The road to the US PGA Tour

Nick Flanagan shot a 77 on Thursday and a 69 on Friday to miss the cut by 1 shot at the Nationwide in Midland Texas. Nick had a 2pm tee time on Thursday and the wind was very strong in the afternoon. Unfortunately I felt he made only 3 key errors on the front 9 that set his round up and had him 4 over par early. The main error was on the 3rd hole, where after two nice pars to start he hit a 5 iron short in the water for 2 on a par 5 and made bogey when he was in perfect position for a birdie. He fought back well over the last 27 holes and missed the cut by just a solitary 1 shot. I feel every aspect of his game is in good shape now and with 3 tournaments to go before the end of the season I expect he will have a very strong finish to the year and give himself a shot at the top 20 on the money list. If he doesn't make top 20, but finishes in the top 35, he gets to come back to Palm Springs for the Tour School final in December where the top 30 finishers over the 6 round final secure their US PGA Tour cards.