-the-Hills) on consecutive weeks in late-February, early March. The action starts February 21-24 at The Club at Weston Hills’ Tour Course, as it hosts a Qualifying Tournament for a second consecutive year. The Howey-in-the-Hills tournament is at historic Mission Inn Resort and Club, a long-time host of both PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournaments. It has hosted six previous PGA TOUR Canada qualifiers. The following week, the RTJ Golf Trail at Highland Oaks in Dothan, Alabama, is the site for a third consecutive year.

A month later, the qualifiers move west, with events at Wigwam Golf Club in the Phoenix suburb of Litchfield Park, Arizona (April 4-7) and at Soboba Springs Golf Course in San Jacinto, California (April 11-14).

Notable PGA TOUR members to emerge from these sites in recent years include Cameron Young (medalist at Dothan in 2020), Will Zalatoris (runner-up at Wigwam Golf Club in 2019), Alex Smalley (T3 at Howey-in-the-Hills in 2020), Hayden Buckley (T4 at Wigwam Golf Club in 2019), Carson Young (T7 at Howey-in-the-Hills in 2020) and Philip Knowles (T9 at Howey-in the-Hills in 2019).

Bateman finished T5 at the Wigwam Golf Club site in 2021, retained membership for 2022 via the points list and won the Fortinet Cup with his two-win season.

The final Qualifying Tournament is set for June 6-9 in Courtenay, British Columbia. Crowne Isle Resort and Golf Club has previously hosted seven Qualifying Tournaments. PGA TOUR Canada’s season begins the week after this Q-School.

Here is a look at the six tournaments that will all be 72-hole, Tuesday-to-Friday, no-cut events:

“This is a great lineup of tournaments that will test players’ skills and abilities. Those who emerge with Tour cards will have another strong PGA TOUR Canada schedule to play in 2023, with a chance to continue progressing in their professional careers,” Pritchard added.

Among player benefits available, a three-time winner on the Tour would earn automatic promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour. Additionally, the top five players on the 2023 Fortinet Cup Points List will receive 2024 Korn Ferry Tour membership, with the player finishing first earning fully exempt status. The top five players will also be exempt into the Final Stage of the 2023 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, competing for a PGA TOUR card, which will be awarded to top-five finishers and ties. Those in the sixth-through-25th Fortinet Cup positions are exempt into the Second Stage of the 2023 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. In addition, the top 60 players on the final Fortinet Cup standings will retain their PGA TOUR Canada playing privileges for 2024.

PGA TOUR Canada will announce its complete regular season schedule in early 2023.

PGA Tour Q School and Canada Schedule 2023

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PGA Tour Q School 2023 registration opened in January 2023. Canada 2023 has six qualifying tournaments to determine Tour membership.

Five events are scheduled in the United States, while the final qualifier will be held in Canada before the Tour’s regular season.

Crowne Isle Resort and Golf Club have already hosted seven qualifying tournaments, the most recent from June 6–9 in Courtenay, British Columbia.

The qualifying tournament offers playing spots at the six venues for competitors trying to gain the 2023 PGA Tour Canada membership.

The competition is accessible to all players. However, those who participate in a qualifying event for the Korn Ferry Tour,  PGA Tour , or PGA Canada are ineligible for the PGA TOUR University.

PGA Tour Canada 2023 Schedule

The 2023 PGA Tour Canada schedule has been recently released. It includes ten tournaments taking place from June through September.

The Royal Beach Victoria Open presented by Times Colonist on Uplands Golf Course marked the beginning of the regular season on June 12. 

This is the second year of the Fortinet Cup competition, which recognizes the top point-getters of the PGA TOUR Canada season after a successful debut season.

Ahead of the regular season, there were six qualification games. The first qualifying round took place at The Club at Weston Hills' Tour Course from February 21 to 24.

Qualifying Tournaments

February 21-24: The Club at Weston Hills(Tour)

February 28 March 3: Mission Inn Resort and Club (EL Campeon)

March 7-10: RTJ Gold Trail at Highland Oaks

April 4-7: Wigwam GC (Gold)

April 11-14: Soboba Springs GC

June 6-9: Crowne Isle Resort and GC

A winner on the Tour three times would be automatically promoted to the Korn Ferry Tour. The top five players on the 2023 Fortinet Cup Points List will be given 2024 Korn Ferry Tour memberships.

