(from PGATOUR.com) -- Every Monday before a Korn Ferry Tour or PGA TOUR event 100s of players sign up all with the hope of a chance at chasing their dream. Before those hundreds more went to a pre-qualifier just hoping to qualify for the Monday qualifier. All doing so in search of one day pulling off a storybook run like Alex Smalley's done the last month.
A little less than 2 1/2 months ago, Smalley, 24, played a mini-tour event. Last Sunday, he locked up one of the 25 PGA TOUR cards awarded during the Korn Ferry Tour Finals with a T4 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship.