I think I'm missing something in the TOC rules.
I just looked at the j-archive, and found 6 5-game winners this season. Going back to last season starting at the end of the TOC, there were 4 more 5-game winners.
That would only be 9 qualified and leave 6 open wild card spaces for biggest money winners in that span to enter the TOC.
How does that leave Rani Peffer, a 5-game winner, on the bubble?
Because of the fifteen people who would be in the tourney right now, she has the lowest money total. Simple.
The field right now, at approximately two months left in the season, would consist of the following if qualifying simply ended right now. Listed in order of when their reign ended.
-Joshua Brakhage (5 wins, $104,205)
-Drew Horwood (7 wins, $139,100)
-Rebecca Rider (5 wins, $102,600)
-Jim Coury (College Champion)
-Andrew Moore (6 wins, $139,803)
-Ben Ingram (8 wins, $177,534)
-Jared Hall (6 wins. $182,001)
-John Pearson (Teachers Tournament Champion)
-Rani Peffer (5 wins, $70,701)
-Jerry Slowik (5 wins, $122,800)
-Sarah McNitt (5 wins, $91,938)
-Terry O'Shea (College Champion)
-Arthur Chu (11 wins, $298,200)
-Sandie Baker (6 wins, $142,200)
-Julia Collins (20 wins, $429,100)
Not as hard as you make it seem.