In addition, the top 60 competitors in the final Fortinet Cup standings will continue to be eligible to play on the PGA TOUR Canada in 2024.

2023 Regular Season

June 12-18: Royal Beach Victoria Open presented by Times Colonist, Uplands Golf Course

June 19-25: Elk Ridge Saskatchewan Open, Elk Ridge Golf Course

June 26-July 2: ATB Classic, Northern Bear Golf Course

July 10-16: Quebec Open, Golf Chateau Bromont

July 17-23: Commissionaires Ottawa Open, Eagle Creek Golf Course

July 24-30: Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos CMB Aggregates, TPC Toronto

July 31-August 6: Windsor Championship, Ambassador Golf Course

August 21-27: CentrePort Canada Railpark Manitoba Open, Southwood G&CC

August 28-September 3: CRMC Championship presented by Gertens, Cragun's Conference and Golf Resort

September 4-10: Fortinet Cup Championship, Country Hills Golf Course

PGA Tour Canada Monday Qualifying

Royal Beach Victoria Open Qualifier, a PGA Tour Canada qualifying event, took place on 12 June at Gorge Vale Golf Club and Bear Mountain.

To register for the competition the players must have an active PGA Tour Canada membership. Each course's top 20 finishers and ties will be given a spot in the Royal Beach Victoria Open.

If you are a PGA Tour Canada member looking for an opportunity to compete in a professional event, you need to think about signing up for the Monday Qualifying event.

Monday Qualifier:

Date:  June 12, 2023, Monday

Location A: Gorge Vale Golf Club, 1005 Craigflower, Road Victoria, B.C.

Location B: Bear Mountain Golf Course, 1999 Country Club Way, Victoria, B.C.

Format: 18 Hole Stroke Play, There will be 8 spots available, Sudden victory playoff will take place upon the conclusion of the round in the event of a tie for the final spot.

Registration: To register for the Open Qualifier, go to the 2023 Royal Beach Victoria Open Qualifier.

PGA Tour Canada Golf Courses

The major golf courses where qualifiers will take place in the 2023 PGA Tour Canada season are:

• Uplands Golf Club
• Elk Ridge Golf Course
• Northern Bear Golf Course
• Eagle Creek Golf Course
• Ambassadors Country Club
• Southwood Golf & Country Club
• Craguns Resort
• TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley 
• Golf Chateau Bromont

The Upland Golf Club is located in Victoria, British Columbia next to the 120 acres of the University of Victoria. The golf course layout is a par-71 layout of 7140 yards. It is one of only four semi-private and four private golf clubs in the Capital Region.

The Elk Ridge Resort Golf Course is situated in Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is one of the top golfing destinations in Saskatchewan, with a 27-hole championship course that is both difficult and attractive.

The Jack Nicklaus Signature Northern Bear Golf Club is situated in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. It is located on 240 acres of land and has 18 holes with a par of 72. It has stunning views of the surrounding countryside.

Eagle Creek Golf Course is situated near Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada and it is an 18-hole public golf course. There are many different difficulties on the course, including sand traps, water hazards, and rolling greens. Golfers of all skill levels enjoy playing at Eagle Creek.

Ambassador Country Golf Club is located in Windsor, Ontario. The course measures 6,645 yards from the back tees and has a par of 71.

It has been named one of the best public golf courses in Ontario and has been nominated for a number of honors, including "Best New Course" in Canada.

Southwood Golf and Country Club is a golf destination located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Thomas McBroom, a well-known Canadian architect, created the 18-hole course at Southwood Golf & Country Club to the finest standards.

PGA Tour Canada Prize Money

The prize money on the PGA Tour Canada varies for different tournaments. The prize money for the 2023  Canadian Open was set at $9 million.

Likewise, the first runner-up bagged $1.62 million, the second runner-up got $981,000, and the third runner-up took home $621,000.

Rory McIlroy won $1,566,000 for his victory in 2022. The RBC Canadian Open took place from June 8 to 11, and Nick Taylor secured first place.

