TGCT - End of Season/Playoff info (all tours)

[Doyley]

Click here to see results of the Web.com Tour Finals
Click here to see results of the Challenge Circuit Finals


PGA/Euro Tour - Players eligible to participate in both playoffs
If your name is listed below you are eligible to play in both the FedEx Cup Playoffs and the Race to Dubai playoffs.  You will have to manage your schedule should you choose to try and make both final events.  If anyone qualifies in the next couple of weeks they will be added here.

2016 Major Winners
Ian Sweeney  ijs1543
Bryan Cairns  Cairnsy780

2016 WGC Winners
Ian Sweeney
Brian May  BeEmerson

S2 European Tour members with wins on PGA (minor events excluded)
Ian Sweeney
Jules Powell  daddyjules

S2 PGA Tour members with wins on European Tour (minor events excluded)
Tyler Duke  theduke21
Mark Custard   Mark (Kram)
Ryan Hammond  hammo24983


FedEx Cup Playoffs
-  The PGA TOUR FedEx Cup points standings will carry over to the Playoffs 
-  Eligible players include all PGA Tour card holders, 2016 Major & WGC winners as well as European Tour players that won a full point PGA Tour event

The Barclays
-  top 125 active and eligible members on FedEx Cup points list
-  cut line is top 70+ties

Duetsche Bank Championship
-  top 100 active and eligible members on FedEx Cup points list
-  cut line is top 70+ties

*** all active PGA Tour members that don't make the Duetsche Bank Championship field will be entered in the Web.com Tour finals - you will be playing to keep your PGA Tour card ***

BMW Championship
-  top 70 active and eligible members on FedEx Cup points list
-  no cut

TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola
-  top 30 active and eligible members on FedEx Cup points list
-  no cut
-  FedEx Cup points reset prior to 1st round
-  Seed points distributed to top 30 as per this chart
-  Bonus money handed out as per this chart



Race to Dubai
-  Eligible players include all European Tour card holders, 2016 Major & WGC winners as well as PGA Tour players that won a full point European Tour event 
-  Money earned will carry over into the Race to Dubai 
-  Top 15 after DP World Championship will share $5,000,000 bonus money and will be included in Race to Dubai money totals (payout details here - ignore additional bonus) 

Turkish Airlines Open
-  Field: top 78 active and eligible players from money list
-  Format: 72 holes stroke play - no cut

*** all active European Tour members that don't make the Turkish Airlines Open field will be entered in the Web.com Tour finals - you will be playing to keep your European Tour card ***

Nedbank Golf Challenge
-  Field: top 78 active and eligible players from money list
-  Format: 72 holes stroke play - no cut

DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
-  Field: top 60 active and eligible players from money list - Minimum 12 European Tour events played (WGC/Majors count)
-  Format: 72 holes stroke play - no cut
-  Bonus pool paid out as per this chart (ignoring the Additional Bonus column)



Web.com Tour Finals

Cut: 120 for all 4 events

Field (all 4 events)
-  All active PGA/Euro members that don't qualify for their home tour's playoffs following W47 will be entered in the Web.com Tour Finals
-  Top 140 active Web.com Tour card holders on the Web.com Tour money list
-  All players will be manually put in this field as long as you qualify above on each Sunday of the four events
-  Money list is reset to 0 for playoffs
-  pro cards available: 120 (50 PGA, 70 Euro) - PGA and European Tour will have caps - after a tours cap is maxed out the remaining members will be placed in the tour with open slots available
-  PGA/European tour cards will be assigned via priority list (money winnings from the 4 Web.com Tour Finals events) based on Preferred Tour Card in TGCT players profile (on www.tgctours.com hover over your name in the top right corner and select Edit Profile)
-  Top 10 from regular season money list automatically earn Pro Tour cards (following W47) - will still participate in Web.com Tour finals



Challenge Circuit Finals
-  4-event playoff at the end of the season that will mimic the Web.com Tour Finals
-  there will be 60 Web.com Tour cards available to the leaders of the master playoff money list (all flights eligible)
-  all flights (except CC-Z) will have a certain amount of cards up for grabs - not just 60 Web.com Tour cards - everyone is playing for something in these playoffs (see below for how it will work)
-  Money list is reset to 0 for playoffs
-  you can earn tour card to any higher flight up to and including the Web.com Tour - ie CC-C member can earn a Web.com Tour card if they earn enough money, CC-Z player can earn a CC-C card etc
-  promotions and demotions within CC flights will not be active during these events except for winners as that is automated
-  demotion strikes will be cleared and turned off
-  new members can still enter via Q-School
-  All Flights:  Top 5 from regular season money list automatically earn tour card to Tour/Flight above (following W47) - these players can still participate in playoffs

