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The Fine Line
At the Epson Tour Championship, Reagan Zibilski played the round of her life. For others, the difference between an LPGA card and heartbreak was painfully small.
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ListenNever long for the spotlight, Matt Moore made a profound impact on countless lives while quietly engaging in random acts of kindness.
ListenThe anonymous message came from the caddie himself. Days later, Cliff Ellis and Alejandro Tosti each told me their side of what happened.
Ryan French and Mark Baldwin take social media questions and discuss LIV 2.0, PGA Tour Champions pension change, DP World Tour exemptions, the impressive career of Charles Howel III, LPGA Second Stage, and more. For the interview with Austin Hitt, check out our YouTube page.
Iowa high school golf might have a 30 for 30 soon. Cheating allegations, bad drops, social media drama, adults heckling kids (allegedly), cheating allegations, more cheating allegations. And now this guy who has brought a lot of the stuff to light being kicked out of the state finals. I’m warning you to not go down the rabbit hole.
BREAKING NEWS: A very unfortunate situation at @LPGA 2nd stage in at Plantation Country Club in Venice Florida. The stage (there is only one second stage site) was set to begin Tuesday and the entire field is in Florida. However it will not be played this week. In an email sent to players they were told the course was unplayable from the rain from the Hurricane. The course wasn’t going to be able to mow until mid week and with more rain scheduled next week the decision was made to delay it for two weeks. However there is important context. One of the two courses at the club redid all of their greens starting in June. And because of weather (over 50 inches of rain) there have been delays. In fact the course is still not open to the members yet and the first rounds were to be played Sunday by the players in the Q-school field. In an email sent to players last week the tour indicated there would be areas that were marked ground under repair. “Areas not fully recovered will be marked ground under repair” So the situation seemed less than ideal to start, tho a source did tell me the conditions had improved greatly over the last few weeks. But they couldn’t recover from the latest rain and it left the Tour no choice. With so many international players this leaves a real logistical nitemare for the players and at a huge financial burden. Really unfortunate.
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| T1 | Eli Ortego Qualified | F | -5 |
| T1 | Trent Phillips Qualified | F | -5 |
| T3 | Cameron Tankersley Qualified | F | -4 |
| T3 | Garrett Endicott Qualified | F | -4 |
| T3 | Chad Sewell | F | -4 |
Alistair Docherty Went from His Lowest Moment to the PGA Tour
Tourbound: Ian Holt and Michael Johnson Are New PGA Tour Members
Bad News/Good News: LPGA Q-School Stage is Unplayable and the KFT Class of 2026
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| 1 | Adam Long Qualified | F | -8 |
| T2 | Austin Lemieux Qualified | F | -6 |
| T2 | Matthew Anderson Qualified | F | -6 |
| T2 | Willie Mack III Qualified | F | -6 |
| T5 | Brendan Valdes | F | -5 |
Alistair Docherty has been broke countless times. He’s missed his Tour card by 1 at Q-school. And by one over an entire season. 10 yrs after turning pro he’s reached the PGA Tour He talks about his family and the journey A: https://t.co/miWeCLNKb0 S: https://t.co/gL8IJrndUd https://t.co/JuPGIXFsGO
Challenge: Find me a more Champions Tour picture than this. - Glove on -Broomstick -Orthopedic Tennis Shoes https://t.co/J0xFnTTL5I
Rant about TGL: Shane Lowry wasn't "traded". There was no expansion draft. First of all I was wrong about TGL, I said it wouldn't work, and I honestly found it way more interesting then I thought I would. Horschel and others were great on there. It wasn't must watch TV for me, but I would turn it on when I was home. The designs of the holes got more interesting as the year went on, players got more comfortable, etc. But don't insult our intellingence to think that GM's got on the phone and went back on forth trying to figure out how many "draft picks" would be equal value for Shane Lowry. If they are trading draft picks...where was this years draft? Who was available? Who got cut? Who got drafted to what team? Why wasn't it streamed. No, of course they didn't. Don't try to tell us differently. Rory wants to play with his buddy. I totally get that. Because its a fun simulator league. And that is what it should be. And the product will likely be better with Rory playing with his best friend. More likely to say what he wants, more likely to talk shit. More likely to give Shane shit for bad shots etc. All of that would be great for TGL imo. And dont' tell us teams got to protect players in an "expansion draft." This is an actual quote...."Since all other teams kept one player, Motor City used the next selection to add Jackson Koivun" You are trying to tell me that Los Angles said "I'd rather protect Collin or Tommy or Justin Rose instead of getting one of the most exciting young players in recent memory???" They didn't. There is just no way all the teams passed on him. And thats because the teams are already set with players that want to play with each other. And thats ok too. I'm not saying players don't want to win, I'm just saying its played on simulator with players hitting shots over volcanos and under rocks (both are great). Lets have fun with it. Please no more serious press releases announcing "trades". Rant over.
The other nine players earning KFT status. Thomas Ponder- Had an exemptional season, winning the OOM. In the first 10 events of the season Ponder's worst finish was T18. It included a win, three 3rds,and a 4th. Etienne Papineau- The Canadian started the season by missing 5 consecutive cuts. In just a 14 event season that spells bad news. In the last nine events...he won twice and finished runner-up once. Patrick Flavin- If you have been following this account for a while you know about Patrick. One of the nicest dudes in the game and WAY too good to be playing Americas Tour. He will have an outstanding 2027 KFT season, mark it down. Justin Biwer- Had a great season and made a great decision. Biwer got into the Colorado KFT event on an exemption (U of Colo alum) and finished T9. That earned him a start in the final reg season KFT season event where he finished T5. However he chose to skip the KFT playoffs (he would have been in the first two events for sure) to make sure he got his full KFT card via Americas. It paid off. Charlie Crockett- Another one to watch out for in 2027. Dakotas Tour legend and former U of Missouri standout had a win and a runner-up in the last two events to earn his KFT card. Joe Savoie- When he played well he made it count. Although the 32-year-old Canadian had just 3 top-10s in 14 events, two of them were wins. Including yesterday at the Tour Champ. Jack Lundin- Exactly the same as Crockett. U of Missouri standout, dominated on his only season on Dakotas Tour and now headed to KFT. Charlie Nikitas- Another Miami of Ohio grad and Chicago area native (Flavin) that now heads to the KFT in 2027. An unreal finish to the season, two runner-ups and a 5th earned him his card. Patrick Sheehan- The 25-year-old Penn State grad had to sweat it out for the final card, but his T8 in the Tour Championship was good enough to lock up his KFT card.
Maybe the best story of the 2026 season became officially official yesterday. Corey Pereira earned his KFT card by finishing 2nd on the Americas Tour points list. The 31-year-old returned to pro golf this season after an extended break to take care of his wife Leah, who had a rare form of cancer. Sadly in June of 2025 Leah passed away. And slowly Corey returned to golf, first as an escape, but then found his competetive side return. This season on Americas he had an amazing year, making 13 of 14 cuts, winning once, along with a runner-up and finishing in the top 25 eleven times. Although he had his card for KFT locked up for a while the Americas Tour ended their season yesterday, so it became official. Here is to an amazing 2027 season.
