Two shots inside the probable cut-line, he eventually opted to punch out safely and earned his card. There's the truly original Mac O'Grady. He proceeded to go out and smash each bat against a tree. Then there are some guys with interesting names who have earned their cards, such as Buzz Fly and Rocky Rockett. However, a successful trip through doesn't guarantee success.
Some guys go through the grinder a ton of times.
The afterword is a sober look at the guys who made it through the 1998 Q School. Looking at the mid-year money list of 1999, with 22 events having been played, only nine of the qualifiers are among the top 125. Gould has done enough digging that he's able to muse about the future of Q School. It's a little less obscure now that The Golf Channel is televising it. Some feel that it's already an antiquated tradition.