Brian Quackenbush Golf

I finished 6th in last week’s first stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament at Florence CC. The top 25 and ties made it at my site. My scores of 67-64-70-68 (-11) were 8 shots inside the cut line and 4 shots off the lead. Finishing this high in the field ensures that I will get my first preference for my Stage 2 site which is Lake Jovita CC in Dade City, FL. This is the same site that I went to last year so I know it well.

Stage 2 is November 14-17 and with coverage at this site.

I’m in Florence, SC this week (Tuesday-Friday) for Stage 1 of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. Click here for scoring and information.

I removed the qualifier for the Chattanooga Nationwide Tour event off the schedule this week. If everything had gone well, I would have qualified into the event, made the cut and played on Sunday. This would have compressed my practice rounds for Stage 1 of Q-School in Florence to just Monday afternoon. It would also have meant 12 rounds (9 competitive) in 13 consecutive days. This would not have been optimal for performing well at Stage 1.

So, I entered the Tarheel Tour event at Walnut Creek which runs through Friday. This gives me a few good warmup days on a course similar to Florence CC and gives me one day rest before I go to Florence for my Sunday-Monday practice rounds. It’s difficult to give up that last chance at earning my way onto the Nationwide Tour in Chattanooga. Q-School is the one tournament that really matters each year and I needed to be ready for that more than I needed to give myself another shot at a Nationwide Tour event.