Potter, 3 Gators Miss Regaining Tour Cards: Tosti Makes It

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Golfer Magazine

Ocala's Ted Potter and four Gators were in the Q-School field of 176 at Ponte Vedra Beach trying to regain their cards for the 2026 PGA Tour season. Ted missed it, Alejandro Tosti made it, Ricky Castillo and Brett Stegmaier also missed, and Camilo Villegas fell one birdie short.

Ted, who turned 42 last month, hasn't played on tour for several years and wasn't sharp over the two courses in play, the Dye's Valley and Sawgrass Country Club. He shot 76-74-71-75-296, 16 over par, and finished in a tie for 161st. With long-ago victories in the 2012 Greenbriar Classic and 2018 Pebble Beach Pro-Am on his resume, he's still eligible as a past champion, but there are many others above him in that same category.

Ted accumulated $6,194,109 in his years on tour, making 81 of 192 cuts.

Tosti, a 29-year-old from Argentina, had four top 25s in 2025. He made 8 of 20 cuts and earned $2,359,132. He tied for second Sunday after rounds of 69-67-65-67-268, 12 under par, and needed a birdie and an eagle over the final three holes to retain his card. A. J. Ewart was the final leader at 14 under, earning a check for $50,000.

Villegas, a two-time winner in recent seasons, posted rounds of 69-65-70-66-270, 10 under par, and made a remarkable run Sunday, with birdies at 14, 15, 16 and 17 and needing a fifth on 18, but he made par. A double bogey on the ninth turned out to be his undoing. He'll still get into a good number of events in the upcoming season.

Castillo, a rookie in 2025, had a pretty good season with 16 of 28 cuts made, a third in the RSM Classic worth $483,000, and $1,444,455 total earnings. He shot 70-70-67 at Dye's Valley, then withdrew, we don't know why.

Stegmaier had some success a while back but hasn't been heard from since. He made 42 of 83 cuts and collected $1,768,312 with two top 5s. He shot 69-73-68-73 at Dye's Valley, even par, and tied for 85th.

Among the veterans not making the grade were Spencer Levin (-8), Russell Knox (-6), Cameron Champ (+1) and Trey Mullinax (74-73, WD).