In the final round of the first stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School Derek shot -2 (70) to finish at -19 for the tournament. He got off to another great start with birdies on holes number 3 and 4. He had a bogey on hole 7, however turned around and birdied hole 8 to turn at -2. Then on the back nine there were a lot of pars, one birdie on hole 14, and an unfortunate bogey on hole 18, leaving him in 2nd place overall for the first stage in Dayton Valley! Derek will be driving back to soggy Washington to practice for a few weeks until he is notified where he will be assigned for second stage. Second stage of Q School begins November 18-21. There are six different locations for second stage, and we do not know which stage Derek will be going to yet. We will keep you posted! Thanks for everyone's support, as this couldn't have been done without all our friends and family.
Click here to see the final scoreboard from 1st Stage!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
PGA Tour Q School 2009 - Round 3
Derek shot 67 (-5) today in the third round, making his three round total -17. He eagled hole number 3 and made the turn at -2. He then birdied 11, 13, 17, and 18. The only bogey of the day came on hole number 16. Scores can be found by clicking here. Tomorrow Derek tees off for the final round at 10:50am.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
PGA Tour Q School 2009 - Round 2
Today Derek fired off a 65! He teed off hole number 10, got a bogey on hole 12, then he went on to birdie 14, 15, and 18 to turn at -2. Then on the front nine (his back nine of the day), he birdied hole 1, eagled hole 3, and then birdied holes 4 and 5 to finish -7!
Scoreboard can be found by clicking here.
Derek is tied for 1st after the second round.
Scoreboard can be found by clicking here.
Derek is tied for 1st after the second round.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
PGA Tour Q School 2009 - Round 1
Today was the first round of the first stage of Q School in Dayton Valley, Nevada. Derek shot a 67, 5 under par in today's first round to get off to a smooth start. He got off to a great start with 3 birdies in a row, and later went on to birdie number 12, 17 and 18. The only bogey of the day came on the par 4 hole number 9. Tomorrow Derek tees off at 9:22 am and you can follow along by clicking here.
2009 PGA Tour Q School
It is that time of year again.....Q School! Derek drove down to Dayton, Nevada last weekend to head off to qualifying school. For more information on PGA Tour Q School please click here. Derek was assingned to the Dayton Valley Country Club for his first stage. The first stage is 4 rounds of golf from October 21-24. More info on how he plays today will come later. He tees off today at 10:28 am.
US Mid Amateur - Summary
Following two solid rounds of strokeplay (68, 73), Derek moved on to match play having finished T3 for the strokeplay portion of the tournament! The rain caused delay after delay on day 3 (first day of matchplay), forcing the USGA to suspend play for the day after 6 hours of sitting in the clubhouse. So, day 4 consisted of 2 matches back to back. In the first match (round of 64), Derek won his match 5&4! In the afternoon round, Derek lost the match to Tim Spitz (2&1), however played solid golf. When he got on the 16th tee box, he was down 3 with 3 to play. In order to stay alive he had to win the next 3 holes to keep the match going. So Derek stepped up to the tee box with a bit more aggression in hopes to birdie the hole to stay alive. The aggression paid off and he won the hole. The par 4, 430 yard dog leg right hole 17 was playing from the further up tee boxes, which it hadn't all week, allowing for a slight possibility to drive the green. To the gallery's and my surprise, Derek stood up on the tee box and aimed over the marsh and killed a drive toward the green! His ball landed on the green, leaving him with a 50 foot eagle putt. Tim hit a solid drive to the middle of the fairway and then stuffed his second shot 4 feet from the hole for a birdie chance. So, knowing that making the eagle putt would be his only chance to win the hole and carry the match to 18, Derek gave it a roll. It was a great putt, with the perfect speed and had us all in awe as it made its way across the green on the perfect line. Then, it grazed the right side of the hole and stopped 6 inches behind the cup, leaving Derek with a disappointing birdie. Tim made his birdie putt to close out the round and move on to his next match. He went on to the final match against Nathan Smith, who took the title for the US Mid Amateur.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
US Mid Amateur Kiawah Island, South Carolina - Round #2
Today Derek played the Kiawah Island Cassique course (par 72) and shot 73. Combined with yesterday's first round that puts him at -2 (141), which is No. 3/4 seed. Derek had a bogey on #6 and #7 (which was his 16th and 17th holes of the day). On #6 he missed a 4 footer to save par, having just missed the green on his second shot. On the par 4 #7 he had about 140 yards into the green, and knowing he was going to make the cut, he went for the pin in hopes for a birdie. It came up about 1 yard short and ended up in the green side bunker. He ended up with a bodey, but rallied back with a birdie on the final hole #9 with a 20 foot putt down hill with break. Tomorrow starts the first round of matchplay. We tee off at 9:10 am.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
US Mid Amateur Kiawah Island, South Carolina - Round #1
Derek was one of only 4 people to shoot 68 today in the first round of the US Mid Amateur. Today he played the par 71 River Course. Tomorrow he plays the par 72 Cassique Course for the second round of stroke play. Please follow along here.
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