CC-A Field
-  All active Web.com Tour members that aren't in their tour's playoffs following W47 (outside of the top 140) will be entered in the Challenge Circuit Tour Finals (TGCT admin will manually register these players)

CC-B through Z field
- standard fields based on tour card

Promotion after CC Finals is complete
-  we will hand out 60 Web.com Tour cards to the top 60 players from the Master Money List (comprised of just the 4 playoff events)
-  I will then filter out CC-A and Web.com players from the Master Money list. From this new list we'll take the top XX players plus ties and give them CC-A cards.
-  I will then filter out CC-A,B and Web.com players from the Master Money list. From this new list we'll take the top XX players plus ties and give them CC-B cards.
-  I will then filter out CC-A,B,C and Web.com players from the Master Money list. From this new list we'll take the top XX players plus ties and give them CC-C cards.
-  I will then filter out CC-A,B,C,D and Web.com players from the Master Money list. From this new list we'll take the top XX players plus ties and give them CC-D cards.
-  I will then filter out CC-A,B,C,D,E and Web.com players from the Master Money list. From this new list we'll take the top 5 players plus ties and give them CC-E cards.

*** XX will be determined by how many Pro tour cards are up for grabs - Check back around W47 for updated #'s
*** the above promotions will be recorded and posted in the forums along with a link to updated Master Money List after each step - likely in the form of a Google Spreadsheet



Demotions
-  At the end of the season all Pro level players (PGA, Euro, Web) that are inactive drop 1 tour level - there will be no demotions for inactive Challenge Circuit players


Tour Cards Available
These are tentative numbers - they may change based off of how many people are inactive and don't submit scores for playoff rounds following W48.

Tour cards available via the Web.com Tour Finals
PGA  50 cards
Euro  70 cards

Tour cards available via the Challenge Circuit Finals
Web.com  60 cards

From there we'll have a base of 90 players per flight in the Challenge circuit - which will essentially be a major resort after the initial Web.com Tour cards are given out.
ie - if there are only 15 CC-A players left after Web.com cards handed out, we'll grab the next best 75 from the master list and promote them to CC-A. Then we'll move to CC-B and see how many active members are left - and top it up to 90 and on down the line.

Challenge Circuit players - Note that if you are inactive or play poorly - you will not drop down a flight - the only two options will be a promotion or staying on your current flight at the end of the Challenge Circuit Finals.

[ATLdust]

My brain just melted.

[Doyley]

Jul 30, 2016 19:18:46 GMT -5 ATLdust said:

My brain just melted.

Play well and you may end up a few flights above where you currently sit - that's the gist for CC folk

[ATLdust]

Simple enough. May have been the shots and whiskey

[Jared]

I love that Ian Sweeney is 2nd on the FedEx standings list and he mostly plays on the Euro tour.

[Deleted]

Jul 30, 2016 17:38:53 GMT -5 Doyley said:

Promotion after CC Finals is complete
-  we will hand out XX Web.com Tour cards to the top XX players from the Master Money List (comprised of just the 4 playoff events)
-  I will then filter out CC-A and Web.com players from the Master Money list. From this new list we'll take the top XX players plus ties and give them CC-A cards.
-  I will then filter out CC-A,B and Web.com players from the Master Money list. From this new list we'll take the top XX players plus ties and give them CC-B cards.
-  I will then filter out CC-A,B,C and Web.com players from the Master Money list. From this new list we'll take the top XX players plus ties and give them CC-C cards.
-  I will then filter out CC-A,B,C,D and Web.com players from the Master Money list. From this new list we'll take the top XX players plus ties and give them CC-D cards.
-  I will then filter out CC-A,B,C,D,E and Web.com players from the Master Money list. From this new list we'll take the top 5 players plus ties and give them CC-E cards.

*** XX will be determined by how many Pro tour cards are up for grabs - Check back around W47 for updated #'s
*** the above promotions will be recorded and posted in the forums along with a link to updated Master Money List after each step - likely in the form of a Google Spreadsheet



Demotions
-  At the end of the season all Pro level players (PGA, Euro, Web) that are inactive drop 1 tour level - there will be no demotions for inactive Challenge Circuit players
-  Irving R. Levine goes back to CC-Z because let's face it, he sucks and I hate him.

