ORLANDO, Fla. – Normally, Lee McCoy’s fourth-place finish last week at the Valspar Championship would come with an invitation to play the next “open” PGA Tour event, which would be next week’s Puerto Rico Open.
But because the University of Georgia senior is an amateur, that exemption doesn’t apply.
Contacted by GolfChannel.com on Tuesday, Puerto Rico Open tournament director Sidney Wolf said he would consider offering McCoy a sponsor exemption to play the event but a busy college schedule and Tour rules would likely keep the 22-year-old from his fifth Tour start.