SAN DIEGO – Today’s PGA Tour is chock-full of hotshot prospects whose status on the world’s best circuit seems preordained.
Not so for Rob Oppenheim, who at 36 is finally a Tour rookie.
Fittingly, even that part didn’t come easily.
Last fall, Oppenheim entered the Web.com Tour regular-season finale at No. 24 on the money list. He missed the cut and finished 26th – or one spot away from a card – by less than $1,000.
Fast-forward a few weeks, and Oppenheim was polishing off a closing 67 at the Web.