The 49-year-old knows exactly how many days remain until he becomes eligible for the PGA Tour Champions. “Twenty-two days, but who’s counting,” he said last week on the eve of the PGA Tour’s Procore Championship at Silverado Resort in Napa. For the two-time PGA Tour winner with more than $12 million in career earnings since joining the Tour in 2007, turning 50 is more than a birthday milestone; it’s a gateway to a new chapter where he can ride a cart, compete in no-cut events, and play against familiar faces such as Fred Couples and Notah Begay III. But is it all that easy?

“I was looking forward to that, to have a chance, not saying I was going to make it,” George McNeill explained about the Q-School route, which may no longer be available to him. The PGA Tour Champions Qualify

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