Jim Knous of Littleton, two days removed from finishing 41st after making a cut in a PGA Tour event for the first time, shot a 4-under-par 67 and shares eighth place after Tuesday’s first round of a Web.com Tour Q-school Second Stage tournament in Plantation, Fla.
The former Colorado School of Mines golfer (pictured) made six birdies and two bogeys in round 1 and trails leader Ben Polland of Jacksonville, Fla., by three strokes.
Knous was a regular on the Web.com Tour in 2017 and placed 94th on the season-long money list.
The top 20 finishers and ties after Friday’s fourth round advance to the Final Stage of Web qualifying, set for Dec. 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz. In Arizona, all the finishers will be guaranteed some Web.com Tour status in 2018, but the top 45 and ties there will earn exempt status of varying degrees, while the rest will have conditional status. And it’s not unusual for some players with conditional status to get very few starts on the Web.com Tour.
Last week, Wyndham Clark of Highlands Ranch punched his ticket to the Final Stage by winning a Second Stage tournament in Murrieta, Calif.
Here are the scores for all the Coloradans competing this week:
McKinney, Texas (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
66. Tom Whitney, Fort Collins 74
Plantation, Fla. (Top 20 Finishers and Ties Advance to Final Stage)
8. Jim Knous, Littleton 67
40. Former CU golfer Justin Bardgett 71
59. A.J. Morris, Aspen 74
