updated 5:36 p.m. ET Oct. 29, 2005

HOLLISTER, Calif. - Casey Martin failed to advance out of the first stage of PGA Tour qualifying, and the golfer who sued the PGA Tour for the right to ride a cart believes it’s time to find another job.

“I’ve pretty much made it clear that this would be my last Q-school,” Martin said on Golf Digest’s Web site. “I’m not saying I’ll never compete again. But I don’t anticipate it being my main thing.”

The 33-year-old Martin has a circulatory disease in his right leg that makes it difficult to walk. He successfully sued the tour in 1998 to use a cart, a decision eventually upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Martin made it to the PGA Tour in 2000, but earned only $143,248 and failed to keep his card. He made the cut at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in February, but has played only nine times on the Nationwide Tour and made one cut.

His leg has bothered him so much the last month that he played only two rounds before going to Q-school, where he shot 2-over 290 at San Juan Oaks Golf Club and missed advancing by seven strokes.

Martin earned an economics degree at Stanford, where he helped the Cardinal win an NCAA title in 1994.

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