Motivator wrote: » He could end up jumping into the top 135 in the fedex standings. Another solid week next week and he’d shoot further up again. He’s playing so well lately, it would be devastating for him not to secure his card. He gets almost no recognition in Ireland for what he’s doing and he’s got to be one of the most in form players on the PGA tour in the last 2 months. 2 top 10s and 2 top 20s in his last four starts. Fantastic form in some ultra competitive tournaments.
Cosmo Kramer wrote: » Almost certainly will be enough - currently tied 6th and only five golfers with any sort of chance of passing him, it's highly unlikely that all five will. He'll probably finish somewhere around T-8.
Speak Now wrote: » Yeah T8 is the worst he can finish now.
Lad GAGA wrote: » Delighted for him and no more than he has deserved for his performances over the last few weeks. He must have a great chance now of making the top 125 in the FedEx. One bogey in four rounds and no meltdown on a Sunday, great week for Seamus.
Speak Now wrote: » 140th after tonight, he got approx 77 pts so still 60 shy of 125th. As well as next week he will need to do very well in the smaller events opposite The Open and WGC events.
kowloonkev wrote: » Delighted to see a strong finish from Seamus. Hopefully he can kick on from here. If he could just get to the next level where he doesn't have to worry about having his card, and without that pressure I think he could be a cash machine, something like a Matt Kuchar.
DuckSlice wrote: » He gets very little media attention in Ireland, the only place i ever hear his results reported is TodayFM. Great result for him yesterday.
Mantis Toboggan wrote: » Seems to do very few interviews, you'd almost never hear him speak. Never really comes back to Ireland unlike some of our other players on tour. Needs to engage a bit more to get better known over here.
DuckSlice wrote: » I agree, but i suppose he hasnt got the luxury of being able to miss events over there at the moment. Did he ever have a full card?
Motivator wrote: » He gave an interview where the Irish open was discussed and he said he needs to get his playing rights sorted before he can even think about playing internationally. His bread and butter is the PGA tour and it’s his livelihood. It’s grand for the likes of Lowry to pick and choose what events they play in, the reason being Lowry has a major and $30m in the bank. Seamus can’t do that, yet, but a win would change everything and open up more doors for him. Yes he had full playing tights but lost the full card two years ago and has been playing on a restricted card meaning he only has a certain number of guarantee starts on the PGA. The rest are either invites, qualifiers or he gets in as an alternate which is what happened for the Rocket Mortgages. Probably a little known fact but Seamus has a hole in one on the 3rd hole at the Players Championship a couple of years ago. A lot of people mightn’t even know he got into that event. Securing his card for next year is a real possibility now and would ease the pressure on him an awful lot. He has a big American following, much bigger than his Irish following, they love the name and the novelty factor of having an Irishman playing over there. Seamus profile will only improve the better he plays. A lot of people don’t know much about him because he gets hardly any coverage. A win or him contending more will change that.
amlinopta wrote: » Only got in to the tournament as an alternate on Tuesday. Great performance, one dropped shot in 72 holes. A full card would be huge, looks like 5 regular tour events left to climb into the top 125.
Motivator wrote: » I think he’s only guaranteed 2 starts out of those 5 regular tour events though so he needs to keep the foot down now. The beauty of the British open being on means a huge number inside the top 125 will be playing it giving this further down the rankings a chance to pick up some points. There’ll be a smaller number of points on offer that week but any points will do at this stage. The brain isn’t working so well this morning, I forgot the British open is a FedEx cup event.
greyday wrote: » Credit to him for going for it on 17, showing some balls for a serial bottler today.
PARlance wrote: » That's the kind of perspective the thread needs more of tbh. The expectations on here are crazy at times. He's a 34 year old golfer who is somewhere along the line of being good enough or not, to compete on the PGA Tour. That's not a slight on him, it's an amazing achievement in itself but reading this thread at times you would think he is a generational talent, who can't make a birdie putt or who can't finish out a tournament. As you say, he only got in by an invite. A Top 10 finish and hiss other good finishes of late should be seen as a great achievement from a guy doing his best to grind out a card under immense pressure.
The Big Easy wrote: » Think that final round without any mistakes and finishing strong will be huge for his confidence going forward. You'd have to hope he takes advantage of his great form at the moment with a top 5 or better to cement his position. He obviously can't continue this form indefinitely, no golfer does. A win next week would be the job and qualify him for the Open, I think they have a couple of spots for top 10 finishers who aren't already qualified like the Irish Open. Get his card back and a trip to the Open in the same week would be pretty special, and with his current form who knows. I wish him good luck anyway and fair play to him for digging out his best stuff when he really needs it.
