Out of the Gates
Robert Gates walks from the 15th tee at The Hills Golf Club in Queenstown, New Zealand, during Round 3 of the New Zealand Open.
Fortunes can turn quickly in golf, as in life. Robert Gates is your latest example.
Only two Nationwide Tour events have been played, the calendar only recently turned to February, and already Gates is almost ensured a PGA Tour card for 2011.
As long as he doesn’t break a leg, he’ll likely be walking across the stage after the Nationwide Tour Championship to receive a congratulatory handshake from president Bill Calfee at the tour’s graduation ceremony.
Gates, 24, won the season-opening New Zealand Open, becoming the 13th player in tour history to win in his debut, then finished third at the Moonah Classic. Gates made 41 birdies, more than five per round, in the two events.
He leads the money list with $155,600; last year, it took $191,467 to earn a PGA Tour card.
On Monday, there were about 35 voicemails and 50 text messages awaiting him when he turned on his cell phone after ...
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