The PGA Tour University “Accelerated” program for underclassmen was appropriately named because two players made up a lot of ground in a short period of time. The difference is the way Luke Clanton and Jackson Koivun accumulated their points. Clanton, a junior at Florida State, hit the 20-point mark to earn a PGA Tour card in just over nine months.
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ORLANDO,Fla.(AP)—ThePGATourUniversity“Accelerated”programforunderclassmenwasappropriatelynamedbecausetwoplayersmadeupalotofgroundinashortperiodoftime.
ThedifferenceisthewayLukeClantonandJacksonKoivunaccumulatedtheirpoints.
Clanton,ajunioratFloridaState,hitthe20-pointmarktoearnaPGATourcardinjustoverninemonths.ItstartedwithhimqualifyingfortheU.S.OpenlastJuneandthenmakingthecut.
Clantonearned14ofhis20pointsthroughhisperformanceinPGATour-sanctionedevents.Hemadethecutinnineof12tournaments,hadfourtop10sandtwicewasrunner-up,attheJohnDeereClassicandtheRSMClassic.
TheothersixpointscamefromreachingNo.1intheworldamateurranking(5points)andstayingNo.1foratleast26weeks(1point).
Koivun,asophomoreat
