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GIRONA, Spain -- Major winner Y.E. Yang and former Ryder Cup player Edoardo Molinari were among the 30 golfers to earn a European Tour card for the 2017 season on Thursday following the final round of Q School.On one of the most nerve-racking days on the European golfing calendar, the high-profile names in the 156-player field all came through safely after six rounds at PGA Catalunya just outside Barcelona.Yang was one of them. The South Koreans seven-year exemption for winning the 2009 U.S. PGA Championship expired this year, meaning he had to go to qualifying school after a disappointing season on the main tour when he had just two top-20 finishes.However, Yang handled the pressure well, playing consistent golf all week and his 1-under 71 on Thursday saw him finish on 8-under 420, in a tie for 11th.Molinari, who played on Europes triumphant 2010 Ryder Cup team at Celtic Manor with younger brother Francesco, qualified for the second straight year in a tie for second on 12 under.Englishmen Tom Lewis (8 under) and Eddie Pepperell (10 under) were other well-known players to get through the final stage. At 47, Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina became the oldest Q School graduate after finishing in a tie for second.Nathan Kimsey of England won the final stage of Q School by a shot after finishing on 13 under. Kimsey also had to come through the first and second stages of Q School, meaning he had to play 252 holes to get his first card.The last two days have been up there in terms of how nervous Ive ever been on a golf course up until this point, Kimsey said, so to come through both of them under par for those two rounds is so pleasing.There was a tension-filled end to the day for Englishmen Jamie Rutherford and Gary King, Jaco Ahlers of South Africa, Niclas Johansson of Sweden and Espen Kofstad of Norway, who were all tied for 25th place -- the cut-off mark for qualifying -- as Richard McEvoy made his way down the 18th. A birdie for McEvoy would have deprived the quintet of European Tour privileges and forced them to compete next year on the second-tier Challenge Tour, where the prize money is much less.McEvoy made par and all six got their cards.It is probably the most stressful day I have had on a golf course, watching Tom (Lewis) and Richie (McEvoy), Pepperell said after watching his compatriots qualify. It is something I do not want to do again. Nike Air Max 95 Offerte Uomo . The news was first reported on Gonzalezs Twitter account and confirmed by the Rockies. Gonzalez has a six-week window before position players have their first workout at spring training in Arizona. Air Max Outlet Italia . Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said. http://www.airmaxshoponlineitalia.it/scontate-max-97-outlet.html . 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The fact Ive led the tour in scoring but dont have a win would really validate ... all the things Ive had going this year.Mickelson still hasnt won in three years dating to the British Open at Muirfield.It just doesnt feel like it to him.He qualified for his 11th consecutive Ryder Cup team, perhaps the greatest testament to his high level of play over two decades. Mickelson played in his first Ryder Cup when Tiger Woods was in college and Jordan Spieth was in diapers.Lefty is No. 10 in the FedEx Cup going into the second playoff event, making him virtually a lock to be in the Tour Championship.But what really gets his attention is that scoring average of 69.21, a slight lead over world No. 1 Jason Day, with U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson not too far behind. Three tournaments are left before the Vardon Trophy is awarded for the lowest adjusted average.Thats an award Mickelson has never won.I would have remembered that, he said with a grin.Maybe because Mickelson, already in the Hall of Fame, has never won any award. Its one of the most peculiar footnotes in what otherwise is a sterling list of accomplishments.He was poised to win the PGA Tour money title and PGA Tour player of the year in 1996 until Tom Lehman won the season-ending Tour Championship at Southern Hills and beat Mickelson out in both. Woods turned pro the next year and won every award just about every year. And whenever Woods was going through a swing change, someone else was having a career season -- David Duval in 1998, Vijay Singh in 2004.Luke Donald and Lee Westwood have reached No. 1 in the world.Phil Mickelson holds the Official World Golf Ranking record for being No. 2 the most weekks (the equivalent of more than five years).ddddddddddddHe was on the front of the 18th green in two at Pebble Beach, needing to get up-and-down to force a playoff with Vaughn Taylor, the No. 447 player in the world. Mickelson, a five-time winner at Pebble Beach, missed a 5-foot putt and lost by one.He was runner-up in at the St. Jude Classic, and the most cruel runner-up finish was a month later at Royal Troon, where Mickelson had a putt for 62 spin out of the cup in the opening round, and he wound up on the short end of a magnificent duel with Henrik Stenson.Ive had a really good year for me, without a win, he said.No doubt, its more difficult now. Mickelson believes if he had played this way a generation ago, he probably would have had at least two wins. The fields are stronger than ever, and deeper. He doesnt have to be perfect, but he has to be better. Someone is always waiting to pounce on the slightest mistake.Theres a lot of players out here that work on their weaknesses and make them strengths, Mickelson said. But when Tiger would play at his best, it was almost impossible to beat him. Here, we have a number of players who when they play their best, its tough. But theyre beatable.Mickelson credits his switch to Andrew Getson, the Phoenix-area golf instructor, for helping with his improvements. He is driving the ball better, keeping it in play more often. His irons are better and hes had what he considers a great year with the putter.Ive had more bogey-free rounds that Ive had in a long time, Mickelson said. I had two of them at the British Open, and thats unheard for me. I think I had one ever, and now two in a four-day stretch.But still no trophy, and that still drives him.He has won the Deutsche Bank Championship. He has won the Tour Championship. He would take either one. He has never won the FedEx Cup, which would require the kind of timing that never seems to go his way.As for the Vardon Trophy? That would be a great consolation prize if he doesnt win. ' ' '