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PGA Tour Q-School's 10 Best Qualifiers

The PGA Tour's Q-School has always been a test of nerves, physical conditioning, and mental fortitude. It's intended to test the mettle of young players and make them earn their way onto the top tour in golf. Veteran Billy Mayfair proved last week that experience trumps energy level, as he claimed medalist honors from the...

The Next Tiger? Meet Joseph Bramlett

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. -- Veteran Billy Mayfair won the PGA Tour's Qualifying Tournament Monday. That's good. Joseph Bramlett finished seven shots back and tied for 16th. Maybe, even better. That's how Q School, golf's six-day, 108-hole coming-of-age event, works. Nobody really wins qualifying. Success is achieved by...

PGA Tour Q-School Always Educational

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. -- Although the final stage of PGA Tour qualifying returns with a familiar storyline this time every year, it never seems to get old. Maybe that's because the fascinatingly brutal golf event was a television reality show before there were television reality shows. The process, affectionately known as...

Ex-No. 1 David Duval Fights For Survival

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- David Duval, once the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world and a British Open champion, began play Wednesday at PGA Tour qualifying school.That's Bruce Springsteen singing at the Holiday Inn lounge, Donald Trump counting dollars as a night auditor, or Chef Paul flipping burgers. But here he is at...