A potential q-school overhaul

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Hanger: Twenty-one-year-old rookie John Huh, who tied for fifth at Torrey, is an undeniably great story. He grew up in Korea, Chicago and L.A., had a cup of coffee at Cal State-Northridge and played the Titleist 910 D3 Driver
before squeaking through Q-school last year. If the proposed changes to Q-school were in effect last year, Huh would be plying his trade on the Nationwide Tour. Will you miss seeing these qualifiers making a splash on the big Tour, or do you like the idea of sending (nearly) everyone through the minor leagues first?
Shipnuck: Frankly, I\'m having a hard time caring. The truly talented players will find their way to the Tour no matter what.
Dusek: I agree. If a player coming out of college is special, he\'ll burn it up on the Nationwide Tour and play in The Show the next season, or win three times and get a battlefield promotion. I have no problem with the PGA Tour starting the season before we flip the calendar.
Gorant: I have mixed feelings. There are a few cases in which it would suck. A guy like Rickie Fowler or even Bud Cauley not having a direct path to the Tour seems dumb, but Titleist 910 D3 Driver
could survive a year-long wait for John Huh. In the end, the cream will rise.
Van Sickle: The real story here is that the PGA Tour is scrambling to find sponsors to replace Nationwide. This plan is essentially a sales pitch to make sponsoring three Nationwide events more appealing. As for the new system, I\'d like to know what the guy who finished 200th on the PGA Tour money list did that was so dazzling that he gets a chance at regaining his card while the best player from college golf or maybe the U.S. Amateur doesn\'t get a chance. There is no need for this change. If you want fairness, let everybody play six rounds and take the best scores. There is nothing fairer than the scorecard. The proposal is a terrible idea.
Lipsey: It seems like this is less about nixing Q-school than it is about the Tour looking for a way to try and drum up interest in fall Tour golf, which may or not be successful Titleist 910 D3 Driver
Herre: Q-schoolers doing well is fun, but rare. I don\'t get all the gnashing of teeth over this change. It\'s simply part of a plan to grow the Tour, probably in Asia and some day in South America. The PGA Tour has done a tremendous job growing its business. You have to make some changes now and then to do that.
Van Sickle: I can\'t wait to hear you change your tune when the next real star (like Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson) of amateur/college golf can\'t get a crack at the PGA Tour in his first year. And we still haven\'t heard the final details of how this is going to work. If it\'s anything like the FedEx Cup points system, that\'s a problem. Rickie Fowler wouldn\'t have made the Ryder Cup team with this Titleist 910 D3 Driver
in place. He\'d likely have been sentenced to the Nationwide Tour that year instead.