It was the first time the Toronto course had hosted the competition, which was held at Oakdale Golf & Country Club. Whilst becoming the first Canadian to win the tournament in 69 years, Nick Taylor defeated Tommy Fleetwood on the fourth playoff hole.

Breakdown of Canadian Open Payouts

Some of the renowned winners of the PGA Tour Canada are:

• Nick Taylor
• Tommy Fleetwood
• Tyrrell Hatton
• Rory McIlroy

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PGA TOUR Canada Announces 2023 Qualifying Tournament Schedule

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida — PGA TOUR Canada announced Wednesday it will hold six Qualifying Tournaments to determine Tour membership for the 2023 season, with registration beginning Monday, January 9, 2023, at noon EST.

The Tour will hold five Qualifying Tournaments in the U.S., beginning in late-February, and conclude with its final qualifier in Canada at BC's Crown Isle a week before the Tour’s regular season, its ninth in history, begins.

PGA TOUR Canada completed its season in September, crowning the Fortinet Cup Points List leader – Edmonton’s Wil Bateman – as Player of the Year.

Bateman became the inaugural winner of the Fortinet Cup after winning twice in 2022 and is now a fully exempt member of the Korn Ferry Tour for the 2023 season. Players hoping to follow in Bateman’s footsteps can begin by earning PGA TOUR Canada membership, with playing spots available at the six Qualifying Tournaments. Players can access the registration site here . “We are coming off a remarkably successful season, and we will continue to build on that momentum in 2023. The first steps are at our Qualifying Tournaments, where players can get on the path that will take them to their ultimate destination, which is the PGA TOUR,” said PGA TOUR Canada Executive Director Scott Pritchard.

“Through the years, we’ve been fortunate that so many players are interested in pursuing their professional dreams by playing on PGA TOUR Canada. We anticipate there will be strong demand by players to come to our Tour, as players know about the quality of courses, the cities we visit and the caliber of competition PGA TOUR Canada offers.” The qualifiers begin with two tournaments in Florida (Weston and Howey-in-the-Hills) on consecutive weeks in late-February, early March. The action starts February 21-24 at The Club at Weston Hills’ Tour Course, as it hosts a Qualifying Tournament for a second consecutive year.

The Howey-in-the-Hills tournament is at historic Mission Inn Resort and Club, a long-time host of both PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Latinoamérica tournaments. It has hosted six previous PGA TOUR Canada qualifiers. The following week, the RTJ Golf Trail at Highland Oaks in Dothan, Alabama, is the site for a third consecutive year. A month later, the qualifiers move west, with events at Wigwam Golf Club in the Phoenix suburb of Litchfield Park, Arizona (April 4-7) and at Soboba Springs Golf Course in San Jacinto, California (April 11-14). Notable PGA TOUR members to emerge from these sites in recent years include Cameron Young (medalist at Dothan in 2020), Will Zalatoris (runner-up at Wigwam Golf Club in 2019), Alex Smalley (T3 at Howey-in-the-Hills in 2020), Hayden Buckley (T4 at Wigwam Golf Club in 2019), Carson Young (T7 at Howey-in-the-Hills in 2020) and Philip Knowles (T9 at Howey-in the-Hills in 2019). Bateman finished T5 at the Wigwam Golf Club site in 2021, retained membership for 2022 via the points list and won the Fortinet Cup with his two-win season. The final Qualifying Tournament is set for June 6-9 in Courtenay, British Columbia. Crowne Isle Resort and Golf Club has previously hosted seven Qualifying Tournaments. PGA TOUR Canada’s season begins the week after this Q-School. Here is a look at the six tournaments that will all be 72-hole, Tuesday-to-Friday, no-cut events:

“This is a great lineup of tournaments that will test players’ skills and abilities. Those who emerge with Tour cards will have another strong PGA TOUR Canada schedule to play in 2023, with a chance to continue progressing in their professional careers,” Pritchard added. 

Among player benefits available, a three-time winner on the Tour would earn automatic promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour. Additionally, the top five players on the 2023 Fortinet Cup Points List will receive 2024 Korn Ferry Tour membership, with the player finishing first earning fully exempt status.

The top five players will also be exempt into the Final Stage of the 2023 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, competing for a PGA TOUR card, which will be awarded to top-five finishers and ties. Those in the sixth-through-25th Fortinet Cup positions are exempt into the Second Stage of the 2023 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.

