David Duval Eats Humble Pie: Misses at Final Stage of PGA Tour Q-School

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Published: December 8, 2011

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Gone is the Nike swoosh that used to adorn David Duval's bag, hat, apparel and checkbook.

He finished 152nd on the PGA Tour money list in 2011.  Last week at PGA Tour Q-School, his under the radar rounds of 72, 72, 73, 73, 68 and 72 left him unceremoniously at 2-under, tied for 63rd.  Twelve years ago he was first.  Not at Q-school, on the PGA Tour.

Duval showed up at the final stage of Q-School with the rest of the wannabes and a handful of aging pros trying to hang on like Jeff Maggert, Rich Beem and Robert Gamez.  

He was never in contention for a top 25 spot and now he is headed for the Island of Misfit Toys, which equates to begging for sponsor exemptions, or playing the same tour he played when he left Georgia Tech in 1993.

Duval is the personification of a one-man golfing roller coaster.  Both on the course and off the course, life's adventures have made him a bona fide white collar, over $18 million in earnings, rags to riches to rags (albeit in a a different tax bracket) guy.

He understands that nobody exactly feels sorry for him and he's handled success and failure the same way.  He doesn't expect to be given anything, he knows who is still in his corner and he knows that the ability he displayed catapulting him to No. 1 in the world is still inside.

He battled left shoulder pain starting in 1996, then burned his hand on a teakettle in 1999.  He has had wrist injuries, caddie issues, like an average touring professional.

He worked himself into such good shape that he might have been able to win a lat contest with Tiger Woods, and he has ebbed into a more comfortable existence, eating apple pie and humble pie.

Duval was once the young gun earning his stripes on what was then the Nike Tour.  He was driving his green Pathfinder around the country trying to make $5,000 a week.  The $5,000 meant he could pay his entry fee for the ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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