Essentially qualify for the playoffs. Top 125 on the FedEx Cup retain their cards for next season. 126-175 and he would go back to the web.com playoffs again.What's the goal for this year? What does he need to do to stay up?
That's Rob's "home" course so to speak. His family have been members there for decades. It's basically the course he grew up playing. He has the course record there, I believe, as well as probably a dozen other courses in the area. His family switched over to Andover CC a number of years ago, and recently went back to the Ridge. It was at Andover that I became close with Rob's brother, and then Rob. One of the times I played with Rob at Andover, he birdied 7 holes on the front 9. At the time, the course record was 64, and that had been the record for like 70 years (amateur or pro). Instead of finishing the round, Rob took off at the turn and said, "don't worry, I'll do it another time." A couple years ago, he came back and shot 61 on a Saturday with a bogey, and then 62 on Sunday, and he didn't think he was playing that well.Played at Indian Ridge a week ago - they love that guy there. My friend didn't know his name, but was talking about this PGA pro who bounced around tours and came and played and was telling me where he would put his drive and where I should aim. He was very surprised when I knew Rob's name and more about his career, than most golf fans ever would.
I know exactly what you are talking about with your last comment. Not on the same level as Rob - but I have played with a young kid from the north shore who is trying to make it on the asian mini tour system. I have played with him at my home course Bass Rocks and this was when he was a teenager, watching him work his way around a golf course was a piece of art. He had the club champion parking spot before he had a drivers license.That's Rob's "home" course so to speak. His family have been members there for decades. It's basically the course he grew up playing. He has the course record there, I believe, as well as probably a dozen other courses in the area. His family switched over to Andover CC a number of years ago, and recently went back to the Ridge. It was at Andover that I became close with Rob's brother, and then Rob. One of the times I played with Rob at Andover, he birdied 7 holes on the front 9. At the time, the course record was 64, and that had been the record for like 70 years (amateur or pro). Instead of finishing the round, Rob took off at the turn and said, "don't worry, I'll do it another time." A couple years ago, he came back and shot 61 on a Saturday with a bogey, and then 62 on Sunday, and he didn't think he was playing that well.
These guys simply don't play the same game we do.
Our newest club champ is a 14 year old kid. Happens to be Asian. He didn't even break a sweat beating the best players we have. He spends hours and hours a day just hitting putts on the practice green, or working from the sand or chipping. It's amazing, but it's the only way to reach that level.I know exactly what you are talking about with your last comment. Not on the same level as Rob - but I have played with a young kid from the north shore who is trying to make it on the asian mini tour system. I have played with him at my home course Bass Rocks and this was when he was a teenager, watching him work his way around a golf course was a piece of art. He had the club champion parking spot before he had a drivers license.
I still get a kick checking out the players that Rob "beats" each week, or sometimes, in a given round. I can't even imagine what it would be like to know I went out on the same course, on the same day, in the same conditions as a guy like Patrick Reed, and beat him by a couple shots. I just think that shit is too cool. To be able to beat some of them over a four day period is just insane.Wasn't sure Rickie was going to be really focused here, its an odd event for him to schedule, but he's pretty dialed in and going to be tough to beat this weekend. That said, a few of the other relatively heavy hitters here either missed the cut or still might (Hoffman, Perez, Woodland, Chappell, maybe Reed). A leaderboard with Kizzire, Harkins, and Fraustro towards the top should provide for some moving day opportunities.