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By SEAN MARTIN
Assistant EditorWINTER GARDEN, Fla. – Andrew Bonhomme likes to sample a local brew in every country he visits.
“I’ve played in 32, so I’ve sampled a few,” he said.
The
Australian hasn’t played in the United States in 10 years, though. That
could change after his 67 Saturday at Q-School moved him up 40 spots on
the leaderboard into a tie for 25th at 10-under 278. The top 25 and
ties earn their PGA Tour card.
Bonhomme knows he can’t start
celebrating with 36 holes remaining. He’s played in 14 qualifying
tournaments for various tours worldwide. This is his first attempt at
PGA Tour Q-School, though.
“I figured now was the time,” he
said. “I’m 35. If I didn’t try now, it would be too late. I had a good
year in Australia, so I thought I’d try to come to America.”
Bonhomme won the
money list this year on the Von Nida Tour, Australia’s developmental
circuit. He’s also competed on the Australian, Japan, European and
Asian tours, where he won the 1997 Vietnam Open.
Brett
Rumford, another Aussie taking his first shot at Q-School, is also in good
shape to get his Tour card. He shot 65 Saturday to sit in third place
at 19 under par.
Rumford has played on the European Tour since
turning pro in 2000, winning three times. He also won the 1999
Australian PGA Championship as an amateur.
Bonhomme had to
advance through the first two stages of Q-School to get to Orange
County National. He returned Down Under to win the Queensland PGA
Championship between the first and second stages.
Bonhomme
started Saturday tied for 65th, and made bogey on his third hole after
teeing off on Crooked Cat’s 10th. He made two birdies on his first
nine, then shot a back-nine 32.
He holed a flop shot for eagle
from just off the green on the par-5 No.4. On the next hole, Bonhomme missed the green with a 9-iron in his hand, but holed the next shot for birdie.
“I was telling my caddie I hadn’t had (a chip-in) all week, then I had two in a row,” he said.
Bonhomme completed his round with a 4-foot birdie putt on No. 9 after laying up off the tee on the short par-4.
Traveling will be no easy task if he gets his Tour card. Bonhomme’s hometown of Goondiwindi is four hours from a major airport.
Still leading: Frank Lickliter II had only three bogeys the first three rounds of Q-School en route to a 24-under 192 total.
He
had three bogeys Saturday, and a double bogey, in his even-par 72 at
Crooked Cat. Lickliter is still leading, three shots ahead of Jason
Allred, who shot 70 to get to 21-under 267.
In the wrong
direction: Bonhomme’s playing partner, Mike Wendling, also made a short
birdie putt on his final hole of the day. He hardly looked happy,
though. Wendling’s birdie capped off a 78 that dropped him 84 spots on
the leaderboard into a tie for 130th at even-par 288.
Big mover: Casey
Wittenberg helped his chances of making his first trip to the PGA Tour
with a 9-under 63 at Panther Lake, the low round of the day by two
shots. He moved up 86 spots on the leaderboard into a tie for 38th, one
shot out of the top 25.
Wittenberg, who was followed again by
former IMG/David Leadbetter Golf Academy classmate Paula Creamer,
started his day with a birdie on No. 10.
He made five
consecutive pars before making birdies on Nos. 16 and 17. He parred the
next hole, then made back-to-back eagles on the par-4 first hole and
par-5 second hole. He added birdies on Nos. 5 and 6 before parring his
final three holes.
Feeling perky: Travis Perkins is
trying to take the most difficult road to the PGA Tour. He had to
advance through the first two stages of Q-School to get to the finals.
Last
year, only eight players played all three stages and earned a Tour
card. He’s close to matching that feat after posting his fourth
consecutive round in the 60s, a 68 that put him in a tie for fourth at
17-under 271.
Perkins’ plight is made a little easier because of
his Lakeland, Fla., locale. He played the first stage at his home
course, Grasslands Golf & Country Club. His second stage site, Lake
Jovita Golf Club, is about an hour from his home. Orange County
National is even closer, but he’s staying in an RV about 10 minutes
from the course.
“It definitely helps,” he said about being able to stay so close to home.
Perkins
first came to Lakeland to play at Florida Southern, where his team won
three NCAA Division II Men’s Championships and he was a three-time
All-American.
You're so withdrawn: Robert Gamez, who
almost won the final Tour event of the year to keep his card, withdrew
during Friday’s third round because of a left wrist injury. Craig
Bowden and Craig Kanada withdrew Saturday.
The list of WDs will
only grow as the week progresses and players realize they aren’t going
to improve their status. Last year, 13 players withdrew (10 during the
fourth round or later) and another three were disqualified.
