Hank Kuehne had a sponsor's exemption at the BellSouth, he finished 3rd and earned $208,000. The top 10 finish allowed him to play in Houston where he finished 2nd and earned over $300,000. The amount of money he won in those two tournaments allowed him a special exemption for the rest of this year. He should earn enough to gain his tour card for next year. Hypothetical question - what if Annika had taken HIS spot at the BellSouth classic as she is taking someone else's spot when she plays?
You're right, I'm glad he arned $208M. But the fact that he got in through a sponsor's exemption isn't enough of an argument to keep Anna out of this tournament. He didn't qualify. If you qualify, then they shouldn't take a spot from you, but a sponsor can give their exemption to anyone they want.
I wonder what the LPGA would have to say if someone Nate Hybl or Al Del Greco wanted to join their tour.
Who said that "hypothetical guy" would miss the first cut. Marginal players make the cut EVERY tournament. He only needs to make a cut every few weeks to make a good living.
Didn't she have sponsor's invitations from several tournaments, but chose The Colonial because the course gave her game the best chance to do well?
Vijay now "sorry". IRVING, Texas -- Vijay Singh said Tuesday he was sorry if his comments about Annika Sorenstam playing on the PGA Tour -- "I hope she misses the cut" -- came across as a personal attack. "If it was an attack on Annika at all, I would like to apologize to her," Singh said after a practice round for this week's Byron Nelson Classic. "It was not put that way. It came out the wrong way." Singh told The Associated Press on Sunday that Sorenstam had no business playing in next week's Colonial and said that on the odd chance he gets paired with her, he'd withdraw. "I hope she misses the cut. Why? Because she doesn't belong out here," Singh told AP golf writer Doug Ferguson during an interview as he left the locker room after the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte, N.C. "If I'm drawn with her, which I won't be, I won't play." On Tuesday, Singh attempted to cast his remarks in a different light. "I actually said if I miss the cut, I'd rather she miss the cut as well," he told reporters who were waiting for him as he came off the course. "I hope she missed the cut because I don't want to have a woman beat me." A review of Ferguson's notes confirmed the original version of Singh's remarks. On Tuesday, Singh said he would play with Sorenstam if they both made the cut and were paired in the weekend rounds. But he said something would be wrong if the two were paired for the first two rounds because, as a past champion, he is drawn from a different pool. "I was saying my category was different," Singh said. "If I was put with her, it means I wasn't give the right attention for my category." Singh's reaction has been the strongest yet about Sorenstam becoming the first woman in 58 years to compete on the tour. The last woman to do so was Babe Zaharias, who qualified for the 1945 Los Angeles Open. Efforts to reach Sorenstam through her agent were unsuccessful. The Colonial is an invitational with a limited field. Sorenstam received one of eight sponsor's exemptions, and Singh reiterated his feeling that she didn't deserve one. "This is a man's tour," he said. "There are guys out there trying to make a living. It's not a ladies' tour. If she wants to play, she should -- or any other woman for that matter -- if they want to play the man's tour, they should qualify and play like everybody else." On Sunday, he told Ferguson: "What is she going to prove by playing? It's ridiculous. She's the best woman golfer in the world, and I want to emphasize 'woman.' We have our tour for men, and they have their tour. She's taking a spot from someone in the field." Asked Tuesday if he spoke for a majority of tour players, Singh said, "I speak for myself and that's my opinion."
