Peter

Tomasulo

Tomasulo hasn’t played anywhere since finished T38 at the Reno-Tahoe Open in August. He then withdrew early from the Wyndham Championship eight days later. The source of the injury that prevented him from competing full-time has not been publicized. Should he eke into the top 25 at Q School, he’ll have a safety net in case he doesn’t meet the terms of an expected medical extension in the reshuffle category in 2012. However, with 54 holes remaining, he needs to do some work. Tomasulo is currently 11 strokes too high and shares 142nd place at PGA West.

Not until PGATOUR.com updated his page were we provided insight into why he was sidelined for a good portion of 2011. He incurred a fractured rib although details as to the cause are not included. If he earns $552,349 on the medical, he will be elevated to the Major Medical category. Since a T38 at his final start in Reno in August, he placed T82 at Q School.

He’s 0-for-1 this year. He remains with 11 starts on his medical extension in the reshuffle category to earn $552,349 and get elevated to the Major Medical category.

This was Tomasulo’s first start since last year’s Reno-Tahoe Open. Overall, he hit 24 greens and took 64 putts. It leaves him with 11 starts on his medical extension in the reshuffle category to earn $552,349 and get elevated to the Major Medical category.

Sidelined due to surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left hip, this was just the second start for Tomasulo on the circuit this year, and third in PGA TOUR-sanctioned competition. He closed with a 2-under-par 32-38=70 today to post 11-under 277. After circling birdies on four of his first seven holes, he held on with two bogeys and nine pars the rest of the way. A bogey on the par-4 18th forced a playoff where we would go to record pars three times on the 18th with a par on the ninth sandwiched in between. Lingmerth bogeyed the 18th on the duo’s final trip through. Tomasulo led the field with 25 birdies including 10 in a third-round 65. It’s his third victory on the Web.com Tour, but first since 2010. It vaults him from 200th to 21st on the money list.

He played his final 14 holes today in bogey-free 3-under but it won’t be enough. This is his second missed cut in as many starts on the PGA TOUR this year. It leaves him 10 starts on a Major Medical Extension to earn $552,349 and retain status. He forewent playing the Cox Classic on the Web.com Tour this week despite ranking 25th in earnings on that circuit.

Tomasula has status on the PGA TOUR via a medical extension in the reshuffle category. He still has 11 starts to earn $552,349 and a promotion to the Major Medical category. He’s played the last two weeks on the Web.com Tour, cashing in both starts.

Tomasulo suffered seven bogeys and a double, but he made a late run today, coming home in bogey-free 4-under with birdies on his last two holes. Alas, he drops to 0-for-3 on the PGA TOUR this season. It leaves him with nine starts on his medical extension in the reshuffle category to earn $552,349 and a promotion to the Major Medical category. He’s currently 31st on the Web.com Tour money list thanks to a victory among three cuts made in four starts.

Winner of the four-hole playoff at the inaugural United Leasing Championship on the Web.com Tour on Sunday, Tomasulo still has three rehab starts on the circuit if he wants to burn them. He rose to 21st on the money list, so he might be considering seeing how high he can climb to shoot for fully exempt status on the PGA TOUR in 2013. He still has 11 starts on a Major Medical Extension to earn $552,349 and retain status, but we’re deep enough into the year now that he can afford to pocket that status and play out his option on the Web.com Tour.

It was a disappointing and expensive finale on the eve of his 31st birthday as he fell 32 spots on the leaderboard. The good news is that it was Tomasulo’s first payday in four starts on the PGA TOUR this year. It leaves him with eight starts on his medical extension in the reshuffle category to earn $539,522 and a promotion to the Major Medical category. His next test will be to climb inside the top 25 in earnings on the Web.com Tour at this week’s season-ending Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch. He’s currently 49th.