No more Monday qualifiers? It could happen at these seven PGA Tour events

Among nan galore issues brought up successful a missive that was shared by nan PGA Tour pinch its players was nan imaginable cancellation of 7 Monday qualifiers. This taxable will beryllium among those voted connected successful November by nan Board of Directors.

Golfweek was first to study that these changes were successful nan works successful June. The proposal, a transcript of which Golfweek has obtained, indicates that maximum section sizes will beryllium reduced. It has go a increasing interest that section sizes of 144 and 156 are causing excessively galore occurrences of failing to make a trim connected Friday, and shortening fields should rectify that but it besides removes playing opportunities for nan membership.

Who stands to suffer a Monday Q?

Monday qualifiers would nary longer beryllium held astatine nan Sony Open, WM Phoenix Open, Mexico Open astatine Vidanta, Cognizant Classic, Puerto Rico Open, Corales Puntacana Championship and Myrtle Beach Championship.

The Phoenix Open qualifier earlier this twelvemonth drew 104 golfers aft much than 600 signed up for 1 of nan 8 pre-qualifiers. Only nan apical 3 finishers successful that Monday Q precocious to TPC Scottsdale.

The qualifiers astatine nan Valspar Championship, Texas Children’s Houston Open and Valero Texas Open would past but would beryllium reduced from 4 spots to 2 spots available.

Five golfers person won arsenic Monday qualifiers

There person been 5 golfers since 1980 who won a PGA Tour arena aft Monday qualifying earlier successful nan week:

• Corey Conners, 2019 Valero Texas Open
• Arjun Atwal, 2010 Wyndham Championship
• Fred Wadsworth, 1986 Southern Open
• Kenny Knox, 1986 The Honda Classic
• Jeff Mitchell, 1980 Phoenix Open

The Tour’s Policy Board is scheduled to meet up of nan RSM Classic connected Nov. 18.