I suggest you check your facts Mr Lee. Atlanta Open in May has 1 Wildcard and 4 locals in the Qualifying,Losone Open 1 Wildcard main draw and 4 local spots. In fact every tournament coming up has Wildcards and locals. The New Zealand circuit has 8 local spots out of 16 qualifiers. When you are paying over £300 per year to be a member of the PSA then you become rather frustrated not to be able to even get a chance to play in the qualifying so you struggle to get your ranking higher. Also you are wrong about points not awarded for Qualification rounds. Main Draw 16 with 16 draw for Qualifiers 1st rd losers 1/5th of points awarded to Main draw 1st rd losers. 2nd rd losers 3/5ths of points awarded to Main draw 1st rd losers.

this 'bloke' should never have been included in such a prestigious draw.
Anyone self respecting pro of that ranking is trying to cut their teeth in Europe and not mincing about the american 'circuit'.

for all of you complaining, have you ever been to a tournament to see whats going on? Full gallery for locals an wild card (local) and just a few people watching the first match of No 1 seed ! Wild card to a local is good for the promoter who pays lots of money sometimes ,so it´s good for squash.