Woods slipped to No. 56 in the world ranking this week. He has only two tournaments left this year, then as many as two events next year to make sure he doesn't miss another WGC. Only the top 64 in the world ranking get to the Ping K15 Driver
Play Championship.
Another try: After spending nearly a decade as a caddie, one tough year wasn't enough to keep Brett Waldman from another shot at trying to make it as a player.
Waldman gave up his job as the caddie for Camilo Villegas last year when he made it to the final stage of Q-school, giving him status on the Nationwide Tour. It didn't quite turn out the way he had hoped. After making the cut in his debut in Panama, Waldman went six months and 14 tournaments before making another check.
He finished his first year at No. 193 on the Nationwide Tour money list with
— about half of what he used to earn in one week as the caddie for Villegas.
"When I was missing all those cuts in a row, I definitely was missing caddying," Waldman said from his home near Dallas.
He decided to start over, and a bogey-free round of 68 in the final round two weeks ago was enough to make it out of the first stage of Q-school. He returns to the TPC Craig Ranch in two weeks for the second stage.
"I worked so hard to get my game in shape, and it didn't come into shape until the end of the year," Waldman said. "I just wasn't in any tournaments. I was fully exempt, but only for 10 events, which was my own fault. I made one cut out of 10, and my status dropped by like 35 players. I was in events easily, and then I had a hard time getting in. Therefore, I had to Monday qualify or get an exemption."
A year ago, Waldman felt as though he couldn't pass up a chance at playing