In addition, the top 60 players on the final Fortinet Cup standings will retain their PGA TOUR Canada playing privileges for 2024. 

PGA TOUR Canada will announce its complete regular season schedule in early 2023. 

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2023 PGA Tour Q-School Final Stage format, cut rules and playoff format

The 2023 PGA Tour Q-School Finals format has changed for 2023, with the PGA Tour event played at TPC Sawgrass (Dye's Valley Course) and Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

The 2023 PGA Tour Q-School Finals field is 167 players.

PGA Tour Q-School Finals field is made up of a variety of players, including PGA Tour veterans, Korn Ferry Tour players, college graduates and up-and-coming players.

PGA Tour Q-School Finals format

PGA Tour Q-School Finals format is a 72-hole event. The field is divided into morning and afternoon waves for the first two rounds, with players competing in threesomes each day. The same threesomes play together in each of the first two rounds, with all groups playing together in the same window.

There are two courses used for the tournament in the first two rounds: the Dye's Valley Course and Sawgrass Country Club. Each player will play a round on each course in the first two rounds.

A cut is not made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties. All players who start the event are eligible to finish the event.

For the third and fourth rounds, all players play another round on each of the two host courses, and the pairings and tee times are made based on each player's total score through two and three rounds, respectively. Players with the highest total score go first, then in descending order until the two players with the lowest total score in the final group.

The player with the lowest total score after 72 holes is the winner and will earn the 2023 PGA Tour Q-School Finals winner's share of the purse.

The winning player will get a full PGA Tour exemption for the season, including a berth into The Players Championship.

The top five and ties after 72 holes will earn 2024 PGA Tour membership, with the next 40 and ties earning guaranteed starts on the Korn Ferry Tour based on their finish. The next 20 and ties will earn guaranteed starts on PGA Tour Americas, which combines the PGA Tour Latinoamerica and PGA Tour Canada schedule. All players who compete in the Final Stage receive a minimum of conditional Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Americas status.

PGA Tour Q-School Finals playoff format

A playoff to settle any ties after 72 holes will be played under PGA Tour rules. The PGA Tour Q-School Finals playoff format is a sudden-death format, with playoff holes played by any qualifying players. The players compete hole-by-hole until a winner is determined by a player scoring the lowest among the remaining players.

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Beginning in 2023, PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry will award PGA TOUR cards to the top five finishers and ties, in addition to determining 2024 season eligibility for the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA TOUR Americas.

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Return of PGA Tour Q-School brings back not-so-fond memories of a different kind of pressure

Mark McCumber, Fred Funk and Len Mattiace have combined to win 20 PGA Tour events. McCumber and Funk won The Players Championship and Mattiace nearly did.

They combined to play in 124 major championships and had 10 top-10 finishes. All three had majors within reach late on a Sunday.

But to a man, they said the pressure of winning on the PGA Tour and competing in golf's five biggest events don't carry as much pressure as competing in a PGA Tour Final Stage qualifying tournament, or, in the more familiar parlance, PGA Tour Q-School — so named because passing the grind of the qualifying process also included classes in rules, finance, media relations and tour regulations.

Rickie Fowler praises his partner: Lexi Thompson "can hang with the boys"

The 2023 PGA Tour Q-School, presented by Korn Ferry, will be Thursday through Sunday, with 168 players competing in two rounds at the TPC Sawgrass Dye's Valley and two rounds across A1A at the Sawgrass Country Club. The public can purchase tickets for $5 (the total amount will go to charity) for rounds at the Valley Course, with free parking.

The top five players, plus ties, will earn PGA Tour cards for the 2024 season, with the rest of the players in the no-cut event earning varying degrees of Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Americas status.

Q-School is 'the most pressure you can feel'

McCumber, Funk and Mattiace, all long-time First Coast residents (McCumber is a Jacksonville native) have combined to play in 17 Q-Schools. But unlike the glorious memories of victories or valiant efforts in majors, talking about Q-School brings back a flood of emotions that include anxiety, disappointment and at best, relief, with the ones that got them their PGA Tour cards.

