Thanks to weather that came through the Jacksonville area on Sunday, the final round of the Web.com Tour Tour Championship was delayed until Monday. As a result, the handing out of the final 25 PGA Tour cards for the upcoming season was also backed up a day.
Jonathan Byrd won the event by four strokes, clinching his Tour card, but like it is on the PGA Tour as the year comes to an end, the real excitement came in the battle for the final spots.
Five guys in total played their way inside the top 25 this week, earning their PGA Tour cards for the 2017-2018 season. Seamus Power, Steve Wheatcroft, Chad Collins, Tom Hoge, and Byrd were all on the outside looking in heading to the Tour Championship but now have playing privileges on the big Tour this upcoming season.
With five guys playing their way in, five guys found themselves wondering what if as they will battle another season on the Web.com Tour. Adam Svensson was the bubble boy, missing out his Tour card by $2,688. Also on the outside looking in was Ryo Ishikawa, Cameron Percy, Matthew Southgate (who was hit with a 4 shot penalty last week for an errant leaf), Roberto Castro, and Matt Harmon. Harmon, who battled his way into the top 25 heading into Monday, bogeyed 13, missed a 3 1/2-footer for birdie on 17 and then three-putted from long range on 18 for another bogey to fall out of the top 25.
Former U.S. Amateur champion Peter Uihilein finished first on the Finals money list, giving him fully exempt status in his first full season on the PGA Tour.
Here is the full list of the 25 who earned their cards via the Web.com Tour Finals:
1. Uihlein
2. Byrd
3. Nicholas Lindheim
4. Rob Oppenheim
5. Ryan Armour
6. Sam Saunders
7. Shawn Stefani
8. Jonathan Randolph
9. Bronson Burgoon
10. Keith Mitchell
11. Tyler Duncan
12. Denny McCarthy
13. Troy Merritt
14. Tom Lovelady
15. Martin Piller
16. Alex Cejka
17. Matt Jones
18. Cameron Tringale
19. Brett Stegmaier
20. Corey Conners
21. Wheatcroft
22. Chad Collins
23. Hoge
24. Joel Dahmen
25. Power