“I think it makes it tougher and tougher on the rookies,” Bridgeman said. Bridgeman said he was neutral toward the change. Camilo Villegas was chairman of Player Advisory Council that proposed the changes and acknowledged it would be harder to keep a card.
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HisrookieyearonthePGATourwaschallengingenoughforJacobBridgeman.
Hegotin20tournaments,noneofthemmajorsorThePlayersChampionship,$20millionsignatureeventsortheFedExCupplayoffs.Heplayedseventimesinthefallanddidjustwellenoughtokeephisheartratedownandhisrankinginsidethetop125tokeephiscard.
AndthenthePGATourapprovedaplanduringthefinalweekof2024toreducethenumberofplayerskeepingtheircardsto100.
Gulp.
“Ithinkitmakesittougherandtougherontherookies,”Bridgemansaid.“Ifeellikemyrookieyearwasreallyhard,andthisonewasprobablyharderbecausetherewerelesscards.”
Bridgemansaidhewasneutraltowardthechange.Thepurposewastomakesureanyonewhohadacardcouldgetintoenoughtournaments,andsmallerfieldsin2026wouldkeeproundsfromnotfinishingbecauseofdarkness.Andyes,itwouldbemorecompetitivetha