Bowden
and Kanada both finished inside the top 150 on the 2007 PGA Tour money
list, so they are guaranteed conditional status. Bowden, however,
finished at No. 171.
Un-Seung: UNLV junior Seung-su Han
shot 72 Saturday and is tied for 158th at 6-over 294. Unless he makes a
huge rally over the final 36 holes, Han is looking at conditional
status on the Nationwide Tour, which means about 15 starts.
Nationwide
Tour rookies Kyle McCarthy and Brian Unk made 17 and 13 starts,
respectively, after finishing T-139 among the 147 players that completed
six rounds at 2006 Q-School.
Han has 10 days after Q-School to decide whether he wants to turn pro or return to school.
On the number: Geoffrey Sisk made an eagle 2 on his final hole of the day – No. 9 on Crooked Cat – to shoot 69 and move into a tie for 25th.
Quote of the day: “Dish sanitation technician,” Bonhomme’s description of one of his non-golf jobs earlier in his career. He was a dishwasher.
• • •
Sean Martin is a Golfweek.com assistant editor. To reach him e-mail smartin@golfweek.com.
Scores with relation to par from the fourth
round of PGA Tour Q-School, played Dec. 1 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-72c--264 |
|
-24 |
| 2. Jason Allred |
66c-67p-64p-70c--267 |
|
-21 |
| 3. Brett Rumford |
66c-70p-68p-65c--269 |
|
-19 |
| 4. Tommy Gainey |
67p-68c-65p-71c--271 |
|
-17 |
| 4. Travis Perkins |
67c-67p-69p-68c--271 |
|
-17 |
| 6. Tag Ridings |
68p-69c-67p-69c--273 |
|
-15 |
| 6. Jim McGovern |
68c-66p-68p-71c--273 |
|
-15 |
| 8. Chris Stroud |
69p-68c-69p-68c--274 |
|
-14 |
| 8. Jin Park |
70c-66p-71p-67c--274 |
|
-14 |
| 10. David Lutterus |
66p-70c-70p-69c--275 |
|
-13 |
| 10. Alejandro Canizares |
72c-62p-70p-71c--275 |
|
-13 |
| 12. Dustin Johnson |
72c-67p-67p-70c--276 |
|
-12 |
| 12. Yong-Eun Yang |
70c-68p-70p-68c--276 |
|
-12 |
| 12. Parker McLachlin |
70p-71c-68p-67c--276 |
|
-12 |
| 15. Skip Kendall |
72c-67p-68p-70c--277 |
|
-11 |
| 15. Kent Jones |
70p-69c-68p-70c--277 |
|
-11 |
| 15. Bryan Decorso |
68p-70c-70p-69c--277 |
|
-11 |
| 15. Cody Freeman |
73p-65c-70p-69c--277 |
|
-11 |
| 15. Kevin Streelman |
71p-68c-69p-69c--277 |
|
-11 |
| 15. Darren Angel |
71p-67c-68p-71c--277 |
|
-11 |
| 15. Hunter Haas |
70p-66c-70p-71c--277 |
|
-11 |
| 15. Bob May |
69p-73c-68c-67p--277 |
|
-11 |
| 15. Brendon de Jonge |
62p-71c-71p-73c--277 |
|
-11 |
| 15. Bubba Dickerson |
70p-71c-69p-67c--277 |
|
-11 |
| 25. Greg Chalmers |
72c-67p-69p-70c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. Andrew Bonhomme |
70p-69c-72p-67c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. Bob Sowards |
72c-67p-69p-70c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. Matthew Every |
66p-72c-72p-68c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. Josh Broadaway |
69c-71p-66p-72c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. Matt Hansen |
67p-73c-70p-68c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. Brad Adamonis |
72p-68c-70p-68c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. John Merrick |
68c-69p-73p-68c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. D.H. Lee |
67p-70c-70p-71c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. J.J. Killeen |
72c-70p-68c-68p--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. Harrison Frazar |
67c-69p-73p-69c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. M. Angel Carballo |
69p-72c-70p-67c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 25. Geoffrey Sisk |
70p-71c-68p-69c--278 |
|
-10 |
| 38. Carlos Franco |
68c-71p-71p-69c--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. Doug LaBelle II |
68c-70p-70p-71c--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. David Mathis |
71c-67p-70p-71c--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. Darron Stiles |
70p-68c-71p-70c--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. Jon Rusk |
68c-70p-69p-72c--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. Bill Lunde |
