ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, September 23, 1996 TAG: 9609230160
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: ENDICOTT, N.Y.
SOURCE: Associated Press
Tiger Woods didn't win the B.C. Open - that went to Fred Funk - but he did win enough money to guarantee he will play full time on the PGA Tour next year.
The final round was suspended because of rain Sunday with Woods on the eighth hole and never resumed. The tournament was declared a 54-hole event and Funk and Pete Jordan - the third-round leaders at 16-under-par - had a one-hole playoff, won by Funk on the first hole when he nearly made his approach shot.
Woods, who started the day at 13-under along with Patrick Burke, tied for third with Burke and earned $58,000. (Scores in Scoreboard.)
That gave Woods $140,194 in just four tournaments and put him at No.128 on the money list - on the brink of earning enough money to finish in the top 125 and earn a full-time PGA Tour card for 1997.
It's all academic, actually. Woods was now well past the 150th spot on the money list last week - $103,404 - and anyone in the top 150 can accept an unlimited number of sponsor exemptions, guaranteeing that Woods will get into any PGA Tour event he wants next year.
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