The FedEx Cup Fall starts this week at the Procore Championship (previously the Fortinet Championship and before that the Safeway Open) and the first Monday qualifier for the fall is in the books.
Also, the first funny gaffe of the season goes to Mark Hubbard.
Hubbard is one of four golfers, along with Sangmoon Bae, Cole Sherwood and Sam Choi, to get through via the Monday qualifier. Hubbard, in fact, won the Monday Q but things didn’t need to be this complicated as he could’ve gotten in the field by simply entering on time.
“Short answer: I missed the commitment deadline Friday by about 23 minutes,” he said Monday, adding that he “had some technical difficulties with my phone. I dropped it into a cold plunge on Thursday.”
He admitted he should have entered well before last week but said he was frustrated about how he played in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He said after that he “checked out” of golf for a while and that break was good for him.
All's well that ends well 📱💦@HomelessHubbs dropped his phone in a cold plunge last week and missed the committment deadline for @ProcoreChamp as a result.
He decided to enter the Monday qualifier to try and play his way in and carded the lowest round of the day 💪 https://t.co/bKBdcodWWr pic.twitter.com/fPztF3Xlbe
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 9, 2024
Hubbard won the Monday after a 7-under 65 at Yolo Fliers Club about an hour away from Silverado Resort and Spa, the longtime host of the PGA Tour.
He finished 69th in the FedEx Cup points and made the playoffs so he has full status for the 2025 season but only the top 50 earned entry the signature events next season. A win in any of the eight fall events would punch someone’s ticket to those big-money tournaments.
