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By RAY McCARTHY
Assistant Editor

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – Jason Allred isn’t going to sit in his hotel room tonight and replay with delight the 8-under 64 he shot Friday in the third round of the final stage PGA Tour Q-School.

He and his wife of five years, Kimberly, are going to watch funny movies and think nothing of the two eagles and five birdies that put him in second place, five strokes behind red-hot Frank Lickliter II.

“We try to be intentional about renting funny movies and doing things to get our mind off of it,” said the soft-spoken 27-year-old. “I have a great wife. It’s nice to just have friendship and companionship on the road.”

Allred led the field with his 64 but still trails Lickliter, who followed up his blistering 62-62 start to Q-School with a ho-hum 4-under 68 to maintain the 54-hole lead at 24 under.

Lickliter, who bogeyed his second-to-last hole, declined an interview for the third consecutive day, but said he will speak about his torrid run through the final stage after Monday’s final round.

Playing in the same group on Orange County National’s Panther Lake Course, both Lickliter and Allred eagled the par-5 second from nearly the same spot on the green. Allred’s 210-yard approach was to a tough pin tucked on the far right side of the green.

“That was a great eagle,” he said. “I feel like it’s my natural shot right now. I did a good job of trusting it, and it worked out great.”

The long-hitting Allred set a gameplan early in the week to attack the nine par-5s between the Panther Lake and Crooked Cat courses, and he said he will maintain that aggressiveness the rest of the way.

“I’m really trying to get after them,” said Allred, who has four eagles on the week. “My goal is to play them aggressive and play solid everywhere else.”

Allred finished 74th on the 2007 Nationwide Tour money list with $81,071. He made 13 cuts in 29 events, including three top-10s and a season-best tie for 4th at the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic in August.

The Tenacious Tommy “Two Gloves”: If not for Allred’s 64, Tommy Gainey would have been crowned Friday’s medalist with his 7-under 65 on Panther Lake.

Known predominately for the fact that he wears two gloves when he plays golf and that he won the Big Break VII, Gainey (pictured, above) is impressing the field with his game and the numbers he’s posting.

Said one player’s caddie, “You see Two Gloves? Man, he takes a cut at it. Guy can play.”

Gainey’s 65 followed a 67-68 start, and he currently stands in third place at 16 under, a position he’d rather not think about.

“It’s six grueling days, and I’ve got myself in such a good position that I can’t let up,” Gainey said. “I’ve got to keep going after it.”

Gainey played in four Nationwide Tour events in ‘07 and missed the cut twice, but took away a tie for 8th at the Cox Classic in July.

Gainey has drawn upon his experience with the Big Break while playing in the final stage.

“Being on the Big Break, it’s pretty bad when you can hit a good shot and be eliminated,” said Gainey. “At least out here, if you do hit a bad shot, you have a lot of opportunities to make that shot up.”

Any takers?: Reynolds Robinson’s dream is to become a full-time caddie on the PGA Tour, and the 37-year-old was granted another step closer to that dream this week during the final stage of PGA Tour Q-School.

At the beginning of the week, Argentine Miguel Carballo walked into the pro shop at Orange County National in need of a caddie. Knowing his desire, Robinson’s superiors in the pro shop recommended him to Carballo.

“It’s huge. I love it. The people here know me well and they knew they weren’t throwing [Miguel] any old caddie,” Robinson said.

Carballo had a promising season on the ‘07 Nationwide Tour when he finished 31st with $177,711, but closing out his season with seven missed cuts in 10 events made him consider a caddie change.

“I thought it would be good for me to find my game,” Carballo said through a translator. “The caddie is like a tool, another club in the bag that can help you.”

Though he isn’t considering hiring Robinson full-time, Carballo appreciates the limited Spanish that Robinson speaks. During Carballo’s rounds, the two coordinate yardages in Spanish.

“Being around him has really sparked my interest to learn Spanish again,” said Robinson, who learned what he knows from a Paraguayan family friend he lived with in Phoenix. “There are a lot of good Hispanic players out there.”

Carballo birdied his last two holes to finish 2 under on the day. He stands at 5 under on the week.

Bubble boys: Through two rounds, there were 37 players inside the top-25 bubble. Through Friday’s third round, 32 Tour hopefuls were inside the top 25.

Quotes of the day: “What makes a good caddie is a good player.” – Victor Velasquez, Carlos Franco’s caddie.

“He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” – Carlos Franco, in response to Velasquez.

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Ray McCarthy is a Golfweek assistant editor. To reach him e-mail rmccarthy@golfweek.com.

