PGA Tour
The top 25 players at the conclusion of play earn full status for 2012. David Duval is the name that will get the most attention. The former world No. 1, 2001 British Open winner, 14-time PGA Tour winner is back at Q-School finals after making it through a second-stage qualifier several weeks ago. Duval finished No. 152 on the PGA Tour money list in 2011.
In addition to Duval, there are three other major champions in the field: Rich Beem, Lee Janzen and Shaun Micheel. Janzen is a 2-time major winner.
Among the PGA Tour winners and recognizable journeymen are Tommy Armour III, who holds the PGA Tour 72-hole scoring record and has been playing the Champions Tour; Guy Boros, Daniel Chopra, Bob Estes, Steve Flesch (the fourth-winningest left-hander in tour history), Carlos Franco, Robert Gamez, Jason Gore, Mathias Gronberg, Bob May, Scott McCarron, Tim Petrovic and Dean Wilson.
Former Ryder Cuppers Jeff Maggert, Boo Weekley and Brett Wetterich are entered. So are three former Big Breakers: Benoit Beisser, James Nitties and Anthony Rodriguez.
Two others with excellent chances this week are Harris English, the NCAA star who won as an amateur on the Nationwide Tour this year; and Asian Tour star Seung-Yul Noh.
And two more who aren't among the favorites but will be great stories if they earn their cards: onetime wunderkind Ty Tyron and Arnold Palmer's grandson Sam Saunders.
View the full entry list and other tourney info on PGATour.com. Live scoring will be available there, too, once play begins, and the Golf Channel is televising the tournament.
See also:
List of PGA Tour Q-School winners
LPGA Tour
At LPGA Tour Q-School finals, the top 20 finishers earn the highest available exemption status for 2012. But the LPGA finals are perhaps more notable who isn't playing as for who is. Because who isn't playing is Lexi Thompson. Thompson played a first-stage qualifier and was entered in a second-stage qualifier, but was granted LPGA membership after winning the Navistar LPGA Classic at age 16.
The only major champion in the field is Birdie Kim, winner of the 2005 U.S. Women's Open. In the past two years, Kim has made only two cuts - but they were the last two tournaments she played this year.
Also entered are Minea Blomqvist, who shares the LPGA record for lowest round in a major; and former U.S. Women's Amateur champ Mariajo Uribe, who won the unofficial money HSBC Brasil Cup this year.
Recent amateur stars Carlota Ciganda, Ginger Howard, Danielle Kang, Kimberly Kim and Lizette Salas bear watching, as do current amateurs Brianna Do, Stephanie Kono and Victoria Tanco.
Big Breakers in the field are Lili Alvarez, Mallory Blackwelder, Sara Brown, Blair O'Neal, Nicole Smith, Bri Vega and Whitney Wright.
And we'll also mention Izzy Beisiegel, who earlier in 2011 made it through Canadian Tour Q-School, the first woman to do so. Beisiegel had full or partial LPGA status from 2004-07.
You can view the full field on LPGA.com, and that link is also where you can find scores once play begins.
See also:
List of LPGA Tour Q-School winners
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