Men's Golf

[Mama_Bull]

Chase just eagled the 16th hole! His team is (-18) and is currently tied for 7th place. If they can finish in the top 10 then Chase will gain entry into next week's Wells Fargo tournament.

It's on the Golf Channel.

http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html

 

[Mama_Bull]

They just birdied the 17th and are currently T-4!

Edited April 30, 2017 by Mama_Bull

[Mama_Bull]

16They finished at -19 which is currently T-5.

There are still a number of players on the course.

I was confused. The top 5 TEAMS (10 players) are exempt for next week's tourney. So, they are now just in. If someone passes them at -20, then Chase would be out.

In a normal PGA event, the top 10 PLAYERS are qualified for the following week.

 

Meanwhile, on the Web.com tour, former USF Golfer Oscar Fraustro ended up T-16.

Congrats to both our players.

Edited April 30, 2017 by Mama_Bull

[Mama_Bull]

Chase finished T-5 and WILL play next week on the PGA tour !!!

 

[206BULL]

Wow; good for him. I'm hoping to see a nice influx of former Bulls in the PGA in the years to come but Chase got up there quick. Hope he can have a good showing next week   .

Edited May 1, 2017 by 206BULL

[Mama_Bull]

Golf Central Blog

Hot finish gets C. Koepka into Wells Fargo field

By

Ryan Lavner

April 30, 2017, 10:59 pm

 

AVONDALE, La. – Chase Koepka’s PGA Tour debut will be extended another week.

Chase and big brother Brooks birdied the last three holes and combined to shoot 10-under 62 on Sunday to tie for fifth at the Zurich Classic.

As one of the top 10 players and ties, Chase earned a spot in next week’s Wells Fargo Championship.

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It’s an important start as he tries to earn enough points to qualify for the season-ending Web.com Tour Finals.

Chase, who graduated from USF last spring after becoming the program’s all-time wins leader, has status this season on the European Challenge Tour.

He was playing this week on a sponsor exemption.

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/hot-finish-gets-c-koepka-wells-fargo-field/

[Ionbull]

Heck of a family there and a team! If I recall Brooks went to FSU and has been in the tour the past year or two?

[Mama_Bull]

On Monday, May 01, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Ionbull said:

Heck of a family there and a team! If I recall Brooks went to FSU and has been in the tour the past year or two?

Yes, and Brooks is currently ranked in the top 20.

Chase made a nice payday for himself of $140,000 for his 5th place. He also earned about half the FEDEX points needed to qualify for the WEB.com tour finals later in the year.

He could improve on that by at least making the cut at the Wells Fargo tourney this weekend.

You can learn more by reading this article.

https://swingupdate.com/chase-koepka-chasing-pga-tour-card-carrying-brother/

 

Edited May 3, 2017 by Mama_Bull

[Mama_Bull]

USF '17 signee Joaquin Niemann is now only two points behind in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR): 

This week	Last week	Change	orld Amateur Golf rankinPlayer	Country	Divisor	Points average
1	1	-	Maverick McNealy		107.0	1280.8265
2	2	-	Joaquin Niemann		148.0	1278.9205

 

http://www.wagr.com/en/Mens-Ranking.aspx

 

The race to win the McCormack Medal has begun!

 

Mark H. McCormack Medal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

The Mark H. McCormack Medal is presented annually by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews to the leading player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking after the last 'elite' event of the season...

Beginning in 2012, the previous year's men's winner receives an invitation to both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship provided he remains an amateur.^[4][5]

[charsibb]

26 minutes ago, Mama_Bull said:

USF '17 signee Joaquin Niemann is now only two points behind in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR): 

This week	Last week	Change	orld Amateur Golf rankinPlayer	Country	Divisor	Points average
1	1	-	Maverick McNealy		107.0	1280.8265
2	2	-	Joaquin Niemann		148.0	1278.9205

 

http://www.wagr.com/en/Mens-Ranking.aspx

 

The race to win the McCormack Medal has begun!

 

Mark H. McCormack Medal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

The Mark H. McCormack Medal is presented annually by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews to the leading player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking after the last 'elite' event of the season...

Beginning in 2012, the previous year's men's winner receives an invitation to both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship provided he remains an amateur.^[4][5]

 

So does this make him our highest rated sports recruit ever?