Interesting---Brian Gay is having a great year, John Riegger wins on the Nationwide Tour, Jay Williamson wins on the Nationwide Tour and a few weeks later finishes 2nd in a PGA Tour event. Apparently these gentlemen have taken "the student's job is to absorb and apply" to heart. They are on a roll. Fun to watch. If this continues Yoda will have to travel with an entourage!
Plummer and Bennet have 21 players under their wing - then why not Yoda?
The $648,000 2nd prize that Jay Williamson earned at Hartford is well in excess of what the 150th player on the 2006 Official Money List earned. So Jay is now eligible to accept as many sponsor invites as can be offered to him for the rest of 2007. The Top-10 finish alone gets him into next week's Buick Open.
Item - Because Jay is on the non-members money list, he is currently not eligible for such things as Fed Ex Cup Points or money towards invitations to a future major.
If Jay Williamson's 2007 PGA Tour earnings equal or exceed those of the 125th player on the final 2007 Official Money List, then he gets a 2008 PGA Tour Card. He would be exempt in the category below that for the regular Top 125.
If Jay wins a PGA Tour event, then he'll be elevated to the regular money list and be eligible for the Masters, PGA Championship, Players Championship, Mercedes-Benz Championship and have job security thru 2009.