UNT alumn Carlos ORtiz at the Fedex Cup playoffs

outoftown · August 27, 2015

To follow up on a prior topic: Carlos finished 112th in the Fedexcup through the regular season. This means:

a) that he retains his PGA tour card next season

b) that he plays in the playoffs that start this week with the Barclays

c) that he needs to make up a few points to qualify for the next event where only the top 100 will be able to attend.

on another note, he is also still in the running to qualify for the olympics. If the deadline were tomorrow, he'd be in, but he will lose a lot of points untill the deadline.

Edited August 27, 2015 by outoftown

THOR · August 27, 2015

he finished with 800,000+ in winnings this year...not bad

currently, he is +2 through 6

outoftown · August 27, 2015

he finished with 800,000+ in winnings this year...not bad

currently, he is +2 through 6

I sure wouldn't say no to 800k. As far as athletes go, he might be the best earning UNT alumn this year.

UNTEngr.#43 · August 27, 2015

If I ever catch him playing on TV I will watch even though I don't really like golf that much .

Mean Green 93-98 · August 28, 2015

I sure wouldn't say no to 800k. As far as athletes go, he might be the best earning UNT alumn this year.

Mmm . . . not quite. Craig Robertson is making $2.536 million this year.

outoftown · August 28, 2015

Mmm . . . not quite. Craig Robertson is making $2.536 million this year.

Yeah. I was quite sure he made more than Dunbar, but I somehow didn't follow Robertson all that closely and had in my mind that he was going to stop playing or something. I don't know why, maybe misremembered or misheard something.

In any case Carlos didn't do too well yesterday and played +3. It's going better today, through 12 today he is -2 for the day, +1 overall. The cutline is liikely gonna end up at +2 overall.

THOR · August 29, 2015

Ortiz made the cut by a stroke...good times!

outoftown · August 29, 2015

Carlos is on some kind of heater today. -6 for the day through 15, -5 overall. He is likely to make a big jump forward and get himself in position to qualify for the next playoff round, maybe even contend for the tournament.

outoftown · August 29, 2015

Finished off even better. Managed to birdie 16 straight out of the bunker, and birdied 18. Finished the day with a -8 62, is -7 overall.

That is tied for first with bubba Watson! Yes the leaders are yet to tee it off, but a great effort by Carlos, and we are likely to see him a bit on the broadcast, and he sure did what he could to get back into contention.

outoftown · August 30, 2015

Sadly things went pretty horrible on the first hole: quadrouple bogey. since he has pared 3 holes, but that of course does throw him back quite a bit.

THOR · August 30, 2015

Bad start...just need to stay in top 100...but top 80 would help for the following week

THOR · August 30, 2015

+6 through 9....-1 for the tourney...tied for 38th...ugh...come on dude...gotta make a strong finish to secure his spot next week...not sure of his ranking at the moment...

THOR · August 30, 2015

Birdied 10....so -2....projected to be 82nd after the tourney....will get him playing next week, but will need to improve

outoftown · August 31, 2015

Finished like that, tied for 24th. Currently 83rd in the fedex cup. It also earned him 66k and a few points on the golf world rankng list that might come in handy to qualify for Rio.

Edited August 31, 2015 by outoftown

outoftown · September 4, 2015

Carlos started the deutsche bank today. He shot +3, which is likely to be just around 70ieth spot, in other words he will be abrely around the spot good enough to make the cut. He needs to improve in order to qualify for the next round of the playoffs.

THOR · September 5, 2015

Another bad first day...

But he is ahead of speith

Edited September 5, 2015 by THOR

THOR · September 5, 2015

Ortiz shot -4 today to finish at -1 and make the cut....currently tied for 34th...great recovery for the man!

outoftown · September 6, 2015

Pretty decent start to the day: -2 for the day (-3 overall) after 7 holes, currently tied for 24th.

Edited September 6, 2015 by outoftown

outoftown · September 6, 2015

Back nine was not all that great after several bogies and birdies he finished -1 for the day, -2 overall, currently tied for 36th tendency falling. He'll need to make up some shots, because like this he would not quite qualify for next week.

THOR · September 7, 2015

Projected at 78 right now...needs to move up 8 spots tomorrow...the boy can do it!

outoftown · September 7, 2015

Had a super hot start today, -4 after 5 holes, then pared a few and now on 9 disaster struck, he has taken a penalty shot for hitting it out of bounds and scored a triple bogey putting him back to -1 for the day, -3 overall, currently tied for 35th for the tournament, projected 77th in the Fed-ex rankings.

outoftown · September 7, 2015

Ok, Carlos Season is over. It didn't get any better from the ninth hole on. one more birdie, 2 bogies, a double bogie and another triple bogie, a total of four penalty shot on the day all combined for +5 on the day, +3 for the tournament a tie for 64th in the tournament and way out of the top 70 in teh fed ex cup rankings.

That said it was a successful rookie season for Carlos, who managed to retain his card earned almost a million in prize money and will know the courses better next season. I expect big things next season, including a qualifcation for the olympics.