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PGA Tour Bubble Boys: Ted Potter, Jr. sits on cut line

By Tim Letcher

RIO GRANDE, PUERTO RICO - FEBRUARY 23: Ted Potter Jr. plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Country Club on February 23, 2020 in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
RIO GRANDE, PUERTO RICO - FEBRUARY 23: Ted Potter Jr. plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the Puerto Rico Open at Grand Reserve Country Club on February 23, 2020 in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /
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Ted Potter, Jr. is fighting to keep his PGA Tour card once again

As the PGA Tour prepares to resume play in two weeks, players will begin to position themselves to make a run at the FedEx Cup playoffs. The top 125 players in the standings at season’s end will make it to the playoffs and the rest will wonder, “what if”.

In the coming days, we will take a look at the players near the 125 mark in the standings, also known as those “on the bubble”. These are the players who could be fighting for their tour cards at the end of the season.

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Today, we will start right on the cut line. If the season ended today, the player in the 125th position in the standings would be Ted Potter, Jr., and there couldn’t be a more appropriate player to currently reside in that position.

Potter has spent most of his professional life battling to make it to the next stage. He turned pro right out of high school and worked in the cart barn at a local club to make enough money to play on the Moonlight Tour in Central Florida in 2002.

He would eventually make it to the Korn Ferry Tour in 2004, but there, he missed the cut in all 24 events in which he started. Ouch.

In 2006, he played on the NGA Hooters Tour, where he led that tour’s money list. That helped him earn his way onto the Korn Ferry Tour in 2007.

However, the story there was much the same for Potter as it was four years earlier. This time, he managed to make three cuts in 20 starts on the KFT.

In 2009, it was back to the Hooters Tour, where he exceled again, earning that tour’s Player of the Year. But his return to the KFT in 2010 was only slightly better, as he made three cuts in 11 starts.

However, Potter had a breakthrough in 2011 when he was second on the KFT money list, which earned him a PGA Tour card for the first time. And he took advantage of his opportunity. Potter finished 93rd in the FedEx Cup standings in his first season, making the playoffs and earning his first career win in the process.

In 2013, he also advanced to the playoffs, finishing 105th in the standings. However, in 2014, he fell to 154th in the standings largely due to an ankle injury that required surgery.

That injury lingered into 2015 and 2016, ultimately forcing him back to the KFT in 2017. Once again, Potter earned his PGA Tour card and returned to the big tour for the 2018.

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In 2018, Potter finished a career-best 65th in the standings, earning his second career win during the season at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Last season, he slipped back to 147th in the FedEx Cup standings, missing the playoffs once again.

As he has proven throughout his career, Potter will continue to fight. He has made eight cuts in 12 starts this season with a pair of top 10s. He will need more results like that if he is to make it inside the top 125 and into the playoffs.

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