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I am not sure I will agree with that. Don't shoot me if I don't have the exact numbers, but:

125 - 150 go directly to Q-School Final Examination (thus a new chans to secure their card), and they also get into a decent amount of tournaments that pick players from that category (John Deere, B.C. Open [now Turning Stone?] Hartford etc) and they are automatically in with Nationwide status. So its not like they aren't going to make a living playing golf the next year.

I think JG was 196th on the 07 money list and he has played more tournaments than some players who were above him on the list.

I guess I should have said "There is no next year on the PGA TOUR unless they earn their way back through the same channel as everybody else." Certainly, even a guaranteed return trip to the 6-round Q-School Final Stage does not equate to having a secured card.

And playing the Nationwide is a far cry from the 'big TOUR'. Start with $600,000 purses -- roughly 1/10th of the average PGA TOUR event -- endorsement money cut approximately 90 percent, no courtesy cars, full travel and caddy expenses. The truth is that very few players actually 'make' money on the Nationwide Tour. They are in a survival mode doing everything they can to regain their Exempt Status.

Also, and I'll check into this, I don't believe there is a 125-150 category from which the 'opposite events' automatically allocate spots. There are individual players who enjoy Veteran Member 'status' -- that's a technical word on the PGA TOUR -- players who "if not otherwise eligible and if needed to fill the field" have made a minimum of 150 cuts during their career (in order of their standing on the PGA TOUR Career Money List).

That status is independent of the 125 cut.

Finally, if by "JG" you meant JD, i.e., John Daly, well, I think we can all agree that this is a special case. First, despite his recent playing record, he remains a gallery favorite and a definite draw for any tournament. Second, he enjoys a 'status' that permits unlimited sponsors exemptions, a status denied most of those outside the Top 125 (if they could get a sponsor's exemption in the first place).