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May 20th, 2026

Tour player explains why he left in the middle of a playoff for US Open alternate spot

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March 26th, 2026

‘I unintentionally cheated’: PGA Tour pro explains why he recently withdrew from Monday qualifier while in contention

Sam Ryder explained how he “unintentionally cheated” to Ryan French on the Any Given Monday podcast. And that explanation makes perfect sense.

November 12th, 2024

Tour pro sacrifices 8-iron to make the cut on the number at DP World Tour Q-School

Mike Miller found himself between a rock and a hard place on Monday. Or, rather, between a tree and a hard place.

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January 30th, 2024

This golfer’s annual ‘Year In Review’ magazine is the stuff of legend

You’d think this type of TMI thing would be obnoxious, but it’s so over-the-top that it’s a delight to go through!

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January 19th, 2024

There’s a switch-hitting golfer trying to qualify for next week’s PGA Tour event

He switches based on the length of the shot, hitting driver through 6-iron as a righty, and 7-iron down as a lefty. See for yourself:

January 15th, 2024

John Lyras’ Korn Ferry Tour debut ends in a disastrous DQ after first-hole rules infraction

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November 28th, 2023

Golfers at this week’s Asian Tour event will have to pay – and travel – to hit range balls

A tournament memo to players alerted them that there would be three indoor hitting bays and three other nets and that a “range is not available on-site” at the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open.

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November 14th, 2023

This story about Phil Mickelson helping a golfer practice for Q-School is why he’s still a legend

Some have called this a savvy PR ploy by Mickelson to get back in golf’s good graces. Maybe it is, but if that’s the case he went above and beyond the call of duty and made a tangible difference in one hopeful pro’s life.

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October 31st, 2023

Suspended pro golfer talks about $182 in bets that got him in trouble and warns others of ‘career-altering’ mistakes

Jake Staiano, a Korn Ferry Tour player who has been suspended for making bets on PGA Tour competition, is explaining his side of the story.

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July 25th, 2023

Tour pro confesses to cheating at PGA Tour developmental event

What, if any, discipline Justin Doeden will face remains unclear.

You won’t believe the fines golfers are facing for not raking bunkers properly at Asian Tour Q-School

This Q-School DQ might be the most painful DQ story we’ve ever heard

Behold the craziest (and greatest) 75 ever shot in a professional golf tournament

This Matt Every story involving a front-nine 29 and a helicoptered putter is the most Matt Every story ever

School maths teacher fires 61(!) to Monday-qualify for PGA Tour Champions event

Professional poker player shoots 60(!) at Korn Ferry Tour qualifying school

July 21st, 2021

Robert Garrigus quietly pulled off a PGA Tour feat that’s going to be really tough to top

The PGA Tour confirmed no one has ever scored better than Garrigus did for one hole across a tournament since detailed stats began being kept in 1983. It couldn’t say if it had been done before that.

May 27th, 2021

PGA Tour winner misses short putt to get knocked out of US Open qualifier, promptly snaps putter over his knee

Piercy will play in this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge beginning tonight. He just might have to hit up the Colonial Country Club pro shop first.

July 8th, 2020

Australia’s Steve Allan might be the most hard-luck Monday qualifier story we’ve ever heard

This story involving Steve Allan is too good not to share. Well, too good unless you’re Steve Allan.

July 1st, 2020

You won’t believe how hard it was to Monday qualify for this week’s Korn Ferry Tour event

Four golfers – including Australia’s Steve Allan – shot 64 at the two qualifying sites and did not make it through. Rough.

May 8th, 2020

Tour pro rips into Vijay Singh for entering Korn Ferry Tour event

Brady Schnell implied there are other Korn Ferry pros who share his stance but did not express it in the way Schnell did on social media.

April 28th, 2020

Alex Cejka wins second consecutive mini-tour event thanks to wild rally that included a hole-in-one

While it’s not too surprising to see a guy who has won at the highest level winning at the, well, not highest level, the way he earned this victory was downright spectacular.

