Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Not a big fan

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Just days after the PGA Tour confirmed it was developing a program to transition the top college golfers into its tours, some PGA Tour Champions pros are voicing their disapprova­l.

Olin Browne was the first to sound off on the program, which many are referring to as a “draft.” The proposed system, according to a Tour statement, is “designed to reward season-long collegiate play with varying levels of playing access to tours operated under the PGA Tour umbrella.”

Browne thinks the Tour should go back to its old Q-School format, in which players competed in a six-round final stage and the top finishers were rewarded with PGA Tour cards. In 2014, the Tour changed its Q-School, offering Web.com Tour cards instead.

“The PGA Tour used to have a pipeline from college to the Tourit was called Q School,” Browne tweeted. “Kids used to be able to qualify directly to the PGA Tour but someone changed it so college kids could only qualify for @WebDotComT­our. Now they’re trying to reverse that? Brilliant?? Hardly.”

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