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Neal Shipley (PGA Golf Pro)

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Jagdaddy said:
It’s pretty tough to keep a card these days. He seems to be getting adjusted though, and I think he’ll start getting some higher finishes soon.
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Just sayin':

1. You need to finish in the top 100 of the Fed Ex Cup points list at the end of the season to automatically retain full PGA Tour playing privileges for the following year.

A clean breakdown of PGA Tour card retention levels:
  • Top 100 (Fully Exempt): Players finishing in the top 100 receive guaranteed entry into all full-field PGA Tour events.
  • Nos. 101–150 (Conditional Status): Players who finish outside the top 100 but inside the top 150 receive conditional status. They are ranked into priority categories that determine which full-field events they are eligible to enter as alternates or via tournament reshuffles.
  • Beyond No. 150: Players finishing between 151 and 200 receive lower conditional status, while finishing outside the top 200 results in a complete loss of status, requiring players to regain their card through avenues like PGA Tour Q-School.
2. Currently Neal Shipley sits at #179 with 40 points on the Fed Ex Cup ranking. On the $$$ side he did earn $44,938 this weekend at the US Open bringing his seasons earnings to $144,633.

Neal Shipley PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career

The Official PGA TOUR Profile of Neal Shipley. PGA TOUR Stats, bio, video, photos, results, and career highlights
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Ah, bring back the days of 'Rabbit Mondays'. These were the qualifying rounds on Monday, with several (?) low rounds needed to qualify for the Thursday tournament rounds. Still looks (to me at least), better than the Conditional Status, where seems pretty subjective on who's in or not. Looks like Neil's destined for another year on the Korn Ferry tour. Keep plugging Neil.
 
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Appears that the pros like the courses that give them a 'putting contest'. With numbers at -16 etc, they like rolling them in. Heard that when they play the ATT, they didn't like Poppy Hills, as there were a bunch of 'buried elephants' in the greens. That's why the Open courses, -6 seems to win. Tougher rough, holes hidden behind bunkers, stuff that would be a living h*** for golfers like you and me. Here's hoping Neal takes this setback as a challenge, and works his fanny off to correct, enhance his game. Is Moldama (sp) Neal's teammate still on the level 2? Thanks.
 
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I decided to do a deep dive into Neal's stats to see why he hasn't had better results (I expected a lot of variability from week to week, which really hasn't been the issue, but thought he'd have stronger good weeks than he has had so far). Drive for show, putt for dough seems to be the TLDR conclusion, with his non-putting short game around the green, especially from the sand, also costing him bigly.

Leaving aside rankings for the moment, he's gaining .729 strokes per round on the field driving (3rd on the entire tour), but losing .103 on approach shots, .560 around the green, and .632 putting. Digging deeper on the two problem areas, he's ranked 135th in total scrambling but he's 52nd in scrambling from the rough and 154th in sand save percentage. When it comes to putting, the mid range seems to be what's killing him as he's ranked 72nd on putts inside 10 feet (probably a number that's better than the reality due to gimmes left over after missing mid-range putts), but 158th from both 10-15 feet and 15-20 feet and 123rd from 20-25 feet. He's actually ranked 17th in putting for putts over 25 feet. He's also 153rd in lag putting (proximity to the hole after the first putt).

There are a few quirky things. Oddly, he's only ranked 112th in shots gained on approach shots but is quite a bit better than that in a lot of the components that make up that stat. For example, he's ranked 22nd in proximity to the hole in approach shots. He's also ranked 56th in par 3 scoring average despite being ranked 136th in total scoring average. A final quirk is that his first round scoring average (71.53) is almost a full stroke worse than his scoring average for his next worst round (70.53 for round three) with rounds 2 and 4 coming in at 70.12 and 70.00 respectively. That might be a function of being a rookie and not being familiar with the course or might have to do with nerves and pressure. Who knows?
 
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