Former Trojan Lovemark Earns PGA Card
November 04, 2010 | Men's Golf
Nov. 4, 2010
Former USC two-time All-American first teamer Jamie Lovemark claimed the top spot on the 2010 Nationwide Tour last weekend, securing a fully-exempt status for the 2011 PGA Tour.
Lovemark entered the Nationwide Tour Championship - the tour's final event of the season - in first place on the money list and needed just a solid result to maintain his lead, which he got with a seventh-place finish.
In just his first full pro season, he became only the 11th Nationwide player to eclipse $400,000 in season earnings, finishing with $452,951 to top second-place Chris Kirk by $41,745. Kirk withdrew from the final two events of the season after breaking a bone in his left thumb.
Lovemark, the 2007 NCAA individual champion and the youngest player to top the Nationwide Tour money list, will now be able to play a full schedule of events in 2011, including an automatic exemption into the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Lovemark had seven top-5 finishes this season on the Nationwide circuit, including a win at the Mexico Open.
Last year, in only his fourth event since turning pro, Lovemark lost a three-way playoff at the PGA Tour's Frys.com Open.
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