Jon Mills earns 2008 Tour Card
Congrats to Oshawa Ontario native Jon Mills for a great year on the Nationwide tour, where he finished 4th on the money list and won his 2008 tour card by finishing in the top 25.
He finished the year with one victory, and pocketed a nifty $366K for the year.
It will be the second trip to the “big show” for Jon, who played the 2006 season, but finished a disappointing 227th on the money list.
He’s certainly proven that he has plenty of “pre Tour” talent and experience, finishing 5th on the Nationwide money list in 2005, and also winning the Canadian PGA championship that year, including a third round 63 in the victory.
Bob Weeks conversed with Jon recently Jon had this to say :
Mills said that despite his high finish, he wasn’t sure what events he’d get entry to at the start of next season. The early ones on the West Coast were probably OK, but Nissan and Phoenix might be tough. He said he’d look at the player who finished in the same position as a year ago and see what events he was in to gauge his schedule.As opposed to his first trip to the PGA Tour, he’s much more confident in his abilities, that was clear in listening to him. He’ll also have some experience with the courses and the set ups, which can be somewhat nastier than on the Nationwide. While he wouldn’t reveal his goals, he stated that they are higher than just finishing in the top 125.
“Have to aim high,” he said.
Of his 2007 season, he listed missing the cut at the U.S. Open as the most disappointing moment. Angel Cabrera sank a downhill 25-footer to send him home for the weekend which was tough to take, especially since Mills now lives not far from Oakmont.
“I had to go back there on Sunday to catch a shuttle for an event I was doing on Monday and to sit and watch all the players coming in off the course was tough,” he said.
The highlight, of course, was winning the Albertsons Boise Open.
“I’d had a bunch of good finishes up to that point but I was still right around 25 and that made it tough,” he said. “The win definitely made it easier to play.”
His plan for the off-season is to train and hit some balls at Kent State. He’ll be in Toronto in early December for the Special Olympics dinner. And he’ll head to the south to begin preparing for the new season not long after that.