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On the bubble - the Euro version

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Nothing really different here than your typical on the bubble piece other than some lingo - stuck in - but it's not funny taking a demotion in your job - I guess that's what it's equivalent to in the work world - although playing golf is a nice life, not without its stresses.

I wonder if professional golf has reached a tipping point. The prize money is so good, it attracted many more talented players. But now there's so many, the risk isn't worth it like it used to. Dunno.

http://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1620058/spare-thought-those-tourcard-strugglers

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It's five pages of double-sided A4, headlined "Race to Dubai" - and if you're a European Tour player whose name isn't on the first two sides, this is a stressful time.

Finish outside the top 110 and it's goodbye to your right to play on tour, a scrap to win it back at qualifying school. With only one event left, in Perth next week, anyone who's earned less than about €240,000 (HK$2.4 million) faces losing their livelihood.

Okay, it beats digging ditches, but there were plenty "on the bubble" and desperate for a score at the Hong Kong Open on Sunday.

Steve

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To be honest if I was in the situation of a Pro Golfer on Tour the pressure if you're around the bubble on the last event has to be up there with or more than the pressure in a Major playoff or last few holes etc.

Generally if you're in contention at a major you're always going to get another chance at a major but loose your card and there's a half decent chance you never come back.

Chris 

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1:  Flipping, 2: Overswing, 3: Stop being Tin Cup

Been playing properly since May 2014, got the bug now, so I'm here forever. Must have watched a billion hours of youtube videos, seems to help!

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Being fairly new to the game I had only ever thought about it as get to +5 and you can pretty much go on tour, never actually thought about all those other +5's fighting to stay on it. I imagine the locker room gets a bit edgy, like an office does when redundancies are coming.

Chris 

Ex-field hockey player with a few things on my list to correct/ sort out:
1:  Flipping, 2: Overswing, 3: Stop being Tin Cup

Been playing properly since May 2014, got the bug now, so I'm here forever. Must have watched a billion hours of youtube videos, seems to help!

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