Cost of Airline Ticket Helps Andrew Svoboda Get Back to PGA Tour

By Fred Altvater on Monday, September 9th 2013
Cost of Airline Ticket Helps Andrew Svoboda Get Back to PGA Tour

Andrew Svoboda had a less than acceptable year on the PGA Tour. He missed 12 of 18 cuts and lost his tour card for 2014. His year has taken a dramatic turn with his second win in four starts on the Web.com Tour.

His $77,000 of total PGA Tour earnings for 2013 put him at No. 202 in the FedEx Cup rankings. He would not have even qualified for the Web.com Tour Finals if not for a win at the Price Cutter Charity Classic in August.

After missing another cut at the Reno Tahoe Open, Svoboda contacted the airlines for a ticket home to New York. Funds were getting tight and cross-country airfare was $1,000.

Life on the PGA Tour is not all private jets and Ritz Carlton room service for rookie golfers.

The cost for a flight to Springfield, Missouri, site of the Web.com Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Classic was only $300. Problem solved, he flew to Missouri, won the Price Cutter and replenished the bank account with the $121,000 first place check.

Even with that win on the Web.com Tour, he did not finish inside The 25 for an automatic 2014 PGA Tour card, but it did allow him to participate in the Web.com Tour Finals.

This win will guarantees a top-25 finish in the Web.com Tour Finals and will secure his 2014 PGA Tour card.    

It is a difficult task for rookies to play the various golf courses throughout a PGA Tour season. A big advantage for tour veterans is knowledge of the golf courses and knowing the golf courses that fit their game.

Svoboda will now have a second year on the PGA Tour to atone for his poor 2013 season.

Maybe he is a late bloomer and will use these two wins on the Web.com Tour to win in the big show.

Svoboda is another great story of a golf professional finding his game, learning to compete under pressure and find the winners circle.

The Web.com Tour Finals will continue with the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship this week in Columbus, Ohio at Ohio State University’s Scarlett Course.

With just two events remaining in the Web.com Tour Finals the time is growing short to earn one of the golden 25 tour cards.

More great golf drama will be created in Columbus this weekend.

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