The PGA Tour has announced the cancellation of the Web.com Tour Championship due to the threat of Hurricane Matthew. The first round of the championship was scheduled to tee off tomorrow, October 6th.
The city of Jacksonville has called for an evacuation of the area surrounding Atlantic Beach Country Club.
“It is unfortunate that we’ve had to cancel our season-ending event; however, our first priority is the safety of our players, fans, volunteers and staff,” said Web.com Tour President Bill Calfee. “With Hurricane Matthew on the horizon, it is critical that we make sure everyone involved with the Web.com Tour Championship has ample time to evacuate the Northeast Florida area and return home.”
LIVE on #Periscope: The @WebTourChamp has been cancelled. What does it means for those involved? https://t.co/wO90O12yyi
— Web.com Tour (@WebDotComTour) October 5, 2016
With the tournament canceled, the Top 25 through three events of the Web.com Tour Finals will receive 2016-17 PGA Tour cards.
1 Grayson Murray, $248,000
2 Michael Thompso, $184,000
3 Bryson DeChambeau, $180,000
4 Cameron Smith, $114,910
5 Miguel Angel Carballo, $108,000
6 Andres Gonzales, $106,267
7 Scott Stallings, $75,505
8 Zack Sucher, $71,018
9 Will MacKenzie, $67,500
10 Kevin Tway, $63,975
11 Andrew Johnston, $54,910
12 Rod Pampling, $52,033
13 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano, $49,926
14 Ryan Blaum, $49,100
15 Steven Alker, $43,600
16 Xander Schauffele, $42,395
17 Brett Drewitt, $42,035
18 D.A. Points, $37,950
19 Whee Kim, $36,975
T20 Cody Gribble, $35,125
T20 Kelly Kraft, $35,125
22 Rory Sabbatini, $32,375
23 Bobby Wyatt, $29,603
24 Tag Ridings, $28,493
25 Cameron Percy, $27,560
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26 Tim Wilkinson, $27,425
27 Rob Oppenheim, $27,033
28 Austin Cook, $27,000
Billy Hurley III tweeted what many were thinking. The safe call, but lousy too.
Undoubtedly the right call, but still less than ideal way to end @WebDotComTour season
Congrats to all the guys who earned @PGATOUR cards!
— Billy Hurley III (@BillyHurley3) October 5, 2016
AP’s Doug Ferguson hit the tour management hard.
https://t.co/3ptVgp63ix finals canceled. Weather happens. But this could've been avoided. moved back a week to get publicity. Bad, bad move
— Doug Ferguson (@dougferguson405) October 5, 2016
Some additional analysis on what the cancellation means from PGA Tour Media.
We break down the cancellation of @WebTourChamp and what it means. pic.twitter.com/4UkfgL8btq
— Web.com Tour (@WebDotComTour) October 5, 2016
Golf.com with some additional analysis.
Danny Willett says rowdy Ryder Cup fans targeted his wife and parents at Hazeltine https://t.co/ITr2mQgO94
— ESPN Golf (@ESPNGolf) October 5, 2016
