Carlos

Franco

It would have been Franco’s first PGA TOUR start since turning 50 in May. He’s hung up a pair of T64s on the Champions Tour since, but hasn’t tested his game in the big leagues since missing the cut in Puerto Rico in March. The four-time winner hasn’t cashed in a TOUR event since a T42 in the 2010 Sanderson Farms Championship. Famous for his aversion to practice, he may have been golf’s Most Interesting Man in the World if the Internet would have caught up with him when he was in his prime 10-15 years ago. NOTE: Olin Browne, Nolan Henke, Frank Lickliter II, Tom Byrum, Jim Carter, Andre Stolz, Craig Barlow, Brad Fritsch, Wes Roach, James Driscoll, Steve Marino, Kevin Tway and D.H. Lee passed on spots as alternates.

Franco is near the end of his PGA TOUR rope in every way possible. Not only is he playing with only Past Champion status these days, he also turns 50 on May 24th of 2015. He’s made two of his four cuts at Trump International Golf Club-Puerto Rico, with a T21 in 2008 the best. In two Web.com Tour starts in 2015, his only payday was a T69 in the Colombia Championship.

Franco has split time between the Nationwide and PGA Tours this season. He has played in three tournaments on the PGA Tour’s new Fall Series and has made all three cuts.

Franco gained entry to the field just yesterday. He has been replaced in the field by Bob Burns, who has mainly played on the Nationwide Tour this year. Monday qualifiers added to the field are; Andy Bare, Chris Dillow, William McGirt and Chris Taylor.

Franco just got into the field yesterday. He has been replaced by Bob Burns, who has made only one out of six cuts at the Viking Classic.

Franco has made the cut in two of his six starts on the PGA Tour this season, with his best finish being a T-38 at the Puerto Rico Open.

Franco was the second of six alternates to get added in this morning’s wave of withdrawals. This will be his eighth career appearance at Warwick Hills, where his only top-40 in five cashes is a T-3 in 2004.

Franco was 3-over-par after six holes in his second round at the time his withdrawal. Tour Officials said that an illness was the reason for his withdrawal.

Although he’s hit just 13 (of 28) fairways, Franco has missed just four GIR in his two tours of Glen Abbey. He’s looking for his first Top 20 of the year and will need a good weekend to prevent losing even more ground in the upcoming reshuffle.