Illini Golfers in the Pros

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Herndon, VA
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It would be unfortunate if the weather causes the cancellation of the 4th round tomorrow.
 
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FlyNavy

FlyNavy
Los Angeles
FlyNavy
I was able to catch most of the round Saturday. Detry played solid overall, kept himself out of trouble. Played a better round than the #1 player, that's gotta be a confidence boost. I'll admit I was more impressed with Ludvig Aberg, I think he would've won if they played a fourth round. He will be a top 5 player very soon.

Fourth place will give Detry a boost going forward. He is now 65th in World Rankings - if he can crack the top 50 by the end of March he will qualify for the Masters. He is now 18th in the Fedex cup standings which could set him up for future Signature Events. Oddly enough, he is not currently qualified for the next Signature Event (Genesis Invitational), and would have to either play well in Phoenix or gain a sponsor exemption to make the field - I think the latter is a real possibility. Hardy already qualified for Genesis via the Fedex Fall "Next 10"

Last week:
PGAT AT&T Pebble Beach: Detry T4, Hardy T47.
DPWT Bahrain: Besard T48
KFT Panama: Campbell T27, Kuhl MC. Rough first KFT event for Tommy, who went 80-75 to finish tied for last.
LIV Mayakoba: Pieters T43 (team finished 11th of 13)

This week in the field:
PGAT WM Phoenix Open: Detry, Hardy, ADdC
DPWT Qatar Masters: Besard
KFT Colombia: Campbell
LIV Las Vegas: Pieters
 
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FlyNavy said:
I was able to catch most of the round Saturday. Detry played solid overall, kept himself out of trouble. Played a better round than the #1 player, that's gotta be a confidence boost. I'll admit I was more impressed with Ludvig Aberg, I think he would've won if they played a fourth round. He will be a top 5 player very soon.

Fourth place will give Detry a boost going forward. He is now 65th in World Rankings - if he can crack the top 50 by the end of March he will qualify for the Masters. He is now 18th in the Fedex cup standings which could set him up for future Signature Events. Oddly enough, he is not currently qualified for the next Signature Event (Genesis Invitational), and would have to either play well in Phoenix or gain a sponsor exemption to make the field - I think the latter is a real possibility. Hardy already qualified for Genesis via the Fedex Fall "Next 10"
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Not a knock on Detry, but with that last round not playing out it probably helped him for the big payout but also for the points like you mentioned. Ton of big name guys like Jason Day, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Sam Burns, etc that were right behind Detry going into the final round. JMO but I think Detry would have fallen down the board.

Phoenix Open is always a fun one for the crowd coming up next.....
 
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FlyNavy

FlyNavy
Los Angeles
FlyNavy
Cristobal Del Solar shot a 57 in the opening round in Colombia (Korn Ferry Tour). This is the lowest score on any second-tier tour in history. And what's crazy is he could've done better - he shot a par on each of his last three holes!

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Overshadowed is Brian Campbell's opening-round 61, which puts him in 2nd. Hopefully Brian can keep it rolling through the weekend!
 
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biglug58

biglug58
Chicago, IL
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FlyNavy said:
Cristobal Del Solar shot a 57 in the opening round in Colombia (Korn Ferry Tour). This is the lowest score on any second-tier tour in history. And what's crazy is he could've done better - he shot a par on each of his last three holes!

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Overshadowed is Brian Campbell's opening-round 61, which puts him in 2nd. Hopefully Brian can keep it rolling through the weekend!
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Course is 6,254 yds at 8600 ft above sea level. Many drivable holes.
 
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FlyNavy

FlyNavy
Los Angeles
FlyNavy
Campbell is also T5 in the KFT. Note that the guy leading shot a 59, showing that the "PC" course is probably about as challenging as the local muni. They will not play it during the weekend rounds, so Brian's definitely got a shot.

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Pieters slipped back, though his team is still tied for first. And Besard missed the cut in Qatar by two strokes.

Good luck to all Illini who made it to the weekend!
 
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