NAPA, Calif. – Patrick Rodgers is one of the few players who feels refreshed at this week’s season-opening Frys.com Open.
There's a reason for that: He hasn’t played for nearly two months.
Over the summer, Rodgers turned a handful of sponsor exemptions into a PGA Tour card. He finished the season inside the top 125 in FedEx Cup points, but because he was a non-member, he was ineligible for the FedEx Cup playoffs (and the potential millions). He couldn’t play the Web.com Tour Finals either, despite winning on that circuit in February.
He had no choice but to take a seven-week break.