68c-69p-73p-69c--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. Kris Cox |
74p-72c-67c-66p--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. Bob Heintz |
67c-70p-72p-70c--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. Casey Wittenberg |
72c-74p-70c-63p--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. Ryan Palmer |
70c-66p-72p-71c--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. Peter Tomasulo |
69p-73c-66c-71p--279 |
|
-9 |
| 38. Jarrod Lyle |
71c-71p-66c-71p--279 |
|
-9 |
| 50. Kenneth Ferrie |
69c-70p-70p-71c--280 |
|
-8 |
| 50. Rick Price |
70p-69c-71p-70c--280 |
|
-8 |
| 50. Grant Waite |
71c-73p-67c-69p--280 |
|
-8 |
| 50. Tee McCabe |
70c-68p-71p-71c--280 |
|
-8 |
| 50. Patrick Damron |
70p-70c-69p-71c--280 |
|
-8 |
| 55. Tyler Williamson |
70c-68p-73p-70c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Kyle Reifers |
69c-70p-73p-69c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Greg Owen |
69c-70p-70p-72c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Richard S. Johnson |
70c-69p-70p-72c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Tim Wilkinson |
73c-70p-68c-70p--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Tom Carter |
69p-70c-71p-71c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Sebastian Fernandez |
70p-68c-73p-70c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Brad Fritsch |
69p-68c-71p-73c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Esteban Toledo |
70c-70p-71p-70c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Dicky Pride |
70p-67c-73p-71c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Spencer Levin |
72p-68c-69p-72c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. David McKenzie |
70p-71c-68p-72c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. Todd Demsey |
67c-68p-75p-71c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 55. David Schultz |
68c-73p-71p-69c--281 |
|
-7 |
| 69. Won Joon Lee |
71p-68c-72p-71c--282 |
|
-6 |
| 69. B.J. Staten |
71p-67c-73p-71c--282 |
|
-6 |
| 69. Kevin Johnson |
69p-70c-71p-72c--282 |
|
-6 |
| 69. Kris Blanks |
73p-70c-69c-70p--282 |
|
-6 |
| 69. Ben Willman |
75c-68p-69c-70p--282 |
|
-6 |
| 69. Scott Harrington |
72p-70c-70c-70p--282 |
|
-6 |
| 69. Andrew Buckle |
73p-73c-66c-70p--282 |
|
-6 |
| 69. Josh McCumber |
69p-73c-68c-72p--282 |
|
-6 |
| 69. Henrik Bjornstad |
74p-67c-70p-71c--282 |
|
-6 |
| 69. Tyler Aldridge |
71c-70p-72c-69p--282 |
|
-6 |
| 79. Bret Guetz |
75p-69c-68c-71p--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Jim Herman |
73c-70p-72c-68p--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Jeremy Anderson |
74p-69c-69c-71p--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Notah Begay III |
75p-70c-69c-69p--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Garrett Osborn |
74p-71c-72c-66p--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Oskar Bergman |
70p-69c-71p-73c--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Adam Fox |
71c-66p-72p-74c--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Brenden Pappas |
73p-70c-69c-71p--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Steve Allan |
71p-69c-73p-70c--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Chris Tidland |
71c-71p-68c-73p--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Scott Parel |
71p-70c-70p-72c--283 |
|
-5 |
| 79. Gibby Gilbert III |
73c-69p-73c-68p--283 |
|
-5 |
| 91. Daisuke Maruyama |
71c-68p-72p-73c--284 |
|
-4 |
| 91. David Roesch |
73p-67c-72p-72c--284 |
|
-4 |
| 91. Jeff Gove |
72p-74c-70c-68p--284 |
|
-4 |
| 91. Wade Ormsby |
73c-67p-70p-74c--284 |
|
-4 |
| 91. Matt Bettencourt |
74c-73p-69c-68p--284 |
|
-4 |
| 91. Marco Dawson |
73p-68c-72p-71c--284 |
|
-4 |
| 97. Tom Johnson |
70c-68p-74p-73c--285 |
|
-3 |
| 97. Duffy Waldorf |
74c-69p-73c-69p--285 |
|
-3 |
| 97. Colt Knost |
75c-70p-72c-68p--285 |
|
-3 |
| 97. Jeff Klauk |
74c-71p-70c-70p--285 |
|
-3 |
| 97. Garth Mulroy |
71c-72p-70c-72p--285 |
|
-3 |
| 97. Jason Schultz |
75c-70p-70c-70p--285 |
