| 1 |
| Billy Mayfair |
U.S. |
44 |
673 |
5 |
| Five-time PGA TOUR champ finished 142nd on the 2010 money list so he decided to go to q-school for the first time in 22 years in an attempt to improve his status. He did just that -- shooting 18 under to win and take a ton of confidence into the new year. |
| T2 |
| William McGirt |
U.S. |
31 |
2 |
0 |
| The former Wofford standout posted four top-10s in his first 11 starts on the Nationwide Tour this year. He didn't finish higher than 11th in his final 13 events but rode a string of five straight birdies on the back nine Monday to his PGA TOUR card. |
| T2 |
| Ben Martin |
U.S. |
23 |
3 |
0 |
| The 2009 U.S. Amateur runner-up spent the last year taking post-graduate courses at Clemson and using his final year of eligibility. The three-time All-ACC performer passed q-school with flying colors, taking a share of the lead into the final round. He has played in three TOUR events but never as a pro. |
| 4 |
| Cameron Tringale |
U.S. |
23 |
22 |
0 |
| A three-time All-American at Georgia Tech, the Californian has successfully navigated q-school for the second straight year. He was a rookie on TOUR in 2010 after tying for 19th at q-school last year. He only made five cuts in 22 starts but three of those were top-25 finishes, including a tie for 11th in Las Vegas. |
| 5 |
| Jarrod Lyle |
Australia |
29 |
65 |
0 |
| A two-time winner on the Nationwide Tour, Lyle finished 162nd on the money list in his third full season on the PGA TOUR. He only cashed three checks in his final 12 starts this year but went home to Australia, got some lessons from his dad and tied for fifth at the JBWere Masters to regain some confidence. |
| T6 |
| Michael Putnam |
U.S. |
27 |
36 |
0 |
| Former Pepperdine standout, who won his first Nationwide Tour event earlier this year, will be headed back to the PGA TOUR for the first time since the 2007 season. Putnam already had his TOUR card after finishing 24th on the Nationwide Tour money list but he improved his position in the pecking order considerably. |
| T6 |
| Brandt Jobe |
U.S. |
45 |
266 |
0 |
| He's the oldest qualifier and returns to the PGA TOUR for the ninth time. Jobe already had full status on the Nationwide Tour after finishing 30th on the 2010 money list with five top-10s, including two finishes among the top three. A six-time winner on the Japan Tour, Jobe has three runners-up on the PGA TOUR. |
| T6 |
| Zack Miller |
U.S. |
26 |
1 |
0 |
| The Californian, who was captain of Stanford's 2007 NCAA title team, will be a rookie on the PGA TOUR in 2011. He made it to the finals of q-school last year, too, and earned his Nationwide Tour card. His best finish as a Nationwide Tour rookie last year was a tie for third at the Fort Smith Classic. |
| T9 |
| Kyle Stanley |
U.S. |
23 |
12 |
0 |
| Joins his former Clemson teammate, Ben Martin, as a rookie on the PGA TOUR in 2011. A two-time NCAA runner-up while playing for the Tigers, Stanley finished 35th on the Nationwide Tour money list last year with six top-10 finishes, including two among the top five. |
| T9 |
| Paul Stankowski |
U.S. |
41 |
364 |
2 |
| A two-time winner on the PGA TOUR, Stankowski hasn't been fully exempt since the 2003 campaign when he finished 89th on the money list. He finished 137th on TOUR this year, aided mightily by a tie for fourth at The Greenbrier Classic, so he would have had status but got his card back this week. |
| T11 |
| Chris Baryla |
Canada |
28 |
13 |
0 |
| Former UTEP golfer is back on the PGA TOUR for the second straight season. A year ago, he got his card by finishing 19th on the Nationwide Tour money list and Baryla assured himself of a return trip with a second-round 61 and final-round 66 at Orange County National that included birdies on his first five holes. |
| T11 |
| Scott Stallings |
U.S. |
25 |
0 |
0 |
| Former Tennessee Tech golfer came within a stroke of earning his PGA TOUR card for the 2010 season so Monday's result -- that included birdies on his last two holes -- was sweet. Stallings had three-top 10s in his rookie year on the Nationwide Tour but will play in his first PGA TOUR event next year. |
| T11 |
| Nate Smith |
U.S. |
27 |
0 |
0 |
| Looks like Nate Smith won't need to put that degree in cultural anthropology from Duke to work anytime soon. He won his first Nationwide Tour event in September and will be headed to the PGA TOUR as a rookie for 2011. |
| T11 |
| Gary Woodland |
U.S. |
26 |
26 |
0 |
| Played the 2010 season on a major medical extension after his rookie year was cut short by surgery on his left shoulder. The Kansas grad didn't earn enough in those nine starts to secure his playing privileges for the rest of the season so getting his 2011 TOUR card in q-school was quite an accomplishment. |
| T11 |
| Bi-o Kim |
Korea |
20 |
0 |
0 |
| Four months before Kim's 20th birthday he tied for 31st at the Barclays Singapore Open. He made four starts on the OneAsia Tour and finished 11th on the Order of Merit. |
