With that, here are 12 surprising players who lost their PGA Tour cards on Sunday. Some may re-appear quickly - players ranked 100 to 125 have conditional playing status, and next month's Tour Q-School will award cards to five players. Some other players may return at some point down the road.

Valimaki’s first brush with contention on the PGA Tour came at last year’s Mexico Open, where Valimaki’s drive on the 72 nd hole came to rest against a boundary fence and forced him to take an unplayable. He ended up two shots back of winner Jake Knapp. “I feel like that was in my hands, but then it kind of slipped away,” Valimaki said.

The guys that come in here and kind of feel sorry for themselves, I have no pity for because you played it, you know what I mean?,” said Lee Hodges.

Danish star Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen has returned to Royal Queensland full of confidence for a second tilt at the Australian PGA Championship after going toe-to-toe with Rory McIlroy in Dubai.

The RSM Classic is the last opportunity for players not already exempt to secure a PGA Tour card for next season, and it was an stressful second round.

It feels like an unwritten code that PGA Tour players don’t openly criticize tournament courses because it looks bad for the facilities and sponsors. Other than in majors—where consternation seems to reach its outspoken peak—there has been some really goofy pin positions or horriblly inconstant grass to hear many complaints.

If January tournaments like The American Express are moved to mid-February, how does that affect the rest of the schedule?

California defeated Team Ohio 5.5-2.5 to win the title while Team Texas bested Team North Carolina 5-3 to claim third place in a storm-filled final day at Fields Ranch West in Texas.