"It's the most pressure you can feel," said Funk, an eight-time PGA Tour winner and the 2005 Players champion who went through the qualifying process five times. "On the PGA Tour, if you don't win, you've got next week. If you don't make it out of Q-School, you don't have another week. You're waiting another year."

Mattiace, a two-time PGA Tour winner who also played in five Q-Schools, pointed out that players don't get to win Tour events unless they get Tour status. When he was in his prime earning years on the Tour in the 1990s and into the first decade of the 21st century, missing out at Q-School meant playing on the Korn Ferry Tour, where the purses are about an eighth of a PGA Tour purse.

"It's more pressure because guys don't have anything to lean back on," Mattiace said. "If you're good enough to have won on the PGA Tour, or compete, you've got status. You're disappointed with a missed cut or a missed opportunity but you know you're playing somewhere next week."

And McCumber, the Jacksonville native who won 10 times on the PGA Tour, topped by the 1988 Players, went through seven Q-Schools, including a time when there were two per year, one in June and another in December.

It also was a time where there wasn't a developmental Tour, so McCumber's options when he missed the cut for a card in a qualifier was to return to his family's landscape architecture business and perhaps play on mini-tours such as the Space Coast Tour or the J.C. Goosie Tour.

"The pressure in Q-School is greater than any tournament you'll ever play in," he said. "Great players, like [World Golf Hall of Fame member] Curtis Strange miss it multiple times. I missed it six times and I still managed to have a career when I won double-digit victories. Q-School is a different kind of pressure. It's all or nothing."

Q-School will have fewer holes, fewer cards

This is the first year that the Tour has offered membership through the final-stage qualifier since 2012. Between 2013-2022, the qualifying process got players on the Korn Ferry Tour (formerly the Web.com, Buy.com, Nationwide, Nike and Ben Hogan Tour), and they had to earn their cards through a season of work.

That process still exists: the top 30 players on the Korn Ferry Tour points list earned cards for 2024. But there are now five more up for grabs and the numbers game is a lot tougher than before: when Mattiace and Funk played, for example, the top 25 at Q-School earned cards.

They and McCumber also had to play six grueling rounds — 108 holes, sometimes each more nerve-wracking as the longest week of their lives went on.

All three have war stories about making pressure shots to get their cards — or not.

Players mustered late heroics

"The Woodlands [in Houston] ... the first time I made it I took about two clubs too many into the 18th green to avoid the trouble in front, and wound up 100 feet over the back of the green," Funk said, recalling one of his best moments in a Q-School. "I needed two putts from there to make it on the number. I knocked the first putt to 5 feet, then made that one to get my card."

Mattiace also had a pulse-pounding finish at The Woodlands, in 1992. He needed a par at the last to get his card on the number but pulled his drive into trees on the left.

"I had to do a Bubba Watson shot," Mattiace said. "I hit this big, high hook, over the water and got on the green, about 50 feet from the hole. Then I hit the first putt 5 feet past and made that."

McCumber's first Q-School was in 1975 in Myrtle Beach, where more than 400 players were spread out on four courses, with only 13 cards up for grabs. He eventually played qualifiers at Pinehurst, the Bardmoor near Tampa and finally at the University of New Mexico golf course in Albuquerque.

McCumber was safely within the cut line for a card when he started his final round, parred the first seven holes, then made up for a poor drive at the eighth hole by making a 30-foot putt for par.

He realized, with a flood of relief, that he would get his card barring multiple disasters.

"When that putt at No. 8 went in it was a total release," McCumber said. "I birdied 9, 10, 11 and 12 and it was easy street after that."

McCumber finished second to medalist Wren Lum. Nine months later McCumber won the first of two titles at Doral and he never had to worry about Q-School again.

Q-school atmosphere is tense

Sometimes a heroic shot in Q-School can mean disaster for others. McCumber remembers a group of four or five players who were already finished with their final round at Pinehurst watching Jim Chance, playing in the final group at No. 18. The players were tied with Chance for the final qualifying spot and if he two-putted from 30 feet, they all got their cards.

Chance then dropped the putt for birdie, clinching the final spot all to himself and relegating the rest of those players to waiting for next year.

Mattiace said the atmosphere of a Q-School is vastly different from a PGA Tour event. The practice range, putting green and locker room banter are at a minimum and the tension rachets up every day.

