According to AP writer, Doug Ferguson, the PGA is contemplating making changes that would affect players who do not qualify for the season ending FEDEX playoffs. Players left outside of the playoff series, would now compete with current players on the Nationwide Tour. Furthermore, Q-school graduates will not be joining the PGA ranks as they have in the past. Instead, graduates would only qualify for the Nationwide tour.
The tour has been looking at ways to strengthen the Nationwide Tour, its developmental circuit. It is looking for a new umbrella sponsor, because Nationwide has said it would not renew its contract after 2012.
Under the preliminary plan, the top 125 on the FedEx Cup standings after the Wyndham Championship would advance to the playoffs and compete for $35 million in bonus money, with $10 million for the winner.
Those who don't make the top 125 would have the option of playing a series of three tournaments along with top Nationwide Tour players. Those tournaments also would have a points structure, and it would determine who gets PGA Tour cards the following season.
Among the numbers being mentioned for the three-tournament series is 75 players from the FedEx Cup standings and the top 50 players from the Nationwide Tour money list, with the top 50 players from that series earning their cards.
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