Webb Simpson will have to finish in at least 15th place

Webb Simpson will have to finish in at least 15th place


Webb Simpson will have to finish in at least 15th place alone at the McGladrey Classic to earn enough money to move past Luke Donald atop the PGA Tour money list.Simpson is $68,971 behind and decided to add another tournament with hopes of winning the money title.The money title is important to Donald because he has a chance to become the first player to lead the money list on the PGA Tour and European Tour in the same season. Players have to be members of both tours to be counted on the money list.Donald can see why its important to Simpson, too.Winning the money title on the PGA Tour comes with a five-year exemption. Driver de golf Even though Simpson has won twice this year and now is exempt for the next three years, a year ago he didnt have his card locked up until the Fall Series.“So for someone this time last year who was struggling to keep his card, that might be very appealing,” Donald said a few weeks ago.Donald, meanwhile, hinted he could play in next weeks Disney tournament, the last stop on the schedule. He is waiting to see how Simpson fares at Sea Island before deciding what to do. ping driver DUSTIN AND GARY: Dustin Johnson and Gary Woodland have been friends since they were amateurs. They first played a practice round in college and have remained close. Its only a coincidence that theyre two of golfs best athletes.Woodland played on a traveling baseball team as a teenager until his father urged him to narrow his choice of sports. He also spent one year playing college basketball before realizing his future was in golf. Johnson was profiled in a recent PGA Tour commercial dunking a basketball, swimming and doing other athletic endeavors.It was an impressive display - except to Woodland. driver golf pas cherYeah, yeah, Ive seen all that,” Woodland said when asked what he thought of the commercial. “Ive seen it once. That was enough.”Someone asked Woodland who would win in a game of “horse.”“Id kill him,” Woodland said.What about one-on-one in basketball?“Id kill him,” Woodland said again.As for the dunk by Johnson on the commercial?“On a small goal,” Woodland replied. “That aint no 10-foot goal.”Was there anything in the commercial that Woodland could not do himself, if not better?