{"id":352026,"date":"2025-12-16T12:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/352026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:23:10","slug":"emotions-run-high-as-five-players-dramatically-earn-pga-tour-cards-at-q-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/352026\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotions Run High as Five Players Dramatically Earn PGA Tour Cards at Q-School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottie Scheffler will never forget it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2018, Scheffler needed an up and down from 50 feet on his final hole of Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School to secure status on the developmental circuit for the following year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a feat he\u2019d pull off, and years later, even after becoming one of the world\u2019s top players, he admitted he\u2019s never faced that amount of nerves on the golf course.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ll always remember that time,\u201d Scheffler said in 2022. \u201cThere\u2019s more pressure when you\u2019re fighting for your career. There\u2019s less pressure now where I\u2019ve had some success now. I would say there\u2019s more pressure going into the final round of Q-School than there is Masters Sunday because, if I fail at Q-School, I\u2019ve got a whole \u2018nother year where I don\u2019t have anywhere to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a feeling 176 players could relate to this week. The final stage of 2025 PGA Tour Q-School at TPC Sawgrass’ Dye’s Valley Course offered Tour cards to the top 5 finishers (no ties) and KFT status to the top 40 for next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was Canadian A.J. Ewart, who claimed medalist honors by finishing atop the leaderboard. A few months ago, the world\u2019s 488th-ranked player fell in a playoff at the PGA Tour Americas penultimate tournament, in his home province, where a win would have gotten him a KFT card.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s instead going straight to the big leagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThings happen for a reason and I think that\u2019s just what it was supposed to be,\u201d the 26-year-old said. \u201cIt kind of just pushed me a little harder to work a little harder and want it a little bit more and here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow Barry College golfer Adam Svensson, 31, finished T2, two strokes behind Ewart at 12 under, with Alejandro Tosti. Both return to the Tour, as Tosti, a 29-year-old from Argentina, made it through Q-School last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It only took one playoff hole!<\/p>\n

Dylan Wu is back on the PGA TOUR\u203c\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/6QHRoup3xZ<\/a><\/p>\n

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Marcelo Rozo, a 36-year-old Colombian ranked No. 455 in the world, also finished T2 with a par on the last after what he called \u201cThe hardest tee shot I\u2019ve ever hit in my career.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI cried before leaving my house this morning,\u201d said Rozo, who has made 255 career Tour-sanctioned starts but has never held PGA Tour status. \u201cEmotions were running. I told myself, like you have to see the emotions, recognize them, hug them and then just move on, because they\u2019re there. I cannot lie to myself that I was\u2014it\u2019s probably the biggest, it was the biggest round of my golfing career.\u201d<\/p>\n

His final-round 1-under 69 kept him out of a playoff for the final Tour card by a mere stroke. So instead, it was Dylan Wu and Ben Silverman dueling for the final card.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Playing the par-4 18th, Silverman, a 38-year-old Canadian, who finished No. 140 in the FedEx Cup last season, missed a 35-foot birdie putt. Then, Wu sank his 25-footer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just like Scheffler seven years ago, the 29-year-old American clutchly holed the putt of his life. One he\u2019ll certainly never forget.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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