Leaderboard

VidantaWorld Mexico Open - 2026
Pos Player Tot Thru Rnd
1Andrew Novak-25F4
T2Steven Fisk-20F4
T2Kristoffer Ventura-20F4
T4Mackenzie Hughes-19F4
T4Ben Griffin-19F4
T6Erik van Rooyen-18F4
T6Brian Campbell-18F4
T6Tom Kim-18F4
T6Pi Coody-18F4
T6Doug Ghim-18F4
T11Trace Crowe-17F4
T11Kensei Hirata-17F4
T11Max Greyserman-17F4
T11Matthieu Pavon-17F4
15Kihei Akina-16F4
T16Jordan Smith-15F4
T16Ben James-15F4
T16Neal Shipley-15F4
T19Cameron Tankersley-14F4
T19Ben Silverman-14F4
T19Christiaan Bezuidenhout-14F4
T19Blades Brown-14F4
T23Vince Whaley-13F4
T23Denny McCarthy-13F4
T23Karl Vilips-13F4
T23Keita Nakajima-13F4
T23Harry Hall-13F4
T23Chandler Phillips-13F4
T29Jesper Svensson-12F4
T29Garrick Higgo-12F4
T29Max McGreevy-12F4
T29Haotong Li-12F4
T29Luke Clanton-12F4
T34Sudarshan Yellamaraju-11F4
T34Alvaro Ortiz-11F4
T34Gordon Sargent-11F4
T34Joel Dahmen-11F4
T34Jackson Suber-11F4
T34Adrien Dumont de Chassart-11F4
T40Garrett Endicott-10F4
T40Justin Lower-10F4
T40Marco Penge-10F4
T40Adam Hadwin-10F4
T40Zecheng Dou-10F4
T40Rafael Campos-10F4
T40Chad Ramey-10F4
T40Cam Davis-10F4
T48Hayden Springer-8F4
T48Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen-8F4
T48Mac Meissner-8F4
T48John Daly II-8F4
T48Beau Hossler-8F4
T48Corey Conners-8F4
T54Marcelo Rozo-7F4
T54Austin Eckroat-7F4
T54Jeffrey Kang-7F4
T54Patrick Fishburn-7F4
T58Brice Garnett-6F4
T58A.J. Ewart-6F4
T58Emiliano Grillo-6F4
T61Nick Hardy-5F4
T61Dylan Wu-5F4
63Tyler Duncan-4F4
T64David Skinns-3F4
T64Paul Peterson-3F4
66Max Homa-2F4
67Jeremy Paul-1F4
68Chandler BlanchetEF4
CUTWilliam Mouw-3F2
CUTKevin Streelman-3F2
CUTAlejandro Tosti-3F2
CUTPatton Kizzire-3F2
CUTNick Dunlap-3F2
CUTTony Finau-3F2
CUTDavis Riley-3F2
CUTKevin Roy-3F2
CUTRico Hoey-3F2
CUTDavid Ford-3F2
CUTTrent Phillips-3F2
CUTAndrew Putnam-2F2
CUTJohn Parry-2F2
CUTZac Blair-2F2
CUTChan Kim-2F2
CUTJohnny Keefer-2F2
CUTJoe Highsmith-2F2
CUTJimmy Stanger-2F2
CUTZach Bauchou-2F2
CUTTaylor Pendrith-2F2
CUTBen Martin-2F2
CUTIsaiah Salinda-2F2
CUTAdam Svensson-1F2
CUTRyder Cowan-1F2
CUTMauricio Figueroa Ramirez-1F2
CUTPatrick Rodgers-1F2
CUTAaron Wise-1F2
CUTSantiago de la Fuente-1F2
CUTTakumi KanayaEF2
CUTKevin YuEF2
CUTWyndham ClarkEF2
CUTWill GordonEF2
CUTRasmus HøjgaardEF2
CUTOmar MoralesEF2
CUTChristo LamprechtEF2
CUTPontus Nyholm+1F2
CUTDanny Walker+1F2
CUTHarry Higgs+1F2
CUTPeter Malnati+1F2
CUTLee Hodges+1F2
CUTAlejandro Fierro+2F2
CUTHank Lebioda+2F2
CUTJohn VanDerLaan+2F2
CUTDavis Chatfield+3F2
CUTDavid Lipsky+4F2
CUTTayler Termeer+4F2
CUTEli Ortego+4F2
CUTMark Hubbard+5F2
CUTGerardo Gomez+6F2
CUTAldrich Potgieter+6F2
CUTCamilo Villegas+7F2
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