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Scores with relation to par from the third round of PGA Tour Q-School, played Nov. 30 at Orange County National's par-72, 7,493-yard Crooked Cat course (c) and par-72, 7,350-yard Panther Lake course (Note: top 25 and ties earn PGA Tour cards, next number closest to 50 earn Nationwide Tour cards, remainder earn partial Nationwide status; a-amateur):

1. Frank Lickliter II	62p-62c-68p—192			-24
2. Jason Allred	66c-67p-64p—197			-19
3. Tommy Gainey	67p-68c-65p—200			-16
4. Jim McGovern	68c-66p-68p—202			-14
5. Travis Perkins	67c-67p-69p—203			-13
6. Tag Ridings	68p-69c-67p—204			-12
6. Brett Rumford	66c-70p-68p—204			-12
6. Alejandro Canizares	72c-62p-70p—204			-12
6. Brendon de Jonge	62p-71c-71p—204			-12
10. Chris Stroud	69p-68c-69p—206			-10
10. Hunter Haas	70p-66c-70p—206			-10
10. David Lutterus	66p-70c-70p—206			-10
10. Dustin Johnson	72c-67p-67p—206			-10
10. Darren Angel	71p-67c-68p—206			-10
10. Josh Broadaway	69c-71p-66p—206			-10
16. D.H. Lee	67p-70c-70p—207			-9
16. Jin Park	70c-66p-71p—207			-9
16. Skip Kendall	72c-67p-68p—207			-9
16. Kent Jones	70p-69c-68p—207			-9
16. Jon Rusk	68c-70p-69p—207			-9
21. Brad Fritsch	69p-68c-71p—208			-8
21. Peter Tomasulo	69p-73c-66c—208			-8
21. Ryan Palmer	70c-66p-72p—208			-8
21. Jarrod Lyle	71c-71p-66c—208			-8
21. Greg Chalmers	72c-67p-69p—208			-8
21. Bryan Decorso	68p-70c-70p—208			-8
21. Cody Freeman	73p-65c-70p—208			-8
21. Kevin Streelman	71p-68c-69p—208			-8
21. Doug LaBelle II	68c-70p-70p—208			-8
21. Bob Sowards	72c-67p-69p—208			-8
21. David Mathis	71c-67p-70p—208			-8
21. Yong-Eun Yang	70c-68p-70p—208			-8
33. Bob Heintz	67c-70p-72p—209			-7
33. Spencer Levin	72p-68c-69p—209			-7
33. Patrick Damron	70p-70c-69p—209			-7
33. David McKenzie	70p-71c-68p—209			-7
33. Harrison Frazar	67c-69p-73p—209			-7
33. Geoffrey Sisk	70p-71c-68p—209			-7
33. Parker McLachlin	70p-71c-68p—209			-7
33. Kenneth Ferrie	69c-70p-70p—209			-7
33. Greg Owen	69c-70p-70p—209			-7
33. Richard S. Johnson	70c-69p-70p—209			-7
33. Tee McCabe	70c-68p-71p—209			-7
33. Darron Stiles	70p-68c-71p—209			-7
33. Adam Fox	71c-66p-72p—209			-7
46. Chris Tidland	71c-71p-68c—210			-6
46. Brad Adamonis	72p-68c-70p—210			-6
46. Josh McCumber	69p-73c-68c—210			-6
46. Wade Ormsby	73c-67p-70p—210			-6
46. John Merrick	68c-69p-73p—210			-6
46. Dicky Pride	70p-67c-73p—210			-6
46. J.J. Killeen	72c-70p-68c—210			-6
46. Todd Demsey	67c-68p-75p—210			-6
46. Bob May	69p-73c-68c—210			-6
46. Bubba Dickerson	70p-71c-69p—210			-6
46. Mike Wendling	71p-68c-71p—210			-6
46. Carlos Franco	68c-71p-71p—210			-6
46. Rick Price	70p-69c-71p—210			-6
46. Kevin Johnson	69p-70c-71p—210			-6
46. Tom Carter	69p-70c-71p—210			-6
46. Oskar Bergman	70p-69c-71p—210			-6
46. Matthew Every	66p-72c-72p—210			-6
46. Matt Hansen	67p-73c-70p—210			-6
46. Bill Lunde	68c-69p-73p—210			-6
65. Esteban Toledo	70c-70p-71p—211			-5
65. Steve Lowery	73c-69p-69c—211			-5
65. Miguel Angel Carballo	69p-72c-70p—211			-5
65. Scott Parel	71p-70c-70p—211			-5
65. Henrik Bjornstad	74p-67c-70p—211			-5
65. Andrew Bonhomme	70p-69c-72p—211			-5
65. Daisuke Maruyama	71c-68p-72p—211			-5
65. Won Joon Lee	71p-68c-72p—211			-5
65. Tyler Williamson	70c-68p-73p—211			-5
65. Ted Purdy	68p-71c-72p—211			-5
65. Grant Waite	71c-73p-67c—211			-5
65. Tim Wilkinson	73c-70p-68c—211			-5
65. B.J. Staten	71p-67c-73p—211			-5
65. Sebastian Fernandez	70p-68c-73p—211			-5
