by boulder3m on Mon Aug 01, 2016 9:14 am
Lawdog, you found the pgatour.com "Standings" page!! Today's list is pretty impressive for William. Moved to 13th on the FedEx list; 10th on the money list; and up to 38th in the Official World Golf Rankings. While I wish he would come on our site and tell us what his schedule is for the rest of the year, a guess is that he will wait until the Wyndham at Greensboro to play again, and then play the next three weeks in a row in the FedEx playoffs. Then there is a one week break before the FedEx Championship in Atlanta. It is hard to imagine a more dramatic turn around in a player than William. In just over a year he has become a legitimate contender for the Ryder Cup team and a very real probable for the President's Cup Team next year. After the win at Memorial he has finished in the top ten in his first (of many, we hope) WGC event, and in the first major where he made the cut. He was somewhat screwed by his draw at the US Open and Open Championship and missed both cuts. This Fall he should be eligible for his next WGC event in China. If he hadn't been to Europe before the Open Championship, there's a good chance he hasn't been to China either!!
Selfishly, the publicity he is giving Wofford by his outstanding play is fantastic. The announcers and writers love to talk about William and Wofford, and he loves to tell them about it. There are very few stories like his journey from Fairmont, through the Carolinas Golf Association events and a chance connection with Coach Dan O'Connel at Wofford, and then through the most difficult process of all-the mini tours. It was almost 10 years of grinding in obscure locations playing for your own money (and those who were playing); driving all night to try to qualify for another chance; and lots of other trials and tribulations. The roads of golf are paved with the dashed hopes and dreams of thousands of "can't miss" golfers who grew up with the best of everything and attended the golf factories of "name" universities who pump out tour players. All of those experiences are part of the player and person William has become, and his wife Sarah is just as much a part of it. Wofford is proud of him, and his story is so typical of so many who call themselves "Terrier."