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PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – Qualifying for her first U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Creek Golf Club in 2016, 10-year LPGA veteran Jing Yan decided to try her...
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Michael Fermoyle : October 19, 2024
One of the Cardinal Rules of tournament golf is Don't Compound Your Mistakes, meaning don't turn your bogeys into doubles -- or even worse.
It would appear that Van Holmgren violated that rule a couple of times down the stretch during the third round of the First Stage of the PGA Tour/Korn Ferry Q-School. As a result, despite shooting three rounds of 2-under-par 68 at Lake Caroline Golf Club in Madison, Miss., he won't be moving on to the Second Stage.
More than 1,000 players started the four-stage Q-School process in the Preliminary Stage during September, and the vast majority of those guys can really play. That explains how Holmgren could shoot 68 in the first round at Lake Caroline and be tied for 29th place in a qualifying tournament where only the top 21 and ties advance. (There are 13 sites where First Stage qualifiers are being played this month. The goal for everyone in the Q-School series is to make the Final Stage, which will be played in Ponte Vedra, Fla., in December, and finish in the top five. Those top five -- and ties -- will get status on the PGA Tour for 2025.)
Another 68 in Round 2 moved Holmgren up to a tie for 21st. He was going along pretty well on Thursday in Round 3, 2 under through 15 holes, and headed -- seemingly -- for another 68. But then, out of the blue, he made two "others" (a double bogey or worse) in a row. First, there was a triple bogey at the 495-yard, par-4 16th, and as if that weren't bad enough, he followed it with a double bogey on the 223-yard, par-3 17th. The resullt was a 73, which demoted him into a tie for 44th, pretty much wiping out any chance for him to advance.
Holmgren, who is on the exclusive list of seven players who have won the Minnesota state high school, State Amateur and State Open championships (Pat Sawyer, Clayton Johnson, Dave Haberle, John Harris, Chris Perry and Trent Peterson are the others on the list), made a nice try at getting back into contention for the top 21 on Friday. He birdied the fourth, fifth and sixth holes in Round 4 at Lake Caroline, but he bogeyed the seventh and didn't make another birdie until the 11th. The 6-foot-8-inch Holmgren -- he has the distinction of being the tallest player ever to have full status on the Canadian Tour (2023) -- bogeyed the 14th hole and ended up with another 68. That gave him a 72-hole total of 277, which turned out to be four too mamy and put him in a tie for 37th.
Meanwhile, in Albequerque, New Mexico, two-time Minnesota State Open champ Andrew McCain didn't really come all that close to advancing. McCain, who has the record for most addresses listed by a Minnesota State Open champion (Minnesota, Florida and most recently, Nashville, are just three of of them) opened with a 74, then shot 72 and 73. He closed with a 76. That added up to 295, which was nine too many and put him in a tie for 52nd.
PGA TOUR/KORN FERRY Q-SCHOOL
FIRST STAGE (72-hole tournaments)
Madison, Miss.
Lake Caroline GC
Par 70, 6,835 yards
Oct. 15-18
The top 21 finishers and ties advance to the Second Stage of Q-School
(There are four stages to Q-School -- Preliminary, First Stage, Second State and Final Stage. The Final Stage will be Dec. 12-15 at TPC Sawgrass Country Club and Sawgrass CC in Ponte Vedra, Fla., and from there the top five fiinishers will receive PGA Tour Cards for 2025. After that, those finishing at No. 6 through No. 40 will have varying degrees of exempt status for the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour.)
What it took in Madison -- 273 (5-way tie for 21st)
T37. Van Holmgren, Wayzata 68-68-73-68--277 (-3)
Albequerque, New Mexico
University of New Mexico Championship Course
Par 71, 7, 555 yards
Oct. 15-18
The top 21 and ties advance
What it took -- 286 (3-way tie for 21st)
T52. Andrew McCain, Mpls./Nashville 74-72-73-76--295
WD -- Austin Vukovits, Fishers, Ind. 79-WD
Maricopa, Ariz.
Ak-Chin Southern Dunes
Par 72, 7,546 yards
Oct. 8-11
The top 21 and ties advance
Final results
T4. Ben Warian, Stillwater 66-73-69-70--278
What it took -- 281 (7-way tie for 19th)
T55. Andrew Israelson, Staples 74-69-72-76--291
Lincoln, Neb.
Wilderness Ridge CC
Par 71, 7,107 yards
Oct. 8-11
The top 25 and ties advance
Final results
T19. Ben Sigel, Minnetonka 72-64-69-72--277
What it took -- 277 (7-way tie for 19th)
T41. Nate Deziel, East Grand Forks 75-67-69-72--283
T49. Nate Adams, Maple Grove 71-71-71-73--286
T56. Thomas Lehman, Scottsdale, Ariz. 72-74-74-68--288
WD -- Jack Ebner, Edina
Broken Arrow, Okla.
Indian Springs - River Course
Par 71, 6,917 yards
Oct. 8-11
The top 20 and ties will advance
Final results
T9. Caleb VanArragon, Blaine 71-69-67-70--277
T16. Angus Flanagan, Surey, England 64-75-70-70--279
What it took -- 280 (2-way tie for 19th)
T51. Will Grevlos, Sioux Falls 77-71-68-74--290
PRELIMINARY STAGE (54-hole tournaments)
Woodstock, Ill.
At Bull Valley GC
Par 72, 7,190 yards
Sept. 11-13
The top 33 and ties advanced
T28. Jack Hiemenz, Blaine 75-77-76--228
What it took -- 228 (6-way tie for 28th)
Failed to advance
T43. Aaron Wilson,k Chaska 80-72-81--233
Kannapolis, N.C.
At Thr Club @ Irish Creek
Par 71, 7,144 yards
Sept. 11-13
The top 34 fiinishers and ties advanced
What it took -- 213 (6-way tie for 31st
Failed to advance
T40. Hentry May, Edina 72-70-73--215
Brunswick, Ga.
Brunswidk GC
Par 70, 6,802 yards
Sept. 18-20
The top 33 and ties advanced
T3. Muzzy Donohue, St. Paul 66-67-66--199
What it took -- 212 (3-way tie for 33rd)
Newton, Kansas
Sand Creek Station TC
Par 72, 7337 yards
Sapt. 18-20
The top 33 and ties advanced
T4. Nate Adams, Maple Grove 72-70-71--213
T12. Nate Deziel, East Grand Forks 75-73-68--216
What it took -- 222 (3-way tie for 33rd)
Chardon, Ohio
At Mayfield SRC - Sand Ridge
Par 72, 7277 yards
Sept. 18-20
The top 35 and tties advanced
What it took -- 219 (4-way tie for 33rd)
Failed to advance
T66. Zach Sklebar, Fargo 77-80-73--230
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