79. Andrew Buckle	73p-73c-66c—212			-4
79. Pat Bates	69p-71c-72p—212			-4
79. David Schultz	68c-73p-71p—212			-4
79. Bret Guetz	75p-69c-68c—212			-4
79. Kyle Reifers	69c-70p-73p—212			-4
79. Tom Johnson	70c-68p-74p—212			-4
79. Kris Blanks	73p-70c-69c—212			-4
79. Jeremy Anderson	74p-69c-69c—212			-4
79. Ben Willman	75c-68p-69c—212			-4
79. Scott Harrington	72p-70c-70c—212			-4
79. Brenden Pappas	73p-70c-69c—212			-4
79. Gavin Coles	68p-72c-72p—212			-4
79. David Roesch	73p-67c-72p—212			-4
92. Chris Riley	72p-70c-71c—213			-3
92. Steve Allan	71p-69c-73p—213			-3
92. Brendan Steele	73p-69c-71c—213			-3
92. Jeremy Pope	70p-70c-73p—213			-3
92. Marco Dawson	73p-68c-72p—213			-3
92. Vance Veazey	72c-70p-71c—213			-3
92. Chad Ginn	71c-70p-72c—213			-3
92. Tyler Aldridge	71c-70p-72c—213			-3
92. Rob Bradley	74c-67p-72p—213			-3
92. Brian Stuard	73c-71p-69c—213			-3
92. Chris Nallen	70c-74p-69c—213			-3
92. Scott Gutschewski	68p-71c-74p—213			-3
92. Garth Mulroy	71c-72p-70c—213			-3
92. Kris Cox	74p-72c-67c—213			-3
92. Brad Lamb	68c-74p-71c—213			-3
107. Chris Kirk	71c-73p-70c—214			-2
107. Daniel Summerhays	73c-72p-69c—214			-2
107. Notah Begay III	75p-70c-69c—214			-2
110. Chris Kamin	72c-70p-73c—215			-1
110. Jonathan Fricke	75p-71c-69c—215			-1
110. Mike Sposa	70p-72c-73c—215			-1
110. Christo Greyling	70c-72p-73c—215			-1
110. Keoke Cotner	70p-72c-73c—215			-1
110. D.A. Points	67p-74c-74p—215			-1
110. Gibby Gilbert III	73c-69p-73c—215			-1
110. Craig Lile	73c-68p-74p—215			-1
110. Anders Hultman	72p-72c-71c—215			-1
110. Jim Herman	73c-70p-72c—215			-1
110. Jeff Klauk	74c-71p-70c—215			-1
110. Brad Weesner	72p-73c-70c—215			-1
110. Reid Edstrom	75p-70c-70c—215			-1
110. Jason Schultz	75c-70p-70c—215			-1
124. Casey Wittenberg	72c-74p-70c—216			E
124. Jeff Gove	72p-74c-70c—216			E
124. Matt Bettencourt	74c-73p-69c—216			E
124. Chris Anderson	71p-71c-74c—216			E
124. Bradley Iles	72p-70c-74c—216			E
124. Pete Jordan	70p-71c-75c—216			E
124. Chris Smith	75c-69p-72c—216			E
124. Mark Walker	74p-70c-72c—216			E
124. Steve Hart	71p-73c-72c—216			E
124. Matthew Call	73c-71p-72c—216			E
124. Duffy Waldorf	74c-69p-73c—216			E
124. Brendon Todd	72p-73c-71c—216			E
124. Scott Gordon	73p-72c-71c—216			E
124. John Kimbell	70c-70p-76p—216			E
124. Randy Leen	73p-73c-70c—216			E
139. Craig Kanada	72p-69c-76p—217		+	1
139. Alex Prugh	72c-69p-76c—217		+	1
139. Colt Knost	75c-70p-72c—217		+	1
139. Cameron Percy	73c-70p-74c—217		+	1
139. Garrett Osborn	74p-71c-72c—217		+	1
139. Steve Pate	72p-71c-74c—217		+	1
139. Zoran Zorkic	71c-72p-74c—217		+	1
146. Tommy Tolles	73c-75p-70c—218		+	2
146. Keith Nolan	70p-74c-74c—218		+	2
146. Craig Bowden	72c-72p-74c—218		+	2
146. Chris Parra	73p-73c-72c—218		+	2
150. Scott Piercy	73c-74p-73c—220		+	4
150. Andres Gonzales	75p-73c-72c—220		+	4
152. Todd Fischer	72c-75p-74c—221		+	5
152. Greg Kraft	74c-73p-74c—221		+	5
152. Nick Malinowski	72p-75c-74c—221		+	5
152. Brent Delahoussaye	73c-75p-73c—221		+	5
152. Kieran Staunton	77c-72p-72c—221		+	5
152. Spike McRoy	76p-75c-70c—221		+	5
152. Franklin Langham	71c-73p-77c—221		+	5
152. Madalitso Muthiya	72c-71p-78c—221		+	5
160. Ian Leggatt	77p-71c-74c—222		+	6
160. Michael Boyd	77c-73p-72c—222		+	6
160. Jason Dufner	75c-76p-71c—222		+	6
160. a-Seung-su Han	74c-69p-79c—222		+	6
164. Lee Curry	76c-73p-74c—223		+	7
165. Kelly Sellers	73c-78p-74c—225		+	9

Posted: 11/30/2007

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