2010 Medical Extensions

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Nov. 15, 2010
By Rob Bolton, PGATOUR.COM Correspondent

2010 UPDATED LISTS: Rookie Watch | Medical Extensions | Reshuffle

In order of priority rankings.

Golfers based in order of priority rankings.
Golfer	Category	Events played	Money earned	Events remaining	Money needed	Last PGA TOUR start
Chris Perry	Major Medical	0	$0	18	$515,445	July 2006
Brett Wetterich	Major Medical	16	$510,672	1	$220,405	November 2010
Bart Bryant	Major Medical	0	$0	9	$336,093	July 2009
Arron Oberholser	Major Medical	0	$0	14	$349,854	October 2009
Joey Snyder III	Major Medical	0	$0	25	$647,466	March 2006
Dudley Hart	Major Medical	0	$0	13	$504,284	May 2009
Jose Maria Olazabal	Major Medical	0	$0	20	$552,923	June 2009
Hank Kuehne	Major Medical	0	$0	18	$636,221	June 2007
Jose Coceres	Major Medical	0	$0	6	$598,323	May 2009
Wes Short, Jr.	Major Medical	0	$0	12	$743,061	February 2009
Patrick Moore	Nationwide Tour/3 wins	4	$0	4	$452,636	October 2010
Duffy Waldorf	Q School/Nationwide Tour	0	$0	19	$845,402	March 2008
David Berganio, Jr.	Q School/Nationwide Tour	0	$0	7	$547,166	July 2009
Carl Paulson	Q School/Nationwide Tour	0	$0	15	$428,522	July 2005
Tommy Armour III	Minor Medical	5	$11,130	2	$148,247	November 2010
%Shane Bertsch	Non-Exempt	4	$57,108	9	$605,575	November 2010

% - Bertsch is a 2009 Q School grad, so his active priority ranking is better, but if he meets the dollar amount remaining on his Non-Exempt Major Medical Extension within the allotted number of starts, he will get elevated to the Major Medical category, which is three levels above his priority ranking.

EXPLANATIONS

When a player receives a Major Medical Extension, he has a specified number of events (the greater of the average number of his starts in the three previous calendar years or the average played by players in the Top 125 category in the previous year) minus the number of events he played during the year of his injury to earn enough money in the current season that when added to his earnings the previous year would have placed him 125th or higher on the previous year's money list. At that point, that player plays out of the Major Medical Extension category for the remainder of the season. If his combined earnings place him between 126th and 150th on the previous year's money list, that player can compete out of that category for the rest of the year and he receives an exemption into Finals of the Qualifying Tournament.

If a player was injured and missed less than four months the previous year, he can be granted a Minor Medical Extension. The Minor Medical Extension category follows the Nationwide/Qualifying Tournament category in priority for tournament play.

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