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4Appleby loses exempt status, gains Tiger

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profileIconRANDALL MELL, Senior Writer, GolfChannel.com
 Posted 11/07/2009, 12:06 PM EST

Stuart Appleby isn’t using his last chance to work his way into the top 125 on the PGA Tour money list next week and will lose his exempt status when the season ends at the conclusion of the Children’s Miracle Network Classic at Disney World.

Appleby, who is No. 134 on the PGA Tour money list and lives in Windermere, did not commit to play at Disney when the deadline passed on Friday.

Instead, he’s chosen to give the thrill of a lifetime to a giant group of juniors in his Australian homeland.

As part of Appleby’s participation in the Australian Masters next week, he is leading a special clinic on Wednesday for the Stuart Appleby Junior Golf Foundation. It’s special because Tiger Woods has agreed to speak to the estimated 1,000 children who will take part, according to Bobby Kreusler, Appleby’s manager at Blue Giraffe Sports. Woods is scheduled to address the youth after his pro-am round at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne.

Though Appleby wasn’t about to cancel his part in the big day for his juniors, skipping Disney causes him some hardship.

In his 13 seasons on the PGA Tour, Appleby has failed just once to retain his PGA Tour card, his rookie season. He’s an eight-time PGA Tour winner.

Though he’s 15th on the PGA Tour in career money and is eligible to take exemptions next year for top-25 or top-50 career money winners, Kreusler said Appleby is leaning against using those exemptions. Instead, he is considering playing next year off the standing he’ll get as a top 150 money winner. He would also seek sponsor exemptions.

“But no final decisions been made,” Kreusler said.

Appleby, however, has ruled out going back to Q-School.

 

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  1. HoganTempo

    HoganTempo Said on 11/09/2009, at 1:57 PM EST

    “Hewitt - Appleby personifies the old sayings, "What goes around comes around" and "You had better be careful who you step on on your way up beacuse you never know who you will meet on your way down".............”

  2. hewitt sucks

    hewitt sucks Said on 11/09/2009, at 9:32 AM EST

    “Appleby gets what his loud mouth deserves. He trashed JDaly and now he is off to the European Tour...he won't be missed..they can have him.”

  3. HoganTempo

    HoganTempo Said on 11/08/2009, at 5:21 PM EST

    “Stub - I'm with you 100%. How many times have I posted the same thing! Let's go back to Top 60 exempt and we'll see the rest of you guys on Monday morning....and see who wants to play! You play well - you make money. You don't play well then you find a new career.It's that simple. If they could do Monday qualifying successfully 40 years ago then they should be able to successfully do it now!This Top 125 socialistic experimental failure,I believe,was Gary McCord's idea(so people like him wouldn't have to go thru the agony and embarrassment of failing to qualify for that week's tournament)and Deane Beman was dumb enough to believe him and implement it thus further promoting the mass mediocrity that you have today.”

  4. stub

    stub Said on 11/07/2009, at 12:21 PM EST

    “ OK guys..get ready to jump on this one..I go back to the stupid 125 list..All the confusion started with the exempt status garbage..Take us back to Monday qualifying and show us some real competition..All that's been done, is let margional players make money but do little else...STUB ”

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