Thompson Secures Fully Exempt Card

Michael Thompson poses with his PGA TOUR card after the fourth and final round of the Web.com Tour Championship held at Atlantic Beach Country Club on September 23, 2018 in Atlantic Beach, Florida. (Source: Michael Cohen/Getty Images North America)

by Roz Roberts III

Michael Thompson secured his 2018/2019 PGA Tour Card after finishing tied for 21st at the Web.com Championship.  He didn't have a particularly strong Sunday round where he shot even par (71) but it was good enough to finish 23rd on the Finals money list and improve his status on tour next year from conditional to fully exempt. 

Michael will be subject to the reshuffle list for the upcoming year and is currently 44th on the list but his ranking won't really matter until after the first reshuffle on November 18th which happens at the conclusion of the RSM Classic.

Michael's Web.com Tour Finals record is remarkable having now secured a PGA Tour card in all three Finals he has competed in.

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Thompson Makes His Move

Michael Thompson celebrates his birdie on the 18th green during the third round of the Web.com Tour Championship held at Atlantic Beach Country Club on September 22, 2018 in Atlantic Beach, Florida. (Source: Michael Cohen/Getty Images North America)

by Roz Roberts III

Michael Thompson took full advantage of moving day at the Web.com Tour Championship.   Despite making his first bogey of the tournament, he played aggressively and made eight birdies carding a seven under par 64.  He also moved up the leaderboard 14 spots into a tied for sixth place just three shots off the lead.

Michael continued his torrid pace of reaching greens in regulation.  He has now reached 50 out of 54 greens in regulation which leads the tournament.  He picked a good point to be playing his best golf all year and he'll look to finish his year off strong in tomorrow's final round.

He is grouped with Ben Silverman and Roberto Díaz.  They tee off from the first hole at 10:58 EDT.

You'll be able to follow the tournament live on the Golf channel at 1:30 - 4:00PM EDT.


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Michael's Scorecard

Thompson Makes the Cut Bogey Free

Michael Thompson hits his drive on the first hole during first round of the Web.com Tour Championship at Atlantic Beach Country Club on September 20, 2018 in Atlantic Beach, Florida. (Source: Michael Cohen/Getty Images North America)

by Roz Roberts III

At this week's Web.com Tour Finals, Michael Thompson did something I can't remember him doing before.  He completed the first two rounds without a blemish on his scorecard.  Not a bogey.  Not a double bogey.  Not an "other".  He completed the first two rounds with eight birdies and 28 pars.  That's good enough to have him tied for 20th heading into the weekend. 

Michael has hit 34 of 36 greens in regulation which is tied for second in GIR.   He'll look to build on that momentum in tomorrow's third round. He is grouped with Ben Kohles and David Skinns.  They tee off from the first hole at 10:06am EDT.

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Web.com Tour Championship Concludes Season

Sept. 16, 2018 - Source: Steve Dykes/Getty Images North America

by Roz Roberts III

This week mark the fourth and final event in the Web.com Tour Finals series.  Michael Thompson enters the event in 18th place on the money list thanks to his sixth place finish in last week's Boise Open.  The top 25 money earners combined from all four events will earn PGA Tour cards for the 2018/209 season.

Michael will be grouped with Jim Knous and Nicholas Lindheim (#17 and #19 on the Finals money list) for the first two rounds.  They will tee off on Thursday from the first tee at 7:25am EDT.  They are the first group of the day.

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Thompson Hovering Around the Top 10

Source: Michael Cohen/Getty Images North America

by Roz Roberts III

After each of the first three rounds of the Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco, Michael Thompson has been either just inside or just outside the top 10 of the leaderboard.  He is currently tied for 11th at ten under par for the tournament and four shots off the lead. 

Michael is actually tied for third in number of birdies for the tournament but has carded at least two bogeys or a double bogey in each of the first three rounds.  He will look to clean up the mistakes and post a strong finish in Sunday's final round when he will be paired with David Hearn.  They tee off at 11:50am PDT.

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Michael's Scorecard

Boise Hosts Web.com Tour Finals Event #3

by Roz Roberts III

Michael Thompson will compete in the third event of the Web.com Tour Finals this week.  The Albertsons Boise Open presented by Kraft Nabisco gets underway on Thursday in Boise, Idaho.  Michael missed the cut in the first two events so he'll look to turn his finals around in an event that he's won before.  Back in 2016, Michael won this event and secured his 2016/2017 PGA Tour card.

For the first two rounds, Michael will be grouped with fellow PGA Tour players Johnson Wagner and Blayne Barber.  They tee off from the first hole at 8:28PDT.

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Michael's Scorecard