A Strong Start to the New Season

Michael Thompson plays his shot from the 11th tee during the first round of the Frys.com Open on October 15, 2015 in Napa, California. (Oct. 14, 2015 - Source: Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images North America)

by Roz Roberts III

Michael Thompson made his first round of the 2015/2016 PGA Tour season a great one.  He finished the day at four under par (68) and is currently tied for 13th.  Michael made seven birdies over the course of the round including a stretch of three in a row.  Michael starts his second round Friday afternoon at 12:20pm PDT.

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2015/2016 PGA Tour Season Is Underway

by Roz Roberts III

The wrap around 2015/2016 PGA Tour season gets underway today at the Fry's.com Open being held in Napa, California.  Michael Thompson begins the new season with an early tee time with John Peterson and Jason Kokrak.  They tee off at 7:30am PDT from the first hole.
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Can You Believe It???

Michael Thompson hits his tee shot on the ninth hole during the second round of the Web.com Tour Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship at The Ohio State University Golf Club on September 25, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. (Sept. 24, 2015 - Source: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images North America)

by Roz Roberts III

After securing his 2015/2016 PGA Tour card with his performance in the Web.com Tour Finals, Michael Thompson will be in action again this week as the new year of the PGA Tour season gets started at the Fry's.com Open.

Michael secured his PGA Tour card after making the cut in the first three events of the Web.com Tour Finals securing his card early with his tie for second place in the Hotel Fitness Championship.  He sat out the fourth event and ended up finishing 8th.  With his 8th place finish in the finals money list, Michael is ranked 16th in the current reshuffle list which grants priority entry into events for the next year.

Last week, Michael was a featured speaker at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate dinner in Tuscaloosa.  Ian Thompson (no relation) wrote a nice article on Michael's speech and how well it was received.  You can read it here:

MR. GOLF: Michael Thompson connects with his audience 

Third Event of the Web.com Finals Rolls Into Ohio

by Roz Roberts III

After finishing last week in a tie for 56th, Michael Thompson sits in fourth place on the Web.com Tour Finals money list.  This week, Michael will be competing in the third of the four event finals series at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship.  This week's tournament will be played on the Scarlet course at Ohio State University .

Michael tees off at 12:42pm ET with D.H. Lee and Steve Marino.

Some Questions and Answers With Michael
Q&A:  Michael Thompson

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What a Way to Make the Cut!

by Roz Roberts III

Michael Thompson had quite an adventurous back nine today in the second round of the Small Business Connection Championship at River Run.

His back nine started with a double bogey at the tenth hole that forced Michael back to even par and just outside the cut line.  He then birdied two of the next three holes to once again move inside the cut line by a couple of shots but he then gave those shots back with bogeys at holes 15 and 17.  He came to the par five 18th hole needing a birdie to make the cut.

His tee shot found the fairway putting him in a good situation to make birdie but he did that one better as he eagled the 18th hole and made the cut by two shots finishing two under par for the day and the tournament.  He is currently tied for 44th.

He tees off in tomorrow's third round at 9:20am with Roberto Castro.

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