| T16 |
| Joseph Bramlett |
U.S. |
22 |
2 |
0 |
| It's been a big year for the former Stanford standout. Bramlett got his communications degree in less than four years, played in the U.S. Open (including two practice rounds with fellow Cardinal Tiger Woods) and came from behind to earn his TOUR card. Bramlett is the first player of African-American descent to do so in 25 years. |
| T16 |
| Michael Thompson |
U.S. |
25 |
4 |
0 |
| Thompson, who eagled the 17th hole on Monday to assure his card, was a two-time All-American at Alabama, a finalist at the 2007 U.S. Amateur and the low am at the 2008 U.S. Open. He was the Hooters Tour player of the year in 2010 after winning once and posting five other top-10 finishes in 17 starts. |
| T16 |
| Kent Jones |
U.S. |
33 |
323 |
0 |
| The PGA TOUR veteran regained fully-exempt status for the third straight year thanks to q-school -- athough he made it a nail-biter with three bogeys in his last four holes Monday. His best finish in nine starts on TOUR in 2010 was a career-best tie for fifth at the Reno-Tahoe Open. He also had three top-10s on the Nationwide Tour. |
| T16 |
| Matt McQuillan |
Canada |
29 |
0 |
0 |
| McQuillan, who has never made a start on the PGA TOUR or Nationwide Tour, will be a rookie in 2011. One of two Canadians who qualified on Monday, McQuillan is a former winner on the Canadian Tour who played collegiately at Oklahoma State and Georgia. He played both the Canadian Tour and eGolf Tour in 2010. |
| T16 |
| Sung-hoon Kang |
Korea |
23 |
0 |
0 |
| The big-hitting Kang earned his Nationwide Tour card for the 2010 season at q-school a year ago but opted to play overseas. His best finish on the Asian Tour since turning pro in 2006 was a tie for second at the 2009 Ballantines championship where he lost in a three-way playoff. |
| T16 |
| James Driscoll |
U.S. |
33 |
139 |
0 |
| The former Virginia standout is back for his fifth season on the PGA TOUR after making it through the final two stages. He finished 157th on the TOUR money list in 2010 after making the cut in exactly half his 26 starts but finishing in the top-10 just once. |
| T22 |
| Andres Gonzales |
U.S. |
27 |
3 |
0 |
| The former UNLV golfer will be a rookie on the PGA TOUR in 2011. Gonzales, who is from Olympia, Wash., played in seven events on the Canadian Tour this year, posting two top-10s, and is the 2009 winner of the Saskatchewan Open. |
| T22 |
| Alexandre Rocha |
Brazil |
33 |
0 |
0 |
| The well-traveled Rocha was an All-American at Mississippi State and has since played golf in 80 different countries. Inspired to continue playing the game by the addition of golf to the 2016 Olympics, Rocha opened with 66 at The Honda Classic earlier this year and went on to tie for 59th. He will be a rookie on TOUR in 2011. |
| T22 |
| Jim Renner |
U.S. |
27 |
1 |
0 |
| Renner, who won the 2005 NAIA championship while at Johnson & Wales, also played a year at Oklahoma with Anthony Kim. The Massachussets native, who birdied two of his final five holes to earn his card, won on the Hooters Tour each of the past two years. He will be a rookie on the PGA TOUR in 2011. |
| T22 |
| Justin Hicks |
U.S. |
26 |
3 |
0 |
| The Michigan grad already had his PGA TOUR card for the 2011 season after finishing 25th on the money list. Hicks won his second Nationwide Tour event earlier this year and posted one other top-10 finish. He's made three PGA TOUR starts and will be a rookie this year. |
| T22 |
| Richard S. Johnson |
Sweden |
34 |
212 |
1 |
| Along with Billy Mayfair and Paul Stankowski, he's one of three former PGA TOUR champs who regained their cards at q-school this week. He finished 135th on the money list, failing to keep his card for just the third time in eight seasons on TOUR. Johnson, who had two top-10s this year, birdied his 17th hole Monday to slip into the top 25 and ties. |
| T27 |
| Scott Gordon |
U.S. |
29 |
0 |
0 |
| Prior to Monday, the Californian's biggest thrill in golf was shooting a final-round 67 at q-school to earn his 2008 Nationwide Tour card. Monday's third straight 71 was equally clutch -- coming with an even bigger prize of a PGA TOUR card -- but he had to sweat it out with two bogeys in his last three holes. |
| T27 |
| Billy Horschel |
U.S. |
24 |
7 |
0 |
| The former Florida All-America's 2010 PGA TOUR season was cut short by an injury to the tendon in his left wrist. He only played four TOUR events before the injury flared up in late Feburary and later made five Nationwide Tour starts in September and October. He will still be a rookie on the PGA TOUR in 2011. |
| T27 |
| Will Strickler |
U.S. |
24 |
0 |
0 |
| The former University of Florida standout started the final round tied for fourth but made it on the number -- bogeying the 18th hole to let his former teammate Billy Horschel and Scott Gordon slip into the 25 and ties along with him. He split time on the Hooters Tour and Canadian Tour this year and will be a rookie on TOUR in 2011. |
