Mar. 8, 2010
By Rob Bolton, PGATOUR.COM Correspondent
2010 UPDATED LISTS: Rookie Watch | Medical Extensions | Reshuffle | Major Qualifiers
The 2010 rookie class consists of nine Nationwide Tour grads, nine q-school grads and two who qualified via the top-125 in non-members earnings.
Rory McIlroy, Jeev Milkha Singh, Rickie Fowler and Billy Horschel are the street favorites to win 2010 Rookie of the Year, but you'll be able to monitor the status for all 20 right here.
In this space every week, I will provide an ad hoc rankings based on tournament finishes using the fantasy scoring format for rotisserie leagues as shown below. I will also provide comments, cite trends, schedules, injuries, etc.
FINISH VALUES: Win (15 points); P-2 (9 points); 2nd-5th (8 points); 6th-10th (5 points); 11th-25th (3 points); 26th or higher/MDF (1 point); and MC/WD/DQ (0 points).
| Through The Honda Classic |
| For the first time in 2010, no rookies finished inside the top 25 of a tournament. Matt Every's T26 was tops among the eight that made the cut, but he started Sunday T4. Aided in part by Every's 77, the final-round scoring average among the eight was 73.750. (Scoring average for the entire field on Sunday was 72.068.) It doesn't get any easier this week in Puerto Rico, where only one rookie posted a top-25 in 2009 (Matt Weibring, T21). As of Sunday night, 14 rookies will play in the opposite event on the island. Only Rory McIlroy qualified for the World Golf Championships-CA Championship. |
| Rank |
Player(s) |
Points |
Summary |
| 1 |
Alex Prugh |
24 |
Now 6-for-6 in cuts made with a T35 at PGA National. He carded 13 holes over par in four rounds, a respectable total on a tough track, but he had just one birdie on the back nine all week. |
| 2 |
Rickie Fowler |
17 |
Missed the cut by one after consecutive 72s. It's his fourth MC in seven starts. He will not play in Puerto Rico. |
| 3 |
Brian Stuard |
12 |
Nothing all that positive can be gleaned from this week's effort, as he missed the cut by 10. He had eight bogeys, three doubles and one triple. He played the par-3 15th hole 5-6. Hit 20 greens and still required 65 putts. The T2 at the Mayakoba seems like eons ago already. He's in the field at the Puerto Rico Open. |
| 4 |
Josh Teater |
11 |
Made the cut on the number after a 2-under-par 68, eventually placing T50 to end an 0-for-2 streak. It's his second-best finish of four paydays next to the T5 at Pebble Beach. He's taking this week off. |
| T5 |
Matt Every, Blake Adams |
10 |
Playing very well of late and figuring to make his mark at the Honda, Every was in position in his home state, where he was a four-time All-American at the University of Florida, including a First-Team selection three times. (He was originally a walk-on at the school.) Starting Sunday T4, he wound up carding a 77 to finish T26, good for low-rookie but that's about it. Every hit 11 greens in the final round but still required a whopping 33 putts. He'll lick his wounds and give it another go in Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Adams placed T67 after making the cut on the number. The payday ends an 0-for-2 slide. He will not be making the trip to the island. |
| 7 |
Troy Merritt |
7 |
Fanned by six swings for his fourth consecutive missed cut. Had just 16 pars over 36 holes. Fourteen of the other 20 were bogeys and worse. He's the last rookie here taking this week off. |
| T8 |
Graham DeLaet, Martin Flores, Jeev Milkha Singh |
6 |
Steady week for Singh, who ranked no better than 25th and no worse than 40th in any of the relevant stats. All things considered then, it makes sense that he finished T35 for his first paycheck as a rookie in a stroke-play event. DeLaet missed the cut by two. Since opening his season with consecutive top 25s, he's missed five straight cuts (by an aggregate 13 strokes). And Flores managed to build two snowmen in the span of four holes on his second nine on Friday, limping in with a 78 to miss the cut by seven. All three of these guys are scheduled to be in Puerto Rico. |
| 11 |
Derek Lamely |
5 |
Finished last in GIR among the 74 that made the cut, hitting just 34 of 72 (47.2%). Made the cut on the number, and then shot 78-80 on the weekend, but finished 73rd since Garrett Willis shot 80-79. Lamely's missed cut skid ends at three. He will be in Puerto Rico. |
| T12 |
Rory McIroy, Jerod Turner |
4 |
Save for a third-round 75, McIlroy gave a solid effort to finish T40. He hit only 41 greens (56.9%), however. Like Singh, this is McIlroy's first payday as a rookie in a stroke-play tourney. The 20-year-old will be the lone rep among this group at the WGC-CA Championship. Turner made the cut on the number and placed T59, but did it with smoke and mirrors. He ranked T67 in greens hit and 72nd in putting, and he had one eagle and just five birdies all week. Although he's cashed four times now, he'll be looking for his first top-55 finish in Puerto Rico. |
| 14 |
Chris Wilson |
3 |
Once again, subpar ball-striking got in the way. After finding just 15 (of 28) fairways and 20 greens, he missed the cut by four. He'll try again in Puerto Rico. |
| T15 |
Cameron Percy, Chris Baryla |
1 |
For all intents and purposes, they are the first two casualties of last week's reshuffle. Both failed to qualify for the Honda on merit, and Puerto Rico might be the only start for both before the next reshuffle (following the Shell Houston Open). Last year, five rookies made just one start during this session (one other was injured) and didn't play again until New Orleans, two weeks after the Masters. |
| T17 |
Four others |
0 |
Garth Mulroy, Cameron Tringale and Brent Delahoussaye couldn't crack the Honda field, but will play in Puerto Rico. Billy Horschel tweeted on Sunday that he will have his wrist surgery on Monday morning. |
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