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Originally Posted by rivercitybirdie
yes, the spots after 45th all have meaning. all the guys who played in the final stage have some minimal status (even if it's just for their golf resume.... my favorite local guy had the status for this year. think he only got into canadian web.com event. sponsor's exemption/canadian tour exemption???)
assuming little has changed from last year i think someone could figure out what position gets you into the early tourneys. not sure any of us have that info without a ton of work.
i think the early web.com tourneys are in south america and maybe central america. maybe not all qualified guys play them.
the web.com in general is tough tour as most eligible players play. same as LPGA.. PGA not the same as anyone who's had any success on tour is pretty rich by normal person standards.
Assuming things are similar to last year...
If you finished outside the top 100, it's highly doubtful you're getting even one start.
In year's past, when the first two stops were Australia and New Zealand, not many played and there were tons of spots for conditional status if you wanted to make the long journey. But that's not the case now, almost everybody makes the trip because there's so much on the line and players want to be in the best shape possible for the first re-shuffle. In addition, the events (I believe) are co-sanctioned and players from South America get in that normally would not. So it's probably a wash.
IIRC, a player that finished ~85th got two starts last year.
I think they've made it too tough to get into these events unless you have full status. Buddy of mine that has had full status before chose not to go to Q school this year figuring he was better off simply doing the Monday Q's. A player just has to 1, get into an event(s) and then 2, keep playing well enough to maintain status.
BO