|
-3 |
| 97. Randy Leen |
73p-73c-70c-69p--285 |
|
-3 |
| 97. Jonathan Fricke |
75p-71c-69c-70p--285 |
|
-3 |
| 97. Vance Veazey |
72c-70p-71c-72p--285 |
|
-3 |
| 106. Mark Walker |
74p-70c-72c-70p--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Ted Purdy |
68p-71c-72p-75c--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Anders Hultman |
72p-72c-71c-71p--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Daniel Summerhays |
73c-72p-69c-72p--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Brad Weesner |
72p-73c-70c-71p--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Pat Bates |
69p-71c-72p-74c--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Brendan Steele |
73p-69c-71c-73p--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Jeremy Pope |
70p-70c-73p-73c--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Christo Greyling |
70c-72p-73c-71p--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Nick Malinowski |
72p-75c-74c-65p--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Steve Lowery |
73c-69p-69c-75p--286 |
|
-2 |
| 106. Chad Ginn |
71c-70p-72c-73p--286 |
|
-2 |
| 118. Chris Smith |
75c-69p-72c-71p--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Chris Kirk |
71c-73p-70c-73p--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Brian Stuard |
73c-71p-69c-74p--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Reid Edstrom |
75p-70c-70c-72p--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Gavin Coles |
68p-72c-72p-75c--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Brad Lamb |
68c-74p-71c-74p--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Chris Anderson |
71p-71c-74c-71p--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Craig Lile |
73c-68p-74p-72c--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Bradley Iles |
72p-70c-74c-71p--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Tommy Tolles |
73c-75p-70c-69p--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Alex Prugh |
72c-69p-76c-70p--287 |
|
-1 |
| 118. Rob Bradley |
74c-67p-72p-74c--287 |
|
-1 |
| 130. Mike Wendling |
71p-68c-71p-78c--288 |
|
E |
| 130. Chris Nallen |
70c-74p-69c-75p--288 |
|
E |
| 130. Chris Riley |
72p-70c-71c-75p--288 |
|
E |
| 130. Scott Piercy |
73c-74p-73c-68p--288 |
|
E |
| 130. Keoke Cotner |
70p-72c-73c-73p--288 |
|
E |
| 130. B. Delahoussaye |
73c-75p-73c-67p--288 |
|
E |
| 130. Andres Gonzales |
75p-73c-72c-68p--288 |
|
E |
| 130. Lee Curry |
76c-73p-74c-65p--288 |
|
E |
| 138. Scott Gutschewski |
68p-71c-74p-76c--289 |
+ |
1 |
| 138. Scott Gordon |
73p-72c-71c-73p--289 |
+ |
1 |
| 138. Zoran Zorkic |
71c-72p-74c-72p--289 |
+ |
1 |
| 138. Chris Parra |
73p-73c-72c-71p--289 |
+ |
1 |
| 138. Chris Kamin |
72c-70p-73c-74p--289 |
+ |
1 |
| 138. Mike Sposa |
70p-72c-73c-74p--289 |
+ |
1 |
| 138. D.A. Points |
67p-74c-74p-74c--289 |
+ |
1 |
| 138. Michael Boyd |
77c-73p-72c-67p--289 |
+ |
1 |
| 146. Brendon Todd |
72p-73c-71c-74p--290 |
+ |
2 |
| 146. Madalitso Muthiya |
72c-71p-78c-69p--290 |
+ |
2 |
| 146. Greg Kraft |
74c-73p-74c-69p--290 |
+ |
2 |
| 149. John Kimbell |
70c-70p-76p-75c--291 |
+ |
3 |
| 149. Craig Kanada |
72p-69c-76p-74c--291 |
+ |
3 |
| 149. Kieran Staunton |
77c-72p-72c-70p--291 |
+ |
3 |
| 152. Matthew Call |
73c-71p-72c-76p--292 |
+ |
4 |
| 152. Franklin Langham |
71c-73p-77c-71p--292 |
+ |
4 |
| 152. Pete Jordan |
70p-71c-75c-76p--292 |
+ |
4 |
| 155. Keith Nolan |
70p-74c-74c-75p--293 |
+ |
5 |
| 155. Cameron Percy |
73c-70p-74c-76p--293 |
+ |
5 |
| 155. Steve Pate |
72p-71c-74c-76p--293 |
+ |
5 |
| 158. Seung-su Han |
74c-69p-79c-72p--294 |
+ |
6 |
| 158. Todd Fischer |
72c-75p-74c-73p--294 |
+ |
6 |
| 160. Steve Hart |
71p-73c-72c-79p--295 |
+ |
7 |
| 160. Ian Leggatt |
77p-71c-74c-73p--295 |
+ |
7 |
| 160. Kelly Sellers |
73c-78p-74c-70p--295 |
+ |
7 |
| 160. Jason Dufner |
75c-76p-71c-73p--295 |
+ |
7 |
| 164. Spike McRoy |
76p-75c-70c-76p--297 |
+ |
9 |
Posted: 12/1/2007
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