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What's it like to come up just short at Q-School?

Bo Van Pelt and Farrell Evans visit with old friends Tim O’Neal and Alan Bratton. O’Neal, a 48-year-old journeyman touring pro who has pursued the PGA Tour for 25 years, tells how he let his best chance of qualifying slip away at the 2000 Q-School

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Bo Van Pelt and Farrell Evans visit with old friends Tim O’Neal and Alan Bratton. O’Neal, a 48-year-old journeyman pro golfer who has seen everything in 25 years of his pursuit to reach the PGA Tour, shares the story of how he let his best chance of making the tour slip away at the 2000 Q-School. Bratton, the Oklahoma State men’s golf coach, talks about some of his young players now on tour, following a legend as the coach at his alma mater and what a young Bo Van Pelt was like when they were teammates at OSU. Look for new episodes of Both Sides of the Ball each week on the Morning Read Podcast Network.

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