Chamblee: Finishing on Nicklaus course was the wiser path

Brian Vranesh was outside of the bubble as he started his final round at Q-School, but fired a 7-under 65 on the Nicklaus course to finish on the number at 19-under. 

Brandel Chamblee said on Monday's edition of Golf Central that playing the Nicklaus course for the final stage, rather than the Stadium course, was the "wiser decision":

Give credit to the Tour staff.  I think they chose the wiser path and had these guys finish on the Nicklaus golf course.  In years past, they had them finishing up on the Stadium golf course.  That meant moving day was always the fifth day when they were playing the Nicklaus golf course.  It's by far the easier of the two.

When you take a closer look at Vranesh's scorecard, he was not able to shoot lower than 71 the three days he played on the Stadium Course.  I haven't made up my mind on whether it's better to have a tougher or more benign course setup for the final stage of Q-School.  What I do know is that we saw enough mishaps on the Nicklaus course earlier today where, although there were lower scores, it still packed a strong test.