"I don't remember seeing guys throw up in the locker room but I remember having a lot of sleepless nights," he said. "I'd be playing the shots in my head, over and over, get to sleep around 1 a.m. and maybe got two hours of sleep. It's a lot of stress."

Funk said golf is not a game at Q-School.

"It's not fun ... not fun at all," he said.

What's their advice? 'Stay in the moment'

Since they played six-round Q-Schools for 25 cards, McCumber, Funk and Mattiace said the strategy under those circumstances might be different from this week's conditions of competition, 72 holes for five cards.

That said, what was their advice?

"Stay in the present, one shot at a time, but don't tell yourself, 'all I have to do is finish fifth,'" McCumber said. "Set a goal of winning the tournament."

Funk has a vested interest in the proceedings this week since his son Taylor is among the players vying for the card. Taylor Funk turned professional six years ago and has already made a noteworthy accomplishment, playing his final 11 holes at 7-under at the Kinderlou Golf Club in Valdosta, Ga., to advance to final stage on the number. Funk shot 66 in the final round and tied for 11th to advance

Taylor Funk also shot 60 in the final round of a PGA Tour Canada event earlier this year to make that tour's championship and earned status on PGA Tour Americas.

Fred Funk said he doesn't need to offer copious amounts of advice to his son, who is playing some of the best golf of his life.

"Taylor knows what he needs to do," Funk said of his son. "You have to realize that if you're at this stage, you're playing well, so go out and trust it. Stay away from the big numbers, the doubles and triples. Those are what will kill you. Let the course come to you and let the scores come to you."

Mattiace said players should try to visualize every shot on every hole.

"The power of the mind is very important," he said. "Know how you want to play the holes but also know how to get out of trouble. Every one of these guys is a good player. Any of them can go out on any day, on either course and shoot 6-under. Just get out of your own way and let it happen."

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As the PGA Tour continues to make sweeping changes at its top level, its developmental tour system also is receiving a revamp.

The Tour announced Tuesday that PGA Tour Canada and PGA Tour Latinoamerica will merge into one tour beginning in 2024. PGA Tour Americas will feature 16 events in its inaugural season, which will run from February to September. Tournaments will be contested in Latin America, Canada and the U.S., and 15 Korn Ferry Tour cards will be up for grabs throughout the season, including 10 to the top finishers in the season-long points race.

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The schedule will be separated into two swings.

For the inaugural season in 2024, the Latin America swing will begin in February and feature eight 144-player events that run through May. Then the tour heads to North America in June for eight 156-player events mainly in Canada, but also in U.S., before the season ends in September.

Competition dates and venues will be announced in September. Purses will be revealed closer to the start of the season.

ELIGIBILITY

The Latin fields for Year 1 will be comprised mostly of the top 60 in the final 2022-23 Latinoamerica and 2023 Canada points lists. Other exemption categories include additional players from 2023 PGA Tour Q-School, including medalists at first and second stages; the top points earner for the 2023 APGA season; PGA Tour U grads from 2023; Monday qualifiers; and sponsor exemptions.

The North America swing fields will be filled with the top 60 finishers from the Latin swing; the top 50 from PGA Tour Americas Q-School, which will be held after the Latin swing; the 2024 graduates of PGA Tour U; 10 current KFT members; Monday qualifiers; sponsor exemptions; top-10 finishers from last Latin event; and then additional Americas Q-School finishers.

A total of 15 KFT cards are up for grabs for the top two in points after the Latin swing, the top three in points for just the North America swing and then the top 10 finishers in the season-long Americas points race.

The first two performance benefits are conditional KFT cards with players subject to the first reshuffle. The season-long reward is exempt status through the first two reshuffles.

It’s worth noting that the conditional cards will be handed out at season’s end to those players provided they don’t finish inside the final top 10 in points.

Q-SCHOOL EXEMPTIONS

Any player who receives KFT status via the Americas tour will also get into final stage of PGA Tour Q-School.

Second-stage exemptions will be given to Nos. 3-10 in Latin swing points, Nos. 4-10 in North America swing points, and Nos. 11-25 in the season-long points race.

Every member of PGA Tour Americas gets into first stage at the end of the year.

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