Making the Cut: Life Inside the PGA Tour System

? The success of the PGA Tour lies in the compelling stories of the individual quests for achievement—making the tournament cut, winning a tournament, qualifying for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and the ultimate challenge of making it onto the Tour, where victory is often determined by a single stroke. Based on interviews with more than twenty professional golfers, this book provides new insight into the PGA Tour system, the events affecting tournament outcomes, and the career-changing opportunities that result.
"The success of the PGA TOUR lies in the golfers' individual quests for achievement--making the cut, winning a tournament, qualifying for playoffs, and making it onto the TOUR. Based on interviews with over twenty professional golfers, this book providesnew insight into the TOUR system, the events affecting tournament outcomes, and the career-changing opportunities that result"--
Drawing on interviews with about 20 professional golfers, golf broadcasts, books and articles, and other sources, the author describes life on the PGA Tour, its complex qualification system, and various career stories. He describes aspects like qualifying for a PGA tournament, making it onto the PGA Tour, the FedEx Cup and its playoffs, making the cut in a tournament, winning a tournament, career earnings, the Web.com Tour, the weeks before and after tournaments, the Open Championship qualifying series, the Wyndham Championship, and other tournaments. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)