DUVAL, JANZEN FAIL AT US Q SCHOOL - BUT GREG OWEN PASSES
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Major winners David Duval, Lee Janzen, Rich Beem and Shaun Micheel have all failed in their bid to win 2012 US PGA Tour cards.
The quartet were forced to enter the six-round PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in California after failing to earn enough money in 2011 but their hopes of a reprieve via Q-School came up short.
They will now have to rely on invites or pre-tournament qualifying to get starts on the US Tour in next year.
Brendon Todd won the Q-School with a six-day total of 17-under 415. That earned him $50,000 but, of course, the main prize was securing one of the Tour cards on offer.
Eight-under proved the magic number, with 29 players shooting that total or better.
However, only 27 cards were actually handed out. That was because two players in that group - Roberto Castro and Mark Anderson - had already earned their cards by virtue of finishing among the 25 leading money winners on the 2011 Nationwide Tour and did not count. They had entered Q-School in a bid to improve their eligibility by winning a card that got them more automatic starts.
Duval made a final-day run by playing his first nine holes in four under, but he shot even par for the day to tie for 72nd and finish six adrift of the required number.
Janzen, at six-under, was just two shots away from securing a card but Micheel (Evens) and Beem (six-over) never threatened to make it.
Todd, who grew up playing with US PGA Tour stars Dustin Johnson and Webb Simpson, had missed the cut in 27 of his last 37 tournaments on the Nationwide Tour in the last two years but found his form at the perfect time.
"I think I just really stuck to my game plan," he said. "I was hitting it well coming into the week."
Todd finished one clear of Stephen Gangluff while South Korean Noh Seung-yul was a further shot back alongside Bobby Gates.
The 20-year-old Noh, who won the Malaysian Open last year and was the 2010 Asian Tour's leading money winner, was the highest-ranked player in the qualifying tournament at 101.
Others who missed out were Sam Saunders, grandson of Arnold Palmer, and Travis Wadkins, son of Lanny Wadkins.
But there was good news for England's Greg Owen who regained his card after a closing 67.
The Top 29 Q-school finishers:
415 Brendon Todd 71 68 69 71 68 68
416 Stephen Gangluff 72 72 64 71 67 70
417 Bobby Gates 67 70 68 73 73 66, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 69 72 64 72 73 67,
418 Tommy Biershenk 70 70 68 73 69 68, Vaughn Taylor 65 72 69 73 70 69, Jarrod Lyle 68 72 68 73 68 69
419 Bob Estes 67 73 69 74 69 67, Brian Harman 69 71 67 74 68 70, Marco Dawson 73 68 67 67 68 76
420 Sang-Moon Bae 65 76 69 75 69 66. Kevin Kisner 67 71 71 75 69 67
421 Roberto Castro 71 71 68 72 70 69, William McGirt 65 73 70 73 71 69, Jeff Maggert 66 72 72 75 66 70, Charlie Beljan 70 73 66 73 68 71, Harris English 68 67 72 70 70 74
422 Patrick Sheehan 73 75 70 71 66 67, Scott Dunlap 70 72 71 70 71 68, Greg Owen 70 73 73 69 70 67, Daniel Summerhays 64 73 72 74 68 71, Will Claxton 64 70 69 70 76 73, Edward Loar 67 73 73 70 67 72
423 Mark Anderson 66 72 74 72 70 69, Alexandre Rocha 67 70 75 70 69 72, Richard H. Lee 72 74 66 78 65 68
424 John Huh 72 76 65 74 69 68, Nathan Green 74 74 67 70 73 66, Colt Knost 69 72 71 72 68 72
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Major winners David Duval, Lee Janzen, Rich Beem and Shaun Micheel have all failed in their bid to win 2012 US PGA Tour cards.
The quartet were forced to enter the six-round PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in California after failing to earn enough money in 2011 but their hopes of a reprieve via Q-School came up short.
They will now have to rely on invites or pre-tournament qualifying to get starts on the US Tour in next year.
Brendon Todd won the Q-School with a six-day total of 17-under 415. That earned him $50,000 but, of course, the main prize was securing one of the Tour cards on offer.
Eight-under proved the magic number, with 29 players shooting that total or better.
However, only 27 cards were actually handed out. That was because two players in that group - Roberto Castro and Mark Anderson - had already earned their cards by virtue of finishing among the 25 leading money winners on the 2011 Nationwide Tour and did not count. They had entered Q-School in a bid to improve their eligibility by winning a card that got them more automatic starts.
Duval made a final-day run by playing his first nine holes in four under, but he shot even par for the day to tie for 72nd and finish six adrift of the required number.
Janzen, at six-under, was just two shots away from securing a card but Micheel (Evens) and Beem (six-over) never threatened to make it.
Todd, who grew up playing with US PGA Tour stars Dustin Johnson and Webb Simpson, had missed the cut in 27 of his last 37 tournaments on the Nationwide Tour in the last two years but found his form at the perfect time.
"I think I just really stuck to my game plan," he said. "I was hitting it well coming into the week."
Todd finished one clear of Stephen Gangluff while South Korean Noh Seung-yul was a further shot back alongside Bobby Gates.
The 20-year-old Noh, who won the Malaysian Open last year and was the 2010 Asian Tour's leading money winner, was the highest-ranked player in the qualifying tournament at 101.
Others who missed out were Sam Saunders, grandson of Arnold Palmer, and Travis Wadkins, son of Lanny Wadkins.
But there was good news for England's Greg Owen who regained his card after a closing 67.
The Top 29 Q-school finishers:
415 Brendon Todd 71 68 69 71 68 68
416 Stephen Gangluff 72 72 64 71 67 70
417 Bobby Gates 67 70 68 73 73 66, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 69 72 64 72 73 67,
418 Tommy Biershenk 70 70 68 73 69 68, Vaughn Taylor 65 72 69 73 70 69, Jarrod Lyle 68 72 68 73 68 69
419 Bob Estes 67 73 69 74 69 67, Brian Harman 69 71 67 74 68 70, Marco Dawson 73 68 67 67 68 76
420 Sang-Moon Bae 65 76 69 75 69 66. Kevin Kisner 67 71 71 75 69 67
421 Roberto Castro 71 71 68 72 70 69, William McGirt 65 73 70 73 71 69, Jeff Maggert 66 72 72 75 66 70, Charlie Beljan 70 73 66 73 68 71, Harris English 68 67 72 70 70 74
422 Patrick Sheehan 73 75 70 71 66 67, Scott Dunlap 70 72 71 70 71 68, Greg Owen 70 73 73 69 70 67, Daniel Summerhays 64 73 72 74 68 71, Will Claxton 64 70 69 70 76 73, Edward Loar 67 73 73 70 67 72
423 Mark Anderson 66 72 74 72 70 69, Alexandre Rocha 67 70 75 70 69 72, Richard H. Lee 72 74 66 78 65 68
424 John Huh 72 76 65 74 69 68, Nathan Green 74 74 67 70 73 66, Colt Knost 69 72 71 72 68 72
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