Analyzing Josh Teater’s Potential for PGA Tour Stardom

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Published: February 17, 2013

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There are different levels of success on the PGA Tour.

The elite players are well known. Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are at the top of the class, and there are 10 to 15 golfers who could join them in any given year to compete for major championships and the top spot on the money-winning list.

Then there are middle-level golfers who can rise up, win a tournament or two and make a very comfortable living on the tour.

They are not Hall of Fame golfers, but they may have one or two moments of stardom throughout their career.

There are also players like Josh Teater—players who struggle for years, play on some of the lesser golf tours and then finally earn and keep their PGA Tour card.

Josh Teater is happy to be on the PGA Tour. He is not a Hall of Famer and he is not going to compete regularly with McIlroy, Woods, Bubba Watson or Phil Mickelson.

But while Teater is thrilled to be making his living competing on the tour, he is not going to look at the big picture while he is competing. Instead, he is going to be giving his all and trying to win.

Since getting back on the tour in 2010, Teater has not won a PGA tournament. But he is improving, and he is getting close.



Earlier this year, Teater had a second-place finish (tied with Brandt Snedeker) in the Farmers Insurance Open. He shot a 10-under par 278. Teater earned $536,800 in the tournament, and that finish probably would have been enough to get Teater quite a bit of recognition if Woods had not had a stellar tournament and walked away with the championship.

When Tiger wins early in the golf season, that gets the attention of the game's chroniclers and observers. You can't blame them. An early-season win indicates that Woods' game is on track and that he may be ready to resume his chase of Jack Nicklaus for the most major championships.

He still has to prove it. But the week that Woods wins, h...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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