I knew it.

[yaters]

Just so I'm clear, if I am in the top 100 for FedEx points I don't have to re-qualify for PGA? Is week 47 The Barclays or prior to that?

[theduke21]

A lot to digest here.

With the Olympics coming up, worrying about Ryder Cup points, and trying to get 2 more Euro tournaments in to get eligible for Dubai, this could be really tough.

Shame we can't get Ryder Cup points at the Olympics.

[theduke21]

Looks like Brian May will have no chance to reach 12 tourneys, Custard got his 12th with the PGA, me and Hammond need two more Euro tournaments to qualify. I'm looking at skipping the Wyndham (Shame I can't defend title) and the BMW to fulfill those two tournaments. I hope that I'll stay in the top 8 in Ryder Cup and do enough to stay in the top 6 in FedEx going into the Tour Championship.

Or I can skip the Olympics and everything will be okay.

[Doyley]

Skipping Olympics is allowed - just let me know and we'll go to the next American. Just say Zika and everyone will understand!

[theduke21]

Jul 30, 2016 23:07:29 GMT -5 Doyley said:

Skipping Olympics is allowed - just let me know and we'll go to the next American. Just say Zika and everyone will understand!

I WILL FIGHT FOR MY COUNTRY. ROAD TO DUBAI BE DAMNED. 

[Deleted]

Jul 30, 2016 22:22:44 GMT -5 yaters said:

Just so I'm clear, if I am in the top 100 for FedEx points I don't have to re-qualify for PGA? Is week 47 The Barclays or prior to that?

This is the point I read earlier as well and was wondering about.

Week 46 is the Barclays.  Going into the event 125 players start and 100 advance.

Week 47 is the Deutsche Bank. Going into the event 100 players start and 70 advance.

So this quote from Doyley's post has me wondering:

"*** all active PGA Tour members outside of the Top 100 after W47 - Deutsche Bank Championship will be entered in the Web.com Tour finals - you will be playing to keep your PGA Tour card ***"

AFTER week 47 the cutdown is 70 players.  So if the above is true, then all players who make it into the Duetsche Bank Championship would be guaranteed a top 100 Fed Ex spot BEFORE the event begins.  So my question exactly here is:


Should the above read:

-all active PGA members outside of the Top 100 after W46 - The Barclys... etc. etc.

OR

-all active PGA members outside of the Top 70 after W47 - Deutsche Bank... etc. etc.

[yaters]

Jul 31, 2016 1:14:25 GMT -5 @swaeromotion said:

Jul 30, 2016 22:22:44 GMT -5 yaters said:

Just so I'm clear, if I am in the top 100 for FedEx points I don't have to re-qualify for PGA? Is week 47 The Barclays or prior to that?

This is the point I read earlier as well and was wondering about.

Week 46 is the Barclays.  Going into the event 125 players start and 100 advance.

Week 47 is the Deutsche Bank. Going into the event 100 players start and 70 advance.

So this quote from Doyley's post has me wondering:

"*** all active PGA Tour members outside of the Top 100 after W47 - Deutsche Bank Championship will be entered in the Web.com Tour finals - you will be playing to keep your PGA Tour card ***"

AFTER week 47 the cutdown is 70 players.  So if the above is true, then all players who make it into the Duetsche Bank Championship would be guaranteed a top 100 Fed Ex spot BEFORE the event begins.  So my question exactly here is:


Should the above read:

-all active PGA members outside of the Top 100 after W46 - The Barclys... etc. etc.

OR

-all active PGA members outside of the Top 70 after W47 - Deutsche Bank... etc. etc.

Great, now I'm even more confused.  Thanks a lot Bob!

[Deleted]

S2 European Tour members with wins on PGA (minor events excluded)
Ian Sweeney
Jules Powell daddyjules


Doesn't Brian Murphy qualify for this? He has 3 PGA wins this season.

[Giraffe72]

My questions: (sorry, I know you'll have a few!) This top 78 thing for the Turkish Airlines Open... Only the top 78 qualify to play it, and then following that event anyone outside the top 78 plays the Web finals. Surely the top 78 wouldn't change being as the rest can't play in it anyway? Even I would struggle to lose money!

Also, what happens to the 18 players who qualify for the Nedbank but miss out on the final event? Just an extra week off and Euro card confirmed for next season?

I might well be around this mark so just trying to clarify what I need to do! Thanks.