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Fielding Earns Exempt Status on Web.com Tour

Dusty Fielding didn’t win his PGA Tour Card at Q-School. That only went to the low 25 scores and ties, but he finished with a solid 68 final round and a total score of 13 under par and earned exempt status on the Web.com Tour for next year—-and that’s very good news.
The Web.com Tour is owned and operated by the PGA Tour and is solid financially with a full schedule of events and next year replaces the Q-School as the pathway to a PGA Tour card. The top 25 money earners on the Web.com Tour will earn exempt status on the PGA Tour instead of the gut wrenching six-day do-or-die Q-School test. Thus, instead of proving himself worthy of the PGA Tour in a six-day qualifying tournament a player must now prove himself on the year-long Web.com Tour. There will still be a Q-School, but it will be for exempt spots on the Web.com Tour.
Daniel Summerhays will remain the only Utahn on the PGA Tour. This past year he retained his card by winning more than $1 million.
Dean Wilson, the other Utahn playing in the PGA Tour Q-School, finished in 104th place and that gave him conditional status on the Web.com Tour for next year.
The scoreboard for the Utahns was as follows:T49- Dusty Fielding, 72-70-67-71-71-68-419, at minus 13.T104- Dean Wilson, 72-73-67-68-74-71-425, at minus seven.164- Scott Pinckney, 75-71-74-75-74-76, at plus 13.
The 26 who earned PGA Tour cards were as follows:
1 T6 Dong-hwan Lee (SC) -5 F -25 68 72 65 64 71 67 407T2 T11 Ross Fisher (SC) -6 F -24 69 69 65 72 67 66 408T2 T3 Steve LeBrun (SC) -3 F -24 64 69 68 71 67 69 408T4 T9 Richard H. Lee (SC) -4 F -23 66 67 74 64 70 68 409T4 T9 Billy Horschel (SC) -4 F -23 70 65 66 71 69 68 409T4 2 Kris Blanks (SC) -1 F -23 65 70 67 70 66 71 409T7 T15 Erik Compton (SC) -5 F -22 67 70 68 71 67 67 410T7 T11 Brad Fritsch (SC) -4 F -22 72 67 66 71 66 68 410T7 T6 Jin Park (SC) -2 F -22 65 70 68 69 68 70 410T10 T24 Fabian Gomez (SC) -6 F -21 70 67 69 73 66 66 411T10 T17 Michael Letzig (SC) -5 F -21 71 69 67 66 71 67 411T10 T17 Jeff Gove (SC) -5 F -21 69 69 68 67 71 67 411T10 1 Steven Bowditch (SC) 2 F -21 73 67 66 67 64 74 411T14 T11 Matt Jones (SC) -2 F -20 71 70 65 68 68 70 412T14 T11 Robert Karlsson (SC) -2 F -20 66 68 65 75 68 70 412T14 T6 Eric Meierdierks (SC) E F -20 70 66 67 70 67 72 412T17 T24 Scott Langley (SC) -4 F -19 72 69 69 69 66 68 413T17 T17 Aaron Watkins (SC) -3 F -19 69 67 71 68 69 69 413T17 T3 Derek Ernst (SC) 2 F -19 68 68 70 67 66 74 413T20 T30 Si Woo Kim (SC) -4 F -18 67 69 71 69 70 68 414T20 T24 Tag Ridings (SC) -3 F -18 73 69 66 70 67 69 414T22 T30 Donald Constable (SC) -3 F -17 67 70 67 71 71 69 415T22 T46 Bobby Gates (SC) -5 F* -17 70 72 72 65 69 67 415T22 T46 Patrick Reed (SC) -5 F* -17 70 75 68 67 68 67 415T22 T46 Henrik Norlander (SC) -5 F* -17 67 74 68 71 68 67 415T22 T24 Chez Reavie (SC) -2 F -17 72 66 68 67 72 70 415