Hoge to the top of the leaderboard in Columbus with a 30 on the second-nine, including a second eagle. He appears to have played the easier of the two courses first, so still a challenge ahead...but he's in great shape at the halfway mark.
This could be nearly any course in Montgomery county. Even in July.the longest day in golf is anytime we play on a certain daily play in nw houston that for some reason allows multiple fivesomes of average to bad golfers who act like they are trying to qualify
Nice run Highsmith is on. He was struggling to break the lineup a few weeks ago and became the hero at the NCAAs.Hoge has worked himself back to the cutline. With 4 holes to play, he's in an 11-way tie for 16th at -5. I think it'll end up being -6 to get into a playoff and -7 to get in clean.
Edit: Cole Hammer is tied with Hoge, so he has a shot. Collegians who successfully made it through other qualifiers include Pepperdine's Joe Highsmith and Georgia's Spencer Ralston.
so great for all of them...Hoge gets a birdie coming in this morning and qualifies on the number (apparently) at -6. "Apparently" is because 17 players finished at -6 or better, and only 16 were supposed to qualify. I don't see anything about a playoff or alternates being assigned, but those who finished at -5 are listed as MC.
Also finishing at -6 were UT's Cole Hammer and Pierceson Coody, who also appear to have punched their ticket to Torrey Pines.
Edit: Results just updated to show Hammer as the first alternate. Maybe a playoff was in process among the group at -6, which included Hoge, Hammer, Coody, Jhonattan Vegas and Peter Malnati.
With Paul Barjon and Hayden Springer having qualified earlier, we'll have 3 Frogs to cheer for at Torrey.
so great for all of them...
Anybody watching the tour event this week. Interesting course
Watching the replay. Looks great. Ball strikers' fun ground.They've had a couple of courses in the past year that have been first-time tour stops (Concession earlier this year), and I find it interesting to see how guys approach a course when virtually none of them have detailed personal notes from past setups. Right now the leaderboard has about 7 guys in the top 15 who either grew up or played college golf in the Carolinas or Georgia.
Hoping our US based alums have that level of success this week in the openA good Sunday for Frog alumni, with three top-11 finishes in Europe:
David Ravetto closes with a bogey-free 68 to finish T6 in Cadiz and earn a shade over $7,000 USD. That may be his largest pro payday and doubles his career earnings on the Challenge Tour.
Julien Brun shoots a final-round 66 to finish a shot back of Ravetto (T11). Brun is now 9th on the Challenge Tour points list--top 20 at end of season earn promotion to the European Tour.
Stefano Mazzoli shoots a final-round 65 to finish T4 in Metz. He is now fourth on Alps Tour's Order of Merit.
What Garrick Higgo has done lately is incredible. Something like 2 euro wins and a pga win in his last six starts? His second pga tourney today ever and he wins it.Tyrell Hatton with a no-birdie, no-bogey 67 at Congaree today. His round included 3 eagles and a double. It's the second 3-eagle round on tour (Matthew Wolff had the first).
Since this is supposed to be about TCU golf, I'll mention that David Ravetto is getting a couple of starts on the Challenge Tour (second-tier in Europe) this month and is T15 after a third-round 67 at the Challenge de Cadiz. In four prior Challenge Tour starts, he hasn't finished better than T68, so could be a . He'll also play in the Challenge de España next week at the same resort. You could do worse than a couple of weeks of golf in southern Spain.
Ravetto is 9th on the Order of Merit for the third-tier Alps Tour--not sure if he gets points there when playing up a level. He's right behind fellow Frog Stefano Mazzoli, who is 8th in the points standings and T10 through 36 holes (of 54) at the Open de la Mirabelle d'Or in Metz, France. I think the top 4 on the Order of Merit at the end of season get a promotion.
He finished in first place, but it was gifted to him. Still, a well-played tournament on his part.What Garrick Higgo has done lately is incredible. Something like 2 euro wins and a pga win in his last six starts? His second pga tourney today ever and he wins it.
Interesting which TCU golfer shot 68 to make the field at the Tx Am qualifier I tried this year….
Oh what might have been had we not given a traitor the spot instead