How They Did: Minnesotans on Pro Tour Money Lists in 2014
December 22, 2014 | 9 min.
How players from Minnesota -- or with Minnesota connections -- are doing this year on professional golf tours.
2014-15 PGA TOUR
Pos. Player (Prev. Rank) From Events played Earnings
114. Tom Hoge (118), Fargo 5 $79,140
170. Troy Merritt (159), Spring Lake Park 4 $30,982
Cameron Beckman (NA), Burnsville 1 --
2013-14 PGA TOUR
Final
The top 125 on the money list retained their PGA Tour cards for the 2014-15 season, and went into the Fed Ex Cup Playoffs. Of those, the top 100 went on to the Deutsche Bank Championship, and the top 70 coming out of that tournament went to the BMW Championship at Cherry Hills CC (Denver). Then the top 30 (29 actually, because Dustin Johnson was suspended for the playoffs) assembled in Atlanta for the season-ending Tour Championship, which Billy Horschel won. The victory was worth $11,144,000. At the other end of the money spectrum, Nos. 126 through 200 on the money list, along with Nos. 1 through 75 from the web.com regular season money list, went into a four-tournament series called the "web.com Tour Finals." It began with the Hotel Fitness Championship in late August, continued with the Chiquita Classic, and the third tournament of the series, the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship. The last of the four tournaments in the finals was the web.com Tour Championship. Fifty players from the series earned PGA Tour Cards for 2014-15 (the top 25 from the 2014 web.com regular-season money list, plus the top 25 from the series, not counting the 25 web.com guys who had already earned their cards).
Pos. Player (Prev. rank) From Events played Earnings
Final
107. Troy Merritt (106), Spring Lake Park 20 $882,864
(Merritt retains his exempt status for the PGA Tour for 2014-15)
181. Tim Herron (184), Wayzata 15 $212,771
190. Bronson La'Cassie (190), Australia 18 $160,632
213. Cameron Beckman (212), Burnsville 12 $72,835
Clayton Rask, Elk River 1 $20,775*
Josh Persons, Fargo 1 --
*-Clayton Rask is not an official member of the PGA Tour; so he is not shown on the money list
web.com TOUR
Final (Regular season plus web.com Finals)
33. Tom Hoge (35), Fargo 24 $156,443
185. Bronson La'Cassie (207), Australia 5 $13,285
220. Neil Johnson (208), River Falls 8 $5,287
T241. Troy Merritt (T232), Spring Lake Park 2 $3,402
T269. Tim Herron (T250), Wayzata 2 $2,500
309. Thomas Campbell (304), Minneapolis 1 $1,416
Cameron Beckman, Burnsville 2 --
(Three players from these lists -- Tim Herron (No. 181 PGA Tour at the end of the regular season), Bronson La'Cassie (No. 190 PGA Tour) and Tom Hoge (No. 65 web.com Tour at the end of the regular season) -- played in the web.com Tour Finals. Herron and Hoge are both former Minnesota State Amateur champions. La'Cassie, an Australian from Brisbane, was an All-American at the University of Minnesota. Hoge, with a third-place finish at the Chiquita Classic -- and the $68,000 it earned him -- secured a PGA Tour Card for the 2014-15 season, which began in October.)
web.com Tour Finals Standings (top 50 received PGA Tour Cards)
Final
Pos. Player (Prev.) From Events Earned Status Entering Finals
13. Tom Hoge (7), Fargo 4 $83,827 26-75 w
87. Bronson La'Cassie (107), Australia 4 $2,850 151-200 pga
116. Tim Herron (T108), Wayzata 4 $2,500 151-200 pga
CHAMPIONS TOUR
Final
12. Tom Lehman (12), Alexandria 20 $1,057,812
144. John Harris (144), Roseau 7 $17,901
189. Don Berry (189), Mounds View 2 $5,330
PGA TOUR CANADA
Final
(Money won is shown in Canadian dollars, which were trading at 86 cents per U.S. dollar as of 12/21/14)
Final
8. Josh Persons (6), Fargo 12 $39,350
16. Brady Schnell (14), Milford, Iowa 12 $28,594
21. Clayton Rask (43), Elk River 11 $25,945
68. Travis Ross (68), Crookston 8 $7,265
120. Cameron White (120), Wayzata 9 $2,261
PGA TOUR LATINOAMERICA
Final
130. Chris Meyer (114), Edina 10 $4,399
LPGA TOUR
Final
80. Amy Anderson (80), Oxbow, N.D. 20 $129,742
PGA TOURNAMENT SERIES
Final
2. Jeff Sorenson, Blaine 6 $12,874
9. Ben Polland, Bloomington 6 $4,931
EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR
Final
(Money won is shown in Euros, which were worth $1.22 as of 12/21/14)
7. Tim Thelen (7), Albany 13 129,300 Euros
SUNSHINE TOUR (South Africa)
Final
(Money won is shown in South African rands, which were worth $0.086 as of 12/21/14)
41. Erik Van Rooyen (33), South Africa 18 476,203
ALL-AMERICAN GATEWAY TOUR
Fall/Winter Series
Final
11. Andre Metzger (12), Sioux Falls 15 $26,517
13. Brady Schnell (13), Milford, Iowa 10 $21,150
32. Neil Johnson (32), River Falls 8 $7,300
Tom Hoge, Fargo 1 $7,200*
50. Robert Bell (50), Pierz 13 $2,890
61. Josh Persons (59), Fargo 3 $1,550
Eric Johnson, Elk River 2 $1,300*
Neil Frederickson, Hugo 2 --
*-Hoge and Johnson are not official members of the All-American-Gateway Tour, and therefore do not show up on the money list.
NGA (FORMERLY HOOTERS) TOUR
Final
20. Clayton Rask (19), Eli River 7 $13,493
76. Justin Smith (74), Franklin, Pa. 8 $3,180
PEPSI TOUR
Final
16. Eric Johnson (13), Elk River 11 $6,337
eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR
Final
18. Travis Ross (15), Crookston 8 $26,514
137. Josh Persons (120), Fargo 3 $3,205
DAKOTAS TOUR
Final
4. Andre Metzger (6), Sioux Falls 11 $32,337
10. Jon Trasamar (10), Blue Earth 5 $23,483
16. Rodney Hamblin (15), St. Paul 13 $14,063
18. Doug Quinones (17), Sioux Falls 13 $13,474
27. Thomas Campbell (24), Minneapolis 9 $7,808
29. Kelly Kretz (27), Eau Claire 10 $7,030
30. Donald Constable (28), Minnetonka 4 $6,600
37. Neil Johnson (35), River Falls 3 $5,128
47. Cameron White (45), Wayzata 2 $2,735
55. David Haley (53), Hilliard, Ohio 3 $2,132
59. Casey Vangsness (57), Alexandria 1 $2,100
66. Nick Olsgaard (64), Moorhead 5 $1,750
72. Derek Chang (69), St. Louis Park 2 $1,233
T77. Sean Barrett (T74), Mahtomedi 1 $875
T84. Wade Walters (T81), St. Paul 2 $673
87. Dave Schultz (84), Fargo 1 $570
95. Greg Werner (92), Farmington 6 $200
