BETHESDA, Md. --- Stacy Lewis got her professional career off to an amazing start.

Now she gets to start over.

In a policy that no longer makes sense, Lewis will not get credit for her tie for third in the U.S. Women's Open as she tries to earn enough money to get her LPGA Tour card without going to Q-school.

"The only thing that could have helped me was to win," Lewis said at Interlachen, where she had a one-shot lead going into the final round and closed with 78 to finish five shots behind Inbee Park .

Lewis earned $162,487, which would have been enough to finish the year equal to 80th on the LPGA Tour money list. She is playing in the Northwest Arkansas Championship this week, one of a maximum six events she can play to earn enough money.

"I think it should be revisited," her agent, Jeff Chilcoat , said of the policy. "And frankly, I'd love to have it revisited retroactively. But I don't anticipate it being changed for her."

In 2003, the LPGA expanded the maximum number of sponsor exemptions for non-members from four to six, and counted only domestic tournaments with at least 75 players in the field toward the money list. The U.S. Women's Open didn't count because it is not co-sponsored by the LPGA.

TIGER'S TEST RUN: Tiger Woods is still a candidate for drug testing, even though he will not be competing the rest of the year. But he already knows what to expect, having gone through private testing.

"I've done it twice, actually," Woods said.

Woods didn't say when the tests were conducted, but both came back negative. After the first test was clean, he said he changed the brand of amino acid as part of his nutrition program, and wanted to make sure the change didn't alter the results. He said the second test came back negative, too.

CADDIE CHANGES: Steve Stricker showed up at Congressional with a new caddie, saying longtime friend Tom Mitchell decided to take a break to spend more time with his young family.

Stricker picked up Jimmie Johnson , who previously worked for Nick Price and most recently was on the bag for Augusta native Charles Howell .